Tech
Boggle Boards, Snail Eyes, and Ancient Secrets
From a record‑setting Boggle board to snails that regrow eyes, new research reshapes quirky corners of science.
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AI
AI startups hoard research while agents push for open loops
Top AI startups publish little, prompting new platform ClawReview to let autonomous agents write and critique papers in a transparent loop.
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AI
LearnVector Launches Personalized Tutoring AI
LearnVector, NERO 2.0, and Milou.ai illustrate how specialized AI tools are reshaping education, research, and business intelligence.
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Software
IOCCC 2025 Winners Show Low-Level Shift Amid AI, Serverless
The 2025 IOCCC results, a new tokenomics study, and a serverless platform prototype illustrate evolving tensions in programming practice and research.
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AI
Codex hack, 100k ALPRs, brain creatine, cancer pill, backpressure
A look at a Codex sudo workaround, Deflock's 100k ALPR map, creatine's brain boost, a pancreatic cancer pill that doubles survival, and why backpressure matters.
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Tech
US Proposes New Funding Rules with Stricter Grant Oversight
The US government proposes new funding rules allowing for the cancellation of grants at any time and making peer review optional.
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Tech
Texas Measles Spike Highlights Peril of Pandemic Funding Cuts
A Texas measles surge and a sea‑cucumber study expose the cost of slashing US disease‑research budgets.
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Tech
Sci-Hub fined $15M as SETI gets $200M boost
A US court slapped Sci-Hub with a $15 million judgment while the SETI Institute secured a $200 million endowment, highlighting divergent paths in scientific funding.
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Tech
Clarivate‑ProQuest Deal Highlights Research‑Teaching Divide
Clarivate's $5.3 billion acquisition of ProQuest underscores the growing clout of research data firms while a new study shows universities still treat research and teaching as a zero‑sum game.
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AI
OpenAI Model Topples Long‑Standing Discrete Geometry Conjecture
OpenAI’s AI system produced a counterexample that disproves a core conjecture in discrete geometry, raising questions about machine‑driven mathematics.
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Tech
The Dark Side of Science: Reevaluating Popular Claims
Researchers challenge popular scientific claims, including the benefits of power posing and Calico's secrecy in aging research.
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Tech
Bacteria, Coffee and Neanderthal Brains Upend Assumptions
New research shows necrotizing bacteria can consume tissue in days, electrical testing reshapes coffee profiling, and Neanderthal brains match modern size.
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Tech
Infrasound, El Niño, and the Trouble with Science Reporting
A look at how a new infrasound study, El Niño forecasts, and media missteps reveal the fragility of public trust in science.
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