How the Pro‑Nicotine “Wellness” Movement Rebranded an Addictive Drug

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How Murdering Suspected Drug Smugglers Became the New Normal

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Oligarchy Is a Symptom, Not a Cause

Japan’s Science Council to face greater governmental oversight

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Now Entering: The Era Of Bleh

A new technique could accelerate the development of RNA therapies

How Fast You Age During 40s May Predict Memory Lapses in Your 50s

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Medicare’s Surging Drug Cost

The Oldest Evidence of Drug Use is Also a Story About Addiction

People Get Paid for Blood, Plasma, and Drug Trials—Why Not Kidneys Too?

The 'AI Safety' Movement Is Making AI Less Safe

Before puritanism and personality cults made it boring, affect theory brimmed with real intellectual potential. Laura Kipnis explains

The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time

How Art Invented Humanity

Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions

Glenn Gould was fabulously neurotic, opinionated, and flamboyant. Seventy years on, his Bach still sets the standard