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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.
Pocketable wrench goes full-on vise grip with swappable locking jaws:
While many EDC manufacturers focus on combining as many different functions as possible, MakerPi from Hong Kong has decided to focus on one thing – getting a solid, secure grip – and refine that idea with its new tool.
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18 September 2026.
Desperate DHS Demanded Info On Beanie Cap Buyers While Trying To Prosecute Journalists:
Some day we’ll look back at this and laugh.
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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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‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks:
Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments in artificial intelligence, began drawing up plans for a new AI safety law.
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18 September 2026.
‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias:
Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator displayThree cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a map they created to more accurately show the sizes of Africa and Europe, even though they have received a few complaints from some disgruntled diplomats.
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18 September 2026.
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When a beloved tree began withering away, locals suspected a killer in their midst:
A neighbourhood’s fight to save a cherished ginkgo pits them against an unlikely foe.
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18 September 2026.
When Trump and Xi meet they will discuss AI. 'Track Two' talks are already buzzing:
An informal network of dialogues at think tanks and universities is bringing together experts from the U.
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18 September 2026.
Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings:
The company is expected to generate $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.
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18 September 2026.
First New Cat Species Discovered in More Than 100 Years:
A tiny, spotted wild cat from Bolivia has been confirmed as a new species, Leopardus tilcayo, and the finding may point to more undiscovered small cat species.
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18 September 2026.
New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century:
The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.
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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.
First New Cat Species Discovered in More Than 100 Years:
A tiny, spotted wild cat from Bolivia has been confirmed as a new species, Leopardus tilcayo, and the finding may point to more undiscovered small cat species.
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18 September 2026.
Will California Gut Its Net Neutrality Law to Comply with Trump Admin Demands?:
In 2021, America approved $65 billion to fund broadband internet services as part of President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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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.
'Of course I am worried': Live Science readers react to US weapons in space:
Are you worried about an arms race in space? Live Science readers shared their thoughts.
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18 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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