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Totally awks

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Did we learn from this?

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Oh just Ebola — whatever

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You first.

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NEW: At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more, according to records and internal documents viewed by WIRED. @mattreynolds.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

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Fine work @ednewtonrex.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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#emails2DOGE @carolleonnig.bsky.social

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Packed with instruments and rovers, the soon-to-launch IM-2 mission will explore the lunar south pole and attempt something never done before—to enter a shadowed moon crater to look for ice.

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Artificial intelligences fail to identify optical illusions in images created by other AIs – so these images could form the basis of a new kind of CAPTCHA test

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Rock dust, compost and biochar can all help capture carbon dioxide and boost crop yields when spread on soil – but researchers are discovering they may be even more effective when used in combination

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Much of the chaos of the past few weeks can be understood as part of the Trump administration’s “central ideological project: restoring America’s traditional hierarchies of race and gender,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. Call it the “Great Resegregation.”

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“The more Trump’s presidency progresses, the more support he will lose,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social writes. “Many voters who thought they knew the rules to the game and would turn out the winners are now discovering that they didn’t and won’t.” theatln.tc/hWpkLIVF

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A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

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Mia Murati is finally ready to tell the world what she's been working on since leaving OpenAI last September: an AI lab called Thinking Machines www.wired.com/story/mira-m...

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NEW: Several SpaceX engineers are already being onboarded at the FAA. @wired.com has identified several, who were hired under a policy designed to increase “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.” www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

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The memo NIH posted earlier this month slashing indirect costs on grants came from HHS and arrived at the agency with clear instructions: Post this announcement on your website immediately. @katherinejwu.com reports:

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Math is hard

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"I can't imagine a better look at your competitors, outside being their IP general counsel." zeteo.com/p/musk-and-d...

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It’s about having red hair and freckles FFS and how to be cool with that when other kids make fun of it. By that twisted logic, you’d have to ban pretty much every children’s book, old and new www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/e...

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Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54 By watching the brain process information, she discovered that a specific region plays a key role in spatial navigation — and that it can be strengthened like a muscle. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/s...

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I made egg this morning like I’m some sort of millionaire…

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Cool baby hat with insights

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A survey of workers who used generative AI found that they used critical thinking less when they trusted the AI to do the task accurately

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For decades, the U.S. has funded science, then left scientists to direct their own work. Science has flourished, and the country has benefited. Now the government is testing just how much it can renegotiate that relationship, @katherinejwu.com writes:

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Fossil teeth of extinct megalodon sharks have grooves made by other megalodon teeth, hinting at violent encounters between these giant predators

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This is incredible. The source code for the new DOGE “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority. Sharing links to the DOGE site sends users to x dot com. www.wired.com/story/doge-w...

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With an investment of AU$1 billion, PsiQuantum is planning to build a photonic quantum computer with a million qubits, far larger than any in existence today - and the firm says it will be ready in just two years. www.newscientist.com/article/2467...

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SCOOP: DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency Workers are getting pulled into last-minute meetings offering them one last chance to accept The Fork before termination. More here: www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

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The great Uncanny Valley @wired.com podcast is now happening TWICE a week. Each week we’ll do a second episode, all about the news of the week, hosted by me (sorry!) First up: DOGE, obviously. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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According to the Guttmacher Institute, a research outfit that studies reproductive health issues, Trump’s stop-work order will over three months deny 11.7 million women and girls in low- and middle-income countries contraceptive care and lead to a rise in unintended pregnancies and abortions.

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Dr Karl's 'How Things Work' Episode 6 - Cheese In this peep behind Bega's factory doors, Dr Karl learns how cheese is made... and it would appear that he knows more about String Theory, than he does string cheese. iview.abc.net.au/video/SC2312...

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A House Republican introduced a bill that would enable President Trump's efforts to purchase Greenland — and rename it to "Red, White and Blueland."

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An NIH notice announcing massive cuts in federal science funding appears to draw heavily on a 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation, which blasted “massive growth in DEI staff at US universities.” www.wired.com/story/nih-in...

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Trump reportedly said he would impose blanket 25% tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, an escalation of trade tensions with ripple effects that might be felt by American consumers.

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(WSJ) - A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk is offering $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, upping the stakes in his battle with Sam Altman over the company behind ChatGPT. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...

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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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Where did DOGE's recruits come from? Here's what we've discovered. In late 2024, a group of young software engineers fanned out across online chat groups and Discord servers. At least three were associated with Palantir or its cofounder—and Musk ally—Peter Thiel.

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Why do people act so weirdly at airports? Time and boundaries dissolve in these spaces while people become charged with stress, anxiety, and excitement. Throw in a drink or two, and it’s no wonder people aren’t themselves.

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🙌🙏🏻❤️

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