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An ‘avowed ketamine user’ explains why robots are the future
At some point, Tesla's investors may want a real plan forward.
 • Jason Weisberger
Waymo saw a child, slowed down, still hit it
"Safer than a human" seems to be an unsatisfying absolution.
 • Jason Weisberger
Scared to check your bank balance? A neuroscientist has tips for you.
Nearly half of American consumers went into debt during holiday shopping, and many are now avoiding the bill.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Maine’s “Lobster Lady,” who fished for 97 years, has died at 105
Virginia “Ginny” Oliver, Maine’s “Lobster Lady,” died January 21 at 105.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
“Paperwork’s important”: Trump voter defends his own mother’s deportation
NPR traveled to Caroline County, Maryland — which voted for Trump more than 2-to-1 — to ask residents what they think about the killings of Alex Pretti…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Florida man arrested after “sexual performance” with vacuum cleaner
Kevin Westerhold, 51, was arrested this week and charged with exposing his sexual organs after what Osceola Count Sheriff’s Office described as a…
 • Rob Beschizza
In 1935, a critic predicted how mass media would enable fascism
In 1935, German-Jewish critic Walter Benjamin wrote an essay that reads like prophecy today.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
TikTok users delete app after right-wing takeover
If you’re watching TikTok, TikTok is watching you—and that data now goes to a consortium of Trump cronies and billionaires much closer to home than the…
 • Rob Beschizza
80-year-old used £2.4 million lottery win to build drug empire
Unlike most lottery winners, John Eric Spiby didn’t fritter away his £2.4 million jackpot on frivolous things.
 • Rob Beschizza
Vitamin D and Omega-3 may outperform antidepressants, research suggests
Nicky Case — creator of interactive explainers like “The Evolution of Trust“ — looked into research literature on depression treatments and reports that…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The skiier who gamed her way to the Olympics
Elizabeth Swaney made it to the 2018 Winter Olympics in women’s halfpipe skiing by perfecting a simple strategy: don’t fall.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Trump’s FBI raids Georgia election center to seize 2020 ballots
About a dozen FBI agents executed a search warrant on Wednesday at Fulton County, Georgia’s election center, seeking to seize ballots from the 2020…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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