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01 January 1970.
Deluxe adaptable vise spins and locks on two axes:
Hobbyists may have wished for a third hand at times, when having to pause work in order to reset a vise clamp, but AxiGlide – a dual-axis vise currently on Kickstarter – offers a new angle on how such devices work.
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26 May 2026.
Can’t Do Anything Right: RFK’s ACIP Charter Changes Yanked For Not Following Procedure:
I’m starting to wonder if RFK Jr.
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27 May 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.
Widespread AI misuse means higher ed must rethink assessment:
Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete – and cheat on – their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students.
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21 May 2026.
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01 January 1970.
Mother of boy who may have died in TikTok challenge urges No 10 to ban social media:
Ellen Roome, whose son, Jools Sweeney, was 14 when he died, wants a ban put in place for under-16sThe mother of a teenager who believes he died in a TikTok challenge gone wrong has said Downing Street has been too slow to move towards a social media ban for under-16s, and accused the government of “kicking it down the road”.
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27 May 2026.
Lion’s aid: blood ice lollies keep big cats cool at London zoo:
Animals have tactics of their own to cope with the heat, but zoo animals also get a little help from their keepersA hot bank holiday weekend might see humans flock to the beach, don summer hats and crack open a cold beer, but when it comes to keeping big cats cool, zoos turn to a rather different treat: blood lollies.
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27 May 2026.
I've tried so many Linux email clients - why Aerion just replaced Geary as my top pick:
A cross-platform app for Linux, MacOS and Windows, Aerion supports all the features I need, without any extra clutter.
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27 May 2026.
Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base:
Nasa plans to send hopping drones and roving vehicles to the Moon as part of plans for a permanent Moon base.
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26 May 2026.
Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?:
Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory.
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26 May 2026.
At the A.I. Epicenter, Technologists Dismiss Pope Leo’s Warnings About the New Technology:
Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.
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27 May 2026.
GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing Better:
Grace Ginsburg reflects on taking weight-loss drugs despite agreeing with many of the political arguments against them, and on the tension between body politics, shame, and the relief of finally losing weight.
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27 May 2026.
A Fiery Visitor From Space Photo-Bombs an Erupting Volcano:
For a split second, a fireball outshone the rivers of molten lava flowing from the Philippines’ most active volcano.
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27 May 2026.
Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science:
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them.
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21 May 2026.
GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing Better:
Grace Ginsburg reflects on taking weight-loss drugs despite agreeing with many of the political arguments against them, and on the tension between body politics, shame, and the relief of finally losing weight.
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27 May 2026.
A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned:
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Aerodynamic drag is a major "barrier" in high-speed airplanes, automobiles, and bullet trains.
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27 May 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.
Brilliant-green fireball meteor explodes over erupting volcano in the Philippines:
Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon.
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26 May 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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