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• Fin24.com | Uber wants female drivers in Saudi Arabia

  03-10-2017 18:15
  
  "We want to create economic opportunities for women as drivers on the Uber platform," said Uber'schief of operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
  
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• Big boy Chunk returns ahead of Fat Bear Week 2026

  15-09-2026 22:27 via popsci.com
  
  The 2025 Fat Bear Week champion is back and ready to rumble (or at least eat a lot of fish). Bear #32, better known as Chunk, returned to view this week on the explore.org live cameras stationed throughout Katmai National Park in Alaska. With the kickoff of Fat Bear Week 2026 slated for Friday, his timing couldn’t be better.Chunk reigned supreme in 2025, racking up 96,350 votes—30,000 more than second place finisher, Bear 856. Chunk is a fan favorite for his hefty size (estimated at
  
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• 68% of physicists don’t think the time started at the big bang

  15-09-2026 20:37 via popsci.com
  
  Many of the world’s greatest scientific minds remain in startling disagreement with one another about the nature of reality itself. After conducting what is likely the largest survey of its kind, researchers reported that a vast majority of physicists suspect the big bang doesn’t necessarily mark the beginning of time. And as their additional responses indicate, scientists diverge even more when it comes to other hot-button cosmological topics.In 2025, researchers put out an internat
  
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• It’s almost time to airdrop rabies vaccines again

  15-09-2026 18:34 via popsci.com
  
  Despite major strides in education and conservation efforts, rabies remains a serious public health issue. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates around 90 percent of cases occur in wildlife, but their consequences still reverberate across ecosystems and routinely endanger humans. Combating the viral disease costs the United States over $300 million every year, but the hefty price tag is justified. Contracting one of the oldest known diseases invariably causes severe symptoms like abnorm
  
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• World War II shell detonated on British Coast 

  15-09-2026 16:48 via popsci.com
  
  It’s common to find things among the sand while strolling along a beach: shells, seaglass, bits of and seaweed. But in Essex, England, a beachgoer found something quite different on the coast of Southend-On-Sea: a World War II explosive.Southend-On-Sea’s HM Coastguard intervened over the weekend after someone reported a “shell-shaped object” less than half a mile south of a local monument called “The Crowstone.” The team first showed up early in the morning to
  
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• First Diplodocus fossils found outside of United States 

  15-09-2026 10:00 via popsci.com
  
  Diplodocus is a famous genus of giant sauropod dinosaurs with small heads and long, whip-like tails that lived in the Late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago). Since its discovery in 1878, all confirmed Diplodocus remains have been unearthed from the Morrison Formation fossil hotspot in the western United States. Now, however, paleontologists have identified Diplodocus remains in Spain.  The remains came to light in the El Castellar municipality of the Spanish city of Teruel
  
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• Whether Chemistry or the Cosmos, Always Looking at the Bigger Picture

  15-09-2026 09:00 via nytimes.com
  The Times’s Science section is introducing new columns, projects and more as part of its online relaunch.
  
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• Technocracy’s Appeal: 800,000 Have Applied For Citizenship In “Liberland”

  15-09-2026 04:28 via technocracy.news
  
  A micro-state Utopia for crypto billionaires who eschew taxes, government, and regulations of any kind. These so-called “network states” are popping up all around the world. Peter Thiel has backed Praxis and Prospera, which is in Honduras. Reportedly, Thiel now calls Prospera home. Praxis doesn’t have a home yet, but they are hoping for Greenland. ⁃ Patrick Wood Editor.More than 800,000 people are hoping to move to a self-proclaimed crypto micronation called ‘L
  
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• Supreme Court says Trump can’t enforce new mail-in ballot regulation

  15-09-2026 01:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The decision means a Postal Service measure that could lead to ballots not being sent to voters won’t be in effect for this November’s midterm elections.
  
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• Trump calls Nvidia CEO to talk AI — and gets put on speakerphone in all-hands meeting

  15-09-2026 01:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a company all-hands meeting and gave another full-throated defense of artificial intelligence after Huang put the call on speakerphone.
  
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• Trump calls concerns over A.I. destroying humanity a 'hoax'

  15-09-2026 00:43 via nbcnews.com
  President Trump waded deep into the current debate over the safety of artificial intelligence as leaders throughout the tech industry are warning of its risks and urging a slow down in development. NBC News’ Chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans reports.
  
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• Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate after three-month absence

  15-09-2026 00:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Kentucky Republican was hospitalized in June after a fall. “Time to get back to work to finish the job for this Congress,” he told reporters Monday.
  
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• Flint Blades and Firedogs Unearthed in France Reveal 12,000 Years of Human History

  15-09-2026 00:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn about an archaeological site in central France that was occupied for thousands of years throughout history, from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages.
  
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• Small Lunar Towns Could Sustain Themselves on the Moon's Water for Centuries

  14-09-2026 23:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how long the moon’s water supply could last as human settlements grow, and the answer may depend on recycling and finding more water.
  
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• First-Ever Adult T. rex Trackway Shows the Dinosaur Took 13-Foot Strides

  14-09-2026 23:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn more about the recent discovery of four T. rex tracks and what they tell us about this famous dinosaur. 
  
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• Small Dinosaurs May Have Had an Evolutionary Advantage Over Their Enormous Relatives

  14-09-2026 22:59 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Were there ever small dinosaurs? Learn about the dinosaurs that lived alongside ancient giants and how their size may have helped them adapt, diversify, and survive in changing ecosystems.
  
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• Yellowstone National Park retrieved 280 hats from hydrothermal vents this summer

  14-09-2026 22:00 via popsci.com
  
  Yellowstone National Park attracts more than 4.5 million visitors from around the world every year. Many sightseers arrive well prepared to admire the hotsprings, geysers, scenic lookouts, and wildlife, but there is only so much anyone can do about life’s little unexpected accidents. Each season, Yellowstone’s gusty winds are responsible for blowing away hundreds of hats, maps, and even sunglasses from the heads and hands of onlookers. And every season, park workers scour the grounds
  
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• Backcountry’s fall hoodie sale has hundreds of sweatshirts and jackets at clearance prices

  14-09-2026 21:42 via popsci.com
  
  I stepped outside this morning into the Upstate New York air and it had a distinctly fall feel. Those warm summer mornings are over and hoodie weather is finally here. Right now, Backcountry has a massive hoodie sale happening right now with hundreds of hoodies and jackets up to 40 percent off. But, not all deals are created equal. I read the size run off all 110 product pages worth checking, and 79 hoodies still have four or more sizes in stock at the sale price. Every pick below names the colo
  
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• Arborists use supersonic air to save 300-year-old tree that survived American Revolution

  14-09-2026 20:58 via popsci.com
  
  A centuries’ old “witness tree” that survived not only the Revolutionary War but a direct hit from lightning is facing yet another existential threat. Ironically, the famous oak in Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, is struggling to survive due to the strategies conservationists first used when attempting to preserve it decades ago.The nearly 300-year-old tree was already nearing its semicentennial on September 8, 1781, when around 2,000 British and 2,500 American troops met at the
  
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• What makes ‘The Pitt’ so horrifyingly realistic? We asked the show’s makeup and prosthetic pros.

  14-09-2026 19:58 via popsci.com
  
  Just two seasons into its run, The Pitt has fast become one of the most celebrated television shows of the 21st century, combining the hour-to-hour intensity of 24, the procedural probity of ER, and an IV drip of Scrubs to take the edge off the constant chaos and carnage in the emergency department at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.The series has won Emmys for Outstanding Drama, Lead Actor, and Supporting Actor and Actress, but The Pitt may be best known for its hyper-realistic portrayals
  
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• Trump downplays need for guardrails on artificial intelligence

  14-09-2026 18:23 via nbcnews.com
  In a post on social media, President Trump downplayed the need for regulatory guardrails on artificial intelligence, instead saying a "high IQ" president is enough to oversee it. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez and Jonathan Allen report on the calls for lawmakers to get involved on AI regulations.
  
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• Physicist proves famous ‘Star Trek’ combat strategy works

  14-09-2026 17:43 via popsci.com
  
  The most impressive science fiction stories emphasize “science” over spectacle. The Star Trek franchise has featured plenty of examples since the original series premiered 60 years ago this month, but one of its most famous sci-fi moments may prove even more fascinating than fans realized. At Brazil’s Federal University of ABC, physicist Níckolas de Aguiar Alves determined that an early episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation demonstrates an aspect to the theory of rel
  
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• Trump says AI doesn’t need guardrails, only a ‘high IQ’ president

  14-09-2026 17:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  He also alleged the existence of a “sick conspiracy” against AI and data centers, at a time when Americans are increasingly concerned about the technology.
  
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• Katmai bear cubs tumble over waterfall

  14-09-2026 16:59 via popsci.com
  
  A brown bear cub learns a lot in its first year of life—how to fish, how to steer clear of trouble. Two curious cubs recently learned a valuable (and wet) lesson about the strength of currents.
  At Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, home to Fat Bear Week, Bear #224 took her cubs on a journey near Brooks Falls. Early in summer, Brooks Falls is a hot spot for salmon munching by the park’s resident brown bears. By September, most bears move to the lower Brooks River to eat
  
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• What happens when driverless cars break the law? 

  14-09-2026 15:48 via popsci.com
  
  Driverless cars, once a distant techno-optimist’s dream, are making their way into more cities, racking up miles and attracting a loyal fan base. They’re also increasingly racking up tickets and driving in ways that would land a human driver in hot water. During July Fourth celebrations this year, several Waymo autonomous robotaxis operating near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge reportedly hit technical trouble that led to at least one vehicle driving over an exploding f
  
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• Rats make an ultrasonic sound when they eat chocolate

  14-09-2026 14:50 via popsci.com
  
  There’s nothing better than sinking your teeth into a sweet, creamy chocolate bar. Rats think so, too—and they may announce their chocolate-infused joy to the world at ultrasonic frequencies. Researchers have previously linked ultrasonic rat vocalizations with different emotional and motivational states in the animals, such as in reaction to rewarding stimuli. For example, the rodents vocalize in this way when eating something sweet. Now, a team of researchers in Japan have
  
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• China dismisses AI slowdown calls and blasts ‘fearmongering’ from U.S. tech leaders

  14-09-2026 14:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Urgent calls for a slowdown in the development of artificial intelligence may cite a grave threat to humanity, but China says the warnings are instead aimed at slowing its progress as America’s rival superpower.
  
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• Stocks slip, but traders largely shake off warnings that AI industry should slow down

  14-09-2026 13:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  A rally in software and cybersecurity stocks propelled indexes off their worst levels of the day.
  
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• Top AI Developers Warn the Technology is Developing Too Rapidly

  14-09-2026 13:15 via today.com
  Some of the world’s leading creators of AI are uniting in warning of the dangers of the technology advancing too quickly and publicly calling for a slowdown. They say that it could, in the not-too-distant future, actually outsmart the researchers who are building it and pose an existential threat to humanity. NBC’s Christine Romans reports and Josh Tyrangiel, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of "AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That
  
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• Dario Amodei: “For Too Long The Industry Lied” About AI Risks

  14-09-2026 03:49 via technocracy.news
  
  The fear model of “we’re all going to die” is worn out, especially if the plea is “only government can save us.” We’ve suffered through global warming, climate change, COVID pandemic and other things lined up like dominoes. This smacks of calls for global government.⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.“I won’t lie to you – there are real dangers,” said Anthropic CEO and cofounder Dario Amodei about the development of artificial intelligence. &
  
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