Deep beneath the waves of the North Sea, the seafloor is behaving in an unexpected way. There, scientists have discovered hundreds of vast sand mounds, some on the scale of several kilometers across, that, according to a release from the University of Manchester in the UK, “defy fundamental geological principles”. These mounds pile atop structures known as sinkites, the result …
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DEAR ABBY: After their 25th anniversary dinner, my nephew “Will” was blindsided when his wife announced that she had never loved him and has been in love with her stepbrother since her teens. Will had supported her completely and gladly. (She wanted to be a stay-at-home mother; he makes good money.) This hurt him terribly. Will has met another woman …
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Android & Chill (Image credit: Future) One of the web’s longest-running tech columns, Android & Chill is your Saturday discussion of Android, Google, and all things tech. Nobody is surprised that Google announced the new Pixel Watch 4 at its latest Made By Google event. The company, like all others, makes a new model every year. Unfortunately, you’ll have to …
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James McCarthy BBC News, West of England Clara Bullock BBC News, Somerset Supplied by family Tom hopes a cure or life-changing therapies can be found for his son Jenson A father whose son has been diagnosed with a condition only 300 people have in the world has launched a mission to find a “cure or life-changing therapy”. Within days of …
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A team of astronomers has found what appears to be a previously undiscovered moon orbiting Uranus. If confirmed, this finding would mean the gigantic blue-green ice planet would have 29 moons. The discovery was made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), extending the instrument’s list of achievements and raising expectations that other new discoveries might be made within the …
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On Thursday afternoon, a report emerged that Patriots receiver Ja’Lynn Polk would be out for the season due to a shoulder injury. New England head coach Mike Vrabel apparently wasn’t so happy to see that get out. After last night’s preseason matchup with the Giants, Vrabel was asked if he could add anything to the report. “No,” Vrabel said, via …
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In his return to Massachusetts, Mike Vrabel is apparently pulling pages out of “The Departed” playbook. Vrabel, who has already been feisty with the media, said he’s on the hunt for “rats” after a report emerged stating receiver Ja’Lynn Polk needs season-ending surgery. He bluntly said “no” when asked if he had any information he could provide on the report …
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Why did MIT find 95% of AI project fail? Hint: it wasn’t about the tech itself Fortune Sam Altman calls AI a “bubble” while seeking $500B valuation for OpenAI Ars Technica Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble The Verge FirstFT: New MIT report spooks tech investors Financial Times Analysts downplay AI bubble worries as Altman says some investors will be left …
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“Punctum” may sound like type of punctuation, but to some scientists, it constitutes what may be a brand new type of cosmic object. In a new interview with Gizmodo, Elena Shablovinskaya, a radio astronomer at Chile’s Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) and Germany’s Max Planck Institute who led the team behind the find, waxed prolific about the bright dot she and her …
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Scientists are calling attention to an extremely common health problem that’s been making astronauts uncomfortable: sinus issues. Researchers from Houston Methodist hospital’s Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery reported the results of their recent study that probed whether astronauts experience sinonasal issues, which include common symptoms such as nasal congestion and pressure or pain in the face, while …
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