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GIVING VOICE TO AI’S POTENTIAL

CONSIDERING THE ALTERNATIVE

A PERSONAL SCIENCE STORY

THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES • BILL NYE, APOCALYPSE GUY • TRAFFIC JAMS IN SPACE • THE SCIENCE & HISTORY OF BIDETS ALL THE INSECT FEELS • DID DINOS NEED SICK DAYS?

SAVING THE WORLD WITH BILL NYE • THE BELOVED SCIENCE EDUCATOR REFLECTS ON HIS NEWEST SERIES, THE SUCCESS OF NASA’S DART MISSION AND HOW HE STAYS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE NOW HAVE SATELLITE TRAFFIC JAMS IN SPACE • AS ACTIVE SATELLITES CONTINUE TO PILE UP, SO DOES THE RISK OF COLLISIONS. IF THAT HAPPENS, IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS TURMOIL FOR ASTRONOMERS AND THE PUBLIC.

The Surprising History of the Bidet • THE STORY OF THE BIDET SPANS 300 YEARS AND STRETCHES FROM ORNATE, ROYAL CHAMBERS TO BROTHELS TO MODERN BATHROOMS.

Do Insects Have Feelings and Consciousness?

DINOSAURS GOT DISEASES, TOO • FOSSILS CAN TELL US MORE — BUT NOT EVERYTHING — ABOUT WHAT AILED THE DINOS.

Trevor’s Telltale Heart • A MONTH AFTER RECOVERING FROM COVID-19, TREVOR HAD NEVER FELT SICKER. BUT IT WAS THE 13-YEAR-OLD’S FAILING HEART THAT POINTED TO A NEW AND UNUSUAL ILLNESS.

SHERLOCK OF SLEEP • Part scientist, part detective, Michel Cramer Bornemann has devoted his life to understanding and explaining parasomnias, including some of the most mysterious — and deadliest — sleep disorders ever studied.

PARASOMNIA ACTIVITY

BONE KEEPERS • UNIVERSITIES HOLD TROVES OF HUMAN BONES. MANY OF THEM CAME FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT NEVER CONSENTED TO THEIR USE.

EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM GOES VIRAL • CAN A CONTROVERSIAL PHILANTHROPIC PHILOSOPHY NAVIGATE THE THORNY ETHICS OF HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION?

The Dark Side of Effective Altruism

COLD COMFEORT • In the face of an epidemic, a small-town doctor invented artificial ice years before the world was ready to embrace it.

Hypnotizing the Gut? • AN INCREASING NUMBER OF IBS SUFFERERS ARE TURNING TO PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR SUPPORT.

APPS TO HELP YOU GO

Embracing the Darkness • MOST PEOPLE REFLEXIVELY TURN ON A LIGHT WHEN THEY CAN’T SEE. DARK EXPOSURE INVITES YOU TO INSTEAD SETTLE IN AND FEEL YOUR BODY ADAPT.

DARK EXPOSURE DESTINATIONS

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