Today: October 13, 2026
Today: October 13, 2026

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Trump honors Microsoft’s CEO after Vance drops an H-1B visa hammer on the company

President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at an event with arguably awkward timing

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RFK Jr. tasks researchers with studying vaccine injuries

RFK Jr. tasks researchers with studying vaccine injuries

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Nvidia-backed Iambic Therapeutics launches IPO as biotechs buck market gloom

Nvidia-backed Iambic Therapeutics, which uses AI to develop drugs, is aiming to raise up to $159.4 million in its US IPO, as the biotech sector

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Trump AI task force leaders to meet on Thursday, vice chair says

The four leaders of US President Donald Trump's AI task force are slated to meet on Thursday, task force vice chair Scott Kupor told Reuters, adding

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine expects Europeans to join talks with US

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukraine expected Kyiv's European partners to join talks with the US in coming days.

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A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters

The 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry gave a hand to handed molecules – and the processes chemists use to create them.

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Veterans in Des Moines receive AI glasses to improve daily life

Veterans in Des Moines receive AI glasses to improve daily life

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Russia's Yandex says it is unclear whether data centre can be restored after drone strike

Russian technology and AI company Yandex said on Thursday it could not yet determine whether equipment at a data centre hit by a Ukrainian drone attack could be restored.    

Environment|Science

Unusual sighting! Young black bear spotted at Morro Rock

Unusual sighting! Young black bear spotted at Morro Rock

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Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space

Four astronauts are back on Earth after an eight-month stay at the International Space Station

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Houthis claim new attack against airport in Saudi capital as witness reports evacuation

A witness says explosions have rocked Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, including a blast at the international airport

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Venezuela's Maduro charged in US with ordering torture of opponents, Americans

US prosecutors on Thursday charged ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and

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Shares slip as oil jumps and bond yields stay high

Global shares slid on Thursday as a mild pullback in sovereign bond yields was countered by a jump in oil

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US Army report cites 'systematic failures' in fatal 2025 helicopter jet collision that killed 67

A US Army investigative report into the collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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Abortion drug safety review will be completed by March, US FDA says

The Trump administration plans to complete a review of the abortion drug mifepristone by March 2027, according to a court filing, paving the way for potential

Business|Science|Technology

Alphabet's Waymo secures $5 billion term loan to accelerate expansion

Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo on Thursday said it has closed a $5 billion term loan, marking the company's first debt financing as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing

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Google Cloud introduces Gemini agent for work as AI race heats up

Alphabet's Google Cloud on Thursday introduced the Gemini agent, a single AI agent for work that can answer questions, handle tasks, create content and write code.

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Indiana 911 call center turns to AI to take non-emergency calls amid critical staffing shortage

Indiana 911 call center turns to AI to take non-emergency calls amid critical staffing shortage

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Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans

Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans

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Strawberry farmer hopes steam holds the key to healthy soil and a better crop

California strawberry farmers have applied steam to fields as an alternative to chemical fumigants used to kill soil-borne diseases

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Moscow’s secrecy about a suspected plague case follows a pattern from the Soviet era

The Kremlin has long maintained a culture of secrecy when it comes to controlling public information, especially involving accidents -- from industrial disasters to health emergencies

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Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally

Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally

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Nvidia-backed Upscale AI launches platform to connect chips from rival suppliers

Upscale AI, a startup valued at $2 billion in June, launched a networking platform on Thursday that allows customers to build data centers using AI chips from different suppliers.

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Russia says checks following Siberian plague lab death are complete

Russia said on Thursday it had completed health checks on all the contacts of a deceased lab worker at a plague research facility in Siberia, signalling a desire to draw a

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Drones hit Yandex site in first major attack on Russian data hub

Drones hit a data centre owned by Russia's Yandex, the country's leading AI and technology company said on Thursday, in the first major

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Amazon launches first Android tablets, raising prices and incorporating Alexa

Amazon on Thursday unveiled a slate of higher-end tablets that for the first time feature its Alexa+ voice assistant and run on Google's Android

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GlobalFoundries to make key AI chip component for TSMC in $2 billion deal

GlobalFoundries on Thursday said it has reached a $2 billion agreement to make a key component used to link AI processors and memory chips for TSMC at its New York facility.

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‘Everything is normal’: Life inside the Siberian cities at the center of a plague scare

‘Everything is normal’: Life inside the Siberian cities at the center of a plague scare

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Don’t miss the Draconid meteor shower, a celestial event that won’t take all night

Don’t miss the Draconid meteor shower, a celestial event that won’t take all night

Education|Science|Technology

‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features

AI models will refuse to say whether a person’s face looks gay or straight, but they will alter images of faces to fit stereotypes of gay and straight.

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Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why

If you think about leap years, it may seem like humans have a very odd way of measuring time. Sometimes, timekeepers even have to add extra seconds to clocks.

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A hurricane could cripple US refining when the world can least afford it

A hurricane could cripple US refining when the world can least afford it

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Data centers' 'flexible' power usage could save the grid billions. Can they scale?

Technology companies and utilities are increasingly exploring ways to make power-hungry data centers more flexible in when and how they consume electricity,

Health|Science

Russia says no epidemic risk as WHO pushes for transparency on plague lab death

Russia says no epidemic risk as WHO pushes for transparency on plague lab death

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The ‘glass skin’ Korean beauty trend has risks, experts warn

The ‘glass skin’ Korean beauty trend has risks, experts warn

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Pneumonic plague, by the numbers

Pneumonic plague, by the numbers

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‘Political chameleon’: How Mark Zuckerberg charmed Trump and got his way on AI

‘Political chameleon’: How Mark Zuckerberg charmed Trump and got his way on AI

Environment|Science

Keeping global temperature gain in check is a matter of survival, COP31 president says

Restricting global warming is a matter of survival and too many countries are shirking their responsibility to cut emissions, the official presiding over

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South Korean banks were likely hacked by a China-based actor with an AI agent, CrowdStrike says

The suspect behind recent cyberattacks at South Korean banks was likely a China-based 26-year-old who used a Chinese-developed AI agent and

Health|Science

New York governor plans to seek federal help to tackle measles outbreak

New York Governor Kathy Hochul will seek federal assistance to tackle the measles outbreak in the state, including support from the US Department

Political|Science|Technology

Most Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast, a new AP-NORC poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast

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Russian official seeks to turn the page on a suspected pneumonic plague case but questions remain

A Russian official has sought to turn the page on the death of a worker at a plague research lab in Siberia that sparked global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague

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AI use lifts participation in WorldQuant contest

Hedge fund WorldQuant said on Wednesday registrations for this year's flagship global quant research contest have almost doubled from a year earlier, as increased adoption of AI has

Business|Europe|Science|Technology

Dutch firm uses AI to help drone systems 'talk' on Ukraine's battlefield

A high-velocity drone launched at a disused Dutch airbase by the North Sea roars through the clouds and intercepts

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Manus raises more than $500 million after Meta exit

Butterfly Effect, the parent company of AI startup Manus, said on Thursday it had completed a more than $500 million funding round as the firm resumed independent operations after

Environment|Science

UN weather body says El Niño set to intensify and last until February 2027

This year's El Niño will intensify before peaking in December and is nearly 100% certain to last until February 2027, the World Meteorological Organization said in its

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US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says

US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says

Environment|Science

Encroaching energy, mine concessions threaten protected ecosystems, research shows

Millions of hectares of protected tropical ecosystems are at risk from overlapping mining concessions and oil and gas blocks, researchers said on Thursday

Health|Science

FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year

The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year

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Isaias rapidly intensifies into season’s first Atlantic hurricane as Gulf Coast braces for landfall

Isaias rapidly intensifies into season’s first Atlantic hurricane as Gulf Coast braces for landfall

Science|Technology

IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space

IceCube looks for high energy neutrinos from space. It joins the ranks of complementary experiments that study neutrinos originating closer to home.

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Asia shares slip, bonds submerged in tide of AI debt

Asian shares slid on Thursday as strains in sovereign bond markets were aggravated by reports some major tech companies were seeking to raise billions in debt

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US grants Aurora exemption for self-driving trucks safety feature

The US transportation department said late on Wednesday it approved a five-year exemption for Aurora and other self-driving trucking companies from

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Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there

President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast

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Bezos says Blue Origin likely to pursue IPO in coming years

Blue Origin is likely to pursue an initial public offering in the coming years, billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday, after the space company raised $10 billion from

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Samsung flags $80 billion profit on AI boom, highest quarterly for any tech company

Samsung Electronics on Thursday projected its quarterly profit would top 100 trillion won, a world first for a technology company, estimating

Economy|Environment|Science|World

In drought-stricken Sri Lanka, farmers watch wells empty and wildlife crowd shrinking water holes

Sri Lanka is facing severe drought, leaving reservoirs dry and farming communities struggling

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Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims, leaving some families angry and others relieved

The families of thousands missing after Nepal's catastrophic floods have mixed feelings about the government's decision to stop search efforts

Science|Technology

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died

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TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges

TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according

Economy|Environment|Science

Tropical Storm Isaias forecast to hit US Gulf coast as hurricane early Saturday

Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before slamming into the southern US

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Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group says

Some of the guardrails for children that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product do not work as intended and the chatbot poses an “unacceptable risk” to children

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Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says

Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after surviving an attempt to execute her in Tennessee

Finance|Science|Technology

Wolfspeed secures $1.5 billion conditional loan commitment from US defense department

Chipmaker Wolfspeed said on Wednesday it has received a conditional loan commitment for up to $1.5 billion from the US Department of Defense to expand domestic production of silicon

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Many drugs have mirror chemical structures, one helpful and the other harmful – a Nobel-winning discovery allows chemists to make either on demand

From thalidomide to resveratrol, molecules with the exact same chemical properties can have drastically different effects in the body depending on how they’re arranged in space.

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CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death, director says

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Erica ‌Schwartz said

Health|Science|World

Russia says plague institute worker's death does not risk an epidemic

Russia's health regulator said on Wednesday there were no risks of an epidemic breaking out in Siberia after a plague institute

Science|Technology

Trump to appear at White House science event on Thursday

US President Donald Trump will speak at a White House event on scientific discovery on Thursday, according to a social media post from his tech adviser

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US FCC to vote to ban all Chinese labs from testing US electronics

The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it will vote on October 29 to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices such as

Business|Science|Technology

Microsoft brings more AI to PCs as it challenges Apple

Microsoft unveiled on Wednesday an AI coding model that can run directly on personal computers and new security technology to prevent AI agents from

Environment|Science|Travel

Humpback whales fill Monterey Bay, offering perfect whale-watching conditions

Humpback whales fill Monterey Bay, offering perfect whale-watching conditions

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Anthropic launches third Claude 5.5 model, expanding AI lineup before planned IPO

Anthropic on Wednesday launched Claude Haiku 5.5, the third model in its Claude 5.5 family in the past month, expanding its artificial intelligence lineup ahead of a planned IPO.

Crime|Health|Science

Christa Pike survived 2 doses of an execution drug. How is that possible?

Christa Pike has regained consciousness and is speaking a week after receiving two doses of execution drugs in Tennessee

Education|Science|Technology

OpenAI says teens use ChatGPT for under 15 minutes a day as worries over risks grow

Teens spend under 15 minutes a day on average on ChatGPT, while less than 2% of them interact with the chatbot for over three straight hours,

Health|Science

Unknown virus leaves some Iowa patients sick for weeks

Unknown virus leaves some Iowa patients sick for weeks

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Florida asks court to force Meta to change Facebook, Instagram for teens

Florida asked a state judge on Wednesday to order changes to Instagram and Facebook to better protect young users, pressing ahead with a lawsuit accusing parent

Business|Science|Technology

FireFly Robotics files for Nasdaq direct listing

FireFly Robotics, which makes electric turfgrass harvesters and autonomous golf-course mowers, on Wednesday filed to go public through a direct listing.

Arts|Environment|Finance|Science|Technology|US

Before a natural disaster, a governor’s order can free up the National Guard and medical help

Government officials in the United States can declare a state of emergency before severe weather events like hurricanes or floods strike an area

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Twin Cities boy gets Star Wars-themed wheelchair costume

Twin Cities boy gets Star Wars-themed wheelchair costume

Environment|Science

This island was home to the planet’s largest penguin colony. Here’s why it just lost that title

This island was home to the planet’s largest penguin colony. Here’s why it just lost that title

Arts|Election|Science|Technology

FCC considers allowing more political robocalls before midterms, including those created with AI

The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with AI-generated voices

Education|Environment|Science|Technology

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

Off-grid solar power is spreading across Brazil’s Amazon, helping remote communities prepare for severe drought while replacing costly, polluting diesel generators

Environment|Science|Technology

Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs

Scientists Henri B

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NY Fed September survey finds public expecting more near-term inflation

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France suspends use of stun grenades to police student protests

The French government said on Wednesday it was pausing the use of stun grenades in its policing of student protests, after a 15-year-old

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Pope Leo opens Vatican meeting likely to discuss remarriage, gay Catholics

Pope Leo urged an assembly of some 150 bishops from around the world to find "renewed ways" of helping modern families at the start of a week-long

Business|Science|Technology

US FCC to vote on advancing new spectrum auction to boost 'direct to device' services

The US Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that it will vote on October 29 on whether to advance a new auction of wireless spectrum to

Health|Science

Checklists, masks and mystery: What we know about the plague scare in Russia

Checklists, masks and mystery: What we know about the plague scare in Russia

Science|Technology

Huge companies have dominated AI. Two startups with an entirely different approach think they can do better

Huge companies have dominated AI. Two startups with an entirely different approach think they can do better

Science|Technology

US government, Google join Zuckerberg-backed Biohub in $1.8 billion push for AI biology data

The US government and tech heavyweights Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub to build open datasets to train AI models for biological

Business|Economy|Environment|Food|Science

Buckwheat growers hope new markets can help it reach more tables

For Paige Hansen, changing the food system starts with changing the ingredients

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AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why

Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.

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IMF chief urges countries to do more to curb debt and regulate AI

The head of the International Monetary Fund says countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the AI boom and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine

Science|Technology

These state supreme court races could decide abortion access and trans rights

Ohio, North Carolina and Michigan have open seats on their state supreme court, and these hotly contested races will influence how those courts rule in several high-stakes cases.

Africa|Health|Science|World

Kenya Ebola case exposes gaps in border screenings

By the time Kenya's first Ebola patient was whisked to a hospital by relatives straight after landing at Nairobi

Science|Technology

Life sciences firm Danaher to launch AI-powered autonomous research lab in 2027

Life sciences company Danaher said on Wednesday it plans to launch its first AI-powered autonomous research lab early next year to make drug discovery and development faster and more

Business|Europe|Science|Technology

Musk welcomes German backing for Tesla driver assistance tech as group chases EU approval

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday welcomed Germany's backing for the US automaker's driver-assistance software system, as he seeks Europe-

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Existential threats join bubble fears as AI mood sobers at Singapore forums

Existential and financial risks posed by the artificial intelligence boom were top of mind for investors and policymakers at two conferences in Singapore

Health|Science

Russia keeps a tight lid on suspected case of pneumonic plague as global concerns mount

Russian authorities are keeping a tight lid on information about last week’s suspicious death of a lab worker in Siberia that has been surrounded by secrecy and claims that it could have been caused by pneumonic plague

Science|Technology

Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of 'mirror image' molecules

Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for solving a long-standing

Africa|Health|Science

Ebola creates new hot spots in Congo as responders describe ‘chaotic’ response

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly to new hot spots where patients have little or no support

Arts|Education|Science|Technology

AI can help with academic research but doesn’t always get it right – here are some tips to check the information you receive

AI is quickly changing. These tips from university librarians can help people keep pace with the shifts as they approach their research.

Health|Science

Your cells keep a record of every workout you’ve ever done – and those gains persist even after a break from exercise

‘Use it or lose it’ isn’t quite true when it comes to the health benefits of exercise. Cells across the body retain a memory of training that lasts longer than once thought.

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Most US voters say Trump, Congress don't take AI risks seriously, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 

Most US voters think President Donald Trump's administration and Congress are not taking the risks of AI seriously enough and want the

Business|Economy|Environment|Science

North Dakota rides soy boom, fueled by biofuels and China

In a small outdoor plot in Fargo, North Dakota, plant breeder Carrie Dottey crouched over a tiny flower on a leafy green soybean plant,

Environment|Science|Technology

NASA rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars

NASA has released a striking image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover, showing sunlight bathing jagged crags formed billions of

Health|Science

Facing Russian stonewalling, Trump admin ramps up pressure for info as it struggles to plan for potential plague fallout

Facing Russian stonewalling, Trump admin ramps up pressure for info as it struggles to plan for potential plague fallout

Health|Science|Technology

AI companies run virtual drug trials, aim to improve success of human studies

Novartis’ experimental del-desiran for a rare type of muscular dystrophy was expected to be a winner, with the Swiss company's CEO predicting annual peak sales of $5

Health|Science

Russia says it properly informed WHO of plague institute worker's death, blasts media coverage

Russia informed the World Health Organization about the death of a laboratory worker at a Siberian plague research institute last week in line with established procedures,

Science|Technology

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for unraveling mystery of mirror molecules

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for unraveling mystery of mirror molecules

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IMF chief warns energy shock, growing debt and AI risks threaten global growth

The global economy is under threat from persistently high energy prices, record public debt and risks from the AI investment boom, International Monetary Fund

Business|Science|Technology

AMD CEO says continues to explore foundry partnership with Samsung Electronics

AMD CEO ​Lisa Su said on Wednesday that the US chipmaker continues to explore partnership opportunities with Samsung Electronics in the memory and foundry businesses.

Health|Science

WHO endorses lifestyle changes over GLP-1 drugs in child obesity fight

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended diet, exercise and counseling over popular weight-loss drugs in its first global guidelines

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Russia kills 11 in one of its biggest strikes on Ukraine, Zelenskiy says

Russia fired 70 missiles and also drones in one of its biggest strikes at Ukraine, targeting the Ukrainian energy sector and killing at least 11 people across the country,

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Samsung's Q3 profit seen jumping nine-fold, but chip margins may be flat

Samsung Electronics is expected to report a nearly nine-fold jump in third-quarter operating profit, driven by robust AI demand, though analysts have cut

Crime|Science|Technology

South Korean megachurches probe suspected AI-linked cyberattacks

Two South Korean megachurches are investigating suspected cyberattacks that may have exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of congregants, with evidence

Environment|Science|World

Pacific nations insist world must increase efforts to meet global warming limit

Global governments must increase efforts to reduce emissions because the planet is "hurtling past" a critical temperature target that would restrain sea

Business|Science|Technology

Boston Dynamics appoints ex-Amazon executive Rohit Prasad as CEO

Boston Dynamics, a humanoid robot maker owned by Hyundai Motor Group, said it had appointed Rohit Prasad as chief executive officer, effective October 7.

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Japan's $15 billion Rapidus chip bet hinges on winning customers

Japan's Rapidus, with $15 billion in state backing, is tying up with chip design firms as it seeks to answer a major question hanging over

Science

Scientists name ancient crocodile species found in rock that built the Great Sphinx

Scientists name ancient crocodile species found in rock that built the Great Sphinx

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US FAA looks to streamline rules for commercial space launches

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it is proposing to streamline regulations for commercial space launches and re-entries.

Health|Political|Science|Technology

Rubio tells Russia to share more information about plague death

Russia should share more information about the death of a plague laboratory worker who died last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, in an incident

Science|Technology

I’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel-winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics recognizes Francis Halzen’s vision in building an unusual telescope in Antarctica, as well as the neutrino discoveries it’s made.

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Companies cutting jobs as investments shift toward AI

Companies spanning tech giant Microsoft to grocer ​Kroger have announced layoffs this year, deepening concerns that AI adoption will upend established industries, with job losses

Crime|Science|Technology

Personal information for over 1 million people stolen in a cyberattack on Arizona's court system

A cyberattack on Arizona’s court system has compromised personal information for more than a million people

Science|Technology|Travel

Broken bathrooms force American Airlines flight to divert for urgent landing

Broken bathrooms force American Airlines flight to divert for urgent landing

Health|Science

Flu season is near – here’s a guide to available vaccines

Getting vaccinated is the best way to reduce your risk of severe illness and complications from the flu.

Health|Science

Infectious disease expert on potential Russia plague: lack of information from Russia 'concerning'

The White House is monitoring Russia's potential pneumonic plague as unofficial reports reveal that close to 200 people are now under observation. This comes after the death of a researcher who worked at a Russian lab dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases. Infectious disease and biosecurity expert Dr. Ashish Jha calls out Russia's lack of transparency, telling Erin Burnett, "until we get more information, I think we have to assume that there is something more going on than what we're seeing."

Environment|Science

Tropical depression forms in the Gulf, forecast to strengthen into first hurricane of Atlantic season

Tropical depression forms in the Gulf, forecast to strengthen into first hurricane of Atlantic season

Political|Science|Technology

US Justice Dept tells staff to call AI 'super intelligence' under Trump order

The US Justice Department directed its employees on Tuesday to use the words "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" when ​referring

Science|Technology

Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

A Belgian-born scientist has won the Nobel Prize in physics for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved

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McDonald's sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees

McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with competing franchisees

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Republicans to spend $5 million in South Carolina Senate race as Trump plans trip there

The primary Senate Republican super PAC is sending reinforcements to South Carolina as President Donald Trump prepares to visit and boost Sen. Darline Graham

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Gov. Kathy Hochul declares state of emergency over measles outbreak in rural New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul declares state of emergency over measles outbreak in rural New York

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The world has nearly burned through its oil stockpile buffer, executives say

The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, industry executives said at a forum

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Information released about cybersecurity incident involving South Carolina schools

Information released about cybersecurity incident involving South Carolina schools

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Bulgaria's leader says drone attack hits 2 commercial vessels, and Ukraine's president blames Russia

Bulgaria’s prime minister says that two commercial vessels have been struck by drones in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea

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US appeals court weighs block on Kennedy's vaccine panel appointments

A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that a judge had improperly hamstrung an influential vaccine advisory panel by blocking

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What do we know so far about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia?

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on October 2,

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Kenya confirms first Ebola case after man who travelled from Congo dies

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi.

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Anthropic opens its most powerful AI models to more security teams

Anthropic is expanding a program that allows vetted cybersecurity professionals to test its most powerful AI models with fewer safeguards, after its Project Glasswing initiative

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Virologist tells CNN about infection at Russian plague lab

Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and Science Chair for Save America Movement, joins Omar Jimenez to discuss what we know about the worker at the Russian plague lab who is dead of an "unknown" infection.Editor's note: This video has been adjusted to clarify that Angela Rasmussen is the Science Chair for Save America Movement.

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Oil prices stable as market weighs supply risks, rising Middle East exports

Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday after recovering earlier losses, as the market weighed increases in Middle Eastern crude exports and a planned

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US agency to rewrite rules to address vehicle headlight glare

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday that it will rewrite its vehicle lighting standards to address concerns about

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US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says

US power consumption will rise to record highs in 2026 and 2027, driven by AI-hungry data centers and electrification, the US Energy Information

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Kenya confirms its first Ebola case and death in a man who traveled from Congo

A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend has become Kenya’s first confirmed case of Ebola and the country’s first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak

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Texas AG Paxton probes Fruit of the Loom, Hanes over potential toxic chemicals in children's underwear

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation on Tuesday into whether Fruit of the Loom and Hanes use toxic chemicals in producing children's

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RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI confounds some MAHA allies and medical experts

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unexpected embrace of artificial intelligence has rankled some of his allies in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement

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Why have India-US trade talks stalled again and what's next?

Senior officials in India and the United States have indicated long-running efforts to finalise a bilateral trade agreement have

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Micron enters $600 million settlement of Netlist patent dispute

Computer-memory company Netlist announced on Tuesday that Micron would pay $600 million to settle a patent dispute over Micron's memory chips.

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Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for Antarctic 'ghost particle' hunt

The Belgian-American scientist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work creating an Antarctic

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Investigators to search basement of Olney 'house of horrors' for evidence of missing women feared dead

Investigators to search basement of Olney 'house of horrors' for evidence of missing women feared dead

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How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies

The World Health Organization says that a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the country

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Whistleblower says Trump demanded FBI probe into protesters over a TikTok he saw

Whistleblower says Trump demanded FBI probe into protesters over a TikTok he saw

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S&P 500 hits intraday record high as AI rally continues

The benchmark S&P 500 index briefly hit an all-time high on Tuesday as optimism surrounding the AI trade and hopes of strong corporate earnings lifted technology stocks, further

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Cost-of-living crises have lasting impact on inflation expectations, poverty, IMF says

Sharp spikes in food and energy prices will likely become more common, the International Monetary Fund said, warning such crises drive inflation

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Does your sleep tracker get it right? A Pittsburgh neuroscientist weighs in

Can a sensor on your wrist really tell how your brain slept? Here’s what happens when sleep trackers go up against polysomnography, the clinical gold standard.

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US and China discuss reciprocal visits to nuclear sites, CNN reports

The United States has discussed starting reciprocal visits to nuclear sites with China, and plans to continue pushing in meetings in the coming months, CNN reported on Tuesday,

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Google enters massive 3.6-GW power deal with Constellation Energy

Google has contracted for 3,590 megawatts of power from Constellation Energy in the largest US power grid, with new nuclear energy accounting for about a

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France tests upgraded nuclear missile against backdrop of Russia tensions

France's defence ministry said on Tuesday it had conducted the first test launch of its latest-generation M51.3 submarine-launched ballistic missile,

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No plague cases detected in Siberia, Russia says, and locals play down scare

Russia's health watchdog said on Tuesday that no cases of plague had been detected among anyone who had come into contact with a Siberian plague institute

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Countries weigh banning smart glasses over privacy concerns

Governments, courts and companies are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream by Meta's Ray-

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DeepSeek set to net over $12 billion in new fundraising, source says

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is set to raise more than 80 billion yuan ($11.93 billion) in its latest funding round, said one person with knowledge of the matter, as the firm builds

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Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francis Halzen for his work detecting ‘ghostly’ cosmic particles

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francis Halzen for his work detecting ‘ghostly’ cosmic particles

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This city is on track to run out of water by 2030. For many residents, that day is already here

This city is on track to run out of water by 2030. For many residents, that day is already here

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Why old dogs might be able to teach Alzheimer’s researchers new tricks

As dogs age, their brains undergo similar changes to human brains, making them a valuable natural model to study dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Fast-track permits turn Spain's Aragon into a $70 billion data centre magnet. At what cost?

Aragon, a sparsely populated region of northeast Spain, has become one of Europe's fastest-growing digital

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How Trump's America First policy hit the Ebola response in Congo

When US doctor Patrick LaRochelle realized in May that he'd been exposed to Ebola in a mining

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AMD plans to substantially increase supply in 2027, CEO says

AMD plans to substantially increase chip supply in 2027 as the US chipmaker races to meet booming demand from artificial intelligence, CEO Lisa Su said on

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Pacific leaders watch Tuvalu reclamation effort ahead of UN climate meet

Representatives of 30 nations watched on Tuesday as white sand dredged from an atoll lagoon was used to reclaim land from the ocean in a fight by the tiny

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Indonesia's candidate for WHO chief calls on US to rejoin agency

Indonesia's pick to lead the World Health Organization, its health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, told Reuters that the United States should rejoin the

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South Korea's Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that AI models are believed to have been used in some recent hacking incidents against banks

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Trump holds Nebraska rally in bid to keep deep-red state in Republican column

US President Donald Trump pledged to expand access to tax-exempt diesel fuel while warning of a dark future if Democrats

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Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources say

The Federal Bureau of Investigation removed an Accenture contractor on Monday over their role in a damaging data breach that exposed

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Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection

Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection

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Yemeni government forces drive Houthis from Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of

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Qualcomm and Arm kick off trial, potential for huge damages in focus

(Corrects paragraph 10 to reflect that Arm was seeking an 18,500% increase in royalty rates, not 1,800%) By Tom Hals, Max A.

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Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain

Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it. Optogenetics may lead to a new era of medical treatment.

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Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US

Pennsylvania has more than 1,000 measles cases this year, making it the largest state outbreak in decades

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Colorado tests new wildfire technology to give firefighters another way to attack difficult fires

Colorado tests new wildfire technology to give firefighters another way to attack difficult fires

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NBA is experimenting with smart basketballs and official wrist wearables in select preseason games

The NBA is experimenting with two pieces of technology in the leadup to the season

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Aviation company takes flight with new all-electric plane

Aviation company takes flight with new all-electric plane

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Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells

Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells and carrot tops is a way to reduce the amount of food waste that goes into landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane

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Trump says US will help Russia after Siberia plague institute death

US President Donald Trump on Monday at the White House told reporters that the United States will help Russia after a laboratory worker died at a plague research

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Nvidia-backed Reflection unveils first AI model to take on Chinese open models

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI debuted its first open-weight model named Beam on Monday, as the startup aims to compete with lower-cost Chinese models such as DeepSeek and Kimi in

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New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases began surging in 2025

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Conservation group calls for moratorium on AI data centers on US public lands

Conservation group The Wilderness Society on Monday called for a moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers on federal lands, citing concerns over water use, electricity

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Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died

Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week

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Boeing receives Lockheed PAC-3 MSE contract worth up to $14.7 billion

Boeing on Monday said it was awarded a seven-year contract worth about $14.7 billion by Lockheed Martin to scale production and deliver PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)

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After notching two jet fighter contracts, Boeing could be turning the page

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AI industry insiders voice alarms to NYC council as local governments take up safety concerns

Artificial intelligence insiders are warning New York City’s leaders about dangers of the emerging technology, calling for greater oversight as local governments move to respond to mounting safety concerns

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California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids

Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics

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Pollution-sensitive greenside darter fish missing for over 100 years found again in Michigan's Rouge River

Pollution-sensitive greenside darter fish missing for over 100 years found again in Michigan's Rouge River

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What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it?

What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it?

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AstraZeneca to invest over $1 billion in Massachusetts, boost workforce

AstraZeneca said on Monday it would spend more than $1 billion in Massachusetts as part of its broader $50 billion US investment plan, a move expected to expand its workforce in the

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US and German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain

American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on

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Humpback whales fill Monterey Bay, offering perfect whale-watching conditions

Humpback whales fill Monterey Bay, offering perfect whale-watching conditions

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First-ever evidence of a second-generation planet detected around dead star

First-ever evidence of a second-generation planet detected around dead star

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Mexico demands evidence of alleged cross-border shots after US ambassador comments

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that her government has requested evidence from US authorities regarding