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A Fictional Psychological Thriller about the Rise of AI
Why we’re seduced by nature’s toxins, horror stories for winter solstice, and more books out this month
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Why Settling Mars Is a Terrible Idea
The downsides of spacefaring, infiltrating Florida’s gator poachers, and more books out this month
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Poems: ‘Fractal’ and ‘In Practice’
Science in meter and verse
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Wildlife Poop Is the Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of
A new book reveals the surprising roles of wildlife scat
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Poem: ‘Message to My Beloved Sibling’
Science in meter and verse
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Behind the Scenes of Scientific American's New Redesign
Today we introduce to the world Scientific American ’s redesign, which we hope will nod to our rich history while also look forward to the everchanging landscape of publishing...
Education
ChatGPT Can Get Good Grades. What Should Educators Do about It?
AI can generate clear, concise text—but people still need to learn how to write
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Lessons from Antarctica about Raising Kids in the Climate Crisis
Horror stories from Indigenous writers, a plea for better road ecology, and more books out now
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Poems: ‘Water Striders’ and ‘Fallowing’
Science in meter and verse
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Can AI Replace Actors? Here’s How Digital Double Tech Works
Motion capture and detailed face scans allow TV and film production teams to replicate a performer’s likeness. Generative AI is making the process faster and easier
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NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Carries Special Cargo: A Poem
“If, by some chance, there’s another being out there that might connect to it, I wanted them to know that regardless of how it may seem sometimes, we love this Earth,” says poet Ada Limón about her poem...
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Can Your Body’s Response to Music Predict Hit Songs? A New AI Study Claims It Can
A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit-song scientists are skeptical
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Cormac McCarthy’s Work Is Rooted in Science
Cormac McCarthy’s curiosity about science made him a great writer
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Poems: ‘The Southern Lights at –50° Fahrenheit’ and ‘Lake Vostok’
Science in meter and verse
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When a Wildfire Burns a City Built for Extracting Oil
A wildfire rages against the Alberta tar sands, aliens induce existential crises for people (and cats), the hype and potential of MDMA, and more books out now
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Poem: ‘Lyrebird’
Science in meter and verse
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The Connection between Allergies and Climate Change
Allergies on the rise, the political power of dried plants, your brain on music, and more books out this month
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Poem: ‘Confluence’
Science in meter and verse
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How This AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition
Boris Eldagsen submitted an artificial-intelligence-generated image to a photography contest as a “cheeky monkey” and sparked a debate about AI’s place in the art world...
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AI Can’t Solve this Famous Murder Mystery Puzzle
The 1934 puzzle book Cain’s Jawbone stumped all but a handful of humans. Then AI took the case
