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  Computers can already help verify proofs. One day soon, AI may be able to come up with new ones.

• New

  A Defense of Weird Research

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  Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — and continues to pay for itself many times over.

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• The Case for Insect Consciousness

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  The evidence that insects feel pain is mounting, however we approach the issue.

• Can We Build a Five Gigawatt Data Center?

  Lynette Bye

  By 2030, leading AI labs will need data centers so massive they will require the power equivalent of some of America’s largest cities. Will they be able to find it?

• The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing

  Jake Eaton

  Why do some people find certain sounds intolerable? And why has it taken so long for scientists to get even a preliminary answer?

• Where the Wild Things Aren’t

  Agnes Callard

  We tell our children that weirdness is a blessing in disguise. That’s our fantasy, not theirs.

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• Greening the Solar System

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• We Can, Must, And Will Simulate Nematode Brains

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• Where Babies Come From

  Sam Kriss

• Yes, Shrimp Matter

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