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The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are

There are good reasons you always feel 20 percent younger than your actual age.

Sexting With Gemini

Why did Google’s supposedly teen-friendly chatbot say it wanted to tie me up?

Judges Don’t Know What AI’s Book Piracy Means

Can AI companies keep stealing books to train their models?

That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.

Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”

Another Moderate Republican Opts Out

For the likes of Don Bacon, quitting Congress has become a familiar endgame.

We Should, in Fact, Politicize the Tragedy

Holding people and policies accountable for disasters is essential.

Censorship for Citizenship

Trump’s threat to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship shows his conditional support for free speech.

Extreme Violence Without Genocide

The plight of white South Africans is part of a much larger problem.

The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine

How the left ended up disbelieving the science

Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects

As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.

A Sea Story

One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place in 1994. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From a mass of material, including official and unofficial reports and survivor testimony, our correspondent has distilled an account of the Estonia’s last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas.

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

How to Be Happy Growing Older

Your future will probably be better than your past.

Let Your Kid Climb That Tree

It could actually make them safer.

The AI Industry Is Radicalizing

The tech industry and its critics occupy parallel universes.

Men Might Be the Key to an American Baby Boom

Fertility policy has a big missing piece.

The Choices That Create Isolation

Everyday decisions accumulate into a life.

The Invisibility of Older Women

As they age, women experience less public scrutiny—and entertain a wider set of choices about when and how they are seen.

Notes From an Israeli Pacifist

Too Israeli to be a victim and too resistant to be a patriot—I’m in exile, even when I’m at home.

The AI Birthday Letter That Blew Me Away

Google is ushering in an era of custom chatbots.