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Death of a Fossil Hunter
Junchang Lü was is one of the most important dinosaur researchers of the past half century
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When AI Misjudgment Is Not an Accident
Intentional bias is another way artificial intelligence could hurt us
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Makeup Makes Older Faces Look Younger, and Younger Faces Look Older
Middle-aged faces look younger with makeup on, 20-year old faces look older with makeup and 30-year old faces look their real age with or without makeup
Unknown Unknowns: The Problem of Hypocognition
We wander about the unknown terrains of life, complacent about what we know and oblivious to what we miss
Spacetime Emergence, Panpsychism and the Nature of Consciousness
How does experience, which is so intimately tied to our perception of time and space, arise from timeless, non-spatial ingredients?
How Prey Animals' Prior Experiences Make Them Gullible to Masquerading Predators
Ghost mantises use their prey’s cognitive processes against them
A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and skygazing
Why the Most Important Idea in Behavioral Decision-Making Is a Fallacy
The popular idea that avoiding losses is a bigger motivator than achieving gains is not supported by the evidence
Why Do People Want to Drink the Sarcophagus Water?
This is a snapshot of who we are right at this moment
The Dark Core of Personality
What's your dark core score?
Brain Gain: A Person Can Instantly Blossom into a Savant--and No One Knows Why
Some people suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous interest or training. Is it possible innate genius lies dormant within everyone?
Using a Paper Clip to Stop an Aircraft Carrier
When fantastical science logic leaves the screen and stops being fun
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