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The Surprising Backstory behind Witch Hunts and Reproductive Labor
Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting.
2 years, 8 months ago
What You Need to Know about GPT-4
The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary.
2 years, 9 months ago
Good News for Coffee Lovers
A careful new study reveals coffee is generally safe for your heart and may boost your daily step count.
2 years, 9 months ago
Meet the Magnificent Microbes of the Deep Unknown
These two researchers journey toward the center of Earth—via windows to the crust—to find bacteria that can breathe iron, arsenic and other metals th…
2 years, 9 months ago
How Zombifying Fungi Became Master Manipulators
The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more.
2 years, 9 months ago
Science Has New Ideas about 'Oumuamua's Weirdness
Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic n…
2 years, 9 months ago
Open Offices Aren't Working, so How Do We Design an Office That Does?
Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone.
2 years, 9 months ago
Cosmos, Quickly: Remembering the Genius of Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascina…
2 years, 9 months ago
Long COVID's Roots in the Brain: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 3
Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system.
2 years, 9 months ago
If AI Starts Making Music on Its Own, What Happens to Musicians?
Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.
2 years, 9 months ago