Papua New Guineans are living proof of how isolation, ancient mixing, and survival in remote islands can preserve a unique piece of our shared human story. A team of European researchers has shed new light on the genetic origins of Papua New Guineans. The team uses advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to demonstrate that Papua New Guineans are closely related …
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Every year, you’d think that celebs would be tired by the time the Emmys roll around. We’ve had a nine-month run of awards shows and film festival appearances, not to mention whatever press cycles they’re on. I, for one, would be exhausted. But I’m astounded year after year at how the biggest names on TV consistently understand the assignment. And …
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Following a product demo and meeting with Palantir’s (PLTR) CFO David Glazer and other executives, Mizuho Securities analyst Gregg Moskowitz praised the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools and stated that the data analytics provider’s “recent execution has been stunning,” with significant upward revisions across the Commercial and Government business segments. While the 4-star analyst is impressed by the company’s offerings …
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The recoil imparted as two black holes collide has now been measured using gravitational waves. It’s the first-ever measurement to capture not just the velocity at which the newly formed black hole was punted across space, but also the direction, offering a new tool for understanding black hole mergers. From the 2019 gravitational wave event GW190412, astronomers have determined that …
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Donald Trump has declined to call for the US to come together as a way of fixing the country’s divisions in the wake of the assassination of his close associate, the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, preferring to cast “vicious and horrible” radicals on the left of US politics as the sole problem. In an interview on Fox & Friends on …
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The earliest photographs taken by American astronauts in space have been restored to extraordinary detail, revealing the tense, daring, and often overlooked beginnings of human spaceflight. The images, originally captured during NASA’s Mercury and Gemini missions in the 1960s, appear in a new book, Gemini and Mercury Remastered, by digital restoration expert Andy Saunders. Published by Penguin, the collection follows …
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A lunar eclipse can give the moon a red hue, which is why it’s called a “blood moon.” Here it is photographed with double exposure above Jiujiang, China. (Image credit: Photo by Shen Junfeng/VCG via Getty Images) Photographers around the world pointed their cameras to the skies last night for a rare “blood moon” total lunar eclipse. Total lunar eclipses …
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The best part of going to a film festival is finding something new. Sure, it’s great to find out that movies you’re excited about are in fact good — I’ve had luck so far with Exit 8, No Other Choice, and Wake Up Dead Man — but it’s so much more exciting to be surprised by something when you had …
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By Jenna West, Joe Buscaglia, Tim Graham and Jeff Zrebiec The rematch of last season’s AFC divisional-round game between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills did not disappoint Sunday night, as quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills erased a fourth-quarter 15-point deficit to win 41-40. The game shifted in Buffalo’s favor when Ravens running back Derrick Henry fumbled on Baltimore’s …
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