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  kieranmasel

  

  Feb 7

  Good News Against Dengue

  science.org

  I wanted to highlight some recent progress against dengue fever, which is a nasty mosquito-borne disease that has been quite difficult to treat. …

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  kieranmasel

  

  5 days ago

  Fallout review – an absolute blast of a TV show

  The Guardian - Lucy Mangan

  This immaculately made, supremely witty post-apocalyptic drama is yet another brilliant video game adaptation. It’s funny, self-aware and tense – an astonishing balancing act

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  kieranmasel

  

  4 days ago

  How I Built an AI-Powered, Self-Running Propaganda Machine for $105

  The Wall Street Journal. - Jack Brewster

  We all keep reading about how generative AI is now so widely available that it poses a profound new threat to legitimate journalism and to trust in general. So I decided to find out exactly how easy it is to use the new weapon. It took me two days, $105 and no expertise whatsoever to launch a fully …

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  Niall Masel

  

  1 day ago

  Did Warm-Bloodedness Pave the Path to Sentience?

  mit.edu - Nicholas Humphrey

  An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.” We feel, therefore we are. Conscious …

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  Niall Masel

  

  1 day ago

  How the Year 2440 Was Imagined in a 1771 French Sci-Fi Novel

  openculture.com - Colin Marshall

  Many Americans might think of Rip Van Winkle as the first man to nod off and wake up in the distant future. But as often seems to have been the case …

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  kieranmasel

  

  Apr 8

  Debugging the Doctor Brain

  Substack - Bess Stillman

  Who's teaching doctors how to think? I walked into the hospital room of “Gladys,” 54-year-old woman who, like practically a quarter of ER patients, …