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Bulgarian mussel farmers face risk, and chance, in hotter sea

[ad_1] Faced with ever higher water temperatures threatening his mussels, Black Sea Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has had to adjust the seeding schedule and work at greater depths. (AFP photo) KALIAKRA: Faced with rising Black Sea temperatures that suffocate his mussels, Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has been forced to change his ways — shifting his seeding schedule and harvesting at

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OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI

[ad_1] A renewed focus on robots would suggest that OpenAI believes reaching artificial general intelligence (AGI)—AI that exceeds human intelligence—may require developing algorithms that are capable of interacting with the physical world. OpenAI did notable robotics research in its early years, including developing an algorithm capable of solving a Rubik’s cube using a humanlike hand in 2019. The company shuttered

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Apple execs challenged reviewers to try to bend the new iPhone Air: Here’s what happened

[ad_1] Apple is staking its claim on ultra-thin technology with the new iPhone Air. This sleek device measures only 5.6 millimetres thick, making it the slimmest iPhone the company has ever produced. The design is striking but immediately rekindles memories of “bendgate” and has people asking just how durable a phone can be when it looks almost delicate. Put to

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WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, Crispr Breakthroughs, and More

[ad_1] At the WIRED Health summit in Boston on September 9, we hosted some of the leading experts in Crispr, whole-genome sequencing, vaccines, and more for a series of eye-opening conversations and keynotes. If you weren’t able to join us in person, no worries; you can watch them all right here. From 2025 Breakthrough Prize winner David Liu to Moderna

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The Next Era of Gene Editing Will Be Disease Agnostic

[ad_1] At the WIRED Health summit last week, Harvard biochemist and gene-editing pioneer David Liu said that later this year his lab plans to report on a single gene-editing strategy that could treat many unrelated diseases. He calls it disease-agnostic therapeutic gene editing. “It sounds sort of crazy, but there’s actually a very good molecular biology reason why this could

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MAHA Wants Action on Pesticides. It’s Not Going to Get It From Trump’s Corporate-Friendly EPA

[ad_1] “President Trump made a fantastic choice in selecting Dr. Beck, who has never been a lobbyist in her life, by the way—no lamestream media outlet has reported that correctly,” EPA press secretary Bridget Hirsch told WIRED in a statement. Beck and her colleagues, Hirsch said, “remain committed to being led by the science, unlike Biden EPA appointees with major

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History’s 10 longest lunar eclipses; here’s the list |

[ad_1] Lunar eclipses have captivated humanity for millennia, inspiring awe, curiosity, and sometimes even superstition. When the Moon slowly slips into Earth’s shadow, it transforms from a familiar silver orb into a glowing copper disc, casting an ethereal light across the night sky. While some eclipses last only a brief moment, others stretch for over an hour, offering extended opportunities

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Eating water in space! Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla reveals bizarre microgravity food habits |

[ad_1] Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), recently shared fascinating insights about life in space through Instagram videos and social media posts. One of the biggest challenges he highlighted is eating and drinking in microgravity, where food and liquids float freely and can easily create a mess. Shukla humorously explained, “You can even eat

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Solar eclipse 2025: Will ‘surya grahan’ be on September 20, 21, or 23? Timings, visibility and everything you need to know |

[ad_1] As 2025 draws to a close, the skies are preparing a spectacular farewell gift: a solar eclipse. Throughout history, eclipses were often feared as ominous signs, symbolizing change, cosmic shifts, or forewarning disasters. Today, however, they are celebrated as awe-inspiring natural phenomena that bring people together in wonder and shared excitement. Observers tilt their heads skyward, witnessing the Sun

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Nano Banana trend ranks Gemini app No.1 on…

[ad_1] Published on: Sept 15, 2025 09:58 am IST After the Nano Banana feature, the Gemini app gained immense popularity among smartphone users. It is now the top app on the App Store and Google Play Store. Google’s Gemini app has dethroned OpenAI’s ChatGPT to become the most popular free app in both Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store.

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Mosquitoes suck — but should we simply get rid of them?

[ad_1] The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls mosquitoes the “world’s deadliest animals”. They have good reason. Small, annoying but dangerous: this disease-carrying insect helps kill more than a million people in the world every year. Now, as the world becomes warmer, their domain could be expanding. Previously, mosquitoes were only a concern in the warmer, tropical

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What do Supreme Court guidelines say on DNA?

[ad_1] The story so far: The Supreme Court, in Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamil Nadu, recently issued guidelines to maintain the integrity of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) samples in criminal cases. The court directed the Director Generals of Police of all States to prepare sample forms of the Chain of Custody Register and all other necessary documentation as directed, and to

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11 Best Protein Powders, According to Years of Testing (2025)

[ad_1] Compare Top 11 Protein Powders More Protein Powders to Consider Photograph: Boutayna Chokrane Naked Casein: With only one ingredient—micellar casein sourced from hormone-free skim milk—it’s about as clean as it gets. No added sugar, no artificial sweeteners, and no unnecessary additives. It’s cold-processed, to avoid any nastiness from chemicals or synthetic fillers, and it’s independently tested for both heavy

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Indonesia mining: Government reopens nickel project in dive hotspot; environmentalists warn of damage

[ad_1] Jakarta: Indonesia has allowed a nickel mining company to resume operations in a pristine marine zone despite protests from activists and residents, according to AFP. The decision covers Gag island in the Raja Ampat archipelago of Southwest Papua Province, a world-renowned diving site located within the Coral Triangle.PT Gag Nikel, a subsidiary of state-owned Aneka Tambang, restarted operations on

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Hypershell Pro X Series Review: An Exoskeleton You Can Actually Buy

[ad_1] WIRED Editor Amit Katwala has traveled far and wide for a hands-on look at the future of robotic artificial limbs, and the technological progress he witnessed is beyond impressive. But in truth, his quest to become Superhuman is still stuck in the prototype phase. I, on the other hand, have been galavanting around the English countryside wearing the Hypershell

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Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Review: High-End Gaming Audio

[ad_1] Despite including Bluetooth and ANC, I don’t think of this at the type of do-everything headset you might replace noise-canceling headphones with, and not just because the person next to you will wonder if you’re secretly talking to the pilots. These are so bulky and obviously for gaming that you probably don’t want to wear them outside the house.

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How to Switch to Google Fi (2025): Plans, Tips, and Advice

[ad_1] All of the prices above are for a single line paid monthly. Google periodically offers half off and other specials, usually only if you bring your own phone. Activate Your Chip Once you’ve picked your plan and signed up, Google will mail out a SIM card. It took a couple of days for my physical SIM to arrive, but

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The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

[ad_1] But just how much harder? In 1962, the mathematician Tibor Radó invented a new way to explore this question through what he called the busy beaver game. To play, start by choosing a specific number of rules—call that number n. Your goal is to find the n-rule Turing machine that runs the longest before eventually halting. This machine is

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From ‘Orwell 2+2=5’ to ‘Frankenstein’: TIFF’s Films on Power, Creation, and Survival Are a Warning

[ad_1] In other words, the film forces us—beautifully, uncomfortably—to face what we’d rather deny: that a writer, equal parts truth and fiction teller, could imagine a future that now feels like our present. Our self-portrait is stitched not just from Orwell’s sly warnings about power, but from the nightmare we still insist is only fiction. “They flood you with information,

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Australia approves world’s first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia

[ad_1] A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is listed as endangered in parts of Australia. The single-dose vaccine was developed by the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland state after more than a decade of research led by professor of

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