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africa New evidence of African writing system that pre-dates European colonialists Thom Dunn

animal rights HelloFresh still using illegal primate labor, says PETA: "Monkeys are chained around the neck and forced to toil" Elías Villoro

Science The Tasmanian Tiger's been extinct since 1936. Should we bring it back with science? Elías Villoro

politics Meet the Texan billionaires buying up the state's political machinery Elías Villoro

media CNN fires Chris Cuomo, who is also now accused of sexual misconduct Rob Beschizza

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corpses A dead man's body was dissected in an "Oddities and Curiosities" show to a paying audience without consent Carla Sinclair

Science First monkey-human hybrid embryos sparking controversy among scientists David Pescovitz

AI OpenAI discovers its visual AI can be fooled by written notes Clive Thompson

mistakes GPT-3 medical chatbot tells suicidal test patient to kill themselves Rob Beschizza

tech Google AI researcher Timnit Gebru fired after complaining of "aggressions and harassments" Rob Beschizza

privacy What to know about COVID tracing apps Thom Dunn

medicine It's ok for dead men to donate sperm, according to medical ethics study David Pescovitz

health For the first time, you can search the database of money that publicly funded researchers in Illinois received from pharma companies Cory Doctorow

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