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This week, how artificial intelligence can help poker players find the optimal strategy, the technological advances that made s'mores a summertime staple, and what happens when SpaceX junk falls out of the sky onto a neighbor's yard. Enjoy! --Ben Guarino, Associate Editor, Technology

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Can One Chatbot Catch Another's Lies? A new approach uses language models to interrogate other language models and sniff out lies Max Springer, intern writer

Lab-Grown Meat Is Getting Closer to Tasting Like Real Beef Cultured meat that tastes and smells more appetizing could enhance public perception of artificial steaks Helena Kudiabor; Nature magazine

Professional Poker Players Know the Optimal Strategy but Don't Always Use It Poker players can now employ AI to find the optimal playing strategy, but they often don't use it. Here's why Jack Murtagh

Can AI Be Superhuman? Flaws in Top Gaming Bot Cast Doubt By learning exploits from adversarial AI, people could defeat a superhuman Go-playing system Matthew Hutson; Nature magazine

Astronauts Can Drink More Recycled Pee Than Ever, and You Can Still Catch the Plague It's been 55 years since the Apollo 11 mission, innovative ​​"stillsuits" designed to recycle astronaut pee could enhance spacewalks, and a surprising case of the plague has occurred in Colorado. Rachel Feltman; Anaissa Ruiz Tejada; Fonda Mwangi

How Technology Made the S'more Possible The gooey, chocolatey s'more couldn't have been popularized without the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, which brought cheap sweets to the masses Jeffrey Miller; The Conversation US

New Satellites Alone Won't Stop the Methane Climate Crisis New regulations, and satellites such as MethaneSat, very likely will not cut methane emissions. Natural gas industry economics will instead continue delaying their needed reduction Justin Mikulka, expert writer; Sharon Wilson, expert writer

Heat Waves Delay Trains. Blame 'Sun Kinks' Extreme heat can cause train tracks to expand and buckle. That's forcing rail operators to adapt as the climate warms Matt Simon; Grist

Europe's New Ariane 6 Rocket Launches at Last Europe rejoins the new space race with the launch of its long-awaited Ariane 6 rocket Mike Wall; SPACE.com

A New, Deadly Era of Space Junk Is Dawning, and No One Is Ready A Saskatchewan farmer's near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk Samantha Lawler, expert writer

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