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  1. Science & Society

    AI can take the friction out of life, but some effort can be good

    Technologies, including chatbots, promise to make life easier. But removing the friction, or effort involved in thinking, has costs.

    By Sujata Gupta
  2. Animals

    Female rats like a different kind of tickling than males

    Female rats prefer gentler tickling, a finding that could reshape animal happiness research.

    By Hannah Thomasy
  3. Archaeology

    First evidence of Neandertal dentistry found in ancient molar

    A 59,000-year-old Neandertal molar unearthed in Siberia was drilled with a stone tool – the earliest evidence of primitive dentistry.

    By Tom Metcalfe
  4. Health & Medicine

    Hantavirus questions grow in the wake of a cruise ship outbreak

    Scientists still don’t know why Andes hantavirus is the only one shown to spread from person to person.