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SpaceX locks in US$60 billion Cursor deal to close gap with rivals in AI coding race

CTV News - 1 day ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is buying the startup behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, Anysphere, for US$60 billion in an all-stock deal to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise AI tools market.

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Humans prefer to walk counter-clockwise, scientists find - but no one knows why

CTV News - 3 days ago

A new study published Wednesday in Nature Communications has found that humans have a surprising tendency to walk in an counter-clockwise direction and researchers still aren’t entirely sure why.

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Video: AI models predict World Cup results

Aljazeera - 5 days ago

We asked four AI models to predict the winner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Los Angeles Times

El Niño turns crumbling California pier into climate battleground over what to save — and who pays

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

Rep. Sam Liccardo wants to rebuild the Pacifica pier with help from the federal government. But does investing in this kind of infrastructure make sense?

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Huffington Post

Ancient Teeth From Siberia Show Plague Appeared Earlier Than Expected

Huffington Post - 6 hours ago

The oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago is more than 200 years earlier than previously thought.

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Watch: Pentagon releases 6 new UFO videos

CBS News - 4 days ago

The Defense Department released a third batch of UFO files on Friday, three weeks after its second drop. These are all of the videos in the latest tranche, plus analysis from astrophysicist Avi Loeb.

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FDA greenlights sunscreen chemical long popular in Asia and Europe

Los Angeles Times - 6 days ago

The FDA has approved the sunscreen chemical bemotrizinol, a UV light filter that has been available in Europe, Asia, and Australia for more than 20 years. Health advocates and skin care industry groups alike are hopeful it can restore faith in sunscreen.

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Ebola and the US patient spotlight global health 'injustice'

Deutsche Welle - 17 hours ago

The story of the US doctor who survived Ebola with experimental treatment in Germany highlights wider inequities in global health. It also reveals how sharply medical standards can differ between African countries.

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Haaretz - Israeli Health Authorities Close Two Stores After Sedatives Found in Baby Food

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Renowned scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells US government to 'Show the alien!' after latest UFO disclosure

Daily Mail - 46 minutes ago

People Are Comparing The Obama Library Opening Performers To Trump's Freedom 250 Event — And Wow

Huffington Post - 1 hour ago

Megyn Kelly Airs Criticism Of 'Complete Disaster' Iran Deal — Directly To JD Vance

Huffington Post - 2 hours ago

May Anime Forever Drift Through the Eternal Shadow of 'Vampire Hunter D'

Gizmodo - 2 hours ago

Israeli Health Authorities Close Two Stores After Sedatives Found in Baby Food

Haaretz - 3 hours ago

8 Jun 2026 -- Rare footage captured of Great White shark in Mediterranean Sea -- A volunteer diver has described shaking as he filmed his encounter with an endangered Great White shark between Tunisia and Sicily. -- 8 Jun 2026

BBC News - 4 hours ago

Stonehenge discovery rewrites history of prehistoric religion

Independent UK - 4 hours ago

'It's a huge deal': Archaeologists discover second cannonball from the Battle of the Alamo, and it was likely fired by Texans -- Archaeologists have discovered a second cannonball from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, and now they have one from each side. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

Live Science - 4 hours ago

The Ending of 'Scary Movie' Changed So Much It's Scary

Gizmodo - 4 hours ago

'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon - and unleashed an improbable swarm of particles -- Physicists have found that splitting a photon would lead to a complex state that may change the way we think of particles. -- Rory Harris -- Published

Live Science - 5 hours ago

Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.

Ars Technica - 6 hours ago

Ancient Teeth From Siberia Show Plague Appeared Earlier Than Expected

Huffington Post - 6 hours ago

20 things you may be recycling by mistake, and why you shouldn't be

Business Insider - 7 hours ago

Oldest-known plague outbreak came 5,500 years ago in Siberia

CTV News - 7 hours ago

Trump Admin Honors Teddy Roosevelt With An 'Inexcusable' Error-Laden Banner

Huffington Post - 7 hours ago

Legal Experts Spot 'Incredibly Harmful' Phrase From Trump Admin — And Warn It Will 'Fuel' A Fire

Huffington Post - 8 hours ago

Earth-based telescope shares image of Artemis II capsule near the moon - one of the farthest photos of humans ever taken -- A blurry photo captured by the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia shows Artemis II's Orion capsule circling the moon more than 200,000 miles away, making it a candidate for the longest-distance image of humans ever taken from Earth. -- Harry Baker -- Published

Live Science - 9 hours ago

Massive leak exposes 56 million email accounts and 124 million passwords... check if yours is compromised

Daily Mail - 9 hours ago

Ancient teeth from Siberia rewrite the plague's timeline, dating back to over 5,500 years ago

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 9 hours ago

Weather -- The first Atlantic tropical storm of 2026 is here-and it used to be a Pacific cyclone

Scientific American - 10 hours ago

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