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A flood of slop has arrived in science, and everyone has to get less lazy. But does 2026 feel like a time when anyone, anywhere, is getting less lazy?

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When Houssein Rayaleh received a WhatsApp message from a local ecotourism guide showing footage of a lioness in Djibouti, he was excited. The video showed the big cat running directly in front of a ...