Council's Decision to Sell Influential British Photographer's Archive Roundly Criticized He is one of the most important British photographers of the postwar period.

Council’s Decision to Sell Influential British Photographer’s Archive Roundly Criticized
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US Marines plan camouflage cloak to hide soldiers from spy drones U.S. Marine Corps seeks 61,000 multispectral cloaks to hide troops from heat-detecting drones by 2030.

US Marines plan thermal camouflage cloak to shield soldiers from drone attacks
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One month later, White House and Democrats no closer to ending the DHS shutdown Republicans hope longer wait times at airports will be the pressure point Democrats need to drop their immigration enforcement demands. Democrats aren’t giving up their fight.

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Hidden Clues Challenge the Long-Held Theory Behind the Maya Civilization’s Collapse New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland population in Central America and calls for a reassessment of those assumptions...

Hidden Clues Challenge the Long-Held Theory Behind the Maya Civilization’s Collapse
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US: New rifle-mounted laser weapon to disrupt drones in combat zones A US firm completes proof of concept for portable directed-energy laser dazzler designed to counter low-cost drone threats.

US firm’s new rifle-mounted laser weapon blinds drones using multiple light beams
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson addressed the Ukrainian military with the call sign Skelya ("The Rock")

He recorded a video for the commander of the 425th OSHP Yuriy Harkavy.

'Mass migration' of stars from the Milky Way's center could explain why there's life in our solar system The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago.

A 'mass migration' of stars from the Milky Way's center could explain why there's life in our solar system
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How Can First-Year Residents Avoid Clinical Errors? Experts say that many early residency mistakes stem from structural factors such as workload, supervision, and training environment, rather than from individual performance.

How Can First-Year Residents Avoid Clinical Errors?
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Why Colon Cancer Is Rising in Young Adults: Scientists Discover Unexpected Physical Clue Younger colorectal cancer patients have abnormally stiff colon tissue that promotes tumor growth, pointing to biomechanical forces as a key factor in early-onset disease.

Why Colon Cancer Is Rising in Young Adults: Scientists Discover Unexpected Physical Clue
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Cracking the code: How a “prediction machine” is resurrecting the Singapore Stone Some years ago, my linguistic research team and I started to develop a computational tool aimed at reconstructing the text of the Singapore Stone. Now that software is ready.

Cracking the code: How a “prediction machine” is resurrecting the Singapore Stone
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Bed Bugs Are Terrified of This Simple Thing, Study Finds New research reveals that bed bugs strongly avoid water and moisture. People often dread bed bugs, and for good reason. Once these blood-feeding insects establish themselves inside a home, they can be...

Bed Bugs Are Terrified of This Simple Thing, Study Finds
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14,000 routers are infected by malware that's highly resistant to takedowns Most of the devices are made by Asus and are located in the US.

14,000 routers are infected by malware that’s highly resistant to takedowns
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'Rectal garlic insertion for immune support': Medical chatbots confidently give disastrously misguided advice, experts say AI chatbots are seduced by misinformation that is delivered in medical jargon, leading them to give potentially dangerous advice.

'Rectal garlic insertion for immune support': Medical chatbots confidently give disastrously misguided advice, experts say
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Bioacid-powered process pulls cobalt, nickel from old batteries Wine-making acid helps scientists separate cobalt and nickel from battery waste using electrowinning technology.

Wine-making acid powers cleaner way for cobalt-nickel recovery from battery waste
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AI autocomplete may subtly shape views on social issues People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Unbeknownst to them, that feature may change how they think.

AI auto-complete may subtly shape views on social issues
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He Tried to Stop Adobe From Training its AI on His Photo Library - He Lost 'Adobe did the exact opposite of what they told the public they were doing.'

He Tried to Stop Adobe From Training its AI on His Photo Library – He Lost
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This is so dangerous.
These are the people killing academic scholarship.

Here he explains that a grant focused on females in the Holocaust is DEI because it "focuses on Jewish cultures"
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US tool to recreate deep-earth conditions to unlock 'superhot' power Researchers are testing whether conventional materials can survive extreme temperatures required for deep-earth geothermal power.

63-terawatt power: US to recreate deep-earth conditions to unlock ‘superhot’ energy
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A 5,500-Year-Old Skeleton Reveals the Deep Origins of Syphilis Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

A 5,500-Year-Old Skeleton Reveals the Deep Origins of Syphilis
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From Japanese walking to 75 Hard: what the science really says about viral fitness trends Fitness advice spreads fast online, but not all of it is grounded in science. Research reveals which popular trends hold up and which don’t.

From Japanese walking to 75 Hard: what the science really says about viral fitness trends
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Europe's oldest handgun may date to 14th-century siege at German castle The discovery of a handgun from 1390 found in Germany reveals that portable firearms were used earlier than thought in late medieval Europe.

Europe's oldest handgun may date to 14th-century siege at German castle
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How Trump hacked the judiciary His fake "emergencies" are pushing the country toward autocracy.

New in PN: How Trump hacked the judiciary

"The DOJ hit on a strategy that works: exploiting little-known, sometimes never-before-used laws as the basis for Trump’s constant states of emergency. Because of gaps in the law, Trump is able to exploit the judiciary’s deference to the executive branch."

Vaping: emerging harms health systems can’t ignore Vaping was sold as the safe alternative to smoking. The evidence is now telling a more complicated – and more worrying – story.

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Asteroid impacts could catapult extraterrestrial life into space, experiment hints "Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

Scientists squished microbes into a steel 'sandwich' — and made a profound discovery about life in space
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Study: Raccoons Don’t Just Solve Puzzles for Food, They Do It for Fun | Sci.News In a new study led by University of British Columbia Ph.D. student Hannah Griebling, raccoons (Procyon lotor) continued manipulating complex puzzle boxes long after retrieving the only marshmallow rew...

Study: Raccoons Don’t Just Solve Puzzles for Food, They Do It for Fun
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A Bad Case of COVID or Flu May Raise Lung Cancer Risk Years Later Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

A Bad Case of COVID or Flu May Raise Lung Cancer Risk Years Later
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WHO Confirms 18 Attacks on Healthcare Sites in Iran The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it has verified 18 attacks on healthcare centers ⁠in Iran since the start of the U.S. and Israel war on Iran.

WHO Confirms 18 Attacks on Healthcare Sites in Iran
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