What badminton can teach us about planetary formation Dust grains in protoplanetary disks align via the same aerodynamics as the sport.

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The badminton model of planet formation

Drag from the gas in a planet forming disk helps align all the dust grains that go on to form planets.

First iPad mini update since 2021 gets a faster chip and Apple Intelligence Refreshed tablet supports Apple Pencil Pro, starts at $499 for 128GB.

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Apple A17 Pro chip is the star of the first iPad mini update in three years

Refreshed tablet supports Apple Pencil Pro, starts at $499 for 128GB.

We drive the two sweet spots in Porsche’s 2025 Macan EV lineup We drive the RWD Macan and the twin-motor Macan 4S.

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Why the RWD Porsche Macan EV is the best one

We drive the 2025 Porsche Macan, and the AWD Porsche Macan 4S. Both are excellent EVs.

NASA launches mission to explore the frozen frontier of Jupiter’s moon Europa "We’re interested in whether Europa could support simple life—single-celled organisms."

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NASA launches mission to explore the frozen frontier of Jupiter’s moon Europa

We’re interested in whether Europa could support simple life—single-celled organisms."

Adobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content New text-to-video tool focuses on video pros, made with content owner permission.

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Adobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content

New text-to-video tool focuses on video pros, made with content owner permission.

LLMs can’t perform “genuine logical reasoning,” Apple researchers suggest Irrelevant red herrings lead to "catastrophic" failure of logical inference.

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Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities

Irrelevant red herrings lead to "catastrophic" failure of logical inference.

Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78 Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities.

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Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities.

The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved webpages are back online Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.

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The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online

Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.

Do you really need those routine dental X-rays? Probably not. The actual recommendations might surprise you—along with the state of modern dentistry.

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Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence—experts want it to stop

The actual recommendations might surprise you—along with the state of modern dentistry.

AI chatbots can read and write invisible text, creating an ideal covert channel A quirk in the Unicode standard harbors an ideal steganographic code channel.

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Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.

A quirk in the Unicode standard harbors an ideal steganographic code channel.