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In the constant stream of fragmented news and events, it is easy to lose focus by merely tracking the surface level of change. In this selection, we gather materials whose authors strive to look behind the facade of facts. Here, the speed of reporting is secondary to the depth of insight: identifying hidden patterns, constructing logical frameworks, and seeking answers as to why what is happening actually matters.
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Creativity & Entertainment • Music & Algorithms
Streaming algorithms have learned to predict musical hits – but does that mean they understand music better than the people who feel it?
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Psychology & Society • Social Dynamics
Why do we cry for a stranger in another country online, but ignore a neighbor in need – and what can we do about it?
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Artificial intelligence • The Future of AI
Autonomous systems are getting smarter, but who's responsible when a machine makes a decision that no one asked for and no one expected?
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The Future & Futurology • Anti-aging
Aging has been studied for decades, yet there's still no pill for it. We're breaking down why it's more complex than it seems and what's really happening in the labs.
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Psychology & Society • Education
We explore why the child and adolescent brain absorbs new things with such ease, and whether adults can reclaim even a part of this ability.
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Mathematics & Statistics
Mathematicians have discovered that the standard tool for estimating rare events 'breaks down' where distributions stretch to infinity – and that changes everything.
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Artificial intelligence • Applications
Machine learning is tackling tasks that until recently seemed the domain of oracles: predicting the behavior of systems where chaos is not the exception, but the norm.
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The Future & Futurology • Social Transformations
Capitalism is coming apart at the seams – but what will take its place: utopia, chaos, or something so strange we don't yet have a word for it?
We explore why the massive COVID-19 testing campaign in Slovakia in 2020 failed to produce the expected results and what conclusions can be drawn from it.
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