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A New Way to Predict Earthquakes

Using geometry to figure out where the next big one will strike.

June 25, 2024

The Most Unlikely Migration

17 million insects cross the Pyrenees each year, with enormous impacts on the environment.

June 24, 2024

Protecting Artists from Theft by AI

A new strategy for copyrighting a writer’s signature style.

June 21, 2024

A Reality Check on Superhuman AI

What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence.

June 20, 2024

Bringing Mars to Earth with Music

A new symphony turns the science of the Red Planet into art.

June 20, 2024

The Force Was with Them

My generation of filmmakers shook up cinema forever. Where are history’s periodic surges of creativity taking us?

June 18, 2024

How Life Made Our Earth

Ferris Jabr’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his book, Becoming Earth.

June 18, 2024

A Tiny Insect with Extraordinary Piss

The sharpshooter catapults its urine at high speed.

June 14, 2024

The Cognitive Magic of “Hi”

How a simple word illuminates children’s cognitive development and linguistic creativity.

June 12, 2024

When Kids Talk to Machines

Language bots are no substitute for teaching children to speak and learn.

June 12, 2024