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Why China Builds Faster Than the Rest of the World In a his new book Breakneck, Dan Wang argues that if the US really wants to compete with China, it needs to focus more on engineering and less on litigating.

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Forget Retirement: Older Lawmakers Want to Stay in Congress Why are so many lawmakers ages 75 and older running for reelection?

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Forget Retirement: Older Lawmakers Want to Stay in Congress Why are so many lawmakers ages 75 and older running for reelection?

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Forget Retirement: Older Lawmakers Want to Stay in Congress Why are so many lawmakers ages 75 and older running for reelection?

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Elderly Positivity Bias May Signal Early Cognitive Decline - Neuroscience News New research suggests that the tendency of older adults to misinterpret neutral or negative emotions as positive may be a warning sign of cognitive decline.

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Elderly Positivity Bias May Signal Early Cognitive Decline - Neuroscience News New research suggests that the tendency of older adults to misinterpret neutral or negative emotions as positive may be a warning sign of cognitive decline.

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Elderly Positivity Bias May Signal Early Cognitive Decline - Neuroscience News New research suggests that the tendency of older adults to misinterpret neutral or negative emotions as positive may be a warning sign of cognitive decline.

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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community Itโ€™s not just you. Survey says: โ€œTwitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Blueskyโ€โ€ฆ

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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community Itโ€™s not just you. Survey says: โ€œTwitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Blueskyโ€โ€ฆ

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โ€˜Phubbingโ€™: why ignoring your partner for your phone infuriates certain people โ€“ and causes them to retaliate Research shows that โ€˜phubbingโ€™ โ€“ ignoring a partner to look at your phone โ€“ can lower relationship satisfaction and spark retaliation.

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โ€˜Phubbingโ€™: why ignoring your partner for your phone infuriates certain people โ€“ and causes them to retaliate Research shows that โ€˜phubbingโ€™ โ€“ ignoring a partner to look at your phone โ€“ can lower relationship satisfaction and spark retaliation.

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Matter Is Finally Ready to Deliver the Smart Home It Promised After a turbulent beginning, smart home standard Matter feels like itโ€™s growing up. And with big-name supporters like Google, Appleโ€”and Ikeaโ€”behind it, a simpler smart home feels finally within...

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Matter Is Finally Ready to Deliver the Smart Home It Promised After a turbulent beginning, smart home standard Matter feels like itโ€™s growing up. And with big-name supporters like Google, Appleโ€”and Ikeaโ€”behind it, a simpler smart home feels finally within...

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Matter Is Finally Ready to Deliver the Smart Home It Promised After a turbulent beginning, smart home standard Matter feels like itโ€™s growing up. And with big-name supporters like Google, Appleโ€”and Ikeaโ€”behind it, a simpler smart home feels finally within...

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Empetrum nigrum - Wikiwand Empetrum nigrum, the crowberry, black crowberry, mossberry, rockberry, or, in western Alaska, Labrador, etc., blackberry, is a flowering plant species in the he...

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Craft gins bring Philippine and other Asian flavors to discerning drinkers Region's upstart distilleries challenge industry's heavy hitters in growing market

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Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Up Metaโ€™s A.I. Efforts, Again Meta internally announced a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over the technology, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Up Metaโ€™s A.I. Efforts, Again Meta internally announced a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over the technology, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Up Metaโ€™s A.I. Efforts, Again Meta internally announced a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over the technology, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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The Global Car Reckoning Is Here. Far Too Many Auto Companies Donโ€™t Have a Plan How are the CEOs of Ford, BYD, Lamborghini, Polestar, and more planning to survive the hellscape that is the current automotive world? We asked them.

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The Global Car Reckoning Is Here. Far Too Many Auto Companies Donโ€™t Have a Plan How are the CEOs of Ford, BYD, Lamborghini, Polestar, and more planning to survive the hellscape that is the current automotive world? We asked them.

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Misunderstood Malthus: The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today The English cleric and economistโ€™s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light on Malthusโ€™ ideas, a scholar argues.

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Movement signatures: how we move, gesture and use facial expressions could be as unique as a fingerprint Research has shown that the way a person moves helps us recognise their identity.

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Movement signatures: how we move, gesture and use facial expressions could be as unique as a fingerprint Research has shown that the way a person moves helps us recognise their identity.

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