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Your Body Ages Faster Because of Extreme Heat
It is well known that heat causes exhaustion in the body due to dehydration. But aging?A recent study concluded that extreme heat accelerates the aging of the human body, a worrying fact given the increasing frequency of heat waves...
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Ride1Up’s First Electric Mountain Bike Does Not Disappoint
Buying a direct-to-consumer bike can be almost as big a gamble as investing in cryptocurrency. While a customer is not likely to lose their shirt investing in a new electric bike, buying a poorly made one may result in...
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Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI | TechCrunch
It’s only been since June that Meta invested $14.3 billion in the data-labeling vendor Scale AI, bringing on CEO Alexandr Wang and several of the startup’s top executives to run Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). But the relationship between the...
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Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from chronic pain
A brain implant that detects when someone is in pain and responds with deep brain stimulation has helped relieve...
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Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain
A single dose of the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be enough to remodel connections of specific brain networks, which...
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Musk files to dismiss lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares
Elon Musk is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by US regulators alleging he wrongly saved money by revealing he increased his initial investment in Twitter too late.The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a January complaint that...
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Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?
If you hung out laundry, visited a beach or fired up the barbecue this week, you will almost certainly...
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Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
Taco Bell is rethinking its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to power drive-through restaurants in the US after comical videos of the tech making mistakes were viewed millions of times. In one clip, a customer seemingly crashed the system...
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Ursula Le Guin’s son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite
When I’m asked by a Le Guin neophyte where to start, I rarely recommend The Dispossessed. I wouldn’t urge...
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Go-to therapy for chronic sinus condition doesn’t work that well
Surgery is typically a last resort for people with a chronically blocked or runny nose. But in some cases,...
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Trump faces major headache with incidents in Qatar and Poland
Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondentReutersA post on Truth Social did eventually – and inevitably – come."What's with Russia violating Poland's airspace...