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Denyse O'Leary
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September 3, 2026
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Peer Review, Science
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Trends: Eminent Journal Nature Gets Community-Noted (!) at X

The critics of its Jason Arday editorial are the very people who would once have gone to bat for Nature and similar journals
Denyse O'Leary
September 3, 2026
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Peer Review, Science

Community notes are usually the fate of people who pass on debunked or fake news. But Nature took that risk with its surprising approach to the Jason Arday tragedy/scandal.

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Gary Smith
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August 28, 2026
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Business and Finance, Economics
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Might Now Be a Good Time to Buy a House?

I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude and they confidently spewed bucketloads of well-written but barely relevant prose. There is a better way to find out
Gary Smith
August 28, 2026
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Business and Finance, Economics
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Open door to a new home with key and home shaped keychain. Mortgage, investment, real estate, property and new home concept
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 27, 2026
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Business and Finance, Education, Ethics, Philosophy, Science
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Elite Publisher Pulls Book Due to Fake Quote

The quote, in a New York University Press book, originates in a series of misrepresentations of something a Lehigh University biochemist had written
Denyse O'Leary
August 27, 2026
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Business and Finance, Education, Ethics, Philosophy, Science
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Female warehouse worker scanning a barcode on a package with a scanner. Logistics and inventory management in a modern distribution center
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Gary Smith
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August 26, 2026
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Media, Psychology
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UFOs and Crop Circles: Believe It — or Don’t

Alleged evidence of extraterrestrial visits often evolves from local news headlines into a game, an art, and an industry
Gary Smith
August 26, 2026
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Media, Psychology
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Crop Circle sunset.
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News
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August 24, 2026
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Psychology, Relationships, Social Media
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The New Friend Necklace: Isn’t This Really *Anti*-Social Media?

Americans are talking to each other less as technologies consume more and more personal time. This is the latest in the barrage
News
August 24, 2026
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Psychology, Relationships, Social Media
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Young person overwhelmed by constant social media notifications, depicting the anxiety and mental health toll of digital addiction and online pressure
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 22, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Psychology, Relationships
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How Our Tech-Obsessed Age Responds to Grief: Grieftech

Just when we thought that the chatbot craze couldn’t get crazier — departed loved ones get uploaded as chatbots
Denyse O'Leary
August 22, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Psychology, Relationships
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Small lonely toy robot sitting on window sill looking at sunset with warm orange copy-space. AI and feelings, emotions concepts.
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 21, 2026
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Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Medicine and Health, Physics
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Is Evolution Theory Canceling Itself? If So, It’s Not Alone

Darwinian biology, along with other areas of science, seems much less sure of itself today
Denyse O'Leary
August 21, 2026
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Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Medicine and Health, Physics
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Evolving For Success and a metaphor as Transform or changing to succeed concept and leadership in business through innovation and evolution of ability as a crumpled paper transforming.
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Georgios Mappouras
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August 20, 2026
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Information Theory
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One Question to Rule Them All: The Origin of Functional Information

Information is not meaningful simply because it exists or because it is improbable. It becomes meaningful only if there exists a system that can interpret it and use it to perform a function
Georgios Mappouras
August 20, 2026
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Information Theory
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Information Symbol on Wooden Floor Against Wall
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Wesley J. Smith
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August 20, 2026
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Environment, Law
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The Language May Be Mild — But the Nature Rights Are Radical

The nature rights movement's seeming mildness sedates some people into wrongly thinking that their cause is not an acute threat to human liberty and flourishing
Wesley J. Smith
August 20, 2026
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Environment, Law
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Creative double exposure portrait of attractive woman with beautiful landscape. International Mother Earth Day. Environmental problems and protection. Caring for nature
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Richard W. Stevens
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August 19, 2026
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Law, Psychology
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Eyewitness Memory: Fallible Doesn’t Mean Worthless

It’s not about poor memories – it’s about asking neutral questions early and getting details known only to witnesses on site
Richard W. Stevens
August 19, 2026
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Law, Psychology
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Tense courtroom moment showing a young man in a red robe being questioned, with a lawyer in the background gesturing assertively. The dramatic atmosphere suggests cross-examination

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