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The mystery of Japan’s underwater 'crop circles' has a romantic twist:
In 1995, divers first noticed a group of bizarre sandy "crop circles" on the seabed around Amami Oshima Island, southwest Japan.
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03 January 2026.
Chinese museum steps aside so that nature can speak:
Inspired by a vision to support nature, architectural firm Studio Link-Arc has completed the Yunlu Wetland Museum in Yunlu Wetland Park in Shunde, within southern China’s Pearl River Delta.
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03 January 2026.
This Week In Techdirt History: December 28th – January 3rd:
Five Years Ago This week in 2020-2021, we published a series of posts on Trump’s Presidential Commission On Law Enforcement, starting with a look at its tone that everyone but cops are to blame for the terrible state of policing, followed by its repeated calls for anti-encryption legislation, and its conclusion that doing the same […].
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03 January 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.
Who should get paid when AI learns from creative work?:
A new paper co-authored by Cornell law professor Frank Pasquale argues that the current copyright system is ill-equipped to handle a world in which machines learn from, and compete with, human creativity at unprecedented scale.
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22 December 2025.
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01 January 1970.
World ‘may not have time’ to prepare for AI safety risks, says leading researcher:
AI safety expert David Dalrymple said rapid advances could outpace efforts to control powerful systemsThe world “may not have time” to prepare for the safety risks posed by cutting-edge AI systems, according to a leading figure at the UK government’s scientific research agency.
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04 January 2026.
Wolf supermoon across the world – in pictures:
According to Nasa, a supermoon occurs when the moon, due to its proximity to Earth, appears up to 15% larger and 30% brighter than a regular full moon Continue reading.
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04 January 2026.
This robot vacuum at CES 2026 can find lost items on your floor and alert you of them:
The new Narwal Flow 2 promises strong cleaning power, complemented by high-end AI features.
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04 January 2026.
The debate about whether the NHS should use magic mushrooms to treat depression:
Many clinical trials to test the use of psychedelic medicines for conditions such as depression have been underway since 2022 - with surprising results.
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02 January 2026.
The crafters powering the AI boom:
America's AI boom requires a lot of power.
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02 January 2026.
As Schools Embrace A.I. Tools, Skeptics Raise Concerns:
More governments are rolling out chatbots in schools.
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04 January 2026.
Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time:
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04 January 2026.
The Year in Neanderthal Discoveries:
They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins continued to make news.
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04 January 2026.
In the snow, these salamanders get supercool:
Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold.
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24 December 2025.
Orsted, Equinor File Legal Challenges to Trump’s Offshore Wind Suspension:
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04 January 2026.
The US Effort to Break China's Rare-Earth Monopoly:
The New York Times checks in on U.
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04 January 2026.
China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet:
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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29 August 2025.
Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes are shaking the crumbling end of Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier:
Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica.
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04 January 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
