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Kelsey Piper

Kelsey Piper

Contributing editor

    Latest articles by Kelsey Piper

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    In India and China, consumers are eager for lab-grown meat. In the US? Not as much.In India and China, consumers are eager for lab-grown meat. In the US? Not as much.
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    New market research finds Americans divided on meat alternatives — and consumers elsewhere hungry for them.

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    How will AI change our lives? Experts can’t agree — and that could be a problem.How will AI change our lives? Experts can’t agree — and that could be a problem.
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    In two new books, 45 AI experts grapple with a field on the verge of something big, and possibly scary.

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    How “movement capture” shaped the fight for civil rights
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    A new paper on the NAACP and its funders has lessons for philanthropy and activism.

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    Bill Gates: I’ve paid $10 billion in taxes. I should have paid more.Bill Gates: I’ve paid $10 billion in taxes. I should have paid more.
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    Eight highlights from Bill Gates’s Reddit AMA.

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    Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. But if you lobby for better fishing policy…Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. But if you lobby for better fishing policy…
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    A charity focused on cost-effective giving is shifting its sights toward influencing policy.

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    These volunteers get malaria on purpose so we’ll know how to fight itThese volunteers get malaria on purpose so we’ll know how to fight it
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    To test malaria vaccines, researchers give volunteers malaria. I asked one volunteer what it’s like.

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    The conversation about diversity in tech is getting hijacked by bad researchThe conversation about diversity in tech is getting hijacked by bad research
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    Recruiting companies offering one easy fix to gender disparities are getting taken way too seriously.

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    Biologists are trying to make bird flu easier to spread. Can we not?Biologists are trying to make bird flu easier to spread. Can we not?
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    This research into viruses could help us understand pandemics better - or it could cause one.

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    An AI helped us write this articleAn AI helped us write this article
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    An impressive new language AI writes product reviews and news articles. Its creators are worried about misuse.

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    The important questions about universal basic income haven’t been answered yetThe important questions about universal basic income haven’t been answered yet
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    Does it replace existing programs? How much should it be? And who pays for it?

    By Kelsey Piper