The origin of life required the emergence of metabolism, an autocatalytic network of enzymatic reactions that synthesize amino acids, nucleotides, and cofactors. At the origin of metabolism, there ...

How much influence do algorithms really have over the way we think about politics? In this conversation, David Pakman joins Gavin Newsom to discuss how social media platforms shape what people see ...

Algorithms shape the beliefs people form: Simple changes to content curation algorithms can affect beliefs, consensus, and belief accuracy. Personalized engagement-based ranking can be problematic: ...

Our geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates. By K. R. Callaway You (probably) won’t find a monkey in a geometry class, but it looks ...

Odysseus was sort of lucky, if you think about it. Tossed out, wandering at sea for a decade, he was forced to eat the now trendy Mediterranean diet—when he had food at all or wasn’t being fed lotus ...

Read the original version in Chinese here. FTA Group (FTA Group GmbH) entered China in 2003, with its headquarters in Shanghai. FTA focuses on the design of offices and industrial innovation districts ...

Online, gender-based violence is often reduced to images that can be consumed quickly.Survivors continue living with the consequences long after public attention has shifted.[Collins Oduor, Standard] ...

Many Google Ads accounts have a conversion tracking problem that is disguised as a strategy problem. The ad account in this case has every action labeled as a “conversion.” The conversions are form ...

Remember when family dinners meant navigating Uncle Bob's political rants while Aunt Gloria rolled her eyes from across the table? Those uncomfortable moments, though awkward, served an important ...

Groups do more than contain feelings—they process them. Collectively. Through rituals, through conversations, through the quiet choreography of people who share a history. Grief moves differently ...

The Artemis II mission ignited the curiosity of people around the world and rekindled interest in humanity’s shared investment in space exploration. NASA plans to launch more lunar missions soon, ...

Catch up on select AI news and developments from the past week or so: OpenAI confirms massive funding round and unveils ChatGPT super app strategy. OpenAI secured a major funding round valuing the ...