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STOCKPILE | 4-MINUTE READ
The World Has Too Much Stuff
BY CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER
Retailers bamboozled by the pandemic now find themselves staring at mountains of unwanted stock. Here's what happened and how it can be fixed.
PUBLIC HEALTH | 5-MINUTE READ
Monkeypox Can Be Contained—but Time Is Running Out
BY DAVID COX
Testing, vaccinating, and contact tracing can control the virus in Europe and North America—unless complacency allows it to take hold.
IDEAS | 7-MINUTE READ
The Sexist Pseudoscience at the Heart of Biology
BY LUCY COOKE
For centuries, zoological law taught that sexual inequality was inevitable. Then women began studying Darwin for themselves.
RAPID TEST | 14-MINUTE READ
When Covid Came for Provincetown
BY MARYN MCKENNA
In a queer vacation hot spot on Cape Cod, an ad hoc community proved that Americans can stifle large outbreaks—if they want to.
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THE DOWNLINK | 8-MINUTE READ
How Lost Hikers Can Send an SOS to Space
BY SARAH SCOLES
The Sarsat satellite system is a kind of celestial lifeguard for explorers, boaters, and aviators who might be in need of search and rescue.
IDEAS | 3-MINUTE READ
'Is This AI Sapient?' Is the Wrong Question to Ask About LaMDA
BY KATHERINE CROSS
The bigger problem is what happens when we act as if AIs are conscious, and how that could be used against us.
GREEN LIGHT | 5-MINUTE READ
Australia Has Finally Woken Up to Climate Change
BY BIANCA NOGRADY
The newly elected government has promised stricter emissions limits and more renewables in the wake of fires, droughts, and floods.
NO CLIPPY | 3-MINUTE READ
How to Use Microsoft Word for Free
BY DAVID NIELD
If you don't want to pay for the word processor, and Google Docs won't work for what you need, you have options.
PRIMAL STREAM | 5-MINUTE READ
Reality TV Has Become a Parody of Itself
BY KATE KNIBBS
If you can think of it, there's probably a reality show about it. The surplus has taken the genre into the surreal.
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