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• Mathematician Reveals Strange New Enigmas for Time Travelers

  20-12-2024 23:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The laws of physics mean time travelers would have their memories wiped, according to a new study.
  
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• Humans Remain at Low Risk to Spread of the Latest Strain of Bird Flu

  20-12-2024 21:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn why humans may be at low risk, but cattle are highly susceptible to a recently emerged genotype that is not yet well understood.
  
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• OpenAI Unveils o3 System That Reasons Through Math, Science Problems

  20-12-2024 21:23 via nytimes.com
  The artificial intelligence start-up said the new system, OpenAI o3, outperformed leading A.I. technologies on tests that rate skills in math, science, coding and logic.
  
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• Another Delay Postpones NASA Astronauts' Return to Earth in 2025

  20-12-2024 20:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore got stuck on the International Space Station, and why their return to Earth has been delayed again.
  
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• Elon Musk backs Germany's far-right party ahead of election

  20-12-2024 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk waded into Germany’s election on Friday, by expressing his support for a far-right anti-party that is being monitored for extremism.
  
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• Citizen Science: 2024 Wrapped!

  20-12-2024 19:17 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Discover SciStarter's top participants, most popular projects and year-end citizen science highlights!
  
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• CDC confirms Wisconsin's first human case of bird flu - Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3

  20-12-2024 19:02 via news.google.com
  CDC confirms Wisconsin's first human case of bird flu  Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years in prison for Delphi murders

  20-12-2024 18:42 via nbcnews.com
  Richard Allen, the man convicted of killing two Indiana middle school girls in 2017, was sentenced to 130 years in prison. NBC News' Adrienne Broaddus reports on the sentencing almost eight years after the children's bodies were found near a hiking trail.
  
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• The OnePlus 13R's chip seemingly confirmed thanks to an early Amazon listing - Android Central

  20-12-2024 18:28 via news.google.com
  The OnePlus 13R's chip seemingly confirmed thanks to an early Amazon listing  Android CentralAndroid Circuit: OnePlus 13R Details, HMD Fusion Review, Xiaomi 14T Pro Feature  ForbesOnePlus 13 Preorder Deal Knocks $50 Off the Upcoming Flagship and Gets You a Free $300 Smartwatch  CNETOnePlus 13R key details surface on Amazon ahead of global launch  PhoneArenaOnePlus 13R's processor revealed by Amazon - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.com
  
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• Files by Google will support Gemini’s ‘Ask about this PDF’ - 9to5Google

  20-12-2024 17:54 via news.google.com
  Files by Google will support Gemini’s ‘Ask about this PDF’  9to5GoogleGemini brings a fantastic PDF superpower to Files by Google app  Yahoo! VoicesFiles by Google gets new PDF viewer on Android  9to5GoogleFiles by Google gets a long-awaited Gemini feature  Android PoliceGemini’s “Ask about this PDF” feature is coming to Files by Google  Android Headlines
  
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• Shedding Our Body Hair May Have Had Evolutionary Benefits

  20-12-2024 17:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn why scientists still aren’t sure why humans are the only primates with very little body hair.
  
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• Tesla recalls nearly 700,000 vehicles over tire pressure light issue

  20-12-2024 16:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tesla has issued a recall for nearly 700,000 vehicles due to a tire pressure light issue.
  
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• How a government shutdown could affect consumers days before Christmas

  20-12-2024 16:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  If the government shuts down days before Christmas, holiday travel could see disruptions but holiday shipping would be spared.
  
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• How a government shutdown could affect Social Security payments

  20-12-2024 16:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  If the federal government shuts down this weekend, work at numerous publicly funded agencies would slow or stop altogether, while millions of government employees would stop receiving paychecks.
  
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• Overlooked In 2024: Technocracy IS The Great Reset

  20-12-2024 16:32 via technocracy.news
  
  Go ahead. Play the cat, trapped in a simulacrum, chasing the laser pointer around the house. The biggest story of 2024 will also be the biggest story of 2025: that we are perilously close to full-blown Technocracy. Hemingway famously quipped, “How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Totalitarianism is like that. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.As the embers of 2024 spit out their dying sparks and tendrils of smoke corkscrew into 2025, I want to ask: what were
  
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• Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years in Delphi murders

  20-12-2024 16:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Richard Allen, the Indiana man convicted of killing two middle school girls in 2017, was sentenced to 130 years in prison on Friday, almost eight years after the children's bodies were found near a hiking trail.
  
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• How Trump and Elon Musk caused Congress' nightmare before Christmas

  20-12-2024 15:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump and his billionaire backer, Elon Musk, threw Congress' plans to get home for the holidays into chaos over a government funding bill.
  
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• Here's what happens if the government shuts down right before the holidays

  20-12-2024 15:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. government will shut down this weekend unless Congress comes up with a plan and takes action soon.
  
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• The Prototype: SpaceX And Firefly Are Sending Science To The Moon - Forbes

  20-12-2024 15:00 via news.google.com
  The Prototype: SpaceX And Firefly Are Sending Science To The Moon  ForbesMore NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight  NASASpaceX will launch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander to the moon in mid-January with these 10 NASA payloads  Space.comFirefly, ispace lunar landers to share Falcon 9 launch  SpaceNews
  
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• Saturn’s Rings Will Disappear in 2025, but for How Long?

  20-12-2024 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Discover why Saturn’s rings will disappear for a short time, and why they’ll be back.
  
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• Amazon workers are striking at multiple delivery hubs. Here's what you should know

  20-12-2024 14:58
  
  Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union are holding a strike at seven of the company’s delivery hubs less than a week before Christmas
  
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• Trump-backed funding bill fails in House as shutdown looms

  20-12-2024 13:13 via today.com
  The House voted down a Trump-backed funding plan to avoid a government shutdown and it could potentially impact everything from federal paychecks to holiday travel. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.
  
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• Is Amazon’s Drone Delivery Finally Ready for Prime Time?

  20-12-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  We flew to Arizona to test the recently debuted service ourselves.
  
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• GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024 - GamesIndustry.biz

  20-12-2024 12:47 via news.google.com
  GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024  GamesIndustry.biz2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry  WIREDThe Best And Worst Games Journalism Moments Of 2024  AftermathGame Developer's 2024 Wrap-Up: The top 5 trends that defined 2024  Game DeveloperAs a PC gamer, 2024 just made me sad  Digital Trends
  
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• Giant sloths, mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas

  20-12-2024 11:46
  
  New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought
  
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• Grief Makes Us Time Travelers

  20-12-2024 06:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke.
  
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• Penn State vs. Nebraska volleyball: Score, live updates, how to watch NCAA semifinal - NCAA.com

  20-12-2024 04:11 via news.google.com
  Penn State vs. Nebraska volleyball: Score, live updates, how to watch NCAA semifinal  NCAA.comNCAA volleyball tournament final four: Stars, X factors and predictions  ESPNPenn State vs. Nebraska volleyball: Time, TV channel, preview for 2024 NCAA semifinal  NCAA.comShatel: Could the 2024 Nebraska volleyball team end as the Huskers' best ever?  Omaha World-HeraldHusker volleyball team changing how women’s sports is televised  KLKN
  
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• Cameron Dicker makes first successful free-kick FG since 1976 - NBC Sports

  20-12-2024 04:10 via news.google.com
  Cameron Dicker makes first successful free-kick FG since 1976  NBC SportsObscure rule leads to Chargers getting 1st made fair catch free kick since 1976  Yahoo SportsWATCH: Chargers utilize obscure NFL rule to hit league's first fair-catch kick field goal since 1976  CBS SportsDicker nails 57-yard free-kick FG following Broncos penalty to close first half  NFL.comA Fair Catch Kick?! Cameron Dicker Makes History Against Broncos  Chargers.com
  
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• Johnson on shaky ground with Trump after spending fiasco - POLITICO

  20-12-2024 03:25 via news.google.com
  
  Johnson on shaky ground with Trump after spending fiasco  POLITICOSpending Deal Debacle Threatens Mike Johnson’s Hold on House Speaker Job  The New York TimesMassie comes out against Johnson retaining speaker's gavel: 'He does not have my vote'  Fox NewsAnalysis | Could Mike Johnson lose the speaker election?  The Washington PostWhere Johnson is. Where he might go. And can he survive?  Punchbowl News
  
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• Vagus nerve stimulation may relieve treatment-resistant depression, study finds - CNN

  20-12-2024 03:23 via news.google.com
  Vagus nerve stimulation may relieve treatment-resistant depression, study finds  CNNVagus nerve stimulation relieves severe depression  WashU MedicineThe Vagus Nerve’s Mysterious Role in Mental Health Untangled  Scientific AmericanMajor clinical trial suggests vagus nerve stimulation relieves severe depression  Medical XpressRECOVER Clinical Study Shows Meaningful Benefits of LivaNova’s VNS Therapy System in Select Secondary Endpoints for Unipo
  
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• As Amazon strike raises specter of delays, shoppers make backup plans - The Washington Post

  20-12-2024 03:23 via news.google.com
  
  As Amazon strike raises specter of delays, shoppers make backup plans  The Washington PostThousands of Amazon drivers have gone on strike in the thick of the holiday package season  CNNStriking San Francisco Amazon workers picket outside warehouse  CBS NewsAmazon Delivery Drivers at Seven Hubs Walk Out  The New York TimesTeamsters Launch Largest Strike Against Amazon in American History  International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  
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• Live Updates: Dominique Pelicot and 50 Others Guilty in Rape Trial That Shook France - The New York Times

  20-12-2024 03:02 via news.google.com
  
  Live Updates: Dominique Pelicot and 50 Others Guilty in Rape Trial That Shook France  The New York TimesWho Are the 51 Men Convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot Rape Trial?  The New York Times'Hope after horror' and Labour 'crashing the economy'  BBC.comGisèle Pélicot Speaks Out After Rapist Husband Cries in Court During Sentencing  PEOPLE
  
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• Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels

  20-12-2024 02:41
  
  Several environmental groups are suing California air regulators over their continuing support for biofuels
  
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• LA Zoo hatches first-ever perentie lizards, one of largest lizard species in the world

  20-12-2024 02:35
  
  Two new perentie lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there
  
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• Over 50% of U.S. Adults’ Calories at Home Come From Ultra-Processed Foods: New Study Reveals Concerning Trends

  20-12-2024 02:18 via scitechdaily.com
  Consumption of ultra-processed foods is rising more rapidly within U.S. households than in settings outside the home. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have conducted a new analysis revealing that over half of the calories adults in the U.S. consume at home come from ultra-processed foods. Ultra-processed foods are products containing [...]
  
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• Musk flexes influence over Congress in shutdown drama - BBC.com

  20-12-2024 01:59 via news.google.com
  Musk flexes influence over Congress in shutdown drama  BBC.comElon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms  The New York Times‘A fascinating mess’: 4 takeaways from the GOP’s shutdown imbroglio  The Washington PostHillary Clinton says Republicans are taking orders from 'world's richest man' to shut down government  Fox News'The world's richest man right now holding the country hostage': Erin Burnett on Musk blowing
  
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• FedEx to spin off its freight trucking business - Reuters

  20-12-2024 01:36 via news.google.com
  FedEx to spin off its freight trucking business  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey, New York adds flight restrictions - ABC News

  20-12-2024 01:36 via news.google.com
  FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey, New York adds flight restrictions  ABC NewsFAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey amid sightings, notice threatens 'deadly force' for 'imminent security threat'  WPVI-TVThe drone hysteria is a glimpse of the future  Vox.comFAA announces temporary restrictions on drone flights in New Jersey following influx of sightings  Fox News
  
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• Thursday Night Football: How to watch the Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Chargers NFL game tonight - Yahoo Sports

  20-12-2024 01:30 via news.google.com
  Thursday Night Football: How to watch the Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Chargers NFL game tonight  Yahoo SportsBetting tips for 'Thursday Night Football': Broncos at Chargers  ESPNBroncos vs. Chargers live updates: NFL scores, game stats, highlights, where to watch 'Thursday Night Football  CBS SportsDFS Thursday Night Football: DraftKings Showdown for Week 16 (Fantasy Football)  The Fantasy FootballersBroncos vs. Chargers score, live updates: Denver look
  
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• Putin's big statement on ending Ukraine war: 'Russia ready to compromise with...' - Hindustan Times

  20-12-2024 01:30 via news.google.com
  Putin's big statement on ending Ukraine war: 'Russia ready to compromise with...'  Hindustan Times'Ready to meet any time': Putin open to talks with Trump on Ukraine  The Times of IndiaPutin Glosses Over Russian Setbacks, Including Syria  The New York TimesPutin says he’s ‘ready’ for potential talks with Trump during year-end news conference  CNN
  
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• A whirlwind day for Luigi Mangione ends with new charges, revelations from a notebook and transfer to a federal prison - CNN

  20-12-2024 01:19 via news.google.com
  A whirlwind day for Luigi Mangione ends with new charges, revelations from a notebook and transfer to a federal prison  CNNMaryland native Luigi Mangione's mom tried to find him weeks before CEO shooting  CBS NewsU.S. Files Murder Charge Against Mangione That Could Bring Death Penalty  The New York TimesSuspected UnitedHealthcare assassin Luigi Mangione's plan to 'wack' CEO revealed in journal entries: affidavit  Fox News
  
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• CDC confirms 1st case of severe bird flu in US - ABC News

  20-12-2024 01:18 via news.google.com
  CDC confirms 1st case of severe bird flu in US  ABC NewsGovernor Newsom takes proactive action to strengthen robust state response to Bird Flu  Office of Governor Gavin NewsomBird Flu Has Hit California Dairies So Hard That They’re Calling It ‘Covid for Cows’  The New York TimesCalifornia declared an emergency. How serious is bird flu?  The Associated PressAmerica’s Bird-Flu Luck Has Officially Run Out  The Atlantic
  
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• Inside Io: NASA’s Juno Reveals Hidden Magma Chambers Fueling Endless Eruptions

  20-12-2024 00:46 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s Juno mission has revealed that each of Io’s volcanoes is likely fueled by its own magma chamber, not a global magma ocean. This conclusion was drawn from precise gravity measurements during Juno’s close flybys, resolving a long-standing mystery about Io’s volcanic activity. Discovery of Io’s Magma Chambers Scientists from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter [...]
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg “Tried Hard” To Get ‘Wicked’ Rights In ’90s - Deadline

  20-12-2024 00:45 via news.google.com
  
  Whoopi Goldberg “Tried Hard” To Get ‘Wicked’ Rights In ’90s  DeadlineTales From the "Wicked" That Never Was  Vanity FairWicked: Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg Battled for Movie Rights in 1990s  VarietyWhoopi Goldberg fought hard for the Wicked rights in the '90s  The A.V. ClubThe 'Wicked' Movie Almost Looked Very Different And Wasn't a Musical  MovieWeb
  
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• Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS - Space.com

  20-12-2024 00:37 via news.google.com
  Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS  Space.comRoscosmos Spacewalkers Finish External Science Work – Space Station  NASA BlogsRussian cosmonauts spacewalk: Watch livestream from International Space Station  USA TODAYInternational Space Station Roscosmos Spacewalk 63  C-SPAN Watch Russian cosmonauts install new X-ray detector during ISS spacewalk today (video)  Yahoo! Voices
  
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• Ethan Slater's Ex-Wife Opens Up About Divorce And Actor's Romance With Ariana Grande - HuffPost

  20-12-2024 00:20 via news.google.com
  Ethan Slater's Ex-Wife Opens Up About Divorce And Actor's Romance With Ariana Grande  HuffPostEthan Slater’s ex-wife, Lilly Jay, writes about navigating divorce ‘in the shadow’ of his relationship with Ariana Grande. How we got here.  Yahoo EntertainmentEthan Slater's Ex-Wife Lilly Jay Breaks Silence on 'Public Downfall' of Marriage and His 'Celebrity' Relationship  PEOPLEEthan Slater's ex-wife Lilly Jay addresses 'public downfall' of marriage amid
  
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• New details emerge as the search for a motive drives Wisconsin school shooting investigation - CNN

  20-12-2024 00:12 via news.google.com
  New details emerge as the search for a motive drives Wisconsin school shooting investigation  CNNOfficial says Wisconsin shooter was new student at Christian school where her victims had deep ties  Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3Friends, strangers share Cobb Co. connection with Wisconsin teacher killed in shooting rampage  Yahoo! VoicesObituary information for Rubi Patricia Vergara  Gunderson Funeral Home
  
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