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The latest from Nautilus, and this week’s Facts So Romantic. [View in browser](| [Join Nautilus]( Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here.]( This Thursday, read the latest stories from Nautilus and this week’s Facts So Romantic—plus today’s free story below [PSYCHOLOGY]( [ChatGPT Is Funnier Than You]( AI humor in theory and practice. BY JONATHAN SILVERTOWN There are three fundamental rules of humor. [Continue reading→]( Illustrator Spotlight [ARTS]( [The Call to Adventure and the Pit of Despair]( A conversation with Issue 53 cover artist John Hendrix. BY THE NAUTILUS MARKETING TEAM Artist John Hendrix says he doesn’t remember a time in his life when he wasn’t drawing, and it shows. [Continue reading→]( The latest from Nautilus [H](EALTH [Why Women Wake Up More During Surgery]( New findings could influence anesthesia dosing for women. BY JACKIE ROCHELEAU [Continue reading→]( [NEUROSCIENCE]( [People Who Can’t Picture Sound in Their Minds]( For some, the brain is a quiet place. BY AJDINA HALILOVIC[Continue reading→]( Relive Your Memories While You Preserve Them Nostalgic memories are an important part of our sense of self, as [this Nautilus story]( reports. You can revisit your fondest memories while you save them digitally with [the Kodak Slide N Scan film scanner](. [BUY ON AMAZON]( WE'RE CURIOUS TO KNOW... What is the most memorable experience you have of laughing uncontrollably? Let us know! Reply to this newsletter with your response, briefly explaining your choice, and we’ll reveal the top answers. (This question was inspired by [“ChatGPT Is Funnier Than You.”]([)]( Top Answers to Our Previous Question(On the Animal You Think Will Be Granted Legal Rights First) • Cats and dogs, by the year 2030. – Daniel S. FACTS SO ROMANTIC The 5 Best Things We Learned Today The numerous family of J.S. Bach practiced a singalong they called a quodlibet in which they would improvise an incongruous medley of hymns, pop songs, and indecent lyrics, switching from one to another to hilarious effect. [Nautilus→]( Some people, because of a condition called Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory, can’t relive past experiences in their minds. [Nautilus→]( There seems to be something hardwired into the female brain that biases it more toward a state of wakefulness. [Nautilus→]( It takes about six million years of diverging evolution for two groups of frogs to become unable to interbreed. [The New York Times→]( Dancing has the largest effect of any treatment for depression. [The British Medical Journal→]( [“Personally, I do not find ChatGPT, a Grand Plagiarism Tool, at all funny.”]( [Jonathan Silvertown, author of a book on the evolution of laughter, examines a study on AI humor.]( Three Ways to Upcycle Your Food Scraps High-Tech: Food waste goes in. Nutrient-rich soil comes out. [The Lomi smart kitchen composter]( can turn your food scraps into high-quality dirt ready for your potted plants or garden—all with the touch of a button. Low-Tech: [The Aerobin 200]( has a patented “lung” system that keeps your garden compost aerated and warm without electricity. You can breathe easier too knowing its efficient process cuts the composting time in half. No-Tech: [The Oggi Countertop Compost Pail]( might be the best-reviewed pail on Wirecutter. This stainless steel composting container has a lid with built-in carbon filters to keep odor—and fruit flies—away. Your free story this Thursday! [SOCIOLOGY]( [Famous for Being Indianapolis]( How cities are like Kim Kardashian. BY JONATHON KEATS When Kim Kardashian was 4 years old, a University of California economist named Moshe Adler wrote a six-page paper explaining the means by which she would eventually attain worldwide renown. [Continue reading for free→]( Plastic Pollution is a Nightmare Discarded plastic hurts our climate, ecosystems, agriculture, human health, and the oceans. To help you shop smarter and recycle better, [One5C]( has put together the definitive guide to plastics and plastic pollution. Check it out to begin your journey to a plastic-free future. [READ IT HERE]( P.S. The visual artist Andy Warhol, who famously predicted that in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, died on this day in 1987. Was he right? Jonathan Keats wrote about researchers who rigorously tested whether fame is fleeting. In the lowest tiers of the “public attention hierarchy,” they found that [fame behaved much as Warhol imagined](. As the researchers wrote in the American Sociological Review, Keats noted, fame only stabilizes “once a person’s name is decoupled from the initial event that lent it momentary attention.” Today’s newsletter was written by Brian Gallagher Thanks for reading. 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