From the Overview Effect to “One Strange Rock”: A Conversation with Leland Melvin

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Leland Melvin shows the two sides of his passion, with the wonder of the “overview” showing outside his Shuttle window. [Credit: NASA] It’s hard to think of any modern human activity that has had more of a multiplicative impact on the imagination than space exploration. To date, a grand total of 562 humans have left the Earth—a trivial fraction compared to the 7.6 billion people currently staying put. Yet the image of astronauts voyaging away from their home planet has ...read more

Digisexuality: Merging Sex and Technology

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Ryan Gosling regards an AI in Blade Runner: 2049. (Credit: Warner Bros) Human culture has always evolved in tandem with technological developments. And that includes sexuality. Robots, virtual reality, and telecommunication tech are all just beginning to be repurposed to fulfill sexual needs. They can range from something as simple as vibrators that use Bluetooth to communicate with your phone to advanced AI-based sex dolls, and they fall under the umbrella of digisexuality, a term t ...read more

Let's Ditch the Boring Bunny! The Scientific Case for the Easter Echidna or Pasch Platypus

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How can a bunny bring eggs?! Photo Credit: geralt It’s time to have a serious talk about the Easter Bunny. I know, the long ears and twitchy nose are super cute. But it makes no sense for them to bring eggs for Easter. As members of the family Leporidae—which includes all hares and rabbits—bunnies bear live young. In fact, having lots of squirming babies is one of their most quintessential traits. We don’t have the saying “breed like rabbits” for no reas ...read more

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