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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.
Stick-on Logitech sensor lets offices react to the people inside them:
Logitech’s Spot sensor looks ready to take on a much bigger role in the smart office.
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17 September 2026.
4th Measles Death In PA & All The Federal Govt. Can Do Is Disrespect The Dead By Ignoring Them:
As Pennsylvania continues to endure the worst of the current measles outbreaks ravaging the country, a fourth measles-associated death has now been confirmed.
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17 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 cases as firm says it is introducing new way of tracking AI misalignmentOpenAI has disclosed six more examples of “unexpected or concerning” behaviour by its technology, as it warned the pace of development could not continue at “maximum speed for much longer”.
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17 September 2026.
Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds:
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in AugustClimate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found.
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17 September 2026.
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The farmer who turned to singing after bovine TB silenced his fields:
Dairy farmer Mervyn Kelso struggled with the sadness of the empty fields when he lost his entire herd to bovine TB.
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17 September 2026.
OpenAI flags new concerning AI behavior, to track model misalignment regularly:
OpenAI has disclosed six reports on unexpected or concerning behavior in artificial-intelligence models.
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17 September 2026.
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior:
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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17 September 2026.
Why does the universe expand?:
A long essay arguing that standard cosmology explains the universe’s expansion with ad hoc patches, and proposing a different symmetry-breaking view in which expansion follows from the underlying motion of matter and light.
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17 September 2026.
Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us:
The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion competition showcase the wiggly, feathery, undulating beauty of invisible life.
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17 September 2026.
Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?:
Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like cerebral palsy.
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16 September 2026.
Why does the universe expand?:
A long essay arguing that standard cosmology explains the universe’s expansion with ad hoc patches, and proposing a different symmetry-breaking view in which expansion follows from the underlying motion of matter and light.
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17 September 2026.
OpenAI Admits Six More Instances of AI Models Acting Deceptively:
OpenAI announced Wednesday that "We do not believe that the AI industry has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.
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17 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.
1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered between pages of Dutch library book:
The fragment is from Book 12, when Zeus curses Odysseus' men for killing and eating Helios' sacred cattle.
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16 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
