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Cancer care is now so costly that nearly half of patients and survivors go into medical debt, impacting their credit. / STAT
Things we didn’t know: Millions of vaccine doses are kept refrigerated in stockpiles around the world. / Goats and Soda
Nathan Gardels: How can we be healthy in a sick environment? That is the right question. / Noema
Russia and Ukraine are planning to hold a new peace talks in Istanbul on Wednesday. / BBC World
Amid other shortages, people in Gaza are now running out of places to bury their dead. / The Times of Israel
Some photographs of China’s immense solar power projects. / Kottke
The “abundantist” agenda is said to be about wanting to eliminate “the bullshit that has accrued over time in United States government regulation.” / In Due Course
A new proof validates the intricate and far-reaching Langlands program, often hailed as a grand unified theory of mathematics. / Nature
A new version of ChatGPT suggests we’ve reached a point “where AI systems may present a serious biorisk if safeguards aren’t applied.” / Transformer
Clergy members grapple with how and whether to use artificial intelligence to compose weekly sermons. / NPR
A long essay about dating and “heterofatalism,” or “normative male alexithymia,” or “the ‘female demand-male withdraw’ pattern.” / The New York Times Magazine [$]
What it’s like to be hated by a man who claims to have the highest IQ on the planet. / VICE
Most children do some housework, and plenty do lots, but research indicates that parents shoulder most of it—and that might be a bad idea. / The Atlantic [$]
“It’s a game of chess with swords.” What it’s like to practice Historical European Martial Arts. / The Walrus
Critics test whether Mexican Coke is better than the US version. Conclusion? Yes. / The Washington Post [$]
See also: Lab-grown foie gras from Australia tries to find a niche in the luxury food market. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
A map of the most observed plants and animals for all 50 US states. / xkcd
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