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Man shopping in the produce section of an American grocery store

The behind-the-shelves story of American supermarkets

How the grocery store became our one-stop food haven — and the dark side of that success.

Do offices have a future?

We may have left office jobs in the prepandemic world.

Side view of a cross section of a human brain in glass

How the West came to dominate our brains

It’s a weird, weird world.

CDC Director Dr. Redfield and Dr. Fauci leave a meeting together. A screen displays the text, "Opening Up America Again."

American exceptionalism in a pandemic

COVID-19 has turned our world upside down. It’s also created a moment to turn things right side up.

How social media has changed society

It draws us in and riles us up — but we still can’t look away.

A crowd of people rushing in a subway station

What 1 billion Americans would mean for the US

The US has the world’s largest economy, but for how much longer?

Global economic inequalities could grow worse with a vaccine for COVID-19

If you thought you lived in an unequal world before the global pandemic, it's becoming increasingly clear our already unequal society will become more unequal.

Four vertical syringes of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19

Pandemic set to widen global inequality

If you thought you lived in an unequal world before, get ready.

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How tech reshapes our relationships

What happens when tech influences every aspect of our lives — even who we meet, and what our families look like?

Sections of a table are seen blocked off with tape as assistant professor Jennifer Guerard speaks into laptops while teaching a foundations of chemistry remote class at the US Naval Academy, Aug. 24, 2020, in Annapolis, Md.

Will coronavirus really change college forever?

Colleges were already facing hard times. Could the pandemic be the tipping point to upend the whole industry?

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