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Betty Shannon, Unsung Mathematical Genius
Her husband, Claude, helped create the computer revolution, but few knew that she was his closest collaborator
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Is Anyone Home? A Way to Find Out If AI Has Become Self-Aware
It’s not easy, but a newly proposed test might be able to detect consciousness in a machine
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Chimp Guy Knocks Baboon Guy's Upbeat View of Human War
Harvard’s Richard Wrangham and Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky clash over claim that war has deep evolutionary roots
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Are Tardigrades Really That Tough?
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Paleo Profile: Currie's Alberta Hunter
Sometimes a single bone can give away the presence of an unknown dinosaur
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How to have hot sex, according to science
Chasing Consciousness, and the Information Revolution
A new institute gains steam, together with a new set of ideas on matter, life and information
The Supracranial Sinus of the Horned Dinosaur Skull
There’s a giant, weird space in the skulls of big horned dinosaurs—haven’t you heard?
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The Trump Administration is undoing a legacy of science-based protections
When Older Drugs are Better Drugs
Pharmaceutical firms want doctors to use the newest medications on the market—but that’s not always the right choice
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Clinical trial failures kick off a search for new approaches
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Chimp Guy Knocks Baboon Guy's Upbeat View of Human War
Harvard’s Richard Wrangham and Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky clash over claim that war has deep evolutionary roots
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Fossils We Want to Find
There’s a list of fossils I’d really like you to go out and find. Good luck.
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Are Tardigrades Really That Tough?
Astrophysical events may have a hard time sterilizing Earth-analogue worlds, based on the example of water bears. But is it this simple?
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Paleo Profile: Currie's Alberta Hunter
Sometimes a single bone can give away the presence of an unknown dinosaur
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The Science of Passionate Sex
How to have hot sex, according to science
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Chasing Consciousness, and the Information Revolution
A new institute gains steam, together with a new set of ideas on matter, life and information
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The Supracranial Sinus of the Horned Dinosaur Skull
There’s a giant, weird space in the skulls of big horned dinosaurs—haven’t you heard?
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Putting the Public at Risk
The Trump Administration is undoing a legacy of science-based protections
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When Older Drugs are Better Drugs
Pharmaceutical firms want doctors to use the newest medications on the market—but that’s not always the right choice
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What Would It Take to Get an Effective Alzheimer's Drug?
Clinical trial failures kick off a search for new approaches
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