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DeepSeek’s sudden emergence illustrates how the country’s AI industry is thriving despite US efforts to slow it down. By Bloomberg BusinessweekSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cartoon Network used to generate big profits, cranking out nutty, surrealist animation for TV audiences. But with the cable bundle melting and the streaming service Max pulling back from kids programming, the future of the brand looks precarious. By Felix GilletteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

China’s falling marriage rate is exacerbating a demographic crisis in the world's second-largest economy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel tracks a single barge through booms, busts and at least one war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US economy will end up paying the price for Trump's attacks on American universities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clara Wu Tsai could hold the key to the WNBA’S future—and maybe to the entire business of women’s sports. By Megan GreenwellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A master of contemporary operas, John Adams takes on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra — and hopes more Americans will show an interest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new book explores why MLMs are still popular — and legal — even though so many people lose money in them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After being eradicated in the US in the 1980s, the screwworm could be back as soon as this summer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The rules that govern the election of a new pope have been refined and rewritten for centuries. But the process still isn’t perfect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.