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A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

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Even before I could make out the silhouette of Platform Holly on the foggy horizon, I could see and smell oil. Ripples of iridescent liquid floated on the sea’s surface, reflecting the cloudy sky.

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But formal AI assistants could empower larger groups of human collaborators to tackle the biggest problems by breaking them ...

I enjoyed “Turning Down the Food Noise” [The New Science of Diet, Health and Appetite], Lauren J. Young’s article on the influence of satiety path­ways on food intake and how glucagonlike ...