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Is consciousness nothing more than an illusion? That idea defined the work of Daniel Dennett (1942–2024 ..read more
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When human labor is hidden under the veneer of a robot or AI tool, that’s “fauxtomation ..read more
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By cutting trees in response to international demand for tobacco, farmers induced wildlife to start eating virus-laden bat guano ..read more
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NASA scientists spent months coaxing the 46-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft back into healthy communication ..read more
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The Biden administration is marking Earth Week with announcements of solar power funding for lower-income communities, an expansion of the Climate Corps and Clean Air Act rules ..read more
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New research shows that looking at memorable images can warp our perception of time ..read more
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The birth of a cloned black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann, and her two new sisters, has sparked a new pilot program to preserve the tissues of hundreds of endangered species “just in case ..read more
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Extracting, freezing and retransplanting slices of hormone-producing ovarian tissue could postpone menopause, but some experts say it’s not effective enough—or necessary ..read more
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Millions of human-made objects travel at high speeds in low-Earth orbit, polluting space and increasing the chance of collision with satellites and other spacecraft ..read more
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Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world’s largest carbon sinks ..read more