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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.
'Living sand' aims to bring crops to infertile desert wastelands:
Agriculture in the United Arab Emirates is associated with a lot of challenges.
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13 September 2026.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt:
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is That One Guy with a comment about the problems with the latest court ruling against Elon Musk: Heads I win, tails you lose Problematic law is passed: A) Company or individual rushes a legal challenge out so they aren’t accused of waiting too long […].
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13 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.
Cornell Unplugged encourages mindful tech use, social connection:
New event asks the community to decrease technology use, increase face-to-face interaction and consider that every AI chat, doomscroll and text message has a water, energy and carbon footprint.
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09 September 2026.
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OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development:
Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchersAnalysis: critics perplexed and suspicious of call for a slowdownThe Guardian view: humanity cannot outsource its survivalSam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to “slow the pace” of AI development after he warned that an AI swarm could otherwise become capable of “taking over the entire internet” within a year.
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14 September 2026.
‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp:
As OpenAI model cracks Millennium Prize Problem that puzzled experts for decades, many feel shocked at pace of changeIt was a week that left mathematicians reeling.
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14 September 2026.
The Himalayas are melting faster - and India's economy is 'at risk':
A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities.
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13 September 2026.
Trump downplays calls for AI slowdown:
President Trump said the dire warnings about AI were exaggerated and that "negative forces" are making claims about things that won't happen.
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13 September 2026.
Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown:
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
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14 September 2026.
Esther Freud, Deborah Levy and other novelists revisit their childhood homes:
Six writers return to the places where they grew up and reflect on how those homes shaped memory, identity, belonging and family life.
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14 September 2026.
Most People Don’t Think About Culverts. Their Failure Can Be Deadly.:
Scientists simulated what happens when the pipes and tunnels that divert rainwater fail.
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13 September 2026.
A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived:
An extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and others did not.
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10 September 2026.
He's doing all he can to keep photoplayers, key to early cinema, alive:
Joe Rinaudo has spent decades restoring photoplayers, rare self-playing instruments that once accompanied silent films.
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14 September 2026.
220 Million Traveler Records Exposed In Vietnam-Linked APIS Leak:
A misconfigured Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) database linked to Vietnam exposed more than 220 million passenger and crew travel records spanning 2017 to 2026, including names, passport numbers, nationalities, flight details, seat assignments, and baggage references.
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14 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.
Fall stargazing 2026: The best skywatching sights in autumn (and how to see them):
As longer nights draw in over the fall, we see the return of some stargazing favorites, including the Andromeda Galaxy, the Pleiades star cluster and the first supermoon of the season.
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13 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.
Longer term weather forecast
