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• The ATM at 50: How it's changed consumer behavior

  21-09-2017 17:10
  An automated teller machine. The cash machine. In Britain, a cashpoint. ATMs, known for spitting out $20 bills (and imposing fees if you pick the wrong one), turn 50 years old this year. They're ubiquitous—and possibly still a necessity, despite the big changes in how people pay for things.
  
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• Free Blockbusters are popping up to bring back physical media

  13-08-2026 20:00 via popsci.com
  
  Blockbuster is a hollow VHS clamshell of its former glory. A cultural mainstay throughout the 90s, the home video rental empire reached its peak with over 9,000 locations in 2004. But thanks to the streaming revolution, the once-ubiquitous franchise has since shrunk to a single pilgrimage outpost in Bend, Oregon. However, Blockbuster’s legacy has lingered across the generations in the form of aesthetic odes to physical media, nostalgic callbacks, and even indie video games.The rental chain
  
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• Who is KD1, the bald eagle spotted in Jackie and Shadow’s nest?

  13-08-2026 19:16 via popsci.com
  
  As millions continue to mourn the death of Jackie the bald eagle, attention has turned towards another eagle spotted near Jackie’s former partner Shadow and in their nest. The female eagle is a banded bird biologists call KD1. She was born in 2022, about 70 miles away from Big Bear Lake in the Prado Basin between Anaheim and Riverside, California . Coincidentally, her parents are also named Lucky and Ricky like Jackie’s parents, but they are a different eagle pair. Accordin
  
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• WWII motorcycle and soldiers emerge from river muck in Hungary

  13-08-2026 18:01 via popsci.com
  
  History continues to resurface as unprecedented heatwaves and droughts in Europe push the Danube River to its lowest levels on record. In addition to the dozens of World War II Nazi naval vessels near the Serbian town of Prahavo, archaeologists in Hungary have located an extremely rare Wehrmacht military motorcycle, along with the bodies of its two potential crewmembers. Due to the area’s unique conditions, both the vehicle and the soldiers’ remains are remarkably well-preserved even
  
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• The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army On American Streets

  13-08-2026 17:43 via technocracy.news
  The US military is supposed to be under the Constitutional authority of Congress to declare war and provide funding, with the President being the commander-in-chief. The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the deployment of military forces on U.S. soil, but Trump is increasingly using the military to condition citizens to accept martial law. In short, the military is not to be the enforcer of the President’s will.The military was used in Operation Warp Speed to deliver vaccines to every corner o
  
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• Putting tiny backpacks on butterflies—for science

  13-08-2026 17:09 via popsci.com
  
  How do you track the movements of the majestic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)? By giving each bug a solar-powered radio backpack, of course. The orange, black, and white polka-dotted pollinators are native to North America, and can be found in more than 90 countries, islands, and island groups. They exist everywhere there is milkweed, which is the only thing that their caterpillars feed on. There are both migratory and non-migratory populations, and the migratory monarch butterfly (Da
  
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• We smell different as we age. Here’s why.

  13-08-2026 15:03 via popsci.com
  
  We’ve all heard the saying: As we age, supposedly, we begin to develop a certain…telltale odor. Some describe it as evocative of a cozy grandparents’ house, old furniture, or closets full of vintage clothing. Others swear they can detect it on a person directly—picking up a musty, grassy, and unmistakable aroma. So, does aging really come with a smell of its own?According to Dr. Sonal Choudhary, a dermatologist and assistant professor of dermatology at the Universit
  
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• 20 magnificent finalists from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards

  13-08-2026 09:00 via popsci.com
  
  Oceans cover 71 percent of Earth with 321,003,271 cubic miles of water. The the world’s largest mountain range and deepest canyon occupy these might waters, but warming waters and habitat destruction have left the ocean‘s creatures struggling. The 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition celebrates Big Blue’s incredible beauty while also highlighting the urgent need to protect it in a rapidly changing world.A bottlenose dolphin bites a small fish beside a tradi
  
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• Read an WWII Army private’s letters back home for the first time

  12-08-2026 23:02 via popsci.com
  
  The United Service Organizations (USO) has thousands of pieces of military memorabilia in its collections, but some of these archival items offer particularly intimate looks into the lives of former service members. Earlier this summer, the charitable organization released a collection of letters for the first time written by a U.S. soldier during World War II. Authored between 1942 and 1945 by U.S. Army Private Louis “Speedy” Weber to his wife, Frances, the messages detail his entir
  
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• Read a WWII Army private’s letters back home for the first time

  12-08-2026 23:02 via popsci.com
  
  The United Service Organizations (USO) has thousands of pieces of military memorabilia in its collections, but some of these archival items offer particularly intimate looks into the lives of former service members. Earlier this summer, the charitable organization released a collection of letters for the first time written by a U.S. soldier during World War II. Authored between 1942 and 1945 by U.S. Army Private Louis “Speedy” Weber to his wife, Frances, the messages detail his entir
  
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• Driver Who Broke Sound Barrier Sets Another Land-Speed Record

  12-08-2026 21:40 via nytimes.com
  Andy Green, the only person to break the sound barrier on land, set a new world land-speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle, averaging 406.320 miles per hour in two runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
  
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• I Love the 90s! captures the first digital decade in rad detail

  12-08-2026 21:24 via popsci.com
  
  The current digital landscape is changing by the day, and arguably not for the better. An ongoing inundation of AI slop, gamified search engines, and toxic social media ecosystems has understandably left many users yearning for the internet’s “good ol’ days,” even if some of those memories are tinted by rose-colored glasses. DIY-minded programmers recently introduced a web archive that ends on November 30, 2022—the day OpenAI debuted ChatGPT. Now, creators have take
  
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• Katmai bear cub spotted with a paw full of porcupine quills

  12-08-2026 19:26 via popsci.com
  
  The rugged brown bears (Ursus arctos) of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska may be well-positioned at the top of the food chain, but that doesn’t mean the smaller animals don’t pose any risks. Size doesn’t really mean much in the face of a porcupine’s 30,000 sharp quills.Bear cub 901jr learned this first hand. The baby was spotted on explore.org’s livestream with a paw covered in spiky quills. As they learn about their surroundings, curious cubs will invest
  
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• Insta360 wants its latest 360-degree action cam to be your “cameraman of the future”

  12-08-2026 18:00 via popsci.com
  
  At a 10th anniversary event held in Midtown Manhattan on July 28, imaging company Insta360 reflected on its past and shared its vision for the future.Max Richter, co-founder and vice president of marketing, and Adam Stringer, director of partnerships, gave a presentation to one side of a long table showcasing over a dozen prototypes and production cameras, 1,300 worldwide patents, and a decade of panoramic progression. This deep well of code and capture culminated in the new $699.99 Insta360 X6
  
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• Insta360 wants its latest 360 action camera to be your “cameraman of the future”

  12-08-2026 18:00 via popsci.com
  
  At a 10th anniversary event held in Midtown Manhattan on July 28, imaging company Insta360 reflected on its past and shared its vision for the future.Max Richter, co-founder and vice president of marketing, and Adam Stringer, director of partnerships, gave a presentation to one side of a long table showcasing over a dozen cameras, 1,300 worldwide patents, and a decade of panoramic progression. It all culminated in the new $699.99 Insta360 X6 flagship. [Disclosure: Insta360 provided travel accomm
  
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• No Fourth Amendment In American airports?

  12-08-2026 17:01 via technocracy.news
  
  It isn’t just about airports, but about all ports of entry at the border and any checkpoints set by CBP within 100 miles of a border. If you refuse to hand over your phone, you could be charged on the spot. Your digital life isn’t in your suitcase, but in your phone. It’s the holy grail of snooping. This story starts here: the privacy-first Graphene OS, which can be installed on Google phones, has an auto-destruct feature that is triggered by entering a secret password. This ci
  
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• ‘Less desirable’ males confuse female treefrogs looking for a mate

  12-08-2026 17:00 via popsci.com
  
  Too many choices is not always a good thing. Even if you are a female Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) searching for a mate. When too many desirable mates croak and screech their availability, the female frogs struggle to make the right choice. This phenomenon called “choice overload” is detailed in a study published today in the journal Cell Press, and may impact how species evolve. Cope’s gray treefrogs have a wide range. They are found in Virginia west tow
  
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• Astronomers discover the existence of a ‘black hole star’

  12-08-2026 17:00 via popsci.com
  
  The strange bright red dots are visible in nearly every image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). However, the frequency of their cosmic cameos didn’t make them any more explicable to astronomers. But after four years of analysis, researchers now believe they know why it was so difficult to identify these mystery subjects: they’re an entirely new astrophysical source.“Our picture of this object is evolving very rapidly,” Rohan Naidu, an astrophysicist at MIT,
  
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• King Tut was buried with more than a hundred pairs of underwear—all tailored to fit his massive butt 

  12-08-2026 14:49 via popsci.com
  
  What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to Popular Science’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster. If you like the storie
  
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• Primary Elections Live Updates: Key Races in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina Tonight - The New York Times

  12-08-2026 07:29 via news.google.com
  
  Primary Elections Live Updates: Key Races in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina Tonight  The New York TimesHong to supporters: 'We are ready to keep fighting, and I feel confident'  PoliticoFrancesca Hong and David Crowley battle for the lead in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor  NBC NewsLive results: Wisconsin primary election August 2026  WISNDSA’s Hong, Moderate Democrat Locked in Tight Wisconsin Primary  Bloomberg.c
  
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• Primary Elections Live Updates: Key Races in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina - The New York Times

  12-08-2026 07:29 via news.google.com
  
  Primary Elections Live Updates: Key Races in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina  The New York TimesWisconsin Governor Primary Election 2026 Live Results: Hong, Tiffany and More  NBC NewsDSA’s Hong, Moderate Democrat Locked in Tight Wisconsin Primary  Bloomberg.comLive updates: Democrats Francesca Hong and David Crowley locked in tight race for Wisconsin governor  CNNDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong election night party &nbs
  
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• A whisper from the rubble led to baby’s rescue after Colombia earthquake - CNN

  12-08-2026 07:21 via news.google.com
  
  A whisper from the rubble led to baby’s rescue after Colombia earthquake  CNNEarthquake response strains Colombia's new government and rescuers  NPRColombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivors  ReutersFirst Alert: WCK Responding to Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake in Colombia  World Central KitchenThousands missing in devastating Colombia earthquake as Bay Area residents scramble to help  NBC Bay Area
  
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• Wisconsin Democratic governor primary too close to call between Crowley, Hong

  12-08-2026 07:20 via nbcnews.com
  Votes are still being counted in the Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor, with Rep. Francesca Hong and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley separated by only a few hundred votes. NBC News’ Steve Kornacki looks at the numbers as well as races in South Carolina, Minnesota, and Connecticut.
  
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• CoreWeave narrows Q2 losses, stock climbs 8% - Yahoo Finance

  12-08-2026 06:51 via news.google.com
  CoreWeave narrows Q2 losses, stock climbs 8%  Yahoo FinanceCoreWeave stock pops 14% as revenue doubles on accelerating AI infrastructure demand  CNBCCoreWeave Shares Jump as Revenue Doubles From Year Earlier  WSJCoreWeave Revenue Surges on Booming Demand for AI Computing  Bloomberg.comCoreWeave’s Revenue Doubles But So Does Cash Burn  The Information
  
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• CoreWeave narrows Q2 losses, stock climbs 8% - finance.yahoo.com

  12-08-2026 06:51 via news.google.com
  CoreWeave narrows Q2 losses, stock climbs 8%  finance.yahoo.comCoreWeave stock pops 14% as revenue doubles on accelerating AI infrastructure demand  CNBCCoreWeave Shares Jump as Revenue Doubles From Year Earlier  WSJCoreWeave Revenue Surges on Booming Demand for AI Computing  Bloomberg.comCoreWeave’s Revenue Doubles But So Does Cash Burn  The Information
  
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• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB - Spaceflight Now

  12-08-2026 06:28 via news.google.com
  Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB  Spaceflight NowSpaceX plans rare stretch of 3 launches in 7 days from California  KTLASpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch, Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, CA Space Force Base  cbs8.comSpaceX launches Starlink mission from Florida  WKMGSpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)  Space
  
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• What to watch for during Wednesday’s total solar eclipse - CNN

  12-08-2026 06:01 via news.google.com
  
  What to watch for during Wednesday’s total solar eclipse  CNN2026's only total solar eclipse happens Wednesday. Here's the path and times of visibility.  CBS NewsNo surge in bookings but eclipse 'boosts footfall' in South West  BBCA stunning solar eclipse will soon unfold. Here’s how scientists map the path of totality  CNNWhat you need to know about the solar eclipse in eastern England  BBC
  
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• Trump says he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threat - BBC

  12-08-2026 05:44 via news.google.com
  
  Trump says he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threat  BBCIran Said to Have Known Details of Trump’s Stay at NATO Summit  The New York TimesWhat Trump’s catering-truck escape says about a war that won’t end  CNNTrump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says  NBC4 WashingtonReporter breaks 26-year silence on briefing that preceded Clinton’s plane swap &nbs
  
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• Progressive Peggy Flanagan wins Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota - NPR

  12-08-2026 05:34 via news.google.com
  Progressive Peggy Flanagan wins Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota  NPRSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
  
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• Iran war live: US fires on ship for defying blockade as Tehran rejects Trump’s claim - The Independent

  12-08-2026 05:33 via news.google.com
  Iran war live: US fires on ship for defying blockade as Tehran rejects Trump’s claim  The IndependentGulf States Accept a New Normal in Hormuz: Iran Is in Control  WSJHormuz Strait to remain closed unless U.S. meets Iran's conditions, Iranian security council says  ReutersIran Insists Strait of Hormuz Will Stay Closed Until Trump Agrees to Demands  The New York TimesIran demands U.S. pay for war damage before agreeing to reopen Strait of Hormuz 
  
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