“With people turning a shared release date into a meme-fueled double feature, we rounded up our favorite reads about 2023’s oddest duo.”
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Beneath the Long White Cloud
“The search for the eighth wonder of the world.”
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Recreating the Smells of History
“Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields.”
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The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA
“By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s ‘ChatGPT for genomes’ could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating biological design.”
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Did Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Really Tell Me I Gave My Son Cancer?
“The likely next secretary of Health and Human Services scared me with a cruel and misleading statement—and that’s the danger he poses to parents everywhere.”
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Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
“After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?”
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Does Luck Exist?
“Lee John Whittington, a philosopher of luck, didn’t think ‘unluckiness’ was a quality people had. Then he met his wife.”
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Soapbox
“The humble bar of soap used to define the American way. Now it’s dying. I will not let it go down without a fight.”
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An Exclusive Look Inside the Largest Effort Ever Mounted to Keep the Great Barrier Reef Alive
“Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really matters.”
