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A robot leads older women to perform a cultural dance at an AI Exhibition in Beijing in April 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Wherever AI is heading next, older people want a say

The AI industry is dominated by young, male tech workers. It runs the risk of developing apps and tools that reproduce these gender and age-biases.
Madonna in 2008. AP / Alamy

Confessions II: why Madonna still matters

There are many more female artists in the 2020s than the early 1980s, but none is as iconoclastic as Madonna, more than 40 years on from her debut.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at the CNN presidential debate on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. Justin Sullivan via Getty Images News

How much does aging affect mental acuity? It’s debatable

Three keys to protecting an aging brain are physical activity, intellectual stimulation and annual screenings for dementia.
Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden, both photographed on Nov. 2, 2023, are two of the three oldest men ever to serve as president. Trump: Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Biden: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?

Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step back and pass the torch to younger people.
In China, single women as young as 27 are considered ‘leftover.’ Maciej Toporowicz/Monument via Getty Images

Why are some Chinese women still looking to the West for love?

Their desire to pursue marriage abroad not only reveals their longing for a better life but also reveals the pervasive gender, age and class inequalities that continue to plague modern-day China.

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