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March 25, 2025 · 5 min read
Some techies today fear hell—not from a god, but from a computer. Human beings have a habit of wrapping up big unknowns in familiar stories. Even in our high-tech, secular age, the quest to create Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) often comes with a kind of religious or end-of-the-world fervor. Some communities of self-described rationalists speak […]
Picture this: deep in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, a young chimp named Damien gets a nasty gash on his calf. Instead of just licking the wound or ignoring it, he grabs a flying insect, presses it against the cut, and carefully rubs it across the open skin. A few moments later, his sister joins in, […]
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When wars end, the hardest part often comes after: rebuilding lives, homes, and ecosystems shattered by violence. A new proposal, reported by The Washington Post, the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust, lays out an ambitious vision for Gaza: $70–100 billion in investments, “AI-powered smart cities,” and even a Riviera of artificial islands. On […]
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Imagine an asteroid carrying the essential ingredients for life across the vast void of space. Bennu, a 500-meter-wide rock floating in the cosmos, may hold the key to understanding the origins of life on Earth. Recent revelations from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have sparked enthusiasm among both scientists and the general public. The samples returned from […]
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Some blogs that you might have missed on this last weekend of August; some say the last weekend of “cultural” summer. Considering getting your feet wet this weekend? Read about the decline and recovery of the Chesapeake Bay Comet 3I/Atlas continues to be weird! And more from science research! But of course, there’s also a […]
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Your bank account is under attack. Constantly. Every second, hackers around the world launch sneaky attempts to slip into financial systems. The scary part? Many of these threats don’t even have names yet. They’re called “zero-day attacks”—brand-new tricks that traditional security systems can’t recognize. But here’s the twist: scientists just developed a defense system powered […]
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In the pitch-black depths of a South African cave, 30 meters underground and far from daylight, a mystery was carved into stone—long before our own species even existed. The year is not 2023 but somewhere between 241,000 and 335,000 years ago. The artist? Almost certainly not Homo sapiens. Instead, the likely creator was Homo naledi, […]
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Did you know Indonesia’s underwater seagrass meadows can store more carbon than tropical rainforests? A new study from Pari Island shows how dredging and restoration are reshaping the nation’s “blue carbon” future. 1. Healthy seagrass = carbon gold Persistent seagrass meadows around Pari Island hold up to 234 metric tons of carbon per hectare, far […]
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On July 1, 2025, astronomers announced something extraordinary: a new interstellar object was speeding into our solar system. Named 3I/ATLAS, this icy traveler has journeyed for billions of years before dropping by our celestial neighborhood. Thanks to the keen eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists got a rare chance to peek at […]
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If you’ve ever walked past a bakery and suddenly needed a pastry, you know how powerful smell can be in jump-starting hunger. But what if I told you that in fruit flies, smell doesn’t just tickle the nose—it actually activates their taste buds? That’s the wild takeaway from a new study on Drosophila melanogaster (our […]
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