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TIRANA, Albania — As you drive from the Tirana International Airport toward the heart of the Albanian capital, car dealerships and shopping center-lined freeways give way to tidy rows of Communist-era housing blocks, their concrete walls splashed in Funfetti-hued dazzle camo — reminders of the country’s darker periods hiding beneath a cheerful riot of cheap…

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Since five members of the American Diabetes Association were ejected from its scientific session in New Orleans on June 5, the professional organization has released two explanations, one apology, one summary of its review of the events, and one notice of further review. Members have protested through petitions and an 1,100-member boycott. The flagship journal…

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This essay contains spoilers for “You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder’s new film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

This essay contains spoilers for “You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder’s new film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

For five years, biologist David Sabatini has replayed his downfall from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the back of his mind, like a movie on repeat.

What would happen if you generated a new type of lab mouse whose brain was substantially human? Would they be really smart or somehow have a different consciousness?