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S1Editor's Note: Highly pathogenic bird flu has caused outbreaks on poultry farms many times in the past that have killed thousands to millions of farm birds. What makes this particular form of avian influenza virus so unusual is that it easily spreads and causes severe disease among wild birds and an increasing number of mammals. That's rare.
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S2How did the cost of food delivery get so high?   No one is happy about the delivery apps. Not the customers, who feel gouged by an avalanche of fees. Not restaurants, who feel gut-punched by the commission apps take from them. Certainly not delivery workers, who have long been rewarded with a pittance for doing a job that, in a city like New York, has a higher injury rate than that of construction workers.Amid this dogpile of disgruntlement, the merry-go-round of debating the value of food delivery keeps spinning. After all, some people, especially those with disabilities, rely on such services — but then, it is difficult work, and everyone ought to tip well. Another faction argues that this isn’t fair, because it’s already so unaffordable. The delivery apps themselves recede somewhat into the background, as if their existence is a given. They’re merely fulfilling a demand in the market, naturally taking a cut for themselves — two plus two equals four. Our desire to consume is seen as the problem, the having-cake-and-eating-it-too mentality of expecting affordable convenience.
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Editor's Note: The math doesn't add up. On the one hand, delivery apps play up the fact that they're just intermediaries helping facilitate the sale or delivery of a product - they're not employers, who would be on the hook for far greater payroll taxes and other employment costs than what apps currently pay. On the other hand, they command a steep price from restaurants and customers for matchmaking, of which the workers only see a narrow slice.
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S3S4S5S6Speech fasting: would staying silent until midday make us happier and healthier?  Yeah, I’m struggling here. Fine, there may be other reasons why you should spend some of the day in silence. A piece in Psychology Today last year suggested that not only does silence help us become better listeners, but it can also help us empathise with those who cannot speak, such as babies.And I assume that people will like you more if you aren’t constantly yammering away at them. Well, maybe not. That used to be the case, with the book How to Make Friends and Influence People advocating forging relationships by asking lots of questions of other people instead of just talking about yourself.
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S7José Andrés: the chef behind Gaza food aid charity who âÂÂmoves towards disasterâ to help the hungry  His outburst was telling, not least because it contrasted sharply with his tone in the early stages of Israel's military offensive last October, following a Hamas attack that killed 1,200 mostly civilian Israelis. At that time he called on Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister, to sack the country's social rights minister, Ione Belarra, after the Podemos leader and her far-left colleagues accused Israel of committing war crimes and genocide in Gaza.It has since been re-enacted and refined in locations as diverse as Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Uganda, Cambodia and on Poland's border with Ukraine, in response to Russia's 2022 invasion. In each case, the stated approach has been to deliver emergency food aid to cater for local diets.
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S8S9Editor's Note: This April eclipse is of particular note, however, because of the vast amount of populated land the eclipse will pass over, allowing many millions of people to watch. S10Editor's Note: Similarly, dietary supplements such as glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate - or herbal remedies such as Boswellia (an herbal extract made from the bark of the Boswellia tree) - may help relieve symptoms for some people. S11The Organ Is Still Working. But Itâs Not in a Body Anymore.  Surgeons are experimenting with organs from genetically modified animals, hinting at a future when they could be a source for transplants. But the field is already undergoing a paradigm shift, driven by technologies in widespread use that allow clinicians to temporarily store organs outside the body.
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Editor's Note: By tapping this new cadre of donors, transplant centers said they could find organs more quickly for the excess of patients in urgent need. Dr. Shimul Shah said the organ transplant program he directs at the University of Cincinnati had essentially wiped out its waiting list for livers. "I never thought, in my career, I would ever say that," he said. S12How Exercise Strengthens Your Brain  Growing up in the Netherlands, Henriette van Praag had always been active, playing sports and riding her bike to school every day. Then, in the late-1990s, while working as a staff scientist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, she discovered that exercise can spur the growth of new brain cells in mature mice. After that, her approach to exercise changed.Whether exercise can cause new neurons to grow in adult humans — a feat previously thought impossible, and a tantalizing prospect to treat neurodegenerative diseases — is still up for debate. But even if it’s not possible, physical activity is excellent for your brain, improving mood and cognition through “a plethora” of cellular changes, Dr. van Praag said.
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Editor's Note: Exercise's effect on the hippocampus may be one way it helps protect against Alzheimer's disease, which is associated with significant changes to that part of the brain. The same goes for depression; the hippocampus is smaller in people who are depressed, and effective treatments for depression, including medications and exercise, increase the size of the region. S13What was it like when life on Earth became complex?  A single look at Earth today, with enormous plants, animals, and fungi dominating the continents and oceans, is quite deceptive. For most of cosmic history, and indeed most of Earth’s planetary history, large, long-lived organisms were nowhere to be found. The Universe was already two-thirds of its present age by the time the Earth formed, and it’s true that life emerged on our planet shortly thereafter. But for billions of years, life remained in a relatively primitive state. It took nearly a full four billion years after our planet took shape before the Cambrian explosion came: where macroscopic, multicellular, complex organisms — including animals, plants, and fungi — became the dominant lifeforms on Earth.As surprising as it may seem, there were really only a scant number of critical developments that were necessary in order for life to go from single-celled, simple life to the extraordinarily diverse sets of macroscopic, large-scale organisms familiar to us today. We do not know if the path taken by Earth life is one that’s common, uncommon, or rare among planets where life arises. We do not know whether complex life is ubiquitous or scarce when it comes to the broader Universe. But we are, with our modern knowledge of science, able to reconstruct a number of important points about how life came to be the way it is today on Earth. Here’s what we know.
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S146 "secret sauce" ingredients for empathetic leadership  Our ability to superscale a business globally has been made simpler by our increasingly interconnected and technology-driven world — however, they alone do not guarantee sustainable growth. It is the skills and behaviors of leaders that define an organization’s ability to scale. I argue that empathetic leadership has the greatest power to drive global growth. When you prioritize empathetic leadership, you not only build an organization united around shared goals, but relationships are grounded in mutual respect, trust and inclusion, which directly improves collaboration and productivity.
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S15How particle accelerators recreate the Universe's first moments  The theory of the Big Bang tells of a time nearly 14 billion years ago when the Universe was a much hotter place. But how can we know what the Universe was truly like so long ago? A time machine would work, but that technology hasn’t been invented. So scientists do the next best thing: They use particle accelerators to recreate the conditions of the early Universe in the laboratory. In this way, data generated in particle physics experiments can offer a glimpse into the earliest moments of the cosmos.However, it’s important to understand both the power and the limitations of this approach. Big Bang theory imagines a series of epochs, each with a characteristic energy and temperature. Not all of these epochs are well understood. For instance, the earliest moments of the Universe remain elusive. They are shrouded in mystery and our understanding is merely a series of educated guesses. However, in a fraction of a second, the conditions of the early Universe quickly transitioned to ones that are testable by modern technology.
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S16The rise and fall of the jetpack  The human body is not well-suited for flight. We’re somehow both bulky and gangly, with legs that kick and flail once they leave the ground. Our anatomy is not built to glide through the air—or even fall gracefully. We’ve tried to game nature with kites and gliders and wax wings. But no amount of self-flapping could lift us off the earth.So imagine the excitement in the 1950s, when the Army contacted Bell Aerospace Corporation to develop a device that would realize this fantastical idea. Robert Roach, a rocket engineer who worked at Bell Labs in the 1960s, chronicled the unbridled optimism surrounding this footnote in the history of human flight in a 1963 essay, “The First Rocket-Belt.”
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S17Amid Fears of AI Job Losses, This MIT Professor Thinks it Can Fix the Labor Market  Conflicting opinions abound over the role of artificial intelligence in the future labor market. Some surveys show more business leaders expect AI to create new jobs than eliminate them. But the International Monetary Fund predicts AI can replace 10 percent of the U.S. workforce, and a recent survey of managers showed some 4 in 10 hope to replace at least some of their staff with AI apps this year alone.Technophobia may be battling technophilia here, even as AIs get cleverer by the day. However, in a recent magazine article, MIT labor economist and economics professor David Autor took a big-picture view, and suggested AI could overhaul the middle class and actually address some labor shortages in the U.S. workforce.
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S18Amazon Offers Free Credits for Startups to Use AI Models Including Anthropic  Amazon Web Service (AWS) has expanded its free credits program for startups to cover the costs of using major AI models, the company told Reuters in an interview, as it looks to boost the market share of its AI platform Bedrock. "This is another gift that we're making back to the startup ecosystem, in exchange for what we hope is startups continue to choose AWS as their first stop," said Howard Wright, vice president and global head of startups at AWS.
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S19Boeing Woes Create Plane Shortage, Hitting Airlines and Related Businesses  Any business owner who reacts to news of Boeing's ongoing industrial troubles as too removed from their own activities to worry about may want to reconsider. Reduced production and deliveries of the manufacturer's troubled 737 MAX craft mean its airline customers are cutting cut flight schedules and asking pilots to take unpaid leave. The squeeze on air traffic will also likely push airfares up while fewer travelers will crimp the incomes of countless companies that rely on travel and tourism.Though the drumbeat of bad news out of Boeing seemed to have quieted since the March 25 announcement that CEO Dave Calhoun and other top officials will be leaving, the pounding has begun again--this time from the customer side. On Monday, unions at United Airlines revealed the company had asked pilots to volunteer for unpaid leave in May to offset lower deliveries of 737 MAX planes than planned.
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S20What the 'Right to Disconnect' Could Mean for California Employers  Assemblymember Matt Haney of San Francisco recently introduced Assembly Bill 2751, which would give employees the right to ignore communications from their employers outside of working hours, barring an emergency or scheduling exception. As of Monday, the bill was re-referred to the Assembly's Committee on Labor and Employment. Â If passed, the bill would apply to both private and public employers and their employees--except for those covered by a "valid collective bargaining agreement." It would require employers in the state to create a policy protecting employees' "right to disconnect" and establish "non-working hours" via a written agreement with employees. Â
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S21Workers Crave Career Growth. Employers May Not Be Paying Attention  This is according to the 2024 Career Optimism Index from the University of Phoenix Career Institute, released today. According to the study, which surveyed 5,000 employers, workers, and job seekers, there is a disconnect between what employers say and what workers feel about the availability of opportunities to climb the ladder. While 62 percent of employers say their company offers internal advancement opportunities, only 36 percent of workers agree. Similarly, although 90 percent of employers report offering career development opportunities, only 69 percent of workers say this is the case.Employers' hiring practices may be part of the problem. The data shows employers are prioritizing specific skill sets in their search for external talent, but are struggling to find well-qualified candidates: Over half (51 percent) of employers surveyed by the University of Phoenix reported that it took at least one month to fill a job opening at their company. This points to missed opportunities for current employees to advance through skill training and promotions.Â
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S22Tesla Sales Stall: Is Competition to Blame for the EV Maker's 8.5% Drop?  Tesla shares closed the day down 4.9 percent on Tuesday after the electric vehicle-maker reported delivering fewer vehicles in the first quarter of 2024 than the previous quarter and year-over-year period. Elon Musk's EV-maker also noted declining production. The challenges come amid rising competition in the global EV space and stagnating sales growth in the U.S.Tesla delivered a total of 386,810 vehicles in the first quarter of 2024, an 8.5 percent drop from the 422,875 sold in the same period in 2023 and a 20 percent drop compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. Deliveries can be likened to sales, according to CNBC, but are not actually defined by the company. Tesla produced a total of 433,371 vehicles in the first quarter of 2024, which represents a decline of 1.7 percent from the 440,808 produced in the same quarter last year and a drop of 12.5 percent sequentially.
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S23Lab-Grown Meat Could Be Banned in Several States. Here's Why  The San Francisco restaurant Bar Crenn made headlines last year when it served the first dish of cultivated chicken in the U.S. Now, some lawmakers want to keep cell-cultivated meat--also called lab-grown meat--off dinner plates in their states.Officials in at least five states have called for bans on the products, which are produced by using animal cells in bioreactors to grow new meat. Florida looks likely to be the first state to ban cultivated meat. Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill into law that could subject anyone who makes or sells cultivated meat in the state to up to 60 days in jail and a fine of up to $500, according to Wired. Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee, and Texas are all considering similar legislation.
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S24Both Reddit and Trump Media Technology Group Nosedived After Strong Debuts. But They Might Now Be Headed in Different Directions.  In what remains a difficult year for Initial Public Offerings, both Reddit and Trump Media & Technology Group rallied on their first days of trading, only to plummet shortly afterward. The two companies declined for different reasons as the IPO market continues to search for a winner that can provide sustained returns. They do share one similarity: Big losses in 2023. Reddit soared 48 percent during its IPO last month, as its ambitions to supply AI companies with training data for large language models fueled investor interest. But after peaking at $65, shares tanked and are now trading at $49.Â
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S25Why Chipotle Made Its Own Video Game to Give Away $1 Million Worth of Burritos  The Newport Beach, California-based Mexican food chain built a video game called Burrito Vault, which gives players four chances a day to guess two exact burrito orders--out of what the company says is more than 1 billion possible combinations. The first 50,000 players who correctly guess the orders on April 2 and April 3 will win a buy-one-get-one code for Chipotle entrees, redeemable only on April 4, National Burrito Day, totalling 100,000 potential BOGO codes for giveaway. Chipotle is offering other opportunities for customers to score with its video game: Anyone who correctly guesses the Burrito Vault order is automatically entered into Chipotle's National Burrito Day sweepstakes, through which 53 winners--the same number of ingredients featured on Chipotle's menu--will be randomly selected to win free burritos for a year. The company claims that the total sum of prizes is valued at more than $1 million.Â
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S26Despite Stubborn Inflation, Small Business Owners Are Gaining Confidence in the Economy  Confidence among small business owners improved in the first quarter of this year, according to the Small Business Index compiled by MetLife and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The survey, which polled approximately 750 small business owners between January 26 and February 12, rose to 62.3, up from 61.3 in the fourth quarter of 2023. That improvement was driven in part by a surge in economic sentiment with nearly one-third of business owners reporting the U.S. economy is in good health, an increase of seven percentage points from the fourth quarter of last year and 12 percentage points from this time last year. Entrepreneurs felt even more optimistic about the state of their local economy with 38 percent saying it is in good health, up from 30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023.Â
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S27Onboarding New Employees -- Without Overwhelming Them  A great onboarding experience can keep new hires engaged and committed, and increase their learning and preparedness for their new role. In trying to ensure new employees feel supported and properly prepared, some organizations flood new hires with far too much information. Even if managers have the best intentions, bombarding new hires with tasks — such as asking them to read every single page of the employee manual or requiring them to get set-up on Slack, email, Box, and all the other platforms all at once — will backfire. Three strategies can help organizations mitigate this overload and ensure employees have the space, time, and mental resources available to learn and thrive in their new job.
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S28CEOs, Is Your Business Strategy Bold Enough?  There has never been a more difficult time to be a CEO — the urgency for bold and transformative leadership echoes louder than ever. In an environment where the stakes are high and the competitive landscape is rapidly evolving, complacency is a risk few can afford. In PwC’s 27th Annual Global CEO Survey, 45% of CEOs said they do not believe their companies would survive more than a decade if they remain on their current path. This means that a large number of companies are possibly at risk of being lapped by competitors or disruptors. CEOs need to better understand whether their strategy is bold enough to position them for future growth. This article covers four actions that CEOs should be taking now. Business model reinvention demands courage, but with the right team willing to make bold moves, you can propel your company to new and unimagined heights.
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S29Treat Email Like Laundry -- and Other Tips from Google's Productivity Expert  The amount of work we need to get done seems to grow daily. To avoid becoming overwhelmed, we have to become more productive than ever. Laura Mae Martin has advice on what has worked well at one of the biggest organizations in the world. She’s the Executive Productivity Advisor at Google and shares the practical ways she helps her colleagues and company executives manage their time, calendars, email inboxes, and more. Martin is the author of the new book Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing.
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S30Designing a Corporate Alumni Program? Start Here.  Many employers try to prevent workers from leaving, but that’s neither practical nor possible. Instead, organizations should consider creating alumni programs to stay in touch with former workers, who can provide new business opportunities, share industry insights, enhance employer branding and reputation, and support hiring processes by providing referrals or coming back as returning employees themselves. This article outlines five things companies should consider when designing their own alumni program.
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S31How tech can help the Latin American textile industry compete with Chinese fast fashion  Melina Cruz Villafaña is the chief revenue officer at Maqui, a Colombian-Mexican startup that provides fashion and textile companies with software that can track production and reduce waste. Maqui helps Latin American clothing brands optimize their supply chain management — at a time when they are competing with the ultralow prices and frenetic production of Chinese and American fast-fashion platforms.Mexico exported $8 billion worth of clothes to the U.S. in 2020. Consumers value quality and sustainability, so Latin American manufacturers can take the opportunity to stand out when it comes to producing ethical and high-quality products.
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S32Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians ![]() Nearly 300 current and former Apple employees have published an open letter alleging that several retail and corporate employees of the company have been disciplined or "wrongfully terminated" for expressing support for Palestinian people through pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh.The group, which calls itself Apples4Ceasefire, is planning a protest outside Apple's retail store in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Saturday. In a podcast published last week with media outlet Palestine in America, the group alleges a Palestinian retail employee at that location was wrongly fired for wearing clothing and accessories showing support for Palestinian people. The podcast episode also elaborates on allegations made in the letter, making detailed claims about multiple Apple employees experiencing retaliation from managers.The group's letter, also released last week, also calls on Apple CEO Tim Cook and other executives to acknowledge the many deaths in Gaza from Israel's assault on the territory in response to the Hamas attacks of October 7. Cook sent an email to Apple employees two days after Hamas attacked expressing sympathy for those who died or were bereaved, the letter says. It adds that "after over 150 days of violence against innocent Palestinian lives, there has yet to be a message sent expressing the same kind of concern for them."
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S33Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People ![]() Yes, San Francisco is a nexus of artificial intelligence innovation, but it's also one of the queerest cities in America. The Mission District, where ChatGPT maker OpenAI is headquartered, butts up against the Castro, where sidewalk crossings are coated with rainbows, and older nude men are often seen milling about.And queer people are joining the AI revolution. "So many people in this field are gay men, which is something I think few people talk about," says Spencer Kaplan, an anthropologist and PhD student at Yale who moved to San Francisco to study the developers building generative tools. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is gay; he married his husband last year in a private, beachfront ceremony. Beyond Altmanâand beyond Californiaâmore members of the LGBTQ community are now involved with AI projects and connecting through groups, like Queer in AI.
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S347 Best Garmin Watches (2024): Which Is Best for Running, Cycling, and More ![]() If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDIn certain circles, the word "Garmin" is less a brand name than a category definer, like Q-Tip or Band-Aid. From casual hikers to nationally ranked professional athletes, anyone who loves outdoor sports can glean useful information from the bevy of sensors, safety features, and sophisticated software that come with every Garmin watch. A few other fitness trackers have come close to replicating Garmin's durability, wearability, and reliability, but the company remains the industry standard. Unlike, say, an Apple Watch, Garmins also work with both iPhones and Android phones. (Also unlike an Apple Watch, Garmin watches still have a blood oxygen sensor.)
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S35S36This Bag of Cells Could Grow New Livers Inside of People ![]() For the first time, scientists are attempting to grow a new, miniature liver inside of a person. It sounds like science fiction; in fact, the idea was the plot of a Grey's Anatomy episode that aired in 2018. Now, biotech company LyGenesis is trying to turn the concept into reality.Today, LyGenesis announced that an initial volunteer has received an injection of donor cells to turn one of their lymph nodes into a second liver. The procedure was carried out in Houston on March 25 as part of a clinical trial that will test the experimental treatment in 12 adults with end-stage liver disease.
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S37MSI Prestige 13 AI Evo Review: A Lightweight and Powerful Laptop ![]() If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDMSI has long been an under-the-radar producer of PCs and laptops, with as many hits as misses in its repertoire. As we enter the "AI laptop" age, MSI's first volley in the new category lands squarely on the hit side, with its Prestige 13 AI Evo nailing an effective balance among price, performance, and portability.
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S3817 Great Gifts for Mom: Ideas for the Mother in Your Life (2024) ![]() If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDThe category of "mom" encompasses a tremendous amount of variety. There are moms like me, who are coming out of that first-year haze of constant diaper changing and no sleep and are slowly reclaiming their hobbies and free time. There are moms with multiple kids, who are coping with the needs of teenagers and three-nagers simultaneously (those mothers are stronger than I will ever be). And finally, there are momsâpossibly your momâwho might have an empty nest but are still fielding your calls about how long to cook a chicken.
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S39A 'House of the Dragon' Star Made a Video Game to Grieve His Father ![]() A decade ago, Abubakar Salim lost his father. That grief lives within him. An actor by trade, with credits in Raised by Wolves and House of the Dragon's upcoming season, he searched for years for the right medium to work through the hurt. A film. A TV show. Nothing did it justiceâuntil he tried to make a video game. "If you're really depicting grief in a truthful and honest way, it is so open and chaotic that actually, you can kind of gamify it," he says.Salim is the CEO and creative director of Surgent Studios, the developer behind the upcoming Metroidvania game Tales of Kenzera: Zau. The game, set to launch April 23, follows a young shaman, Zau, who has made a deal with the god of death to bring his father back to life in exchange for three great spirits. Its story is a reflection of coping with lossâeven its premise is built on bargaining, a common stage for someone dealing with death. The button-mashing, the mask-switchingâthese are all, Salim says, representative of the madness people can experience.
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S40Truth Social Can't Meme Its Way to Becoming the Next GameStop ![]() On Reddit and Truth Social, users have been trying to re-create the meme-stock magic for Trump Media and Technology GroupâÂÂthe company behind Truth SocialâÂÂthat boosted companies like GameStop in 2021. So far, they havenâÂÂt been too successful.Truth Social, former president Donald TrumpâÂÂs Twitter copycat, lacks two essential ingredients to the narrative of previous campaigns: underlying fundamentals and the foil of institutional investors. Large hedge funds had shorted GameStop, betting that the price would go down. This time, the stock is owned primarily by retail investors.
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S41S42Does My Child Have a Speech Delay?  It’s hard to know whether a toddler needs help with early speech. Here are some tips and guidelinesThis piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. To learn more, go here.
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S44Eclipse Psychology: How a Total Solar Eclipse Unites People Watching  Students observing a partial solar eclipse on June 21, 2020, in Lhokseumawe, Aceh Province, Indonesia.It was 11:45 A.M. on August 21, 2017. I was in a grassy field in Glendo, Wyo., where I was surrounded by strangers turned friends, more than I could count—and far more people than had ever flocked to this town, population 210 or so. Golden sunlight blanketed thousands of cars parked in haphazard rows all over the rolling hills. The shadows were quickly growing longer, the air was still, and all of our faces pointed to the sky. As the moon progressively covered the sun, the light melted away, the sky blackened, and the temperature dropped. At the moment of totality, when the moon completely covered the sun, some people around me suddenly gasped. Some cheered; some cried; others laughed in disbelief.
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S45Behold, the Mind-Blowing Bubbles of Betelgeuse  Giant bubbles erupting across this red supergiant star’s surface could solve a lingering astrophysical mysteryA still from a 3D simulation of the boiling, bubbling surface of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse. Blue hues denote material erupting toward the viewer; red colors show material that is receding.
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S46Fake Eclipse Glasses Are Dangerous--Here's How to Check Yours  This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024.A day after the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced that there were no signs of unsafe eclipse glasses or other solar viewers on the market in early March, astronomer and science communicator Rick Fienberg received an alarming call.
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S47S48S49Three Experiments Could Help Electrify Big Trucks  With a new EPA rule aiming to reduce carbon emissions from the biggest class of trucks in the U.S., companies are experimenting with overhead cables and wireless road chargingOverhead cable lines, wireless charging roads and battery swapping are three exploratory technologies to boost electrification of the trucking industry.
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S50Chickadees Use Brain-Cell 'Barcodes' to Remember Where They Stashed Their Snacks  Unique patterns of neuron activation help tiny birds catalog thousands of scattered food cachesBlack-capped Chickadees don’t let food go to waste. These puffy little birds, with their oversize head and dark eyes resembling those of a Beanie Baby, are always hoarding extra grub such as berries, seeds and insects. A single bird of this species stores its surplus in thousands of hiding spots throughout the forest to make the sustenance ready for times of scarcity.
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