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1. New evidence for ancient cannabis use
A new paper, published yesterday in Science, offers compelling evidence of ritual cannabis use in a 2,800-year-old Siberian tomb.
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Interstellar Technologies announces more government funding for the Japanese Zero rocket.
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GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research
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ToyBlocks: A controlled world for robot learning and evaluation
No.04Verdict: RoutineScore█████░░░░░4.8 - Physics Worldby Author
A rare solar storm just revealed a hidden danger for aviation
The strongest solar radiation storm in nearly 20 years pushed radiation past aviation safety thresholds high above northern Britain, yet no warning was issued
No.05Verdict: RoutineScore█████░░░░░4.8 - STATby Aguilar
STAT+: After Medicare punts RPM overhaul to 2029, advocates see window to fight back
Medicare pushed forward a controversial plan to ban hospitals from using third parties to deliver remote patient monitoring services, despite overwhelming opposition.
No.06Verdict: RoutineScore█████░░░░░4.6 - STATby Gaffney
Most people haven’t heard of kratom. What is it, and who’s using it?
Few Americans are familiar with kratom, despite public health messaging and rising use.
No.07Verdict: RoutineScore█████░░░░░4.6 - Carbon Briefby Keating
‘Simply staggering’: Rapidly developing ‘super El Niño’ on track to peak in December
The ongoing “super El Niño” is likely to peak at the end of 2026 and push average global temperatures to…
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Ripple-65B Preview: U.S. Open-Weight SOTA on Agentic Coding
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Metamaterial mimics the transition between bone and tendons
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Progress on provable inference for large language models
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Detecting signs of hypertension using wearable sensors
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ESC (DC)2
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The palaeo cave art that hid in plain sight for 26,000 years
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Medicinal plants, lessons from mushrooms and the power of smell: Books in brief
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Cholera bacterium’s good deed: inspiring a glue with rare properties
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‘Mathematics is more than a mechanical process’ — why I think the field will survive OpenAI’s disruption
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Analysis: China’s quarterly CO2 falls 3% in largest drop since Covid
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GPT‑6 Cyber: Advancing the frontier of aligned cybersecurity agents
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Ballot measures affirm divisions over abortion and transgender issues
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