It may sound like a mosh pit out there. But to the participants, mating is a delicate, sonorous affair, fraught with potential missteps — and fungal zombies.
Author: Alan Burdick
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Where the Grass is Greener, Except When It’s ‘Nonfunctional Turf’
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Why A.I. Should Be Afraid of Us
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Reading Dan Frank, Book Editor and ‘Champion of the Unexampled’
Alan Lightman, Janna Levin and others recall the editor who shaped their work and a literary genre. Plus, more reading recommendations in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter.
So You Want to End the Conversation?
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