Meet the Animals That Self-Medicateon January 6, 2021 at 9:00 am

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From clay-chomping gorillas to reindeer that munch on hallucinogenic mushrooms.Read More

How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?on January 6, 2021 at 11:35 am

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Binge drinking isn’t the only harmful booze habit. Other forms of heavy drinking come with consequences, too.Read More

Are Face Masks Here to Stay?on January 6, 2021 at 5:00 pm

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Some countries shifted their cultures after pandemics to embrace mask-wearing in public. Will the same thing happen to the U.S.?Read More

A look back at our best photography of 2020Stephanie Arnetton December 31, 2020 at 11:00 am

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Even amidst stay-at-home orders and restricted mobility, the photographers commissioned for stories this year were able to connect us with…

The pandemic taught us how not to deal with climate changeJames Templeon January 1, 2021 at 9:00 am

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There’s a case to be made that 2020, for all the sacrifices it demanded and tragedies it inflicted, could at…

The 11 biggest space missions of 2021 (and their chances of success)Neel Patelon January 4, 2021 at 9:20 am

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Spaceflight in 2020 did not go as planned. Like nearly everything else in the world, space activity was hit hard…

Singapore’s police now have access to contact tracing dataLindsay Muscatoon January 5, 2021 at 11:00 am

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The news: Police will be able to access data collected by Singapore’s covid-19 contact tracing system for use in criminal…

This avocado armchair could be the future of AIWill Heavenon January 5, 2021 at 7:00 pm

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With GPT-3, OpenAI showed that a single deep-learning model could be trained to use language in a variety of ways…

This tool lets you confuse Google’s ad network, and a test shows it worksKonstantin Kakaeson January 6, 2021 at 9:58 am

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We’ve all been there by now: surfing the web and bumping into ads with an uncanny flavor. How did they…

What Buddhism can do for AI ethicsAmy Nordrumon January 6, 2021 at 11:00 am

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The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has fostered hope that it will help us solve many of the world’s most…