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Recently, I’ve been turning off my iPhone — all the way off! — for 10 to 30 minutes at a time. I leave it somewhere in the house, while I try to live IRL (“in real life”), washing dishes, hanging up ...

We are living in an increasingly lawless, shadowy world—where international conventions and institutions are not just ignored, but actively undermined, as powerful states engage in acts amounting to ...

DDT helped wipe out one of the deadliest species from Brazil, but that's not the end of the story. By RJ Mackenzie Published May 2, 2025 8:00 AM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More ...