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Dogs, devils, clams and catfish: When cancer is contagious

knowablemag — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:15:48 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/science-of-transmissible-cancers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995792

Points: 4

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Fire in the brain: How psychosis may arise when the body attacks itself

knowablemag — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:12:04 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/new-research-on-autoimmune-causes-of-psychosis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49823939

Points: 3

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Cackle Pop Roar Reptiles have a lot to say

knowablemag — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:04:28 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/the-surprising-sounds-made-by-reptiles

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49757195

Points: 2

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NASA's TEMPO satellite enables better monitoring of bad air days

knowablemag — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:46:18 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2026/tempo-satellite-enables-better-tracking-of-bad-air-days

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747037

Points: 2

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Rope, twine and thread: Invisible technologies of the Stone Age

knowablemag — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:38:11 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/prehistory-lost-threads

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662246

Points: 118

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Diagnosing schizophrenia is tricky. Can AI help?

knowablemag — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:09:01 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/how-ai-can-listen-for-signs-of-schizophrenia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635887

Points: 3

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What archaeology reveals about the rise of autocracy

knowablemag — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:10:05 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/what-archaeology-reveals-about-rise-of-autocracy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49553320

Points: 6

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Workplace surveillance is on the rise, spurred by AI

knowablemag — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:39:26 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/surveillance-at-work-is-increasing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49544093

Points: 4

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How much of a problem is AI's water use?

knowablemag — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:16:52 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2026/how-much-water-do-ai-data-centers-use

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512228

Points: 13

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Volcanoes that made history

knowablemag — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:38:21 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2026/volcanoes-that-made-history

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49392217

Points: 8

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Who's in charge? The fraught union of automation and human behavior

knowablemag — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:14:51 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/design-automated-systems-with-human-psychology-in-mind

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49354827

Points: 5

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How to tame AI's voracious appetite for energy

knowablemag — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:14:34 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2026/lowering-energy-use-artificial-intelligence-datacenters

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49354820

Points: 5

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Artificial intelligence boosts automated biolabs

knowablemag — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:59:29 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2026/ai-boosts-biofoundries-synthetic-biology

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49354680

Points: 4

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Using AI chatbots? Here are four ways to reduce the energy drain

knowablemag — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:30:16 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2026/four-ways-to-reduce-energy-use-with-ai-chatbots

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292617

Points: 2

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Fibermaxxing? Your microbes (and your health) say thanks

knowablemag — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:29:04 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2026/fiber-feeds-the-microbiome-and-improves-health

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292609

Points: 4

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What can we learn from Australia's social media ban for teens?

knowablemag — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:28:51 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/studying-the-social-media-ban-under-sixteens-australia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292608

Points: 2

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AI shows promise in the fight against fake news

knowablemag — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:28:03 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2026/fighting-false-facts-with-artificial-intelligence-tools

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677410

Points: 4

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How will AI make moral decisions for you and me?

knowablemag — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:46:50 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2026/what-shapes-ai-moral-decisions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592100

Points: 2

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What is wisdom, and can it be taught?

knowablemag — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:07:16 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/what-is-wisdom-can-it-be-taught

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47371741

Points: 10

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Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge

knowablemag — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:28:47 +0000

Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/indigenous-languages-environmental-knowledge-save-ecosystems

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39305602

Points: 1

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