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Pig-boar hybrids in Fukushima evacuation zone rewrite wild genomes:
When escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the Fukushima evacuation, researchers gained a rare chance to observe large-scale hybridization.
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30 March 2026.
Homemade solar drone smashes endurance record with 5+ hours aloft:
Luke Bell and his father Mike have done it again.
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05 April 2026.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt:
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment offering an additional resource on our post about the White House’s new app: The other half of the story The analysis by “thereallo” covers the Android version; there’s a dissection of the iOS version at Security Analysis of the Official White […].
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05 April 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.
Seed banks may complicate gene drives aimed at controlling weeds:
While gene drives have great potential for controlling weeds, seed banks can foil their efforts.
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03 April 2026.
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01 January 1970.
An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night:
After forgetting the nibbles, refusing my costume requests and emailing GCHQ, ‘Gaskell’ did at least get us to show upTwo weeks ago, an AI bot invited me to a party it was organising in Manchester.
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06 April 2026.
Artemis II crew enters moon’s ‘sphere of influence’ ahead of historic flyby:
Astronauts on Nasa’s Orion capsule made transition about 39,000 miles from the moon, meaning they feel its gravitational pull more strongly than that of the EarthThe four astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis II mission have entered the moon’s “sphere of influence”, where its gravity has a stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth’s.
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06 April 2026.
I compared virtual RAM with real RAM on my Windows PC - here's what the numbers told me:
Virtual RAM can help improve PC performance when resources are scarce.
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06 April 2026.
The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth:
As the astronauts pass behind the Moon they will experience a moment of silence and solitude as communication with the Earth is blocked.
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05 April 2026.
Amid a high-profile scandal, Germany considers deepfake porn punishments:
Congress passed the Take It Down Act in 2024, protecting victims of deepfake revenge pornography.
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05 April 2026.
Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX’s I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk’s Grok:
Mr. Musk is requiring Wall Street firms to purchase subscriptions to his A.
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06 April 2026.
Why did gold prices fall amid Iran war? #world:
What drove the gold drop Gold fell as investors weighed escalating tensions tied to Iran and reassessed expectations for U.
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06 April 2026.
NASA Artemis II Astronauts Race Into Moon’s Embrace After Quiet Easter:
Ahead of a lunar flyby on Monday, the crew celebrated the astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s first spaceflight and got a special message from Charlie Duke, the Apollo 16 moonwalker.
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06 April 2026.
Philanthropy is a 'significant form of power.' Here's how Jeffrey Epstein exploited that:
A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny.
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30 March 2026.
Why did gold prices fall amid Iran war? #world:
What drove the gold drop Gold fell as investors weighed escalating tensions tied to Iran and reassessed expectations for U.
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06 April 2026.
Russia's VPN Crackdown Caused Bank Outages, Telegram Founder Says:
Russia's "great crackdown" on VPNs — and a clampdown on Telegram's messaging platform — had an unintended side effect, reports Bloomberg.
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06 April 2026.
China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet:
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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29 August 2025.
'This generation's moment': How the Artemis missions will reframe humanity's relationship with the moon:
Live Science spoke with Rebecca Boyle, author of "Our Moon" about how the moon has been viewed both culturally and scientifically through history.
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05 April 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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