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• Disjointed: Cell differences may explain why rheumatoid arthritis varies by location

  10-06-2016 11:30
  
  Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Pennsylvania and China, report that not only are there distinct differences in key cellular processes and molecular signatures between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) but, more surprisingly, there are joint-specific differences in RA. The findings help explain, in part, why drugs treating RA vary in effect—why, for example, a treatment that might work in arthritic knees isn't effe
  
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• These fish rely on teamwork to find food in murky water

  02-09-2026 01:05 via popsci.com
  
  Just like 20-somethings yelling or waving in a crowded, strobe light-filled club, three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) can change their social behavior for the benefit of the group. These small fish will change how they swim to help find food when they are in cloudy water. The findings are detailed in a study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.There are eight known species of sticklebacks (order Gasterosteiformes). These small fish live in fresh, brac
  
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• Japan’s continuing bear problems can’t be solved by culling alone

  01-09-2026 22:00 via popsci.com
  
  Japan’s bears are still causing problems. The hefty predators continue to stray from mountainous forests in search of food, putting them in direct contact with the nation’s rapidly aging and dwindling population. According to the country’s Environment Ministry, bears have killed six people across the country since April 1, while a record 13 victims died during the previous fiscal year. It’s gotten so bad that Japan called in the armed forces to help, and companies are eve
  
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• Two-headed snake pottery suggests ancient Roman mystery cult spanned over 2,000 miles

  01-09-2026 20:01 via popsci.com
  
  A recently excavated, 2,000-year-old ancient Roman artifact suggests that followers of secretive cult were more widespread than historians initially thought. Based on findings recently detailed in the journal Antiquity, a skyfather named Sabazios from present-day Turkey boasted worshippers as far away as northeastern Spain.Ancient Rome’s primary pantheon of deities like Jupiter, Minerva, Juno, Mars, and Vulcan are fairly well-known today. But for every Apollo or Neptune, there were hundred
  
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• Amazon’s Labor Day sale has 98 deals worth your time (including the lowest price ever on Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones)

  01-09-2026 19:15 via popsci.com
  
  Labor Day is when retailers clear out what didn’t sell over the summer, so the shape of Amazon’s version is predictable: coolers, grills, back-to-school monitors, and a wall of air fryers. The Labor Day sale covers most of the store, and the deals inside it rotate every few days, which means a price that was good last week has often gone back up without the sale badge coming off. I ran Amazon’s own 12-month price chart on everything in the cards below and cut several products t
  
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• Sony’s new ULT TOWER speakers want to headline your next rave

  01-09-2026 18:55 via popsci.com
  
  Looming in an event space of Chelsea’s Kimpton Eventi Hotel, the Sony ULT TOWER MAX introduced itself as something between a party speaker and a PA, packing more LEDs and dBs than the cabinets that came before it. In Manhattan in mid-August for a preview of three new speakers in Sony’s ULT POWER SOUND Series, I first met the MAX at a pre-briefing party as a DJ loosened up the new circular woofers, and maybe my travel-tightened spine, with some main-stage EDM at meeting-room distance.
  
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• Lindsay Clancy jurors deadlocked, judge asks them to continue deliberations

  01-09-2026 17:13 via nbcnews.com
  Deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial were briefly paused this morning after the jury announced they were unable to come to a unanimous decision. NBC News' Stephanie Gosk reports on the judge's request for jurors to continue deliberations. NBC News legal analyst Misty Marris explains how and when the judge would potentially decide to move forward with a hung jury.
  
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• Trump Blasts “Luddites” For Opposing Data Centers

  01-09-2026 17:03 via technocracy.news
  
  On Monday, the President of the United States told the people of Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Arizona, and every other state now fighting hyperscale data centers exactly what he thinks of them. “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backward and poor,” he wrote on Truth Social. “If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.” And then the w
  
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• NOAA scientists spot ‘outrageously tiny’ fish

  01-09-2026 16:14 via popsci.com
  
  The deepest parts of our ocean are more like the fare reaches of space than planet Earth. We never really know what we’ll find down there. A team from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Ocean Exploration team experienced that first hand when they spotted a very tiny fish in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New England.
  The team estimated that it measured only five millimeters (0.19 inch
  
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• The Apple Watch became an unlikely fashion icon by simply not being ugly

  01-09-2026 15:31 via popsci.com
  
  Editors’ Note: Welcome to a new series called An Apple a Day, where we’ll share pieces of Apple content from our archives daily from now through late September. In addition to PCMag, this series will include pieces from our sibling sites CNET, Lifehacker, Mashable, and PCMag.About two years before Apple released the Apple Watch, I got a chance to try the Pebble smartwatch. It had enormous hype behind it, especially among gadget nerds. Its 2012 Kickstarter campaign
  
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• In 1967, 2 million Swedes started driving on the other side of the road

  01-09-2026 15:03 via popsci.com
  
  On September 3, 1967, at 4:50 a.m., a lone Swedish taxi driver stopped his car on the street in the light of early dawn. He carefully checked around him on both sides of the road, then pulled over from the left-hand side of the road onto the opposite lane on the right-hand side. He then stopped again. After 10 minutes, he continued driving on the right, along with every other driver in Sweden who had made this switch at the same time. This was Högertrafikomläggningen, also known as &ld
  
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• What Tim Cook’s Departure Means for the Future of Apple

  01-09-2026 14:03 via today.com
  It’s a new era at Apple as Tim Cook’s time as CEO officially comes to an end after 15 years. Now all eyes are on his replacement John Ternus and his ability to see new and innovative ideas at the tech giant. NBC’s Savannah Sellers reports for TODAY.
  
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• Whistleblower says USPS system Trump ordered for mail ballots is flawed and untested

  01-09-2026 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  An executive order from Trump, which is stymied in the courts, required the Postal Service to rapidly build a complex system to vet mail ballots.
  
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• Pax Silica: The Fine Print Comes Due

  01-09-2026 06:59 via technocracy.news
  
  I called this Technocratic colonization before the ink on the declaration was dry. On January 16, 2026, I wrote that Pax Silica was the actualization of Pillar III of the White House AI Action Plan — the pillar that extends the domestic Technocratic agenda to the rest of the world by exporting American AI frameworks, hardware standards, and regulatory templates to allied nations. I said the goal was to cement a global regime of expert rule, dressed up as partnership. People who wanted to b
  
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• JBL’s Cove speakers want to make setting up dynamic multiroom audio a two-minute job

  01-09-2026 06:05 via popsci.com
  
  In a NoHo loft in late August, JBL revealed its new Cove whole-home audio system. In this fully staged Manhattan apartment, three Wi-Fi speakers—the M1, P1, and X1—occupied kitchen counters, credenzas, bookshelves, and bedside tables. From Bad Bunny at the sink and Tiësto on the couch to Marvin Gaye by the fireplace and Al Green in some armchairs, Jesse Coyer, Sr. Manager, National Account Sales & Training, HARMAN Consumer Audio, demoed speaker setup and scale. The walkthrou
  
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• Wall Street closes lower as oil prices jump, indexes notch monthly gains - Reuters

  01-09-2026 00:55 via news.google.com
  Wall Street closes lower as oil prices jump, indexes notch monthly gains  ReutersDow tumbles 370 points after U.S. strikes Iran, but index posts fifth straight winning month  CNBCDow Jones Futures: Trump's Iran Warning Sparks Stock Market Losses; Elon Musk-Led SpaceX, Tesla Rally  Investor's Business DailyStock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slip but cap winning month for stocks  Yahoo FinanceOil prices rise and stocks fall after US hits Iranian si
  
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• Florida bans Flock cameras and other license plate readers from state highways

  01-09-2026 00:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida’s state transportation office revoked the ability of local police to put license plate readers on state highways.
  
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• Teen girl aided San Diego mosque shooters from North Carolina, prosecutors say - nbcsandiego.com

  01-09-2026 00:27 via news.google.com
  Teen girl aided San Diego mosque shooters from North Carolina, prosecutors say  nbcsandiego.comNorth Carolina Girl, 17, Charged in Role in California Mosque Attack  U.S. News & World ReportTeen girl who livestreamed San Diego mosque shooting faces murder charges, prosecutors say  Los Angeles TimesWinston-Salem high school student who published Islamic Center shooters’ livestream charged with murder, conspiracy  FOX8 WGHPNorth Carolina teen arrest
  
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• Lionel Richie checks himself into hospital out of abundance of caution, source says - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  01-09-2026 00:21 via news.google.com
  Lionel Richie checks himself into hospital out of abundance of caution, source says  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and VideosSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
  
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• Trump Live Updates: White House Ballroom Construction Can Continue, Supreme Court Rules - The New York Times

  01-09-2026 00:12 via news.google.com
  
  Trump Live Updates: White House Ballroom Construction Can Continue, Supreme Court Rules  The New York TimesSupreme Court allows Trump’s $400m White House ballroom to proceed  The TelegraphSupreme Court allows Trump to continue building White House ballroom  CNNChief justice dissents on ballroom construction: ‘No victory for separation of powers’  The HillTrump's White House ballroom construction gets another lifeline from SCOTUS amid heat
  
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• Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth - CNN

  01-09-2026 00:05 via news.google.com
  
  Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth  CNNExclusive | Army Secretary Resigns After Months of Friction With Hegseth  WSJArmy Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation to Trump  Fox NewsArmy Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation to White House  NBC NewsArmy secretary submits resignation to Trump after repeated clashes with Hegseth  The Washington Post
  
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• Chatbots got safer but will still role-play self-harm with users - The Washington Post

  01-09-2026 00:02 via news.google.com
  Chatbots got safer but will still role-play self-harm with users  The Washington PostStudy: Chatbots are getting better at identifying suicide risk  axios.comAI chatbots are safer than before, but they still have a troubling blind spot  Digital TrendsStudy finds ChatGPT less likely to encourage suicidal thoughts, but problems remain  Crypto BriefingModern AI models are less likely to encourage suicide, but they still help write suicide notes  dev
  
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• Vance characterizes Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed as ‘evil’ - NBC News

  31-08-2026 23:54 via news.google.com
  Vance characterizes Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed as ‘evil’  NBC NewsVance unloads on El-Sayed after Usha swipe with brutal warning: 'Way out of your league'  Fox NewsJD Vance Called Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed ‘Evil’ in Speech  The New York TimesEl-Sayed Defends His Decision Not To Condemn Hasan Piker  ForbesVance took the GOP’s midterm message to Michigan. It was not about the economy.  MS N
  
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• FTC Sues Amazon, Alleging It Deceived Advertisers and Drove Up Prices - WSJ

  31-08-2026 23:45 via news.google.com
  
  FTC Sues Amazon, Alleging It Deceived Advertisers and Drove Up Prices  WSJF.T.C. and 22 States Claim in Lawsuit That Amazon Secretly Inflated Ad Prices  The New York TimesUS trade regulator and 22 states accuse Amazon of taking $20bn with secret surcharges  theguardian.comFTC, 22 states sue Amazon over deceptive advertising practices  axios.comThe U.S. sues Amazon again  NPR
  
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• From the archive: Can Apple make the first wantable smartwatch?

  31-08-2026 23:43 via popsci.com
  
  Editor’s note: This story was originally published in July 2015What makes a gadget worth wearing? Apple is betting it knows better than anyone, and today they’ll likely reveal the final details of the Apple Watch–the most anticipated piece of technology since, well, the last Apple device to hit the streets.Apple is rarely a first mover in electronics. We’ve all grown used to the company walking into existing markets and redefining them: the original Macintosh, the iMac, t
  
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• Can Apple Make The First Wantable Smartwatch?

  31-08-2026 23:35 via popsci.com
  
  What makes a gadget worth wearing? Apple is betting it knows better than anyone, and today they’ll likely reveal the final details of the Apple Watch–the most anticipated piece of technology since, well, the last Apple device to hit the streets.Apple is rarely a first mover in electronics. We’ve all grown used to the company walking into existing markets and redefining them: the original Macintosh, the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. When it decides to jump in a pool, it
  
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• U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine - The New York Times

  31-08-2026 23:19 via news.google.com
  
  U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine  The New York TimesRetaliation on Kharg Island weighed as US-Iran hostilies reignite  Fox NewsUS and Iran trade attacks, marking first major military escalation in a month  CNNTrump vows to hit Iran hard after first exchanges of fire in a month  ReutersAttacks flare between the U.S. and Iran after a monthlong pause  NPR
  
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• Deliberations continue in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial - WCVB

  31-08-2026 23:11 via news.google.com
  
  Deliberations continue in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial  WCVBJury sent home after another day of deliberations with no verdict in Lindsay Clancy case  The Boston GlobeLindsay Clancy trial: Jury fails to reach verdict on third day of deliberations  Boston.comLindsay Clancy triple murder case: Jury watch Day 3  patriotledger.comDefense attorney comments as Lindsay Clancy jury ends third day of deliberations without verdict  Yahoo
  
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• Google TV Streamer gets $50 price increase - 9to5Google

  31-08-2026 23:08 via news.google.com
  
  Google TV Streamer gets $50 price increase  9to5Google
  
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• National Parks commemorate ties to WWII ahead of 85th Pearl Harbor anniversary

  31-08-2026 23:04 via popsci.com
  
  The United States’ 63 official National Parks are often renowned for their natural beauty, but many of them are also hubs of history. To help honor both the country’s 250th birthday and the upcoming 85th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, more than a dozen locations are participating in World War II Across America’s National Parks. According to a recent announcement, three parks from around the country will highlight “different parts of America’s wartime sto
  
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