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The Ancient Wisdom Stored in Trees
What very old trees can teach us about life, death, and time.
What Does Love Do to Us?
One question for Anna Machin, an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University.
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.
