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The problem with social media is not content but its distortion of reality
The biggest problem with social media is not content. It is the way it distorts the reality of the public sphere.
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The DMT ‘elves’ people meet while tripping
Why do so many people encounter these ‘elves’ after smoking large doses of DMT?
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Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate
Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light.
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Psychology of Wordle: Why are people addicted to this viral word game?
Wordle activates both the language and logic parts of our brain and give us a nice boost of dopamine, whether we win or lose.
How 3 new technologies can bring us closer to 100% renewable energy
Scientists are solving the problem of costly energy storage.
Enough moral relativism: some cultures are worse than others
Do right and wrong depend on culture, or does morality transcend place and time?
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Fixing the metaverse: Augmented reality inventor shares ideas for avoiding dystopia
The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.
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Metaverse: Augmented reality inventor warns it could be far worse than social media
If used improperly, the metaverse could be more divisive than social media and an insidious threat to society and even reality itself.
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Astronomers race to save the night sky, but will anyone listen?
An unprecedented number of new satellites, in the form of megaconstellations, threatens the night sky we know. Can we act in time to save it?
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The new species was found in amber from the Dominican Republic.
Miniscule tardigrade fossil frozen in amber is over 16M years old
Miniscule tardigrade fossil frozen in amber is over 16M years old
Miniscule tardigrade fossil frozen in amber is over 16 million years old
The microscopic tardigrades are an elusive species. Fossils are rare, but each new find adds a piece to their unsolved evolutionary puzzle.
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