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Why Earth Vibrated for Nine Days in 2023 (And What Caused the Signal)

October 24, 2025March 15, 2026

Earth vibrated for nine days in 2023 because a massive rockslide plunged into Dickson Fjord in northeast Greenland on 16…

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Does Childhood Lead Exposure Increase Risk of Depression in Adolescence?

November 23, 2025March 15, 2026

Yes. A longitudinal study published in JAMA Network Open found that higher childhood blood lead levels, even at low concentrations,…

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Artificial Intelligence

Voxtral TTS: Mistral’s Open Model, Hype vs Hardware

March 27, 2026

Imagine you ship a voice agent that talks to customers all day, and then your TTS provider changes their pricing,…

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Society and Ethics

The Scholar Who Seized China and Rewrote Its Past

May 18, 2025March 15, 2026

In the autumn of 23 CE, as rebels surged into the imperial capital of Chang’an, the emperor who had promised…

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Society and Ethics

What Is the Kumari of Nepal and How Does This Living Goddess Tradition Work?

February 24, 2026March 15, 2026

Kumari of Nepal are prepubescent girls from the Newar community who are worshiped as living goddesses, and the tradition works…

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Pentagon Palantir AI: Why Locking Maven Matters Now

March 23, 2026

Palantir’s Maven Smart System just graduated from “AI experiment” to “the way the U.S. military fights wars.” A Pentagon memo…

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How Does Psilocybin Produce Long-Term Antidepressant Effects?

December 3, 2025March 15, 2026

Psilocybin appears to produce long-term antidepressant effects by inducing persistent changes in how neurons fire, a form of functional plasticity,…

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What Is Elastocaloric Cooling and How Does It Work?

December 7, 2025March 15, 2026

Elastocaloric cooling is a solid-state refrigeration method that uses shape-memory alloys to pump heat by mechanically stressing and unstressing the…

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AI and Unemployment: Distrust as the Real Early Warning

March 15, 2026March 15, 2026

The woman at the folding table has two résumés in her bag and ChatGPT open on her phone. She was…

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How Do Optometrists Determine Your Glasses Prescription?

September 10, 2025March 15, 2026

Optometrists determine your glasses prescription by measuring how your eye focuses light and then balancing that error with lenses until…

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