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New
The Wrong Kind of City?
Dietrich Vollrath
How much can the way cities grow tell us about the economic trajectory of their countries? According to the father of modern sociology, quite a lot.
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The Misery Bomb
Matt Reynolds
Children across the Western world are getting less happy. If we can’t find a way to reverse the trend, it might have an outsized impact on their future.
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Developmental Editing
The Editors
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forecast
How Long Til We’re All on Ozempic?
Greg Justice
Over 100 million Americans, and possibly many more, could benefit from GLP-1 drugs. When can they expect to get them?
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Why We Shut Down
Sarah Eustis-Guthrie Ben Williamson
In international development, it’s not enough to try to do good. We need the tools to tell if a project is really working — and the incentive to end it if it’s not.
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Can You Trust An AI Press Release?
Lawrence Chan
Of course not. Here’s how leading AI labs mislead consumers, journalists, and each other.
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Artificial Wombs When?
Sarah Constantin
What to expect when you’re expecting in 2050.
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fiction
Sins of the Children
Adrian Tchaikovsky
The circle of life on Chelicer 14d.
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07: Development
Xenobiology. Catholic schools. When will we have artificial wombs? Old MacDonald meets Big Brother. Weird little guys. Malaria vaccines. The most important part is knowing when to quit. What’s going on with the kids these days? Unleash the DFC. All about GLP-1s. Urban planning, Weber-style. Of course the AI labs are lying to you