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THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES • CONSERVATION DOGS • RECONSTRUCTING A DINO’S APPEARANCE • IS SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION SLOWING DOWN? • WEIGHING THE RISKS OF VR

Detection Dogs Help Conservationists Sniff Out Data • TRACKING ENDANGERED SPECIES, NOSING OUT INVASIVES, AND HUNTING DOWN ANIMAL SCAT ARE JUST A FEW WAYS THAT WORKING DOGS ARE REVOLUTIONIZING ECO-RESEARCH.

BRINGING DINOSAURS TO LIFE • IS THERE A RECIPE FOR RE-CREATING A DINOSAUR’S APPEARANCE? EXPERTS REVEAL HOW THEY KNOW WHAT THESE PREHISTORIC BEASTS REALLY LOOKED LIKE.

Dropping Disruption • A NEW HISTORICAL ANALYSIS REVEALS THAT PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS BEEN GETTING LESS AND LESS DISRUPTIVE OVER TIME.

A Virtual Headache • VIRTUAL REALITY IS POISED TO TRANSFORM THE WORKPLACE, BUT STRAPPING INTO A HEADSET MAY COME WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR HEALTH.

Overloaded • ALREADY IN TREATMENT FOR CANCER, A 74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FACES ANOTHER HARROWING MEDICAL OBSTACLE WHEN HER KIDNEYS START TO FAIL.

Changing Tides • THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE CURRENTS IN THE FJORD BETWEEN TWO OF THE FAROE ISLANDS MADE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. RESEARCHERS HOPE TO HARNESS THAT TIDAL ENERGY TO POWER THE ISLAND NATION.

THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS • WE’RE ALWAYS IN PURSUIT OF IT, BUT HAPPINESS CAN STILL SOMEHOW SEEM OUT OF REACH. HERE’S WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED ABOUT HOW TO LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE.

THE WELL-BEING BOOM • THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HAPPINESS HAS NEVER BEEN TRENDIER. BUT WHAT DOES RESEARCH REALLY REVEAL ABOUT HOW TO STEER OUR MINDS TOWARD CONTENTMENT?

THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF HAPPINESS

FEEL-GOOD CHEMISTRY • THESE FOUR BRAIN CHEMICALS ALL MAKE YOU HAPPY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

PROTECTING OUR MENTAL HEALTH WITH A.I. • WHEN DEPLOYED IN THE RIGHT WAY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SAFEGUARD OUR WELL-BEING, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

3 QUICK TIPS • FOR STAYING HAPPIER ONLINE

FOR SOME, TECH IS A LIFELINE • FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS, STAYING ONLINE AND EMBRACING EMERGING TECH CAN BRING MORE THAN JUST HAPPINESS.

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 101 • SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. HERE’S HOW TO CULTIVATE SKILLS FOR A HAPPIER LIFE.

BANG FOR YOUR BUCK • MONEY CAN’T BUY HAPPINESS — BUT SPENDING IT THOUGHTFULLY CAN ENHANCE YOUR WELL-BEING IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.

HAPPINESS IS OTHER PEOPLE • A WEALTH OF RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAPPINESS ISN’T SOMETHING WE CAN ATTAIN BY OURSELVES.

A History of SOLAR ECLIPSES • ECLIPSES HAVE HELD SWAY OVER HUMANITY SINCE LONG BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT THESE EVENTS TRULY WERE.

Ancient Offerings • BRONZES UNEARTHED IN TUSCANY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE “FIND OF THE CENTURY.” THEY REVEAL A CULTURAL CROSSROADS WHERE THE AILING SET ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES TO WORSHIP AND HEAL.

Stories in the Stone • NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK PRESERVES A HOST OF UNIQUE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES WHILE PROMOTING AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS.

Road Trip to the Red Planet • A TOURIST JAUNT TO MARS WOULDN’T EXACTLY BE A RELAXING VACATION, FOR MORE THAN A FEW REASONS.

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