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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/differences-in-red-blood-cells-may-have-hastened-the-extinction-of-our-neanderthal-cousins-new-study-suggest 

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Immortalizing Scientific Publications

https://anandamide.substack.com/p/immortalizing-scientific-publications 

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Drinking more than 1 can of any soda increases the risk of liver disease by 50%

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/drinking-more-than-1-can-of-any-soda-daily-linked-to-liver-disease-5929863 

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Saturday, October 25, 2025

The Original Sin of Computing...that no one can fix (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3laL5VYdM 

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Speed of Light Is Not Constant, Solving 100 Year Old Problem, Physicist Claims Sabine Hossenfelder (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq8tfam1-zE 

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Insulin resistance drives pancreatic cancer

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/insulin-resistance-is-a-silent-driver-of-pancreatic-cancer-study-5525569 

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Friday, October 24, 2025

Smart Beds Had Strange Tech Issues During AWS Outage

https://trendingnewsfeed.com/sbhstidawso/ 

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Dangerous AI-Designed Proteins Could Evade Today’s Biosecurity Software

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/06/dangerous-ai-designed-proteins-could-evade-todays-biosecurity-software/ 

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Amazon’s cloud crashed and revealed the ugly monopoly Big Tech built while Biden regulators looked the other way

https://pantsonfirenews.com/amazons-cloud-crashed-and-revealed-the-ugly-monopoly-big-tech-built-while-biden-regulators-looked-the-other-way/ 

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Gray hair could play surprising role in cancer defense, study suggests

https://www.aol.com/articles/gray-hair-could-play-surprising-211726549.html 

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Book Review: The Mixed Blessing of Antibiotics

https://undark.org/2025/10/17/book-review-dangerous-miracle/ 

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3-D Image Shows How DNA Packs Itself into a “Fractal Globule”

https://scitechdaily.com/3-d-image-shows-how-dna-packs-itself-into-a-fractal-globule/ 

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These giant planets shouldn’t exist. But they do

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251015032307.htm 

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Scientists suggest the brain may work best with 7 senses, not just 5

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251008030955.htm 

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Quantum Battery Device Extends Lifetime 1,000 Times

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/07/10/quantum-battery-device-extends-lifetime-1000-times/ 

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Neuroscientists discover a repeating rhythm that guides brain network activity

https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-discover-a-repeating-rhythm-that-guides-brain-network-activity/ 

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China’s oyster-inspired ‘bone glue’ bonds fractures, can replace metal in surgery

https://interestingengineering.com/science/chinas-oyster-inspired-bone-glue 

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

String Theory is “Fashion,” Penrose Said. We Finally Have a Response - Sabine Hossenfelder (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOiBMWMzosY 

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Scientists Just Detected a Long-Lost Planet ‘Hiding’ Inside Earth

https://gizmodo.com/a-planet-inside-a-planet-traces-of-pre-moon-earth-found-deep-below-2000673594 

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Can Windows 10 Users Easily Transition to Linux? Watch This BEFORE Ditching Microsoft! (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2g0sx5AQAA 

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A Nanoparticle Drug Triggered the Brain to Rapidly Flush Out Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins in Mice

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/13/a-nanoparticle-drug-triggered-the-brain-to-rapidly-flush-out-toxic-alzheimers-proteins-in-mice/ 

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Chips Just 10 Atoms Thick Could Bring Computers With Extremely Compact Memory

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/15/chips-just-10-atoms-thick-could-bring-computers-with-extremely-compact-memory/ 

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ChatGPT-Like AI Unveils 1,300 Regions in the Mouse Brain—Some Uncharted

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/16/chatgpt-like-ai-unveils-1300-regions-in-the-mouse-brain-some-uncharted/ 

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Friday, October 17, 2025

'Most pristine' star ever seen discovered at the Milky Way's edge — and could be a direct descendant of the universe's first stars

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/most-pristine-star-ever-seen-discovered-at-the-milky-ways-edge-and-could-be-a-direct-descendant-of-the-universes-first-stars 

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James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imaged

https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/james-webb-telescope-finds-something-very-exciting-shooting-out-of-first-black-hole-ever-imaged 

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REM sleep may reshape what we remember

https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/rem-sleep-may-reshape-what-we-remember 

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Stalagmites adhere to a single mathematical rule, scientists discover

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/stalagmites-adhere-to-a-single-mathematical-rule-scientists-discover 

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Science says just 5 minutes a day will help you live 12 years longer (and be more successful)

https://www.fastcompany.com/91418876/optimistic-people-live-longer-successful 

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Jane Goodall revolutionized animal research, but her work had some unintended consequences. Here's what we've learned from them.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/jane-goodall-revolutionized-animal-research-but-her-work-had-some-unintended-consequences-heres-what-weve-learned-from-them 

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Mysterious chunks of DNA called 'inocles' could be hiding in your mouth

https://www.livescience.com/health/mysterious-chunks-of-dna-called-inocles-could-be-hiding-in-your-mouth 

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Your brain isn’t just shrinking with age, it’s doing something much stranger

https://www.psypost.org/your-brain-isnt-just-shrinking-with-age-its-doing-something-much-stranger/ 

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Nintendo just helped scientists blow up a major gaming myth

https://www.psypost.org/nintendo-just-helped-scientists-blow-up-a-major-gaming-myth/ 

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Scientists give cells a sense of smell

https://www.science.org/content/article/perfume-scientists-tweak-cells-having-sense-smell 

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Scientists use AI to detect ADHD through unique visual rhythms in groundbreaking study

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-use-ai-to-detect-adhd-through-unique-visual-rhythms-in-groundbreaking-study/ 

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Scientists Just Took a Giant Step Toward Scaling Up Nuclear Fusion: ‘What We’ve Done Here Is the Start of What Is Still a Long Journey’

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-just-took-a-giant-step-toward-scaling-up-nuclear-fusion-2000670389 

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

https://gizmodo.com/trumprx-is-a-narcissistic-ai-generated-nightmare-2000671309 

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Astronomers Discover a Suspiciously Hard-to-See Object That Just Might Be Evidence of Dark Matter

https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-discover-suspiciously-hard-to-see-object-might-be-dark-matter-2000671004 

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In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently. Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

https://www.science.org/content/article/mind-bending-twist-magic-mushrooms-evolved-twice-independently 

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A tiny mineral may hold the secret to feeding billions sustainably

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250924012230.htm 

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This Startup’s New Humanoid Robot Is Scarily Good at Doing Chores

https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/figure-new-humanoid-robot-is-scarily-good-at-doing-chores/91250438 

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Monday, October 13, 2025

Ayu! Scientists surprised wild fish recognise individual humans

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ayu-scientists-surprised-wild-fish-recognise-individual-humans/ 

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Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says

https://theconversation.com/your-age-shouldnt-put-you-off-learning-a-new-language-what-the-research-says-263581 

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How being watched changes your thinking

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-being-watched-changes-how-you-think/ 

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Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5553322/ivg-human-eggs-cells-fertility 

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Children exposed to antidepressants before birth do not face lasting mental health risks

https://www.psypost.org/children-exposed-to-antidepressants-before-birth-do-not-face-lasting-mental-health-risks/ 

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People on the far-right and far-left exhibit strikingly similar brain responses

https://www.psypost.org/people-on-the-far-right-and-far-left-exhibit-strikingly-similar-brain-responses/ 

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Major IQ differences in identical twins linked to schooling, challenging decades of research

https://www.psypost.org/major-iq-differences-in-identical-twins-linked-to-schooling-challenging-decades-of-research/ 

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Saturday, October 11, 2025

If you still use Windows 10, you should do this NOW! (video))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tvl4TC7DXQ 

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How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal Its Unlikely Birth Nearly 6,000 Years Ago, The wheel changed the course of history for all of humanity. But its invention is shrouded in mystery.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/28/how-was-the-wheel-invented-computer-simulations-reveal-its-unlikely-birth-nearly-6000-years-ago/ 

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A Mysterious Web of Tunnels Connects Brain Cells—Like the Network of Trees in a Forest. The ‘fourth pillar’ of brain communication potentially impacts Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/07/a-mysterious-we-of-tunnels-connects-brain-cells-like-the-network-of-trees-in-a-forest/ 

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An AI Council Just Aced the US Medical Licensing Exam. Two heads are better than one—even when those heads aren’t human.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/10/an-ai-council-just-aced-the-us-medical-licensing-exam/ 

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