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Why was an Egyptian mummy stuffed with a fragment of Homer’s Iliad?
The fragment wasn’t placed besides the body, but stuffed inside it.
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Hacking the bomb? What Claude Mythos AI reveals about the gamble of nuclear deterrence
AI-powered cyber-security: the rise of new frontier platforms like Mythos highlights nuclear arsenals’ potential weak spots, and complicates the gambles inherent in nuclear deterrence.
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Suspending federal gas tax wouldn’t save drivers as much as they might hope – here’s what goes into the price of a gallon of gas
Suspending the federal gas tax, which would require Congress to agree, would drop gas prices only about 4% – less in high-cost states like California.
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How Have Soils Become a Climate Issue? A Sociological Perspective
The Conversation – By Céline Granjou, Research Director, Inrae Long considered only for their fertility, soils are now being rediscovered for their status as carbon sinks. In other words, their...
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The majority of French people are not affected by the inheritance tax, but still think they are
The Conversation – By Julien Pillot, Researcher and Lecturer in Economics, INSEEC Grande École A study highlights that 74% of respondents are unable to state the inheritance tax threshold. Koldunov/Shutterstock...
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The Stakes of the Donald Trump – Xi Jinping Meeting in Beijing
The context of this bilateral summit is hardly favorable to Donald Trump: his operation in Iran is bogged down, and the Supreme Court has just dealt him a setback on...
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How structural inequality fuels Black youth recruitment into cycles of violence
The recruitment into gangs is not simply an issue of individual criminality or policing, but the result of institutional failures and conditions that make some youth more vulnerable.
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Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?
Companies like Meta and IBM are exploring explore how AI can hyper-personalize ads, drawing from our chat histories, playing to our unique fears and vanities.
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Africa has the world’s greatest genetic diversity, yet it’s missing from research: we’re filling the gap
Most genetic studies focus on people from European ancestry. But Africa has the richest diversity and must be included in genetic databases.
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Female urinary incontinence: an underestimated problem responsible for much suffering
The Conversation – France in French (3) – By Marina Gómez de Quero Córdoba, Lecturer in Nursing Degree, Universitat Rovira i Virgili Female urinary incontinence is neither a minor illness...