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Meta’s $100bn AI Gamble: Can Zuckerberg’s “Personal Superintelligence” Save the Company?

Meta’s $100bn AI Gamble: Can Zuckerberg’s “Personal Superintelligence” Save the Company?

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The Rosenthal (Pygmalion) Effect: When Expectations Change Outcomes

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Meta’s $100bn AI Gamble: Can Zuckerberg’s “Personal Superintelligence” Save the Company?

Meta’s $100bn AI Gamble: Can Zuckerberg’s “Personal Superintelligence” Save the Company?

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Epstein money

Epstein money

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The surprising ‘illusion’ behind AI chatbots.

The surprising ‘illusion’ behind AI chatbots.

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Tragic history of the Radium Girls

Tragic history of the Radium Girls

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4 Ways AI Is Killing the User Interface As We Know It

4 Ways AI Is Killing the User Interface As We Know It

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Andouillette: The Sausage That Separates the French from the Faint-Hearted

Andouillette: The Sausage That Separates the French from the Faint-Hearted

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A Turning Point for European Agriculture: Brussels Backs Lighter-Touch Gene Editing

A Turning Point for European Agriculture: Brussels Backs Lighter-Touch Gene Editing

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A First Glimpse of Non-Viral CRISPR Therapy Working in the Brain

A First Glimpse of Non-Viral CRISPR Therapy Working in the Brain

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The rise of the China's Biotech industry

The rise of the China's Biotech industry

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5 Things You Didn't Know About the Legendary Arecibo Telescope

5 Things You Didn't Know About the Legendary Arecibo Telescope

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The Model Is Not the Moat: Rhetoric vs. Reality in AI’s New Era

The Model Is Not the Moat: Rhetoric vs. Reality in AI’s New Era

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Tell the story of Larry Walters’ (aka Lawnchair Larry) homebrew balloon flight.

Tell the story of Larry Walters’ (aka Lawnchair Larry) homebrew balloon flight.

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What really happened at the Battle of Ramree Island (1945)?

What really happened at the Battle of Ramree Island (1945)?

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Why is 'Black Friday' a thing in the UK? How did that come about?

Why is 'Black Friday' a thing in the UK? How did that come about?

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CRISPR Lowers Cholesterol by 50–60%: What the CTX310 Trial Really Showed

CRISPR Lowers Cholesterol by 50–60%: What the CTX310 Trial Really Showed

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The Power of Combinations: How "Design of Experiments" Supercharges Biotech Discovery

The Power of Combinations: How "Design of Experiments" Supercharges Biotech Discovery

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Ice is a mineral, and water is lava

Ice is a mineral, and water is lava

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The surprising history of Thanksgiving.

The surprising history of Thanksgiving.

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The Promise of Xenotransplantation: the feasibility of using gene-edited porcine kidneys has been demonstrated in early clinical studies. What does the future hold?

The Promise of Xenotransplantation: the feasibility of using gene-edited porcine kidneys has been demonstrated in early clinical studies. What does the future hold?

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The New Politics of Autism

The New Politics of Autism

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AI news update: Waymo, LLM agentic task benchmarks, etc - 22 Nov 2025

AI news update: Waymo, LLM agentic task benchmarks, etc - 22 Nov 2025

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CRISPR vs cholesterol - can gene editing prevent heart disease?

CRISPR vs cholesterol - can gene editing prevent heart disease?

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HealthIntermediate2 min
A Stress Test for In-Vivo CRISPR: Inside Intellia's MAGNITUDE Safety Pause

A Stress Test for In-Vivo CRISPR: Inside Intellia's MAGNITUDE Safety Pause

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HealthIntermediate4 min
Overview of the field of AI, current capabilities and uses of AI, and future outlook

Overview of the field of AI, current capabilities and uses of AI, and future outlook

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The Cult of AGI

The Cult of AGI

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The story of JD Vance’s venture fund Narya

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What is a quantum computing?

What is a quantum computing?

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How Close Are We to Real-World Quantum Computing?

How Close Are We to Real-World Quantum Computing?

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CRISPR: The Tool That Quietly Reshaped Modern Biology

CRISPR: The Tool That Quietly Reshaped Modern Biology

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CRISPR: Intro

CRISPR: Intro

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In the context of CRISPR/Ca9, what is the role of PAM and how was that understood prior to Charpentier/Doudna’s seminal Science paper in 2012?

In the context of CRISPR/Ca9, what is the role of PAM and how was that understood prior to Charpentier/Doudna’s seminal Science paper in 2012?

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The Monty Hall Paradox: Beating Your Own Intuition

The Monty Hall Paradox: Beating Your Own Intuition

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What are the most promising candidates for finding life beyond the Earth in our solar system?

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Did the Vikings ever settle in North America? What is the evidence? How far south did they get?

Did the Vikings ever settle in North America? What is the evidence? How far south did they get?

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What happened to the Viking settlements in Greenland?

What happened to the Viking settlements in Greenland?

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Could Sam Altman end up in jail?

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In AI, what’s a “transformer” and how do they work?

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Why might superhuman AI kill everyone?

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Hilbert’s paradox of the grand hotel

Hilbert’s paradox of the grand hotel

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Mistake in land law (English common law): using Nram v Evans and drawing upon relevant case law. Assess how mistake has been interpreted in case law to date and explain its still fit for purpose.

Mistake in land law (English common law): using Nram v Evans and drawing upon relevant case law. Assess how mistake has been interpreted in case law to date and explain its still fit for purpose.

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The day humans almost destroyed the world by mistake

The day humans almost destroyed the world by mistake

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How CRISPR is changing what we eat.

How CRISPR is changing what we eat.

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What makes AI sound human?

What makes AI sound human?

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Could we ever live on Venus?

Could we ever live on Venus?

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A guide to performance management

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How your microbiome shapes your mind, mood, and immune system

How your microbiome shapes your mind, mood, and immune system

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What is QAnon?

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Tipping Point - When the Climate Flips Overnight

Tipping Point - When the Climate Flips Overnight

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The hidden world of synthetic biology: designing life from scratch

The hidden world of synthetic biology: designing life from scratch

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The CRISPR decade: how gene editing moved from miracle to mainstream

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What is the Fermi paradox, and is it still valid?

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What is the probability of existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life?

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Is microwave cooking nuking all the ingredients?

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OMERs pension investor

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5654 and Co comms agency - capabilities and approach

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Will humanity ever go extinct, statistically speaking?

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Why are conspiracy theories so sticky?

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Could we ever grow food on Mars?

Could we ever grow food on Mars?

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What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning?

What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning?

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Brain–computer interfaces: where thoughts meet machines

Brain–computer interfaces: where thoughts meet machines

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Why ancient Rome had better concrete than us.

Why ancient Rome had better concrete than us.

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HistoryTechnologyIntermediate3 min
Why pirates wore eye patches

Why pirates wore eye patches

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Why bananas are radioactive

Why bananas are radioactive

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Can CRISPR cure Huntington’s Disease?

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Sleep paralysis

Sleep paralysis

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Myth of the carnivore caveman.

Myth of the carnivore caveman.

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Who’s going to win the 2025 World Series? (Updated)

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The role of the horseshoe crab in medicine and synthetic alternatives.

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How Pumpkins Took Over Halloween — from Celtic turnips to American farms.

How Pumpkins Took Over Halloween — from Celtic turnips to American farms.

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The Science of Zombies — parasites, fungi, and mind-control in nature.

The Science of Zombies — parasites, fungi, and mind-control in nature.

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Who's going to win the 2025 World Series?

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How Coffee Built the Modern World

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Feasibility of interstellar travel

Feasibility of interstellar travel

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Did Evolution Mess Up by Making Us Enjoy Alcohol?

Did Evolution Mess Up by Making Us Enjoy Alcohol?

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The history of SPAM

The history of SPAM

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Is mind reading real?

Is mind reading real?

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Is hypnosis a real thing?

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The Drunken Monkey: How Evolution Accidentally Wired Humans to Seek Intoxication

The Drunken Monkey: How Evolution Accidentally Wired Humans to Seek Intoxication

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Could we create a tiny sun on Earth?

Could we create a tiny sun on Earth?

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Ignition and beyond: where the fusion frontier really stands.

Ignition and beyond: where the fusion frontier really stands.

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Inside the fusion startup boom.

Inside the fusion startup boom.

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Why fusion power is called the energy of the future.

Why fusion power is called the energy of the future.

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The moment humanity almost went extinct

The moment humanity almost went extinct

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How writing changed human thought

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Why humans need sleep—and what really happens when we dream

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What happens in your brain when you fall in love

What happens in your brain when you fall in love

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How electricity became invisible: from miracle to necessity

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Why quantum computing could change everything—and why it hasn’t yet

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Can AI be truly creative—or just remixing?

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The race to revive extinct species

The race to revive extinct species

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How trees “talk” through underground networks

How trees “talk” through underground networks

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Health benefits of yoga

Health benefits of yoga

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Terraria vs Minecraft

Terraria vs Minecraft

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What Happens in the First Hour After Drinking Coffee?

What Happens in the First Hour After Drinking Coffee?

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Why Is the Sky Blue but Space Is Black?

Why Is the Sky Blue but Space Is Black?

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Why do cats purr?

Why do cats purr?

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Why do we have fingerprints?

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The Emu War: When Australia Lost to Birds

The Emu War: When Australia Lost to Birds

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Why Is the Sky Blue but Space Is Black?

Why Is the Sky Blue but Space Is Black?

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