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Why Do People Believe in Ghost Stories?
One question for Iris Berent, an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist at Northeastern University.
Why We Need Muck to Fight Rising Sea Levels
We've starved marshes of their essential sediment—now can we repair them in time?
How Can We Spot Fake Product Reviews?
One question for Brett Hollenbeck, an economist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
AI Is Terrible at Detecting Misinformation. It Doesn’t Have to Be
A look at Elon Musk's predicament at Twitter, and how AI might help.
Where Have All the Snow Crabs Gone?
Eleven billion crabs vanished. Is climate change really to blame?
The Mystery of the Blue Whale Songs
Earth’s largest animals are singing in ever-lower tones, and nobody knows why.
Don’t Treat Your Life as a Project
Fight the tendency to see your life as a narrative journey.
Is COVID-19 Becoming Less Polarizing?
One question for Sara Constantino, a psychologist and public policy researcher at Northeastern University.
Making Sense of Big Ocean Data
Ocean conservation science is experiencing a data explosion—but can we utilize it properly?
Original Minds
From the first cells to unique minds, in the editor's note from Print Issue 46.
