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Michael Pollan’s new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.

Researchers summarize key insights from the world’s first comprehensive investigation into how a pandemic started.

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A dense network of sensors is looking for the fleeting footprints of neutrinos, the most mysterious in the pantheon of known particles.