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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.
Nostromo: The $15k DIY luxury desk clock designed to get you invested:
If you've ever bought a clock worth north of US$15,000 and wished that it were more like a piece of flatpack furniture, then MB&F and Maison Alcée feel your pain.
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10 September 2026.
1 Of 2 Children Dead In PA Confirmed To Be From Measles:
I want to start this whole thing off with a disclaimer.
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10 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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AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them?:
Alarming warnings from industry insiders increase pressure for curbs on artificial superintelligenceDoes artificial superintelligence really pose a risk greater than nuclear weapons? Is there a significant chance of “a Chornobyl-sized catastrophe”.
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10 September 2026.
OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades:
Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hoursOpenAI claims to have solved a major mathematics problem that has stumped humans for nearly a century after spending millions of dollars on the artificial intelligence-led endeavour.
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10 September 2026.
August was joint hottest month on record, says European climate agency:
Climate change and the rising influence of El Niño saw August reach the record for warmest month.
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10 September 2026.
Anthropic researcher resigns amid AI safety concerns:
A researcher at the AI company Anthropic resigned with a warning that the entire artificial intelligence industry is designing tools that humans will soon lose control of.
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09 September 2026.
Apple Unveils the iPhone Duo, a Foldable Phone That Costs $1,999:
At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.
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10 September 2026.
Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales:
Researchers say newly studied cave art may point to some of the first humans in Ireland arriving via a now-submerged land bridge from Wales during the Ice Age.
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09 September 2026.
Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth:
A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.
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10 September 2026.
Scientists map key protein interactions linked with profound autism:
Research published in the journal Science illuminates a "missing piece" in the biological understanding of profound autism and offers new targets for drug development.
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04 September 2026.
The hidden money behind the pork industry’s fight to keep pigs in tiny cages:
Exclusive reporting on how mandatory pork checkoff dollars moved from the National Pork Board to the National Pork Producers Council through trademark and real estate deals, funneling millions from farmers to a powerful industry lobby.
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10 September 2026.
Anthropic Reveals Fourth Likely Crime Committed By Its AI:
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Amid industry soul-searching about the possibility of AI improving itself to the point that it kills everyone, Anthropic has revealed yet another incident that would qualify as a crime if perpetrated by a person.
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10 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.
'America's Nobel' prizes go to sleep and hemophilia researchers, and to Michael J. Fox for Parkinson's advocacy:
The Lasker Foundation has announced the winners of its 2026 awards for basic medical research, clinical science and public service.
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09 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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