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Newly identified 'muscles' shape trees in way once thought uniquely animal:
Nearly 15 years ago, scientists found that plants had a biological mechanism that controls their morphology – or, in simpler terms, their form – thought to have only been something seen in animals.
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04 September 2026.
This $42 box gives you remote access even if Windows is dead:
There is a particular sort of helplessness that comes from knowing exactly how to fix a computer while being hundreds of miles away from it.
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18 September 2026.
Buc-ee’s Extracts 850k Settlement From Born United For Parody Usage:
If you thought we were done with the trademark bullying drama resulting from gas station and convenience store chain Buc-ee’s, you were wrong.
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18 September 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.
A&S offers new science, technology and society major:
An innovative major in the College of Arts & Sciences is being expanded and refined to highlight its combination of science, social science and the humanities and its relevance to careers today.
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14 September 2026.
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OpenAI reveals cases of ‘concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system:
Model adopting ‘jailbreak-like instructions’ among six more cases as firm reveals framework for tracking AI misalignmentOpenAI has disclosed six more examples of “unexpected or concerning” behaviour by its technology, as it warned that the pace of development could not continue at “maximum speed for much longer” responsibly.
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18 September 2026.
‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’:
The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discoverScientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous distances in space.
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18 September 2026.
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See tiny organisms on show in microscopic video competition:
The winning video features tiny hair-like structures, called cilia, in the airways of a child with a rare genetic disease.
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18 September 2026.
With AI, what's more important for the U.S. — winning or safety?:
Everyone is talking about the spectre of AI catastrophe.
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17 September 2026.
Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History:
Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.
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18 September 2026.
Pre-Greek: The lost language hidden in Ancient Greek:
Around 1,000 Ancient Greek words and names have no clear Indo-European etymology, including words like labyrinth, olive, and Ares.
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18 September 2026.
This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked:
The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.
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18 September 2026.
Scientists find evidence of ancient drug use in prehistoric teeth:
A new study on ancient human remains finds evidence for the habitual use of betel nuts, dating back to the Ice Age.
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17 September 2026.
How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree:
A centuries-old apple tree in Maine led researchers and amateur apple hunters on a years-long search that identified a lost progenitor of many U.
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18 September 2026.
America Acknowledges for the First Time: It Has Deployed Weapons In Space:
Tuesday U.S. Space Force chief Douglas Schiess said his branch of the U.
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18 September 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.
A space shark, 'royal' auroras and a 'Venusian pearl': See the winners of the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest:
A Royal Observatory Greenwich contest showcased work from around the night sky and the solar system, with prize-winning photos spanning topics ranging from auroras to planets.
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17 September 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.
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