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.@bigthink publishes one of the most impressive periodicals. I'm immensely proud to contribute. Check out my interview with @RichardHaass in the latest issue. Haass talked about how global stability has been shattered, but also revealed how to reforge it. bigthink.com/history-society…
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Our summer print issue is here!
Inside are stories of opting out in many forms:
■ Clay Routledge explores why Gen Z is opting out of an always-on digital world @clayroutledge
■ Thomas Moynihan shares two sci-fi visions that reveal how the drive to opt out of human obligations can escalate @nemocentric
■ Kmele Foster interviews Dan Carlin on why Americans are opting out of existing political parties @kmele @hardcorehistory
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If crime is going down, why are kids less free than ever?
Stephen Johnson explores the disappearance of the free-range childhood.
Read the full article: buff.ly/av3brrh
The common view is that building AI data centers will raise electricity prices. But in the long term, it's far more likely that they will lower them, thanks to their large, steady power demands. Passing smart and popular laws make that a near certainty. bigthink.com/science-tech/wh…
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The Energy Transition is live!
Highlights:
⬤ The centuries-old dream of eating sunlight directly — and the scientists now making it real, by Thomas Moynihan
⬤ Why AI data centers might actually lower electricity prices, by Steven Ross Pomeroy @SteRoPo
⬤ Why rest alone doesn't restore your energy (and what does), by Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne
Read the issue here: buff.ly/Et1kWOG
🎨 Vincent Romero
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NASA’s pioneering work in chemical rocketry paved the road for the now-thriving private industry in the U.S., opening up Earth orbit for business. A new focus on nuclear propulsion could open up the Solar System itself. bigthink.com/the-present/why…
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One in ten women have exercise-induced orgasms. In a new study, researchers interviewed 21 women about their experiences with it. The triggering exercise is typically vigorous, repetitive, and/or demanding of core abdominal muscles. by @SteRoPo realclearscience.com/article…
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Exploring the wild & disturbing world of "scienceploitation" bigthink.com/thinking/scienc… by @SteRoPo via @bigthink🙏cc @PenguinCanada
"Timothy Caulfield, a leading science communicator, discusses the challenges of combatting misinformation in an age of information overload."
@karpathy Hey Andrej! I'm a journalist with @bigthink , @freethinkmedia , and @RCScience . I saw your recent announcement of @EurekaLabsAI and I'd love to learn more about the idea and write up a piece for FreeThink.
This is always a pertinent adage, but it seems extra pertinent today: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
@declangrabbmd Hey! I'm a journalist currently writing an article about the potential benefits and drawbacks of spreading mental health awareness on TikTok. Was hoping you can provide some thoughts, considering your 2023 post on the topic in BMJ.
2. In your article, you note that people are turning to TikTok and Dr. Google for their mental health quandaries as proper mental care can be hard to come by and expensive. Do you think this process of self-diagnosis is overall helpful or harmful?
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Albert Einstein's theories of special and general relativity are today widely accepted, but when he first outlined them, there was fierce opposition. bigthink.com/the-past/einste… @bigthink @SteRoPo
Hey, @ianwalker. I'm a journalist for @freethinkmedia covering your recent preprint on the intriguing link between shower water pressure and water consumption. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind taking the time to answer!
#1. Why did pressure vary so much across the showers? Is it because the shower heads varied in their flow rates? Did showers on lower floors have more pressure? Any other reason?
#2. Do you think there is an optimal flow-rate rate from a water conservation standpoint? (Standards in the U.S. are 2.5 gal/min or lower from shower heads.) Or should we keep standards as they are and maximize the pressure coming out of shower heads?