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A major discovery in Central Asia. More than a dozen books published in a single week. Is âBlake Whitingâ the most productive historian working today?
Contemporary writing about womanhood is full of apologizing or justifying or moralizing. Such frameworks shed little light
Why AI canât smell. Current âe-noseâ technology is the size of a fridge, costs a half-million dollars, and takes six hours to run a sample
Helen DeWitt turned down a $175,000 prize because of the strings attached. Is she a principled actor or a spoiled, entitled nightmare?
Why can humans, unlike all other animals, make pyramids, or spaceships, or musical instruments? Language
Ben Lerner: âWherever I am now, I am not a young novelist. Heart surgery will do that to you, in addition to everything elseâ
The 16th season of the Dissect podcast is a deep dive into Daft Punk; hereâs the 1st episode.
European colonists are off the hook for this one The post An Ancient Mummyâs Tooth Could Rewrite Script of Scarlet Fever in the New World appeared first on Nautilus.
Dramatic late twists, stats versus vibes â and another test of what prediction markets really measure.
The Bodega Cats of New York project documents the working cats of NYCâs delis, bodegas, and corner stores. The cat at the local deli wasnât a pet. She knew the regulars. She kept the mice out. She gav
Have we moved beyond the reach of natural selection? If so, itâs likely a relatively recent development. The post Humans Evolving, One Way or Another appeared first on Nautilus.
Kate Bowler at Literary Hub: Itâs beautiful in North Carolina in March, which means that Zach has set out to use his metal detector in the woods near our house. He is certain that we are about to emba
A few years back, the Mini Cooperâs taillights were designed to look like the Union Jack flag, which is fine until you turn the blinker on and it looks like an arrow pointing in the wrong direction. I
Part the First: Dealing with Scientific Misconduct. Trust in science has declined during my professional work life. Some, but not all, of this is due to misconduct by scientists, as it should be. T
Matt Lutz at Persuasion: Unfortunately, Iâm pretty sure that AI alignment is impossible. How might an AI form a moral sense? There are basically two scenarios. In one scenario, moral facts are the kin
Oh my gosh, look at these tiny snow leopard cubs from the Melbourne Zoo. đĽš
PLUS: Has Forum Brain crossed the gender divide?
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The Astronomy Picture of the Day, in which the International Space Station looks like itâs landing on the Moon.
For the first time, scientists are studying these mysterious states in real time The post The New Science of the Near-Death Experience appeared first on Nautilus.
The post OpenAI Proposes A âSocial Contractâ For The Intelligence Age appeared first on NOEMA.
Carl Zimmer at the New York Times: On Thursday, a group of researchers reported that the Ugandan chimps are locked in a primate version of civil war. Two factions split about a decade ago and have bee
Iâd vaguely heard of Project Plowshare but good god, what a ridiculous and dangerous waste of time and money. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear weapons were seen not only as devices of destructio
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If we're going to poison quadrillions of beings to death each year, we should at least try not to make it excruciatingly painful
âHere are some things that have been found in donation bins: A live puppy. Live Japanese grenades. An 1854 tombstone for Rebecca Jane Nye. Old skulls. A stolen Frederic Remington sculpture. Customized
Kathryn Hughes at The Guardian: Thirty-five thousand years ago, in the Ardèche region of France, Paleolithic artists drew a spectacular bestiary on the walls of the Chauvet cave. Their focus was apex
Welcome to Carbon Briefâs DeBriefed. An essential guide to the weekâs key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 17 April 2026: Fossil-fuel power slumps | âSuperâ El NiĂąo warning | Afg
Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if the rules of quantum mechanics donât hold. The recently rediscovered idea of quantum jamming complicates things.
"Inside the Manosphere"âa review
It spans over 11 billion years of cosmic history The post Check Out the Largest 3-D Map of the Universe appeared first on Nautilus.
Historian Eric Cline, author of 1177 BC, explains how the collapse of several civilizations circa 1200 BC was the result of an âoverly interdependent system that had no way to absorb multiple shocks a
The right-wing populist Hungarian government led by Viktor OrbĂĄn has suffered a landslide electoral defeat... The post Q&A: What Magyarâs defeat of OrbĂĄn in Hungary means for climate and energy appear
History does not repeat but often rhymes, as parallels between the US deployment of economic sanctions against Japan and now Iran shows.
Rhoda Feng at The Paris Review: For a few weeks this spring, you couldnât swing a thyrsus in New York without hitting a play about Antigone. Perhaps it started with Robert Ickeâs Oedipus, the Broadway
Private credit has grown into a roughly $1.7 trillion asset class, yet it remains poorly understood by many investors and commentators.
Geese are the most talked-about new rock band in years. But thanks to a recent Wired article, theyâre now facing a backlash â accused of being privileged, reactionary, and even a âpsyop.â Itâs everyth
an annoying thought experiment
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