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What Would the Economy Look Like Under a Second Trump Term?
Speculating about how the economy would perform under a second Donald Trump presidency normalizes the candidacy of a deeply flawed human being. But we’ll all have to live in Trump’s world if he’s elected. So it seems important to talk about the ...
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Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?
It’s unusual when you find a strong dose of pessimism about the future of technological progress highlighted by one of the world’s leading techno-optimists. But if you follow the combative venture capitalist Marc Andreessen on X, you would have seen ...
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Business
What to Know About China’s Export Dominance
From cars to solar panels to furniture, China is using lavish bank lending and enormous investments in robotics to cement its global leadership in manufacturing.
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Arts
On ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ Taylor Swift Could Use an Editor
Over 16 songs (and a second LP), the pop superstar litigates her recent romances. But the themes, and familiar sonic backdrops, generate diminishing returns.
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Tripling the World’s Nuclear Energy Capacity Is a Fantasy
World leaders are not unaware of the nuclear industry’s long history of failing to deliver on its promises, or of its weakening vital signs. Yet many continue to act as if a “nuclear renaissance” could be around the corner even though nuclear energy ...
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Mount Ruang Erupts in Indonesia, Spewing Lava Thousands of Feet Into the Sky
Hundreds of earthquakes were detected in the weeks preceding the eruption of the volcano in North Sulawesi province. Hundreds of people were evacuated.
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Americans Are More Vulnerable to Foreign Propaganda, Senator Warns
Senator Mark Warner, the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said the United States was more susceptible to Russian influence operations than it was during the 2020 elections.
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We Don’t See What Climate Change Is Doing to Us
Many of us realize climate change is a threat to our well being. But what we have not yet grasped is that the devastation wreaked by climate change is often just as much about headline-grabbing catastrophes as it is about the subtler accumulation of ...
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Magazine
A Beloved Copenhagen Cafe Gets Serious About Dinner
The chef Frederik Bille Brahe has transformed the Apollo Bar & Kantine into his version of a fine dining restaurant, and celebrated with a meal for his family and collaborators.
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Travel
Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven
Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off their own cultural capital in the realms of art, food, music and more.
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