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CurioCity is a personal science communication project developed and maintained by Álvaro Ezequiel Skorepa. For any inquiries, you can use the contact form available on the site.

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All original content published on this website (texts, graphics, design and code) is owned by the author, unless otherwise stated. Article images come from royalty-free sources (Unsplash, Wikimedia Commons) or are AI-generated. NASA images are in the public domain according to the US space agency's policy. Total or partial reproduction of the content without express authorization is prohibited.

External Links

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Disclaimer

The information provided on this site is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute medical, legal or professional advice. Always consult a qualified professional for health-related matters. The author is not responsible for the use that visitors make of the published information.

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CurioCity uses various tools and sources to generate its content. The following details the main ones, as a commitment to transparency with readers:

AI-Generated Content

Audio and podcasts available on articles were generated with Google Notebook LM. Some illustrative images were created with AI tools such as Leonardo AI and ChatGPT. Article text is written by the author, and academic citations are listed in the references section of each article.

Images

Images come from various sources: free content platforms such as Unsplash and Wikimedia Commons, AI-generated images (Leonardo AI, ChatGPT), and public APIs such as NASA APOD (public domain according to NASA policy). Article covers may combine stock photography and original editing.

APIs and External Services

This site draws from several public APIs and third-party services: NASA API (api.nasa.gov) for the Astronomy Picture of the Day, Google News RSS for news, Gutendex (gutendex.com) and OpenLibrary for the daily book, Wikimedia API for images and on-this-day events, Wordnik for the word of the day, PostHog for interaction event analytics, and Plausible Analytics for anonymous traffic analytics. Each service operates under its own terms of use. Ambient radio stations are integrated from open sources such as SomaFM and 1.FM.

Code and Software

This project uses open-source libraries and tools listed in package.json, subject to their respective licenses (MIT, Apache 2.0, etc.). The site's source code is available for review.