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Technology
I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.
Technology

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

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
AI doesn’t have to reason to take your jobAI doesn’t have to reason to take your job
Future Perfect

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

By Kelsey Piper
Technology
How smart do toys need to be, really?How smart do toys need to be, really?
Technology

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

By Adam Clark Estes
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explainedThe Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained
Supreme Court

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

By Ian Millhiser
Even Better
Why are so many straight guys so bad at gossiping? Why are so many straight guys so bad at gossiping? 
Even Better

Learning to yap could solve the male loneliness epidemic

By Alex Abad-Santos
Vox Book Club
How America’s ideal woman got jackedHow America’s ideal woman got jacked
Vox Book Club

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

By Constance Grady
What broke teenage romance?
Even Better

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

By Charley Locke
Future Perfect
The stunning reversal of humanity’s oldest biasThe stunning reversal of humanity’s oldest bias
Future Perfect

Everyone wants to be a girl dad now.

By Bryan Walsh
Politics
Donald Trump is building a strange, new religious movementDonald Trump is building a strange, new religious movement
Politics

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

By Katherine Kelaidis
Life
Parents can’t control when their daughters start getting their periods…can they?Parents can’t control when their daughters start getting their periods…can they?
Life

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

By Anna North
Technology
Your iPhone is about to get uglierYour iPhone is about to get uglier
Technology

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

By Adam Clark Estes
Even Better
The surprising way romance may affect your friendshipsThe surprising way romance may affect your friendships
Even Better

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

By Allie Volpe
Explain It to Me
Why is Gen Z getting more religious? We asked them.Why is Gen Z getting more religious? We asked them.
Podcast
Explain It to Me

Gen Z is reversing a major trend in religion.

By Jonquilyn Hill
Future Perfect
First comes marriage. Then comes a flirtatious colleague.First comes marriage. Then comes a flirtatious colleague.
Future Perfect

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

By Sigal Samuel
Even Better
Beware of this silent, seething relationship-killerBeware of this silent, seething relationship-killer
Even Better

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

By Allie Volpe
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s blessedly narrow decision about religion in the workplace, explainedThe Supreme Court’s blessedly narrow decision about religion in the workplace, explained
Supreme Court

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

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s rare moment of unanimity against a DEI rule, explainedThe Supreme Court’s rare moment of unanimity against a DEI rule, explained
Supreme Court

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

By Ian Millhiser
Life
What if you don’t have a best friend?What if you don’t have a best friend?
Life

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

By Anna North
Culture
The “summer body” is over. Something worse is taking its place. The “summer body” is over. Something worse is taking its place. 
Culture

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

By Kyndall Cunningham
Technology
Amazon would like you to hand over your palm print, pleaseAmazon would like you to hand over your palm print, please
Technology

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

By Adam Clark Estes
Culture
Why are men shaving off their eyelashes?Why are men shaving off their eyelashes?
Culture

Men’s beauty standards are getting increasingly bizarre.

By Constance Grady
Culture
The midlife crisis is coming for millennials lolThe midlife crisis is coming for millennials lol
Culture

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

By Alex Abad-Santos
Policy
The big barrier to having children we’re not talking aboutThe big barrier to having children we’re not talking about
Policy

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

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Even Better
Relationships are hard work. Right?Relationships are hard work. Right?
Even Better

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

By Allie Volpe
Culture
J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A historyJ.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history
Culture

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

By Aja Romano
Even Better
Losing my hair sucked. Trying to regrow it has been even worse.Losing my hair sucked. Trying to regrow it has been even worse.
Even Better

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

By Maria Yagoda
Life
This is the future kids wantThis is the future kids want
Life

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

By Anna North
Technology
Google as you know it is slowly dyingGoogle as you know it is slowly dying
Technology

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

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
Why Pope Leo has so much to say about AI, briefly explainedWhy Pope Leo has so much to say about AI, briefly explained
Future Perfect

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

By Sigal Samuel
Future Perfect
You’re being lied to about proteinYou’re being lied to about protein
Future Perfect

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

By Marina Bolotnikova
Even Better
The secret to actually trusting each otherThe secret to actually trusting each other
Even Better

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

By Allie Volpe
Future Perfect
My family has money but doesn’t give to charity. How do I challenge them without being weird?My family has money but doesn’t give to charity. How do I challenge them without being weird?
Future Perfect

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

By Sigal Samuel
Even Better
Gen Z misery, explained in one chartGen Z misery, explained in one chart
Even Better

Young adults from around the world are struggling.

By Allie Volpe
Life
Is this the end of menopause?Is this the end of menopause?
Life

Aging could be about to change for women forever.

By Anna North
Politics
Why are men so much more right-wing than women now?Why are men so much more right-wing than women now?
Politics

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

By Maia Mindel
Today, Explained podcast
What happened to the bestselling young white man?What happened to the bestselling young white man?
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

How women took over literary fiction.

By Miles Bryan and Noel King
The internet is littered with advice. What’s it doing to your brain?
Even Better

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

By Eliza Brooke
Supreme Court
The religious right just suffered a rare setback in the Supreme CourtThe religious right just suffered a rare setback in the Supreme Court
Supreme Court

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

By Ian Millhiser
Culture
Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream. Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream. 
Culture

What wouldn’t Jesus do?

By Aja Romano
Even Better
Should I teach my kids to use AI?Should I teach my kids to use AI?
Even Better

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

By Anna North and Adam Clark Estes