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The (Strong) Case for Breaking Your Fitness Streaks
I hit 250 days on my Duolingo streak this week. That's more than eight months of consecutive daily Spanish lessons. My virtual owl loves me! There's just one problem: I'm not actually any better at...
Read More...In Myanmar, illicit rare-earth mining is taking a heavy toll
In early 2025, Sian traveled deep into the mountains of Shan State, on Myanmar’s eastern border with China, in search of work. He had heard from a friend that Chinese companies were recruiting at new...
Read More...Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease
When the federal vaccine committee hand-picked by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. meets again this week, it will have yet another new chairperson to lead its ongoing work of...
Read More...Grok would prefer a second Holocaust over harming Elon Musk
Elon Musk's Grok continues to do humanity a solid by (accidentally) illustrating why AI needs meaningful guardrails. The xAI bot's latest demonstration is detailed in a pair of reports by Futurism....
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By Meredith Dietz