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Europe's largest carbon capture plant will trap 800K tons of CO2 annually:
Norwegian chemical company Yara has inaugurated the largest industrial carbon capture facility in all of Europe this week.
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20 September 2026.
Japan's first robot ambulance works the 9-1-1 lines for humanoids:
Before humanoid robots fully integrate into our societies and inhabit our homes, factory floors, and workspaces, a Japanese firm is thinking one step ahead.
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20 September 2026.
This Week In Techdirt History: September 13th – 19th:
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19 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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China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario:
Silicon Valley China hawks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei among them, fear the country surpassing US’s AI lead as much as superintelligence destroying humanityWhy China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI developmentWhen reporters asked Donald Trump this week if he supported calls to slow down the development of artificial intelligence out of growing fears for cybersecurity, public safety and the fate of humanity, he said no.
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20 September 2026.
Adults with severe mental illness die 15 to 20 years earlier from diseases such as cancer:
Exclusive: Stark health inequalities in terms of deaths before age of 75, NHS data revealsAdults with severe mental illness are nearly five times more likely than their peers to die from serious physical diseases before the age of 75, according to research.
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20 September 2026.
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Trump says US will form 'AI Force' and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar:
The president said his administration "will not in any way hinder or stifle the growth" amid amid warnings about the emergent technology.
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19 September 2026.
Despite calls for Congress to take action on AI, the House went home early:
In spite of growing calls for Congress to take action on AI, the House went home early and won't be back until after this November's midterm elections.
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18 September 2026.
In China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind:
As Xi Jinping arrives in the United States this week for a state visit, China’s advances in artificial intelligence will be in the air.
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20 September 2026.
Portugal decriminalized drugs 25 years ago, but the real lesson is what it built around…:
Portugal’s remarkable public health strides after changing its approach to drugs may not be replicable in other countries absent broader systemic reforms.
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20 September 2026.
Archaeologists Decode Rules of an Ancient Roman Board Game:
They scanned the pattern of microscopic imperfections on an ancient limestone slab, and used A.
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20 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.
Portugal decriminalized drugs 25 years ago, but the real lesson is what it built around…:
Portugal’s remarkable public health strides after changing its approach to drugs may not be replicable in other countries absent broader systemic reforms.
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20 September 2026.
The Brain Is Actually Two Completely Separate Organs:
"New research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years," Stanford Medicine announced this week:
The new research finding shows that the human brain consists of two ancient nervous systems cleverly packaged together — a more primitive part that regulates our hearts' beating, our breathing and other functions, and another that makes us distinctly human, capable of poetry, mathematics and wondering about our own origins.
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20 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.
'We are on our way to groundbreaking science': Stars turn neon-green in first test image from NASA's Roman telescope — Space photo of the week:
This week, NASA turned on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powerful 300-megapixel camera for the first time.
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20 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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