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The oil industry is betting big on plastics. Here's what that means for the future

Journalist Beth Gardiner says the fossil fuel industry is increasingly reliant upon plastic products. Her book is Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Be

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How Trump's EPA head has transformed the agency — and sided with polluters

New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert says EPA chief Lee Zeldin has rescinded regulations, cut or eliminated departments and terminated the jobs of many scientists. Trump calls Zeldin "our secret weapon."

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She spent a year using AI to do almost everything. Here's what she learned

Tech reporter JOANNA STERN. She’s chief technology analyst for NBC news. Her new book is called I am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to do (almost) Everything. It chronicles the experiment she tried throughout most of 2025, handing over every task, large and small, to AI - if AI was capable of doing it. From reading her mammogram and ultra sound, to folding her t-shirts, responding to her email and texts, serving as her therapist, and helping her write her book.

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