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Finding the best ways to do good.

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David Brooks thinks Americans are getting meaner

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What a striking new study of death in America misses

By Dylan Matthews

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By Dylan Matthews

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Europe might abandon its animal welfare revolution

By Kenny Torrella

Human progress has come at the expense of animals. It doesn’t have to.

By Bryan Walsh

40 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war

By Dylan Matthews

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The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity

By Dylan Matthews

The bizarre new frontier for cell-cultivated meat: Lion burgers, tiger steaks, and mammoth meatballs

By Jude Whiley

Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?

By Bryan Walsh

We cut child poverty to historic lows, then let it rebound faster than ever before

By Oshan Jarow
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Lead poisoning kills millions annually. One country is showing the way forward.

By Kelsey Piper

Stuart Russell wrote the textbook on AI safety. He explains how to keep it from spiraling out of control.

By Sean Illing

AI that’s smarter than humans? Americans say a firm “no thank you.”

By Sigal Samuel

The US hired a leading economist to fix how it allocates foreign aid. Here’s his plan.

By Dylan Matthews

The terrible paradox of air pollution and climate change

By Rachel DuRose

Lots of Americans are in the global 1%. A tenth of their income could transform the world.

By Sigal Samuel

Lead poisoning could be killing more people than HIV, malaria, and car accidents combined

By Dylan Matthews
A pig looks at the camera through a metal-barred cage, with other pigs filing past her in a line.

The Future of Meat

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The dangers of virus hunting

By Kelsey Piper

Is the future of energy ... pouring water on hot rocks in the ground?

By Dylan Matthews

How cars ruin wild animals’ lives

By Marina Bolotnikova

“Climate-friendly” beef could land in a meat aisle near you. Don’t fall for it.

By Kenny Torrella

Why so many people are paying to get their paychecks

By Tatiana Walk-Morris

Rethinking the war on invasive species

By Bryan Walsh

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What if AI treats humans the way we treat animals?

By Marina Bolotnikova

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Can AI learn to love — and can we learn to love it? 

By Alissa Wilkinson

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Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.

By Sigal Samuel

The criminal justice system is broken. Restorative justice can help fill the gap.

By Erika Sasson

We’re finally figuring out if foreign aid is any better than handing out cash

By Daniel Handel

A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.

By Sigal Samuel

What America can learn from baseball (yes, baseball)

By Bryan Walsh

The myths we tell ourselves about American farming

By Kenny Torrella

Governments have put $1 billion toward making better meat alternatives. A lot more is needed.

By Julieta Cardenas

America has the world’s safest air travel but sucks so bad at car safety

By Marina Bolotnikova

AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think

By Rachel DuRose

A disgraced Harvard professor sued them for millions. Their recourse: GoFundMe.

By Kelsey Piper

Meditation is more than either stress relief or enlightenment

By Oshan Jarow

What normal Americans — not AI companies — want for AI

By Sigal Samuel

How the radical history of plant-based eating illuminates our future

By Julieta Cardenas

We’re bad at predicting the future and there’s no way around it

By Kelsey Piper

Americans can’t afford their pets. It’s pushing animal shelters to the brink.

By Kenny Torrella

The risks of sex-based drug dosing recommendations

By Kelsey Ichikawa, Kai De Leon DeJesus, and 1 more

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