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Can cloud seeding help end droughts in Africa?

Cloud seeding promises to squeeze more rain from clouds in a world facing worsening water shortages. But the science remains uncertain, the costs are high and the risks are not fully understood. As droughts intensify across Africa, can a decades-old technology really help solve

Trump’s DOJ Is Hiring Only the Best MAGA Wing Nuts

With the midterm elections less than a month away, it would seem to be an absurd time to suffer a thought for the next election cycle and the challenges that any would-be Democratic presidential victor would have to tend to on day one. Unfortunately, sometimes current events

Long Live Generation 6-7

Lucy Ives reviews the Krasner-Pollock show at The Met, the L train burlesque arrives in Manhattan, photos from the student protests in France, and an interview with outgoing Yaddo President Elaina Richardson.

Productive dissatisfaction

When focused on the things we can change, dissatisfaction is a powerful tool. Accepting everything else–the parts we can’t or won’t change–reserves our energy for the places where it’s useful. The tricky part is telling them apart and then focusing our agency and leverage on

My brief romance with an AI bird feeder

It started off promising enough. Dozens of tiny, colorful birds were drawn to my garden just a few weeks after I mounted a $350 $269 Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro. "Looks like Great Tit!" read the first AI-driven alert sent to my phone. "Looks like Eurasian Blue Tit!" read another.

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