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How the Tree Lobster Escaped Extinction
The Lord Howe Island stick insect vanished from its home, but an effort at zoos in San Diego and Melbourne highlights the possibilities and challenges of conserving invertebrate animals.
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Teen made app for peers who are anxious, lonely: ‘Stay hungry, stay foolish’
“I wanted to create something that was by a teen for teens,” said Vaishnavi Kumbala, 16.
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Ask Amy: A delightful update from a struggling artist
An artist who wrote in about their family’s unsolicited – and unhelpful – career advice in 2016 gives a promising update.
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Carolyn Hax: Family clown hopes to pivot by offering sincere support
Moved by an aunt’s terminal cancer, this letter writer wants to learn to be supportive beyond just offering comic relief.
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Miss Manners: Guests keep dropping hair on my carpet
What to do when guests pick hair off their clothes and drop it on your carpet?
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China launches $47B semiconductor fund to counter US supremacy
China has established a massive new state-backed semiconductor fund worth 344 billion yuan or $47 billion aiming to ramp up its chip industry, according to the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, a government-run credit information agency. This aggressive move is seen as a countermeasure against US efforts to limit China’s access to advanced chip…
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Public opinion on AI divided
Americans, it seems, are of several minds about the hottest of hot topics this year: artificial intelligence. They’re torn between curiosity about the benefits to society and concern about its effects on their lives. A new study from global consultancy Public First found that, while the most common emotion cited was curiosity (39%), an almost…
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Election 2024 live updates: Biden heading back to Pa. this week; Trump trial nears end
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
