The Navajo Researcher Recovering A Desert Peach Variety
The Southwest peach, once cultivated by Indigenous peoples but devastated by colonizers, is being brought back by a Navajo scientist in Utah.
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After 23andMe Bankruptcy, Customers Urged To Delete Their Data
The company has genetic data of 15 million people, which could be shared with a future buyer. Here’s how to delete it.
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Tips For Soothing Your Baby With Music, From A Music Therapist
Babies like music, but they generally have preferences. A music therapist reveals the best kinds of music to soothe a baby.
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‘Delving’ Into The ‘Realm’ Of AI Word Choice
Certain words are overrepresented in text written by AI language models. A study investigates why such patterns develop.
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The Many, Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life
In a new book, author John Green traces how the disease has impacted culture, geography, and even fashion over the centuries.
A Young Tuberculosis Patient Gives A Tour Of The Hospital
In a new book, author John Green writes about visiting a tuberculosis hospital in Sierra Leone, where he met a TB patient not unlike his son.
Revisiting Lessons Learned From World Of Warcraft’s Virtual Pandemic
In 2005, a software bug triggered a pandemic in the video game World Of Warcraft. It ended up foreshadowing many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field
In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate pitch calls.
In A New Animated TV Show, A Clash Over An All-Healing Mushroom
The show’s starring scientist finds a mushroom that can heal any ailment. But powerful people will do anything to stop him from cultivating it.
‘Common Side Effects’ And The Race To Save Invisible Fungi
A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.