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[View in browser]( | [Become a member]( Newsletter brought to you by: November 29, 2022 Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here](. Good Morning! Hereâs the top science newsâplus this weekâs One Question and related Nautilus stories [READ NAUTILUS]( DISCOVERIES The Top Science News This Week [AI Is Terrible at Detecting Misinformation. It Doesnât Have to Be.]( Elon Musk can actually make Twitter âthe most accurate source of information in the world.â
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[HarvardâSmithsonian Center for Astrophysicsâ]( Experience the endless possibilities and deep human connections that science offers [SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( [Our World Is Trying To Tell Us Something]( To thrive in the future, we must discover our planet and our relationship with it. We need a vision for better that brings all the voices to the table and focuses on long-term opportunity. The conversation [starts here.]( [Learn More]( [ONE QUESTION]( [How Can We Spot Fake Product Reviews?]( INTERVIEW BY BRIAN GALLAGHER One question for [Brett Hollenbeck](, an economist at UC Los Angeles, where he studies, among other things, the economics of online reviews and ratings on online platforms, and the regulation of rating manipulation on these platforms. Itâs actually quite difficult to tell whatâs fake. The people writing them have a strong monetary incentive to pass the Amazon filter. Theyâre going to write what seems like an authentic review. This is why a lot of the machine learning methods that have been trained to try to detect aspects of the text donât work well. But there are some things you can look for to figure out which products are using them. [Read the interview]( Related Nautilus Stories [ECONOMICS]( [One Percenters Control Online Reviews]( Contrary to appearances, online reviews reflect the opinions of the few. BY JOSEPHINE WOLFF [Continue reading â]( [PSYCHOLOGY]( [Donât Give Up on Facts]( People of all political stripes can spot misinformation. They just need a nudge. BY JIM DAVIES [Continue reading â]( [MICROBIOLOGY]( [Authenticity in the Age of the Fake]( As science blurs the real and unreal, we are learning to distinguish them in new ways. BY PHILIP BALL [Continue reading â]( [TECHNOLOGY]( [Fake Images Are Getting Harder and Harder to Detect]( This photo of Kim Jong Il is considered a plausible fake. BY JOSEPHINE WOLFF [Continue reading â]( [TECHNOLOGY]( [Welcome to the Next Level of Bullshit]( The language algorithm GPT-3 continues our descent into a post-truth world. BY RAPHAÃL MILLIÃRE [Continue reading â]( [âMy god, have we created genetically altered bugs from all the insecticides weâve been using over the last 50 years?â]( [Carl Carey (@whitewolf2598)]( More in Economics [Weâre Killing Ourselves with Work]( Evolution favors less work and more leisure. BY SCOTT KOENIG After years of being encouraged to choose a job I love so Iâll never work a day in my life, I figured I had found my ticket: science. [Continue reading â]( [How Much Is the Ocean Worth?]( Putting a price tag on the ocean might just save it. BY SARAH TORY A few years ago, Ralph Chami, a financial economist with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was on a boat in Mexicoâs Sea of Cortez with researchers studying blue whales. [Continue reading â]( Todayâs newsletter was written by Brian Gallagher COVER STORY [Asking Big Questions About Life]( Discover the intrepid hypothesis about the origin of life Nick Lane, author and professor of evolutionary biochemistry at the University College London, advances in [Issue 46]( of Nautilus. Also covered are the wonders of the cell, our innate sense for numbers and the true meaning behind near-death experiences. [Read these stories]( and more in the print edition of Issue 46 of Nautilus. [Get Nautilus in Print]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 NautilusNext, All rights reserved.
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