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Flavored Vapes Can Save Lives
High schoolers have turned away from vaping and smoking, so obsessing over flavored e-cigarettes is a waste of time.
Joe Nocera
DEBATE: Do We Need God?
Religion has faded across the West, but the hunger for meaning hasn’t. Steven Pinker and Ross Douthat debate whether a secular society can sustain…
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Alexa, Stop Recording Me
A new anti-surveillance device blew up on social media, promising to stop digital recorders in their tracks. But does it actually work?
Josh Code
Science Has a Major Fraud Problem
For decades, scientists were above reproach. Not any more. Joe Nocera investigates the murky world of fraudulent research, and the sleuths exposing…
Joe Nocera
Arthur Brooks: Stress Makes Life Meaningful
Many of life’s happiest milestones rank among its most stressful.
Arthur Brooks
Screens Are Stressing You Out of Your Mind
Every era has its social contagions. In the 18th century, it was romantic despair. In 2026, it’s the compulsive scroll—and it’s rewiring our stress…
Arthur Brooks
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories with Michael Shermer
Professional skeptic Michael Shermer sits down with Coleman Hughes to discuss how to evaluate truth—about everything from gender to UFOs.
Coleman Hughes
59M
Confessions of a Former Climate Activist
A former climate influencer explains why she left the movement she once helped amplify, and why she now believes it’s harming young people.
Maya Sulkin
36M
Arthur Brooks: Why Are Young People Choosing OnlyFans over Love?
The answer, I believe, is fear.
Arthur Brooks
They Questioned Trans Medicine for Kids. The World Is Just Catching Up.
Jamie Reed, Jesse Singal, and Emily Yoffe on exposing the harms of child gender transition.
Rafaela Siewert
49M
Two Drinks with. . . Dr. I Told You So
Dr. Paul McHugh was long vilified for his stance on gender dysphoria. At 94, he’s taking his victory lap.
Madeleine Kearns
Arthur Brooks: Opposites Really Do Attract
If you have dated a good many people but haven’t felt much of a spark with anybody, the answer might be to stop looking for your cultural twin.
Arthur Brooks
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