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how and why corporate jargon and technobabble lull the mind

Yes, sadly, some of the worst stereotypes about corporate culture really are true.
how and why corporate jargon and technobabble lull the mind

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why we don't need another round of nuke testing

Modern technology and computing made nuclear testing unnecessary. Modern politics make it insanely dangerous.
why we don't need another round of nuke testing

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why we really are creatures of habit about two thirds of the time

Yes, we run mostly on autopilot. We more or less have to.
why we really are creatures of habit about two thirds of the time

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constant time memory: another attempt to explain our minds with code

A new study tries to compare our memories with a common data structure.
constant time memory: another attempt to explain our minds with code

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how we separate, or mix, fact and fiction

How we can tell what is the the real life and what is just a fantasy? And what does it say about our evolution and potential?
how we separate, or mix, fact and fiction

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think slow, act fast: why human brains are a lot lazier than we think

New research shows that far from challenging computers when we think, we seem to operate at a much slower pace than scientists expected.
think slow, act fast: why human brains are a lot lazier than we think

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chairman trump's great leap backwards

The Trumpian war on science, culture, and checks and balances on executive power is eagerly, and rapidly, repeating the worst mistakes of past autocracies.
chairman trump's great leap backwards

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our fragile and potentially self-destructing universe. sort of...

If you believe popular science headlines, our cosmos could unravel at any instant. It's very unlikely, but the idea's core questions are still worth asking.
our fragile and potentially self-destructing universe. sort of...

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a once-in-a-billon merger of two organisms proves an "impossible" feat of evolution

A new discovery by scientists shows an organism becoming part of another, proving an idea that creationists insisted was impossible.
a once-in-a-billon merger of two organisms proves an "impossible" feat of evolution

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did scientists figure out how to make a warp drive? well... yes, and no

According to popular science headlines claim that we've cracked how to make a warp drive within the known laws of physics. The reality is a lot more complicated.
did scientists figure out how to make a warp drive? well... yes, and no

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why and how scientists want to make you part tardigrade

Injecting a key protein from tardigrades into human cells gives them the same kind of metabolic benefits as the hearty extremophiles.
why and how scientists want to make you part tardigrade

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self-help: the cancer eating america alive

American culture praises self-reliance, resilience, and independence. But it also elevates a brand of toxic positivity that eats away at individuals and society.
self-help: the cancer eating america alive

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can we really push the undo extinction button?

Biotech company Colossal keeps promising to return extinct creatures from the dead. But could they actually do it? And most importantly, should they?
can we really push the undo extinction button?

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so, what really killed the dinosaurs?

A group of scientists has been arguing that the dinosaurs' fate was sealed long before the asteroid hit. Now, supercomputers are putting this idea to the test.
so, what really killed the dinosaurs?

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why your brain might be a quantum computer, sort of. kinda. maybe...

Scientists discovered that the signal linking between our hearts and brains has the telltale sign of quantum entanglement. Now what?
why your brain might be a quantum computer, sort of. kinda. maybe...

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