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Video: Boston Dynamics unveils stronger, more capable electric Atlas robot: Boston Dynamics has unveiled a stronger, more agile, fully electric version of its ...
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Video: Boston Dynamics unveils stronger, more capable electric Atlas robot
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Meet Figure 01, the 'commercially viable' humanoid robot: With a recent funding of $675 million at a $2.6 billion valuation from key investors including Jeff ...
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Meet Figure 01, the 'commercially viable' humanoid robot
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Video Friday: Robot Dog Can’t Fall: Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
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Video Friday: Robot Dog Can’t Fall
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Retire early? Study shows: People who work longer are happier: Staying in work instead of early retirement? A recent study suggests that people who are still ...
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Retire early? Study shows: People who work longer are happier
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Fuss about vitamin D: Many people consume vitamin D supplements to compensate for a perceived deficiency. A look at common limit values ​​raises doubts about ...
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Fuss about vitamin D
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The worst imaginable pandemic: A highly contagious prion disease is spreading among wild animals. Experts are puzzling over whether it can also infect humans - ...
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The worst imaginable pandemic
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The Temporary Cops: The Quantum Mechanics File - Energetic nonsense?: Quantum healers want to treat illnesses by influencing energy fields with their bare hands ...
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The Temporary Cops: The Quantum Mechanics File - Energetic nonsense?
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Jill Biden calls Trump ‘dangerous to the LGBTQ community’: First lady Jill Biden on Friday decried former President Trump as a “bully” and a threat to gains for ...
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Jill Biden calls Trump ‘dangerous to the LGBTQ community’
Quick Glance: Jill Biden warns of Trump's danger to LGBTQ2S+ community
  • Jill Biden warned LGBTQ2S+ voters against the re-election of Donald Trump, whom she labeled as a 'bully' and deemed dangerous to their community.

  • She urged to fight against external forces working to undo the hard-won rights of the LGBTQ2S+ community.

  • Voters in this demographic group overwhelmingly supported Biden in 2020, and their support is crucial for Biden's re-election.

  • Jill Biden highlighted President Biden's achievements in LGBTQ2S+ rights and called for continued fight for freedom and equality.
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AI video shows possible future of Germany after far-right election successes: Filmmakers are using an AI-generated video on YouTube to draw attention to the ...
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AI video shows possible future of Germany after far-right election ...
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European court rules nations must protect citizens from effects of climate change
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European court rules nations must protect citizens from effects of climate ...
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New kebab store in Leipzig: free kebabs for people aged 70 and over: Leipzig. - There are only a few really good kebab stores in Leipzig, says Beshann Ahmadi, 25 ...
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New kebab store in Leipzig: free kebabs for people aged 70 and over
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Retirement in the 60s is becoming impossible: “75 is the new 65”: Retiring in your 60s seems like an impossible dream for the younger generation ...
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Retirement in the 60s is becoming impossible: “75 is the new 65”
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"It wasn't brave, it was my dream": Jane Goodall turns 90 on Wednesday. In an interview in 2018, the famous researcher described how she set off to Africa as a ...
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62 year old woman catfished by fake Gary Barlow on Facebook: A woman from Colchester was 'catfished' by a scam artist pretending to be Take That's ...
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62 year old woman catfished by fake Gary Barlow on Facebook
Quick Glance: 62-year-old Woman Duped by Fake Gary Barlow on Facebook
  • A 62-year-old woman named Janet Smith was tricked by a scam artist pretending to be Gary Barlow from Take That.

  • After persuading the fake Gary to reveal his true identity, it turned out to be a 24-year-old man from Nigeria.

  • Smith has decided to warn others about online scammers after learning that the scammer asked her for money, claiming to love her.

  • She highlighted the risk older people face when adding fake celebrities on social media, emphasizing the potential financial losses and damage to celebrities' reputations.
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Industrialization began 100 years earlier: Farmers became factory workers. Industrialization radically changed English society around 1750 ...
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Industrialization began 100 years earlier
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Digital platform aims to save “living fossil” of ancient Greek: Already in early antiquity, people brought the Greek language to the Black Sea coast. As Romeyka ...
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Digital platform aims to save “living fossil” of ancient Greek
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Pig kidney successfully transplanted into humans: A 62-year-old became the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig ...
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Pig kidney successfully transplanted into humans
Quick Glance: Patient Discharged After Pig Kidney Transplant
  • Richard Slayman, 62, became the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig and was discharged two weeks after the surgery.

  • The successful transplant signifies a groundbreaking moment in medicine, potentially introducing a new era of cross-species organ transplantation.

  • The transplanted organ is functioning effectively, performing crucial tasks like waste removal, fluid balance, and urine production.

  • Expressing gratitude for exceptional care, Richard Slayman thanked his medical team, nurses, and supporters, including other kidney patients.
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Avian flu spreads from cows to humans: The H5N1 bird flu virus appears to behave unusually in several ways in cattle. Now a person has become infected ...
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Avian flu spreads from cows to humans
Quick Glance: H5N1: Avian Influenza Virus Jumps from Cattle to Humans
  • H5N1 transmitted from cattle to humans for the first time, implications unclear.

  • Unexpected spread of infection among cattle prompts discussion on possible transmission routes.

  • Risk of a pandemic from H5N1 in humans remains low, but new risks emerge from infection in domesticated animals.

  • Virus behaves differently in cattle than previously known, potential impacts and transmission routes are being investigated.
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Angel Reese responds to criticism shares emotions after LSUs loss to Iowa Im still human
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Angel Reese responds to criticism shares emotions after LSUs loss to Iowa ...
Quick Glance: LSU-Iowa Rematch Breaks ESPN Viewership Record
  • LSU and Iowa attracted millions of viewers, leading to record ratings on ESPN.

  • The Elite Eight game showcased top college basketball players and ended with a victory for Iowa.

  • The Elite Eight resulted in high viewership and increased interest in women's basketball.

  • The upcoming Final Four tournament promises exciting games and high ticket prices.
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Engineers quicken the response time for robots to react to human conversation: Talking to a robot often feels stilted or delayed, thanks to computer software ...
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Engineers quicken the response time for robots to react to human ...
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How blue-collar workers will train the humanoids that take their jobs: Researchers have developed a reinforcement learning-based framework that allows a ...
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How blue-collar workers will train the humanoids that take their jobs
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Boston Dynamics shows Atlas successor for commercial use: Atlas is dead, long live Atlas. Boston Dynamics has presented a successor to the old Atlas ...
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Boston Dynamics shows Atlas successor for commercial use
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‘World’s most advanced robot’ to be exhibited in Scotland: The National Robotarium based at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University has purchased the robot named ...
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‘World’s most advanced robot’ to be exhibited in Scotland
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Researchers taught robots to run. Now they’re teaching them to walk: Robots might need to become more boring to be useful.
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Researchers taught robots to run. Now they’re teaching them to walk
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Ameca: ‘World’s most advanced robot’ arrives in Scotland: All the stories from Wednesday’s episode of the Tech & Science Daily podcast.
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Ameca: ‘World’s most advanced robot’ arrives in Scotland
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This robot is supposed to help you around the house and have conversations with you - and that as early as 2025
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This robot is supposed to help you around the house and have conversations ...
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When a humanoid isn't the best robot for the job: Boston Dynamics is banking on Spot, a dog robot, and Stretch, a mobile warehouse arm.
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When a humanoid isn't the best robot for the job
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Google's DeepMind teaches small humanoid robots to play soccer more fluently: Small humanoid robots now play soccer more fluidly. Google's DeepMind has used ...
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Google's DeepMind teaches small humanoid robots to play soccer more ...
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War of the Robots in Gaza and Ukraine: Are Machines Allowed to Kill?: Ethically controversial “high-tech dogs” and other autonomous weapons are being used in ...
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War of the Robots in Gaza and Ukraine: Are Machines Allowed to Kill?
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When a humanoid isn't the best robot for the job: Boston Dynamics is banking on Spot, a dog robot, and Stretch, a mobile warehouse arm.
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When a humanoid isn't the best robot for the job
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Electric car manufacturer Nio uses humanoid robots in automobile production: The first humanoid Walker S robots are already in production at the Chinese electric ...
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Electric car manufacturer Nio uses humanoid robots in automobile ...
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NextChina: The future of humanoid robots with Unitree Robotics co-founder Chen Li
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NextChina: The future of humanoid robots with Unitree Robotics co-founder ...
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Smile with 26 actuators: Robot recognizes facial expressions and reacts to them: Researchers have taught a humanoid robot to anticipate the smiles of its ...
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Smile with 26 actuators: Robot recognizes facial expressions and reacts to ...
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OpenAI now lets you edit AI images directly in ChatGPT: Users of ChatGPT now click on images generated within the chatbot and use a paintbrush style tool to ...
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OpenAI now lets you edit AI images directly in ChatGPT
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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot: Roboticists from industry and academia share their perspectives on Tesla’s new humanoid
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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot
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Video Friday: LASSIE On the Moon: Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
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Video Friday: LASSIE On the Moon
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Toyota’s Bubble-ized Humanoid Grasps With Its Whole Body: Robotic manipulation should be about more than just fingers
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Toyota’s Bubble-ized Humanoid Grasps With Its Whole Body
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Spectrum Podcast: Man's return to the moon: The moon landing is still considered the greatest sensation in the history of space travel. However ...
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Spectrum Podcast: Man's return to the moon
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Lizzo announces on Instagram "I'm getting out!" - the end of a career?: Musician Lizzo has been exposed to criticism and hate for months. Now she has probably ...
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Lizzo announces on Instagram
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Easter fires: Do they pollute the air with fine dust?: Many people enjoy the sight of a blazing Easter fire. But the practice is also said to increase ...
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Easter fires: Do they pollute the air with fine dust?
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Dispute over gendering: How language influences the mind's eye: Opponents of gendering often argue that the generic masculine refers to all genders ...
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Dispute over gendering: How language influences the mind's eye
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"It's not a competition to see who suffers more": Israeli Yair Bunzel and Palestinian Rana Salman are fighting for peace together with their NGO Combatants for ...
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Olivia Colman says she would be paid more if she was a man: Oscar-winning actor says gender pay disparity rooted in outdated idea that male actors draw audiences
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Olivia Colman says she would be paid more if she was a man
Quick Glance: Olivia Colman speaks out against Hollywood's Gender Pay Gap on CNN
  • Olivia Colman candidly addressed the pay disparities between male and female actors in Hollywood during an interview with CNN.

  • Despite her numerous accolades and esteemed position in the film industry, Colman emphasized that she would be earning significantly more if she were a man.

  • The actress is one of many Hollywood stars publicly denouncing the pervasive gender pay gap in the industry.

  • Taraji P. Henson also criticized the pay disparities in the Hollywood industry, highlighting the additional pressure women, especially women of color, face due to these inequalities.
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The Diggers’ Green Roots: During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren't just pioneering ...
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The Diggers’ Green Roots
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Caitlin Clark Is Just the Beginning: After decades of treatment as second-class citizens, female college athletes are surpassing men in popularity, interest ...
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Caitlin Clark Is Just the Beginning
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Scotland was 'hoodwinked' by Donald Trump, says former aide: Donald Trump's claim he would invest £1bn in a golf resort was misleading, according to the man who ...
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Scotland was 'hoodwinked' by Donald Trump, says former aide
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Christianity's Greatest Contribution: Good Friday reminds us of the ephemerality of human power.
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Christianity's Greatest Contribution
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I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept. over U.S. Gaza Policy
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I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept. over U.S ...
Quick Glance: Resignation Due to US Support for Israel
  • A senior official at the State Department resigned in protest against the almost impossible promotion of human rights due to US support for Israel's war in Gaza.

  • Annelle Sheline, aged 38, announced her resignation while still in the middle of her two-year contract with the US Department of State as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

  • Initially hesitant to publicly announce her resignation, Sheline was encouraged by colleagues opposing US support for Israel's actions in Gaza.

  • These resignations are the latest in a series of public protests against the Biden administration's support for Israel, leading to internal turmoil within the US State Department.
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A morte evitável por sarampo em Hildesheim: Em 2019, registou-se um surto invulgar de sarampo em Hildesheim. Uma jovem mãe morreu. Uma análise detalhada dos ...
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A morte evitável por sarampo em Hildesheim
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Boomers blowing their children's inheritance in old age - is it still okay?: Some boomers are using their children's inheritance for cruises and all-inclusive ...
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Boomers blowing their children's inheritance in old age - is it still ...
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Baerbock warns against taking one-sided sides in conflicts: Annalena Baerbock warns against taking sides in conflicts with a view to the peace movement's Easter ...
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Baerbock warns against taking one-sided sides in conflicts
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Baltimore mayor says critics ‘don’t have the courage to say the N-word’: Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) has accused his critics of racism after many labeled ...
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Baltimore mayor says critics ‘don’t have the courage to say the N-word’
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Spectrum podcast: The predator called man: Five major species extinctions have shaken the earth so far. The sixth is already in full swing and is man-made
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Spectrum podcast: The predator called man
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People with prosopometamorphosis only see distorted faces: Researchers have shown for the first time how people with prosopometamorphosia ...
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People with prosopometamorphosis only see distorted faces
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Today’s worsening climate crisis needs the leaders of tomorrow: We will strengthen our leadership when we elect more climate champions and enough potential ...
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Today’s worsening climate crisis needs the leaders of tomorrow
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A Revolution in American Foreign Policy: Replacing Greed, Militarism, and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights
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A Revolution in American Foreign Policy: Replacing Greed, Militarism ...
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"The death toll is staggering and unprecedented": Bird flu is becoming a global threat to biodiversity and humans, says virologist Diana Bell ...
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