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The secrets hidden in sewage

The potential for human waste to tell us about what is happening with our community’s health extends far beyond Covid-19.…

2 years ago

Is it genocide?

Officials collect the bodies of civilians killed by Russian attacks in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 11. | Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency…

2 years ago

How I (and US policymakers) got inflation wrong

Christina Animashaun/Vox Bad takes, revisited. Let’s get this out of the way first: I was wrong about inflation. When prices…

2 years ago

Old-school homophobia is back

Students in Walpole, Massachusetts, protest anti-LGBT proposals in Florida and Texas. | Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Why…

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Elon Musk is no free speech messiah

Elon Musk at a February 2022 press conference in Texas. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images According to Musk, free…

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When Russian troops arrived, their relatives disappeared

Close relatives of journalist Maks Levin at his funeral on April 4 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Levin went missing on March…

2 years ago

The growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids crypto

Kids these days, probably. | Getty Images Today’s parents must ask the age-old question: When’s the right time to teach…

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They warned about pandemics before Covid-19. Now they have a $100 billion plan to stop the next one.

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense co-chairs Tom Ridge and Joe Lieberman testifying before the House in 2015. | Alex Wong/Getty Images…

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The Supreme Court’s “praying coach” case, explained

James Manship, dressed as George Washington, kneels and prays in front of the Supreme Court as protesters for and against…

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Congrats! You formed a union. Now comes the hard part.

Amazon Labor Union workers celebrate their election win on April 1. The next battle is getting a contract. | Andrea…

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