The Download: a conversation with Karen Hao, and how did life begin?
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
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Food
Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man
When Jim O’Neill was nominated to be the second in command at the US Department of Health and Human Services,
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We’re learning more about what weight-loss drugs do to the body
Weight-loss drugs are this decade’s blockbuster medicines. Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro help people with diabetes get their blood
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The Download: gambling with humanity’s future, and the FDA under Trump
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Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration
Earlier this week, two new leaders of the US Food and Drug Administration published a list of priorities for the
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The Download: AI agents’ autonomy, and sodium-based batteries
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Are we ready to hand AI agents the keys?
On May 6, 2010, at 2:32 p.m. Eastern time, nearly a trillion dollars evaporated from the US stock market within
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Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI
This story is a partnership between MIT Technology Review, Lighthouse Reports, and Trouw, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
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Crypto billionaire Brian Armstrong is ready to invest in CRISPR baby tech
Brian Armstrong, the billionaire CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, says he’s ready to fund a US startup focused on
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