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The key to bringing spider silk to market: Genetically modified silkworms:
Tougher than steel, lighter than cotton, and stubbornly elusive to produce.
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31 August 2025.
Mammotion's robot mower tackles obstacles with 3-way positioning tech:
Mammotion is a well regarded name in the world of robot lawn mowers, and it's set to take on heavy hitters like Husqvarna with new tech for greater accuracy and easier setup in small- and medium-sized yards.
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04 September 2025.
Why Powerful But Hard To Detect Backdoors Could Become A Routine Problem For Open Source Projects Because Of AI:
Last year, Andres Freund, a Microsoft engineer, spotted a backdoor in xz Utils, an open source data compression utility that is found on nearly all versions of GNU/Linux and Unix-like operating systems.
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05 September 2025.
Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025:
Looking to level up your content creation game in 2025? You're in the right place! The digital landscape has evolved dramatically, and AI tools have become essential for creators who want to stay ahead of the curve.
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02 January 2025.
New faculty José Sánchez wants you to play with architecture — literally:
José Sánchez doesn’t just design buildings.
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03 September 2025.
Head of UK’s beleaguered Alan Turing Institute resigns:
Jean Innes says it is time for ‘new chapter’ at AI research body, after staff revolt and government calls for changeThe chief executive of the UK’s leading artificial intelligence institute is stepping down after a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul.
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05 September 2025.
Labour could end badger cull but only with Covid-style testing and vaccines – report:
Review says ministers have only ‘small chance’ of wiping out bovine tuberculosis by 2038 without more investmentLabour can end the badger cull but only with a Covid-19 style focus on testing and vaccinating, the author of a government-commissioned report has said.
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05 September 2025.
Your Android phone just got 3 useful upgrades for free (Samsung models included):
Google's September update for Android phones brings an upgraded Emoji Kitchen, a revamped Quick Share, and more.
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05 September 2025.
Captain Scott’s famous polar shipwreck as never seen before:
The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to the South Pole.
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02 September 2025.
Wikipedia editors publish new guide to help readers detect entries written by AI:
Can you tell whether something you read on Wikipedia was written by a human or AI? Wikipedia's editors hope a new guide will help you spot the difference.
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04 September 2025.
A 'ghost' of the Australian bush: Newly discovered marsupial species may already be extinct:
A new species of a native bushland marsupial—closely related to the kangaroo—has been discovered but is already likely extinct, new research shows.
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05 September 2025.
Google Search Monopoly Ruling Sends Signal for Big-Tech Antitrust Cases:
A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but not break it up, signaling a cautious antitrust approach by courts.
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04 September 2025.
Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades:
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05 September 2025.
Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior:
Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core.
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05 September 2025.
These fish may feel pleasure while being groomed by other fish:
An experiment with threadfin butterflyfish finds that these fish may experience pleasure while being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse — suggesting this capacity goes far back in animal evolution.
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25 August 2025.
BREAKING: FDA Publishes Lykos Therapeutics’ MDMA Complete Response Letter (CRL):
This morning, FDA announced that it will now release complete response letters (CRLs) “promptly after they are issued to sponsors.
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05 September 2025.
First Brain-Wide Map of Decision-Making Charted In Mice:
In a landmark collaboration across 22 labs, neuroscientists have created the first brain-wide map of decision-making in mice, tracking over 620,000 neurons across nearly 280 brain regions.
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05 September 2025.
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.
Gene that human ancestors lost millions of years ago could help treat gout:
Researchers used evolutionary genetics and CRISPR gene editing tech to develop an innovative treatment for gout.
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04 September 2025.
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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