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Vox · Sep 16, 2026

PHILOSOPHY RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Does my pet have a soul?

Why do I cry when I see a donkey? It’s completely involuntary. As if my heart’s defenses are swept aside by a giant wave of compassion and I’m left unnerved by the intensity of love that I feel: raw and a little foreign. I wonder about this because I’m not a big animal guy. There’s […]

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Vox · Sep 16, 2026

GENERATIVE AI AND FOUNDATION MODELS

Can AI save global health? Bill Gates is betting $1 billion that it can.

On stage at Davos in the Swiss Alps earlier this year, Bill Gates, before an audience of the global do-gooding elite, announced a $50 million partnership between his foundation and an unlikely new ally, OpenAI, aimed at improving healthcare in Rwanda. Just a month earlier, the Gates Foundation had released a harrowing report about widespread […]

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Vox · Sep 15, 2026

AI ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE

The people who fear AI are wasting time fighting each other

Everyone is suddenly freaking out about AI. While AI researchers have been warning about their creations’ capabilities for many years, recent events have made those alarms newly tangible. In the spring, Anthropic announced that AI was beginning to speed up the work of building better AIs, raising fears of “recursive self-improvement,” where the machines can […]

Vox · Sep 14, 2026

FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS

Why you should start planning for the holidays now. Yes — in September.

The weather forecast might still be screaming “summer,” but the calendar betrays the truth: The holidays are going to be here before you know it. What’s usually billed as a jolly time of year can inspire dread — all the planning, all the spending, all the gathering can be exhausting, especially if you have a […]

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Vox · Sep 14, 2026

FREIGHT SHIPPING AND PORTS

The hidden $350 surcharge on American households

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Diesel prices hit an all-time high on last week. Then another, and another. According to AAA, the average price of diesel as of September 10 stands at a staggering $5.98 — about $2.31 more than in late February, […]

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