TikTok’s Last Stand, Google’s Quantum Breakthrough and the Cult of Claude
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioKevin Roose and Whitney Jones and Dan…
How to Stay Calm While Waiting For a Test Result
Anxious anticipation is natural, but there are things you can do to ease it.Jancee Dunn is out this week. I’m…
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs…
For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here
Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under…
Werner Herzog’s ‘Theater of Thought’ Explores the Mysteries of the Brain
In “Theater of Thought,” he talks to scientists and other experts about consciousness, quantum computing and whether parrots understand human…
Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines
Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.Some of President-elect…
What Happened to the Tech Industry’s ‘Perks Culture’?
After mass layoffs and a pivot to A.I., the tech industry has been scaling back on the splashy and quirky…
Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark and the Transformation of Venture Capital
Three decades ago, five men formed a venture capital firm on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley with a simple…
In-Laws Can Make for Good Friends
How a brother-in-law became my best friend.Friends, it is often said, are the family you choose. But sometimes, it goes…
Chris Hoy says men should talk about health issues more
Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic cycling champion, says there needs to be more conversations about health between men.