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Some Neural Networks Learn Language Like Humans
Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.
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Cormac McCarthy Took Us Beneath the Surface
Inside the celebrated novelist’s first and only nonfiction essay.
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We’ll Miss the Vulture
Ecosystems are suffering without their invaluable scavenger, victim of a bad reputation.
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The Porthole
Short sharp looks at science
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Do Whales Have Culture?
Sperm whales learn patterns of clicks and other social behaviors from their clans.
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Why We Believe Supernatural Explanations
We’re not so different from a hallucinating chatbot.
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The Original Psychotherapists Were Shamans and Priests
Confession is the key to mental healing.
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Is Morality in Decline?
One question for Adam Mastroianni, a psychologist at Columbia University.
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Forget What You Think You Know About Emotions
Emotions don’t happen to you; your brain creates them.
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Where Earth Got Its Water
A new theory shows Earth’s water was more locally sourced than ever thought before.
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Our Super Malleable Sense of Self
Why is it possible to mistake parts of someone else’s face for your own?
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Welcome to Gorongosa National Park
In a new series, Nautilus puts a spotlight on Gorongosa National Park, a model for biodiversity restoration.
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A Map of Life Like None Other
In one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, scientists are charting the amazing web of life.
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The Pet That Doesn’t Poop
How playing with robot animal companions boosts patients’ health.
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How Can Science Be More Creative?
One question for Ruth Morgan, a professor of crime and forensic sciences at University College London.
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What to Wear in the Next Pandemic
Could a spacesuit designed for Mars help us quarantine on Earth?
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The Cellist and the Physicist
A conversation between Yo-Yo Ma and Fabiola Gianotti.
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What Hallucinogens Will Make You See
8 ways psychedelics distort our vision.
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Were These Caves Licked into Place?
Some of the Earth’s hardest features have been shaped by soft animal bodies.
