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Yes, and

The non-human touch.
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  1. Marissa Lingen

    1. Marissa Lingen has published more than 100 short stories in venues such as Analog, Lightspeed and Tor.com.

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Everyone knew the fourth member of their improv troupe was an alien. It was on all the social-media ads and even up on the marquee. At first it helped sales: everybody wanted to find out what improv was like when part of the group was a different species from a different planet.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02643-0

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