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The Great Forgetting

Earth is losing its memory.

December 19, 2022

Are We Doctors or Data Workers?

I want to solve illnesses, not scroll through them—the dilemma of electronic health records.

December 16, 2022

Communication Breakdown in the Brain

Inside the research to get neurons back in a healthy conversation with one another.

December 15, 2022

The Oceanic Fallout of Deep-Sea Mining

What happens in the deep sea doesn’t stay in the deep sea.

December 14, 2022

This Drug Can Mend a Broken Heart

A new therapy promises to take the sting out of traumatic memories.

December 14, 2022

What Does Love Do to Us?

One question for Anna Machin, an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University.

December 12, 2022

Don’t Worry If Your Kids Aren’t Polite to Alexa

The ubiquitous AI assistants are gathering huge amounts of data on them.

December 7, 2022

Why Do People Believe in Ghost Stories?

One question for Iris Berent, an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist at Northeastern University.

December 5, 2022

Clicking with Your Kin

How sperm whale sounds are like team uniforms.

November 30, 2022

Why We Need Muck to Fight Rising Sea Levels

We've starved marshes of their essential sediment—now can we repair them in time?

November 29, 2022

How Can We Spot Fake Product Reviews?

One question for Brett Hollenbeck, an economist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

November 29, 2022

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.

November 27, 2022