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Sam Adams, Jonathan L. Fischer, and Allegra Frank

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An excerpt from Carl Zimmer’s new book, Life’s Edge.

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Checking in on how people feel about their vaccinated partners.

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What really matters

What would our laws look like if we stopped treating migration as a problem to be solved?

Who Were the Atlanta Shooting Victims?

What Did Garamond Do to Deserve a D.C. Court’s Wrath?

The NCAA’s Many Screw-Ups Are Taking Over March Madness

Neil Gorsuch Supports a Bunk Originalist Theory That Would Destroy Modern Governance

Anti-Asian Hate

Coverage of Racist Bay Area Violence Is Missing a Key Element

White House

Biden Wiped Out Big Time on the Air Force One Stairs

The WH Is Canning Staffers Because They Smoked Pot. Are They High?

Trans Life

Elliot Page Is a Grown-Up

Swamp Things

The Surge Is Back: The 7 Most Powerful Beasts on Capitol Hill

Care and Feeding

My White Daughter Was Bullied Out of Her Majority-Black School

New president. New court. We’re ready for what’s next.

The Problem With Lana Del Rey’s Latest Portrait of Her Glamorous Malaise

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COVID-19

When the Virus Finally Came for My Family, I Thought I Was Ready. I Was Very, Very Wrong.

Your Single-Cloth Mask Doesn’t Cut It. Here’s What Can Help.

You Might Think It Sounds Nice to Go to Hawaii. We Tried, and It Was a Disaster.

I tried to talk to her about them having no future, as her girlfriend is going to prison.

Podcast Episode Help! I Know My Sister’s Secret, and I’m Scared.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Daughter’s Girlfriend

Help! My Mother-in-Law Won’t Stop Nagging Me About Baby Names.

Podcast Episode Help! My Partner Questions Every Little Thing I Do.

My Boyfriend Wants … What Now … When We’re Reunited for Sex?

The Biden Administration Takes a Step Toward Undoing the Damage of the War on Drugs

The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The NCAA’s Many Screw-Ups Are Taking Over March Madness

Biden Can’t Shake Trump’s Record on Human Rights

Elliot Page Is a Grown-Up

Coverage of Bay Area Anti-Asian Violence Is Missing a Key Element

A New Report Adds Evidence That Trump Was a Russian Asset

You Might Think It Sounds Nice to Go to Hawaii. We Tried, and It Was a Disaster.

What You Learn From Comparing Both Justice League Cuts

Federal Investigation Finds Pennsylvania Postal Worker’s Mail-In Ballot Fraud Allegation Was, You Guessed It, Utter Hogwash

Nomadland Is the Oscar Front-Runner, but It’s Missing a Big Piece of the Picture

The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The NCAA’s Many Screw-Ups Are Taking Over March Madness

Lana Del Rey’s Latest Is an Uneven Portrait of Her Glamorous Malaise

The Snyder Cut, Spoiled.

A Book So Good You Have to Put It Down, Then Pick It Back Up

What You Learn From Comparing Both Justice League Cuts

What On Earth Are These Things?

We Are So Close! Don’t Give Up on Pandemic Safety Yet.

The White House Is Canning Staffers Because They Smoked Pot. Are They High?

Non-English Editions of Wikipedia Have a Misinformation Problem

Why Is the Egg Industry Still Killing 7 Billion Day-Old Male Chicks a Year?

Where Anti-Vaccine Propaganda Went When YouTube Banned It

The Vaccine Supply Chain Is Now the Most Valuable Cyber Target in the World

Future Tense Event Recap: Innovation Where You Least Expect It

“I Hate You a Little Bit Right Now”

Elliot Page Is a Grown-Up

How Wedding Planners Are Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Deluge

Your Single-Cloth Mask Doesn’t Cut It. Here’s What Can Help.

Help! I Know My Sister’s Secret, and I’m Scared.

Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter Is “Mortified” By This Major Milestone in Her Life

Dear Care and Feeding: My White Daughter Was Bullied Out of Her Majority-Black School

Immigration Is Not a “Crisis”

Biden Can’t Shake Trump’s Record on Human Rights

Coverage of Bay Area Anti-Asian Violence Is Missing a Key Element

What Did Garamond Do to Deserve a D.C. Court’s Wrath?

Joe Biden Wiped Out Big Time on the Air Force One Stairs

The Age of Leverage Is Upon Us

Biden’s Team Looked Worryingly Unprepared During Their First Confrontation With China

The Biden Administration Takes a Step Toward Undoing the Damage of the War on Drugs

Help! I Know My Sister’s Secret, and I’m Scared.

Help! My Partner Questions Every Little Thing I Do.