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A Theory of Childbirth’s Evolution May Not Be What You’re Expecting
Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky.
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A Grim Climate Lesson From the Canadian Wildfires
You may have forgotten about the Canadian wildfires, once the smoke cleared from your American lungs and the orange disappeared…
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Saving the Flailing Humanities
More from our inbox: ‘It Is Still Ongoing’: How ‘Parade’ Takes On a History of HateBody DonorsPay Workers FairlyCredit...Lion Books,…
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Don’t Wear the Goggles. Their Vision Is Bleak.
“I will not live in the pod,” runs a mantra on right-wing Twitter. “I will not eat the bugs.” It’s…
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In the Age of A.I., Major in Being Human
Last summer, a piece of artwork generated with artificial intelligence took a first prize at the Colorado State Fair. To…
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Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests
Even after Delta became the dominant variant in humans, Alpha and Gamma continued to circulate in white-tailed deer, according to…
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When Your Old Fishing Buddy Has a Snout and a Blowhole
Bottlenose dolphins help Brazilian fishermen pull in their catch, and researchers have worked out what the marine mammals get from…
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Snarl, You’re on Candid Camera
Wildlife cameras in Wisconsin are capturing interspecies encounters — and providing evidence that human activity might make such meetings more…
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How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy
Launched just weeks ago, ChatGPT is already threatening to upend how we draft everyday communications like emails, college essays and…
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‘M3GAN’ Makes Us Ask (Again): Who’s Afraid of Dancing Robots?
In the movie “M3GAN,” a robot doll’s sinister virtuosity plays on the mixture of amusement and deep unease that dancing…
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