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Nvidia bankrolls a massive AI buildout, NASA squeezes more life from Voyager 2, and a solar eclipse pairs with a lunar show Wednesday.
Politics & World
President Trump signed an executive order Monday reducing the recommended childhood vaccine list from 18 diseases to 11 and separating the combined MMR shot into three individual vaccines.
Business
Nvidia said Monday it has arranged $500 billion in financing commitments from Wall Street firms to…
Sources: BBC World, CNBC Finance
Politics & World
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake in western Colombia has killed at least 132 people and left more than…
Sources: NPR News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian World
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile’s age this year, nine decades after the giant hot dog on wheels first hit the road in 1936. That makes the original rolling publicity stunt a year older than the Golden Gate Bridge — and it’s still touring.
Source: Fast Company
Why lab-grown brain organoids are captivating researchers who see living tissue as the next frontier beyond silicon-based neural networks.
Wired · Claire L. Evans
How a flood of AI-era manuscripts is pushing scientific peer review to its breaking point — and what might save it.
Ars Technica · Saima Sidik
The mystery of the whimsical World War II soldier whose box of 300 love letters surfaced out of the blue decades later.
Smithsonian
The Perseid meteor shower peaks Wednesday night into Thursday, offering one of the year’s best displays of shooting stars.
The White Sox will host a pope hat giveaway night honoring Pope Leo XIV’s fandom, with a commemorative mural also planned at the ballpark.
Nikola Jokić hits NBA free agency next summer, when Panathinaikos owner Dimitrios Giannakopoulos vows to pursue the three-time MVP again.
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