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books In 1932, John W. Campbell imagined machines outliving humanity Ellsworth Toohey

Science How Claude Shannon used his wife as a language model in 1950 Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Kevin Kelly rereads his big weird book from 1994 and mostly stands by it Ellsworth Toohey

Science A major evidence review found Alzheimer's drugs probably don't work — and fraud played a role Ellsworth Toohey

Technology An open-source bot that only bets "no" on Polymarket is making money Ellsworth Toohey

Science Tobacco plants now produce psilocybin and DMT — on purpose Ellsworth Toohey

Space James Webb telescope captures star formation "factory" in fine detail Rob Beschizza

books Your public library can get you almost any book on earth for $5 or less Ellsworth Toohey

books Strange Attractor: The Definitive Biography of Terence McKenna Ferdinando Buscema

Science Scholar discovers handwritten notes by Galileo in old math text book Séamus Bellamy

Science Earth falls into the Sun in 7.59 billion years, and it gets worse from there Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Lego Smart brick sets shipping in march Rob Beschizza

law 80-year-old used £2.4 million lottery win to build drug empire Rob Beschizza

music What would you put on Korg's Phase8 "acoustic" synthesizer? Rob Beschizza

Science Today I learned carrots have two parts Popkin

Games In case you missed it, Sony just patented AI-generated tutorials Grant St. Clair

travel Search to resume for lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Rob Beschizza