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    The Boundaries of Artificial Emotional Intelligence If our virtual assistants and emotional laborers are all turning out to be soothing, female-voiced AI, will it close certain gaps for human women? Or will it ratify them?

    Beats: Health Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

    Beats: Space Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    Your Classroom Is Making You Fail Almost everyt traditional classroom design makes it harder to learn–yet the fixes are often simple.

    Chasing Virality Brought Us Fake News, Now Everything’s on Fire By uncritically embedding itself into social networks, did the media actually usher in the era of fake news?

    The Roots of an Epidemic

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    The ID Question

    Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
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    Postcards From a Supply Chain

    A series that traces consumer goods back through the global shipping system to their source.
    Dan Williams
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    Beats: Space

    Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    Beats: Food

    Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

    Beats: Disability

    “Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

    Beats: Health

    Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

    How Are Remote Workers Changing the World’s Cities?

    Remote working is easier than ever before across the world–but it has impacts on cities as well as workers.
    Duncan Geere
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    The Depressing Science of What Living in a City Does to Your Brain

    The hustle and bustle of living in cities has measurable impacts on mental health–but greenery may be an antidote.
    Princess Ojiaku
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    It’s Time for Cities to Talk About Abandoning Meat

    Can urban farms really help fight climate change and make room for animals at the same time?
    Ajit Niranjan
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