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Are gadgets like Apple Watches and Oura Rings making us any healthier?


Academia has gotten philosophical about AI. But they should focus more on what it can do.


There’s no need to panic about AI Barbie yet.


What the hell did the Court just do to equal protection law?


Learning to yap could solve the male loneliness epidemic


Muscles are a symbol of strength. So who’s allowed to be strong?

Teenagers today are dating less than ever. What’s really happening?


Everyone wants to be a girl dad now.


The old “religious right” is gone. The new one is weirder — and harder to fight.


Girls are getting their periods earlier. Parents are trying to take control.


And that’s not even Apple’s biggest problem right now


Is it inevitable that your close friendships suffer when you enter a new relationship?


Gen Z is reversing a major trend in religion.


What to do when your partner wants an open marriage and you don’t.


Suddenly can’t stand the way your partner chews? That’s resentment.


Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin could have disrupted workplaces, but it’s probably too narrow to matter to many workers.


Ames v. Ohio was an easy case, even if it touched upon contentious issues.


Teens face a lot of pressure around the idea of best-friendship.


Getting hot for the summer isn’t cutting it anymore.


What to know about the tech giant’s growing biometric business.


Men’s beauty standards are getting increasingly bizarre.


How millennials are freaking out about being halfway to death, when everyone’s broke and already in therapy.


Our economy isn’t built for the biological clock. But it can be.


How much effort is too much to keep your romance afloat?


An exhausting — if not exhaustive — timeline of J.K. Rowling’s transphobia.


A barrage of products promise you can get your hair — and self-esteem — back.


From space exploration to taxidermy, here’s what Gen Alpha kids want to do when they grow up.


The search giant’s midlife crisis is now your problem.


Pope Leo’s unusual crusade should be a model for every religion.


Yes, protein builds muscle. No, you don’t need as much as lifting influencers say.


Americans are losing faith in their friends and neighbors. Here’s how to reverse course.


How to get parents and friends to get serious about doing good.


Young adults from around the world are struggling.


Don’t blame Joe Rogan too much — one theory says that the roots of this gender gap go back decades.


How women took over literary fiction.

How to contend with an onslaught of guidance in an uncertain, lonely world.


One of the GOP justices must have defected in a case about religious schools, but the Court didn’t reveal who it was.


What wouldn’t Jesus do?


Now is a good time to think about tech training wheels.

