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How do stars pee at the Met Gala? An investigation

Washington Post: Extravagant gowns can yield a very particular kind of fashion emergency.

She wanted a ‘free birth’. It put her and her baby in grave danger

NY Times: A spate of deaths has brought attention to the social media-fuelled movement.

Why the AI job apocalypse (probably) won’t happen

NYT opinion: For one thing, the macrodata isn’t matching the anecdata, writes Ezra Klein.

'Absolutely scary': The invisible force making food less nutritious

Experts fear the degradation of Earth's food supply will cause an epidemic of hunger.

Clear waters, murky morals: When humans swim with killer whales

NYT: It's one of the rarest wildlife encounters on Earth, but there are growing concerns.

7 signs you’re ageing before your time, according to a longevity doctor

Telegraph: Midlife health issues that may seem minor can be important clues.

They were Michael Jackson's 'second family'. Now they say he abused them

NY Times: The Cascio siblings are suing Jackson's estate after standing by him for years.

How to plan a massacre: AI bots told scientists how to make biological weapons

NY Times: Chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public.

At 57, I discovered I’d been switched at birth

Telegraph: Teresa Carter took an at-home DNA test on a whim. The results upended her life.