Politics & Current Affairs — April 14, 2011

Romney on Health Care

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Mitt Romney on his healthcare plan

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Barry Ritholtz, a man in a suit and tie, stands confidently before a blue zigzag line on a light backdrop.

The Barry Ritholtz Interview: “Smart is good. Smart and lucky is better”

Barry Ritholtz — market commentator, founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and podcast host — shares what really trips investors up.

Man peering through a glass container with measurement markings, focused expression, blurred foreground.

Health

The quest for a “communication device” that tells cells to regenerate the body

“Can we push these cells to do something other than what they normally do?” asks developmental biologist Michael Levin. “Can they build something completely different?”

Two children displaying defiance as they make faces at each other on the left; a close-up of fingers holding dominoes on the right.

The Learning Curve

How the “defiance domino effect” can improve your life and transform society

Sunita Sah hopes that by redefining defiance, we can build societies that allow people to live more authentic lives.

A person with headphones is immersed in framed pictures, next to a book open to a page with abstract blue patterns, reminiscent of human-AI symbiosis in its design.

Business

Why “human-AI symbiosis” is essential for business and society

An approach based on collaboration and empathy can place “connection with people” at the heart of AI’s purpose.

Large hall with rows of hospital beds occupied by patients and attended by medical staff, likely during an early 20th-century medical crisis.

Health

The dangers of keeping epidemiology the “hidden science”

Caitlin Rivers wants to tell the story of epidemiology and the public health heroes who keep the world safe and healthy.

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