Featured series 
Tag: Q&A
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Nation & World
Would social media ban for children work here? Australia offers lessons.
New paper by Cass Sunstein, colleagues finds poor early adherence but also suggests trying to shift social norms, offering incentives could help
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Arts & Culture
Iranian history in tableaux
Photographer brings 11 key scenes from 20th century to life in Peabody exhibit
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Work & Economy
Would it be fair if you could bet on date of your college reunion?
Financial regulation expert says greater oversight needed of wager-on-anything prediction markets given risk of insider trading, worsening of gambling problems
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Health
Should you ask ChatGPT for medical advice?
Physician and AI researcher Adam Rodman says AI can be helpful but has some tips on how, when to use it safely
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Health
What to make of ‘AI psychosis’?
‘Until we know what the term really means, we can’t even begin to understand what’s happening.’
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Nation & World
Voting goes to court
Election law expert assesses challenges to state authority as parties look ahead to midterms
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Science & Tech
Bone-eating worms and other deep-sea survivors
‘Dark Frontier’ author details life in one of Earth’s harshest environments and quest to carve out ‘national parks’ of the oceans
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Health
Expanding the fight against heart disease
Specialist welcomes shift to more aggressive recommendations
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Health
Are your bathroom habits normal?
In new book, doctor addresses everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
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Arts & Culture
Writing about a pet frog is trivial? Anne Fadiman disagrees.
‘We need beauty, wit, and attention to small things even more when we have to face large, painful things,’ essayist says about new book
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Nation & World
Social media firms lost two bellwether cases, but future remains unclear
Legal scholar on next move for tech giants, chances of ‘master settlement,’ more
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Campus & Community
‘OK, I get it. This makes sense.’
Grade-inflation panel says updated plan focuses on reining in A’s, restoring integrity of system, freeing students to follow curiosity
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Nation & World
How high school shapes future success
Study associates 2 factors with better long-term outcomes, including higher earnings at age 30
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Health
Why mattering matters
Author of best-seller talks about power of feeling valued, asking for help — and how AI threatens core human need
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Work & Economy
For now, Live Nation deal is just a ‘Band Aid,’ says antitrust scholar
Visiting professor discusses ‘vertical integration,’ why DOJ originally sought breakup, and what’s next
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Nation & World
Want better schools? It’s all up to states.
Education scholar Thomas Kane says that’s lesson of recent ‘Southern Surge’ in test scores
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Arts & Culture
The downside of winning an Oscar
Alum with Academy Award to his credit details hills and valleys of Hollywood career
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Health
Warning signs of alcohol-use disorder relapse
New study focuses on those with long history of sobriety
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Arts & Culture
Who still goes to the movies?
For some, ease of streaming can’t beat thrill of watching films on the big screen
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Nation & World
Aging independently, by design
Most older adults say they want to spend their golden years in their own homes. The reality is more complicated, says urban planning expert.
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Campus & Community
Wonder served him well
Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped deepen it.
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Arts & Culture
Immersed in Toni Morrison’s multitudes
Professor’s book is an appreciation of Nobel-winning novelist’s ‘difficult’ oeuvre — and a defense
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Science & Tech
What exactly is consciousness? (And does my Venus flytrap have it too?)
In new book, author Michael Pollan explores nonhuman sentience, stream of thought, AI
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Nation & World
Updating Cold War-era Outer Space Treaty long overdue. But big hurdles loom.
Tech policy expert cites global divisiveness, urges creating annual conference like that for climate change to advance talks
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Work & Economy
Did I say too much?
‘Revealing’ author explains difference between TMI and the kind of healthy ‘oversharing’ that deepens relationships
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Nation & World
Crush your goals the Ohtani way
Baseball superstar’s method for acing ambitions can help anyone, says Business School professor
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Work & Economy
Pricey blockbuster GLP-1s are costing users — and most of the rest of us, too
Health insurers are passing along cost for coverage in form of higher rates across the board, policy researcher says
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Nation & World
New factor in predicting who becomes criminal: when you were born.
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson investigates plunging arrest rates for youngest millennials
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Arts & Culture
How Bad Bunny rocketed to global stardom
Music scholar charts ‘remarkable’ rise that transcended language barriers and cultural stigma
