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Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea

Live más — on the toilet. The post Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea appeared first on Futurism.

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Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea

New York Times Science

Canada Wildfire Air Pollution and Heat Wave Combo Pose Heightened Health Risks

Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health hazards.

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New York Times Science

Canada Wildfire Air Pollution and Heat Wave Combo Pose Heightened Health Risks

New York Times Science

Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem That Stumped Feynman

Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.

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Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem That Stumped Feynman

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Sixteen Nobel-Winning Economists Warn That Major AI Job Losses Are Coming

The consequences could be devastating. The post Sixteen Nobel-Winning Economists Warn That Major AI Job Losses Are Coming appeared first on Futurism.

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Sixteen Nobel-Winning Economists Warn That Major AI Job Losses Are Coming

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OpenAI Strikes Bold Deal With Kalshi to Mix Together the Most Hated Technologies in Existence: AI and Prediction Markets

A match made in hell. The post OpenAI Strikes Bold Deal With Kalshi to Mix Together the Most Hated Technologies in Existence: AI and Prediction Markets appeared first on Futurism.

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OpenAI Strikes Bold Deal With Kalshi to Mix Together the Most Hated Technologies in Existence: AI and Prediction Markets

New York Times Science

Meet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)

It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years.

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New York Times Science

Meet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)

New York Times Science

New Jersey Couple Aids Meteorite Discovery After it Crashes Through Their Roof

A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.

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New Jersey Couple Aids Meteorite Discovery After it Crashes Through Their Roof

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Terrifying Video Shows Locomotive Engulfed in Wildfire Flames

"Y'all need to hurry up here. Like, seriously, we're encased in flames now." The post Terrifying Video Shows Locomotive Engulfed in Wildfire Flames appeared first on Futurism.

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Terrifying Video Shows Locomotive Engulfed in Wildfire Flames

WIRED Science

Lionel Messi’s Final World Cup—and the Death of Early Retirement

Argentina’s Lionel Messi was supposed to be done years ago. Now, sports science is helping soccer’s biggest stars rewrite the rules of aging.

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Lionel Messi’s Final World Cup—and the Death of Early Retirement

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We’d Rather Live Through the Trojan War Than Spend 135 Minutes Watching an Entirely AI Version of “The Odyssey”

We can't believe somebody spent tens of thousands of dollars on this. The post We'd Rather Live Through the Trojan War Than Spend 135 Minutes Watching an Entirely AI Version of "The Odyssey" appeared first on Futurism.

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We’d Rather Live Through the Trojan War Than Spend 135 Minutes Watching an Entirely AI Version of “The Odyssey”

New York Times Science

Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus

The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.

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Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus

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Astronomers Horrified by Enormous Mirror Satellite That Reflects Sunlight Back Down to Earth at Night

It's an "existential threat." The post Astronomers Horrified by Enormous Mirror Satellite That Reflects Sunlight Back Down to Earth at Night appeared first on Futurism.

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Astronomers Horrified by Enormous Mirror Satellite That Reflects Sunlight Back Down to Earth at Night

National Science Foundation

Podcast: New security and communications materials

Nicholas Kotov discusses complex materials and the development of new fused-silk materials with applications in security and communications...

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National Science Foundation

Podcast: New security and communications materials

WIRED Science

An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI

Gidi Littwin’s new AI startup, Hemispheric, makes diagnostic brain scans for conditions like depression, PTSD, and Parkinson’s. He wants the technology to be as cheap and easy as for a blood test.

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WIRED Science

An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI

New York Times Science

New Winged Robot Can Fly and Swim Like a Puffin

Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back into the air.

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New York Times Science

New Winged Robot Can Fly and Swim Like a Puffin

National Science Foundation

NSF awards 12 new Regional Innovation Engines to fuel research, jobs and economic growth nationwide

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced it awarded the newest NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) awards to 12 U.S. teams across 20 states. These NSF Engines will build and scale innovation clusters that aim to accelerate the…

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National Science Foundation

NSF awards 12 new Regional Innovation Engines to fuel research, jobs and economic growth nationwide

WIRED Science

New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium

“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.

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New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium

WIRED Science

Sotheby’s Big T. Rex Auction Raises Concerns Hype and Wealth Are Upending Science

Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils. That’s making it difficult—or even impossible—for researchers to improve our understanding of the past.

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WIRED Science

Sotheby’s Big T. Rex Auction Raises Concerns Hype and Wealth Are Upending Science

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The US Approves Launch of Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night

The FCC authorized Reflect Orbital to launch the mirror satellite Eärendil-1. “For optical astronomy, this poses an existential threat,” the European Southern Observatory said.

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The US Approves Launch of Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night