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“Your Brain Just Ignores It”: 50 People Share The Most Ridiculous Fact They Know

While having a skeptical outlook can be healthy in the digital age, the reality is that some claims that sound ridiculous and bizarre are real. Fact really is weirder than fiction. The post “Your Brain Just Ignores It”: 50 People Share The Most Ridiculous Fact They Know first appeared on…

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I picked Baton Rouge over New York or L.A. after earning an MIT engineering degree—and am loving its genuine sense of community

After the anonymity of bigger cities, the Louisiana capital’s culture and community has invigorated David Hou.

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Stephen King compares Trump to a drunk ‘senile uncle’ over weird shark rant

Former president bewilders with wild hypothetical about an electric boat’s battery failing in dangerous waters

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Trump's shark tale should worry MAGA

Joe Biden’s best debate prep is to watch Trump’s MAGA rally rants with a straight face

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Bicycles can change lives, especially in rural Africa – new report looks at their use in Ghana and Malawi

To many people around the world bicycles are a crucial means of transport, especially for carrying loads in rural areas. While their benefits are huge and many organisations are working on making access to bicycles a reality, a range of barriers still prevent them from being more widely available in…

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Noam Chomsky, 95, recovering in hospital in his wife’s native country of Brazil after stroke

The 95-year-old famed linguist has not been seen in public since June last year

The Independent UK

'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang

Tiny 'supercharged' black holes born just after the Big Bang may have been brief companions to primordial black holes, dying before the universe was a second old.

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MIT Experts Create AI ChatBot That Lets You Speak To A 60-Year-Old Version Of You

A new AI tool lets you chat with a simulated future you, prompting reflection and potentially reducing anxiety.

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World's first chip-based 3D printer is smaller than a coin — benefits from having no moving parts

This small 3D printer concept uses a photonic chip's light beam and optical antennas to use a specific light wave and cure resin.

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How do I live my best life? I’ll consult a painting, thanks – not my smug ‘AI future self’

Really, what can these chatbots developed by researchers at MIT teach us that Tolstoy or Lucian Freud can’t? asks comedian and author Viv Groskop

The Guardian - UK

A crypto wunderkind’s $200 million fund had the backing of investors like Bill Ackman and Galaxy. Then everything went south

An investigation into Shima Capital and its founder, Yida Gao.

Fortune

He taught at MIT, worked at Morgan Stanley, and convinced Bill Ackman and Galaxy to back his $200 million crypto fund by his early 30s. His future is now in jeopardy

How Shima Capital’s fast-and-loose approach to compliance alienated its backers and could run afoul of the SEC.

Fortune

Razor-thin silk 'dampens noise by 75%' — could be game-changer for sound-proofing homes and offices

Researchers have engineered a silk fabric that can suppress noise by either generating sound waves that interfere with the noise or by blocking vibrations that are key to the transmission of sound.

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Road to InfoComm 2024: Glensound, Cobalt Make InfoComm Debut

Plus, InfoComm brings higher learning to attendees, Scalable Display Technologies celebrates 20 years, and meet Auri.

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Imperial College beats Oxford and Cambridge in global university rankings for first time

London university jumps four places from last year to take second spot behind MIT

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AI researchers build ‘future self’ chatbot to inspire wise life choices

Exclusive: Scientists at MIT hope talking to 60-year-old self will shift thinking on health, money and work

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Police with batons approach Israel-Hamas war protesters at UC Santa Cruz

Police with batons have approached protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz

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35 optical illusions and why they trick your brain

Artists and scientists have been creating optical illusions for centuries. Here are 35 mind-bending examples that prove you can't always trust what your eyes are telling you.

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University Presidents Testify On Anti-Semitism Accountability In Capitol Hill

University presidents face tough questions on Capitol Hill regarding anti-Semitism and discrimination on college campuses. House committee seeks answers on...

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MIT accused of discrimination for women of color scholars program in civil rights complaint

Complaint alleges that program at elite university violates federal civil rights law

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Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years

An Earth-size planet discovered around a nearby star offers astronomers their first chance for exoplanetary geology.

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Is there a best business school? We look at alma maters of Fortune 1000 c-suite executives to find out

While Harvard, UChicago, and Northwestern topped the list, it may surprise you the number of leaders without the degree

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Brothers charged with stealing $25 million in Ethereum in 12 seconds — Cryptocurrency heist exploited transaction validation process

The pair allegedly used their education in mathematics and computer science to exploit a weakness in the Ethereum blockchain.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hails Pune boy Prafulla Dhariwal: All about the India born OpenAI scientist

Meet Prafulla Dhariwal from Pune who caught netizen's attention after the impressive note shared by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on social media.

The Conversation

A different way to address student encampments

Last week, police descended on the University of Calgary campus with riot gear like shields, tear gas, batons and rubber bullets to forcibly remove protesters from an encampment set up on campus. According to the University of Calgary, the community has the right to free speech and protest, but temporary…

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