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Here’s Where Our Memories Go as We AgeAge-related memory loss is not simply decline: memories shift from vivid, detailed episodes to more generalized, semantic summaries.
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Are You in Danger of Becoming a Robot?Frequent interaction with social robots can subtly reshape people's expression and identity to fit AI's capabilities, resulting in a diminished sense of personhood.
Quanta Magazine
‘Huge Breakthrough’ in the Math of ImbalanceComputer scientists have made the first major advance in 30 years on the Komlós conjecture, showing that even with huge numbers of objects and attributes, imbalance can be kept almost constant.
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Why Human Giants Defy the Laws of PhysicsHuman giants are physically impossible, because when a body is scaled up, its weight grows as the cube while bone strength only grows as the square, so the body crushes itself.
Quanta Magazine
Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?AI reasoning is often fake: models can score high on benchmarks without understanding, and the field lacks reliable ways to measure machine cognition.
Nautilus
You’re Not a Universal Mosquito MagnetNo one attracts every mosquito species, but everyone attracts at least one, determined by skin microbiome odor.
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How Listening to Ocean Waves Can Predict Volcanic EruptionsBy measuring how the speed of ocean wave sounds changes as they travel through volcanic rock, scientists can predict volcanic eruptions in advance.

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