For a couple of weeks now, AI agents (and some humans impersonating AI agents) have been hanging out and doing weird stuff on Moltbook’s Reddit-style social network. Now, those agents can…
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Study finds that Gawroniec Hill was artificially shaped during prehistory
Recent research conducted on Gawroniec Hill in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship has revealed several thousand archaeological features, including a previously unknown defensive ditch.
The site, a Neolithic mining settlement inscribed on the UNESCO…
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Paleontologists Find Traces of Chitin in Cambrian Trilobite Fossil
The detection of chitin in an Olenellus trilobite from the Carrara Formation (514.5 to 506.5 million years ago) of California, the United States, not only demonstrates that this structural polymer might be able to survive in arthropod fossils…
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ChatGPT rolls out ads | TechCrunch
OpenAI on Monday announced it’s beginning to test ads in the U.S. for users on its Free and Go subscription tiers.
The newer Go plan is a low-cost subscription at $8 per month in the U.S. and was introduced globally in mid-January.
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Asteroid samples show amino acids can form in radioactive space
A new study offers a look at how the building blocks of life might have originated in the cosmos.
Penn State scientists suggest that the amino acids found on the asteroid Bennu did not require warm, liquid water to form, as previously…
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Asteroid Bennu Just Changed the Origin Story of Life
Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space. Scientists previously identified amino acids, the essential components of life, inside 4.6-billion-year-old rocks collected from the…
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New nanodevice reveals how physical forces shape protein behavior inside living cells
A DNA-based nanodevice applies controlled force to individual proteins, enabling researchers to observe molecular changes and discover new protein interactions for the first time.
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New ‘sungrazing’ comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn’t destroy it
Astronomers have discovered an exciting new “sungrazing” comet that will have a perilously close encounter with our home star in less than two months. Some experts predict the hefty ice ball could become bright enough to be visible to the naked…
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Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
Japanese Americans incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming took art classes at the craft shop, using what they could find. Tom Parker, War Relocation Authority, Department of the Interior, via National Archives and Records… Continue Reading
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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Feb. 9
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
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