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Could Covid Lead to Progress?
Mass tragedies sometimes have unexpected consequences.
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11.28.21 — The Tech and Design Issue
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Inside the C.D.C.’s Pandemic ‘Weather Service’
The agency has created an ambitious $200 million center to predict future outbreaks — but diseases are a lot harder to model than storms.
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You Should Be Afraid of the Next ‘Lab Leak’
Covid might not have come out of a medical research lab, but it raises some urgent questions about how those facilities operate.
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The Design Legacy of Covid? It’s All Around You.
Some objects and practices born in lockdown will probably stick around for decades — for better or worse.
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Researchers can now design and mass-produce genetic material — a technique that helped build the mRNA vaccines. What could it give us next?
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CreditIllustration by Jaedoo Lee The Tech and Design IssueHow the $4 Trillion Flood of Covid Relief Is Funding the Future
From broadband to transportation to high-tech medical manufacturing, benefits from America’s pandemic money infusion will linger.
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CreditChristopher Payne for The New York Times The Tech and Design IssueDr. Becky Doesn’t Think the Goal of Parenting Is to Make Your Kid Happy
“Because there are so many ways right now to get around frustration, you have to be mindful to raise kids who learn how to tolerate it.”
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CreditMamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times TalkWhat Should I Do With My Big Fat Inheritance?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the burdens of philanthropy — and more.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistHow Alienation Became My Superpower
Feeling like an outsider can be painful. But it comes with secret gifts of perception.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Max-o-matic ScreenlandMaking Fresh Cheese at Home Is Worth It. This Recipe Proves It.
Homemade paneer is tender and delicate and extremely creamy — and the star of this simple tikka.
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CreditLinda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophie Leng. EatVaping Is Risky. Why Is the F.D.A. Authorizing E-Cigarettes?
The agency has taken a controversial stand on vaping as a way to quit tobacco. This is what the research shows.
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CreditIllustration by Radio TipPoem: Buried Abecedary for Intensive Care
A poem does its thing when you leave it regretting, just a little bit, learning something you’d swear you already knew.
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Judge John Hodgman on Guests Going Sockless
Taking your shoes off is polite, but what about going totally foot-naked?
By John Hodgman
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