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Artificial intelligence isn't very intelligent and won't be any time soon

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For all of the recent advances in artificial intelligence, machines still struggle with common sense

Joey Velez-Ginorio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Blob, and other effects of climate change that we aren’t talking about

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There’s more going on than just melting glaciers and sea-level rise

Maddie Bender, Yale University

Probiotics, not antibiotics, might be the future of livestock farming

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Alice Theibault, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Swimmers, beware! A rare – but deadly – amoeba lurks at the bottom of the lake

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Just 146 cases have been reported in the U.S. since 1962, but only four survived the amoeba's attack on their brain

Bill Sullivan, Indiana University

Ancient dog bones tell us what was on the menu for both dogs and humans

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Jaime Chambers, Washington State University

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Feel like quitting? Blame your brain cells

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Claudia López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

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Wildfires in Canada are burning down forests of mushrooms

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Olivia Box, University of Vermont

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Inside the political deadlock of establishing Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean

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Politics and culture collide as signatories argue over preserving fisheries and meeting conservation objectives

Seth Sykora-Bodie, Duke University