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Global warming may have prevented a return to the ice age 2,000 years ago:
Earth’s persistently frozen poles mean the last ice age never really came to an end.
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28 October 2026.
Retro point-and-shoot camera processes your photos in 24 hours:
Photography gear startup Flashback has an interesting new model on the way that aims to give you the fuss-free experience of disposable cameras from decades ago, along with the convenience of a digital camera.
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28 October 2026.
FCC’s Lone Dem Urges Broadcasters To Find A Spine In Fight Against Trump Censorship:
Anna Gomez is the only Democrat at the current FCC because Republicans simply refuse to seat any new ones (or even formally renew her term, which technically was supposed to end over the summer).
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28 October 2026.
How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO):
Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic traffic.
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04 December 2025.
Cute robots, historical chatbots: AI in the classroom grows more sophisticated:
Instructors across Cornell are working to strike a balance in the classroom – using AI as a teaching tool but also making choices to prevent its use and preserve the learning experience.
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22 October 2026.
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The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle:
The AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting backDale Johnston opens the gate to his neat suburban garden on the western fringes of Newport in South Wales.
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26 October 2026.
‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass:
Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuriesThe Romans’ proficiency in the art of glass-making has produced some of the wonders of antiquity, but few of their creations better a 1,600-year-old masterpiece which sits in the British Museum.
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26 October 2026.
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Two men killed by falling trees as Storm Boelo leaves 90,000 properties without power:
An amber wind warning has now expired after severe weather sweeps across the UK.
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26 October 2026.
When a teen posts a selfie, how much filter is 'too much' filter?:
The recent Meta settlement includes a clause banning "cosmetic procedure filters" for teens.
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25 October 2026.
Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 5 Killer Tasks:
When you start using Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s dots for these tasks — like applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables — you may never go back.
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25 October 2026.
Making the Buddha Head from Merv Whole Again:
Getty conservators and the State Museum of Turkmenistan are using 3D scanning, digital modeling, and careful stabilization to restore and reassemble the fragments of a 5th–6th century Buddha head from Merv, a rare Silk Road-era artifact.
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26 October 2026.
Some Buy Telescopes. These People Build Them From Scratch.:
For a century, amateur telescope makers have gathered at the Stellafane convention to celebrate their craft.
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25 October 2026.
This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on:
It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today.
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07 October 2026.
Making the Buddha Head from Merv Whole Again:
Getty conservators and the State Museum of Turkmenistan are using 3D scanning, digital modeling, and careful stabilization to restore and reassemble the fragments of a 5th–6th century Buddha head from Merv, a rare Silk Road-era artifact.
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26 October 2026.
Singapore Boffins Weave a GUI Into Fabric:
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a machine-washable electronic fabric that can turn clothing into an interactive graphical user interface.
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24 October 2026.
With viral ‘Lego’ videos, Iran stakes claim as a propaganda power player:
Iran’s viral social media campaign has been slick, savvy, and accessible to a Western audience.
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20 May 2026.
How purported tales of consuming vampire blood and organs spread in the 18th century:
In this excerpt from "Killing the Dead," author John Blair looks at how the printed press ramped up tales of vampirism, leading to stories of people eating a supposed vampire's organs and drinking their blood in a bid to avoid the same fate.
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25 October 2026.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
