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Can Tripping Save the Planet?
The mysterious connection between psychedelic use and eco-activism.
Don’t Worry If Your Kids Aren’t Polite to Alexa
The ubiquitous AI assistants are gathering huge amounts of data on them.
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.
