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INSIDE THE CANINE MIND

Embracing the Singularity • SOMEDAY SOON, COMPUTERS COULD ATTAIN SUPERINTELLIGENCE AND REVOLT. BUT FUTURIST NICK BOSTROM SEES A FUTURE THAT’S FAR LESS GRIM.

Dream Weaver • HOW THE DANCE OF AUSTRALIA’S PEACOCK SPIDERS BEWITCHED A PHOTOGRAPHER-TURNED SCIENTIST.

Tiny Trash Factories • NEW TECH TAKES ON RECYCLING AT THE MICRO SCALE.

BACTERIA BREAKDOWN

WHAT WE’RE READING

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WATCH LIST

Bye-Bye, Brain • SHE WAS A HIGH-POWERED ATTORNEY AT THE PEAK OF SUCCESS. BUT WHEN THIS 50-SOMETHING STARTED TO EXPERIENCE CONFUSION AND MEMORY LOSS, IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR EVERYTHING TO COME CRASHING DOWN.

Medicine for Mars • SHIPPING DRUGS TO THE RED PLANET WOULD BE COSTLY AND IMPRACTICAL. BUT WHAT IF THE ASTRONAUTS COULD GROW THEIR OWN PHARMACY ONCE THEY GOT THERE?

Speaking the Past • HOW ORAL TRADITION IS GUIDING ARCHAEOLOGY AND UNCOVERING CLIMATE HISTORY IN ALASKA — AND BEYOND.

THE “FLOATING” FORT UNEARTHED

BOLSTERING CLAIMS TO LAND

WHEN SHAME GOES VIRAL • THIS ANCIENT SOCIAL EMOTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMPLEX. THE INTERNET POURED FUEL ON IT. THEN CAME SOCIAL MEDIA.

DEALING WITH DIGITAL SHAME

IN THE COMPANY OF COYOTES • One ecologist is studying how a city’s legacy of racism affects urban wildlife.

REDLINING AND ECOSYSTEMS

SEEKING LOST LIGHT • The earliest stars were different than the ones we see in the sky today. That’s what makes them so hard to find.

The Walrus Economy • NORSE HUNTERS FORGED A LUCRATIVE IVORY MARKET IN HARSH CLIMATES. WHY DIDN’T THEIR SUCCESS LAST?

The Land of the Living Snowflakes • ONE OF AMERICA’S RAREST BIRDS LIVES ON ALASKA’S LONELIEST ISLAND. SCIENTISTS ARE FINALLY EXPLORING THEIR PRIVATE KINGDOM.

#ScienceIRL • IN RARE SPOTS AROUND THE GLOBE, THE NIGHTTIME SEA SHIMMERS WITH LIGHT.