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Even in some of the most isolated corners of the Pacific, plastic pollution has quietly worked its way into the food web. A large analysis of fish caught around Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu found that roughly one in three contained microplastics, with Fiji standing out for especially high contamination. Reef and bottom-dwelling fish were most affected, linking exposure to where fish live and how they feed.
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Branden James has spent the last 10 years flying to Puerto Vallarta for the winter with his husband. He says he is not afraid with what is happening. Read more âș
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Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investemtns are translating into US GDP growth. Read more âș
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Danielle Deadwyler will star in the Hulu pilot, which will be written and directed by Coogler and showrun by Jennifer Yale. Read more âș
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Gazans have been restricted to 2G networks. Now planners are talking about a stablecoin. Read more âș
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Anthropic claims DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax made 16 million exchanges using 24,000 fraudulent accounts to advance their models using Claude. Read more âș
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President Donald Trump announced 50% tariffs on India, the largest source of the No. 1 seafood in America. Read more âș
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JPMorgan is boosting its tech budget by$2 billion in 2026, focusing on AI projects. Read more âș
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"Mom, the guy next door is doing nuclear fusion again!" Read more âș
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We've got just over a week to go until Apple's "Special Experience" on March 4, and we're expecting to see the iPhone 17e announced during the week of the event. The âiPhoneâ 17e will be the first update to the new low-cost iPhone 16e that Apple unveiled in February 2025. Design The âiPhoneâ 17e will look a lot like the âiPhone 16eâ, featuring the same 6.1-inch display size, single-lens rear... Read more âș
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"It takes, like, 20 years of life, and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart," Sam Altman said. Read more âș
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Violence gripped Mexico on Sunday after its forces carried out an operation that killed the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Read more âș
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The popular Netflix films are getting special feature-filled physical releases. Read more âș
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Despite Donald Trump's unrelenting attacks on renewable energy, there's a quiet revolution happening on US grids. Read more âș
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Lamborghini is pivoting from electric cars to an all plug-in hybrid lineup. The change comes even though the company says it's ready to build EVs. Read more âș
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EVs in their current form do not deliver the "specific emotional connection" Lamborghini says its cars need. Read more âș
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Xbox fans had been anticipating the retirement of Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer for years, but what most hadn't expected was the departure of Xbox president Sarah Bond too. For many outside the company, Bond seemed like Spencer's natural successor, a deputy of sorts. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft CFO Amy Hood clearly didn't [âŠ] Read more âș
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Anthropic is issuing a call to action against AI "distillation attacks," after accusing three AI companies of misusing its Claude chatbot. On its website, Anthropic claimed that DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax have been conducting "industrial-scale campaignsâŠto illicitly extract Claudeâs capabilities to improve their own models." Distillation in the AI world refers to when less capable models lean on the responses of more powerful ones to train themselves. While distillation isn't... Read more âș
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Lou Cohen emphasizes AI's potential in marketing, urging marketers to leverage it for improved audience segmentation and ad efficiency. Read more âș
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Violence erupted in Puerto Vallarta and other parts of Mexico after the government killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Read more âș
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Peter Attia appeared in the Epstein files hundreds of times and has also stepped down from his role at David Protein. Read more âș
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A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithiumâand even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of removing it as traditionally done, dramatically boosts performance. The âwetâ version stores nearly twice as much charge, charges faster, and remains stable for hundreds of cycles, placing it among the top-performing sodium battery materials ever reported. Read more âș
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Living at high altitude appears to protect against diabetes, and scientists have finally discovered the reason. When oxygen levels drop, red blood cells switch into a new metabolic mode and absorb large amounts of glucose from the blood. This helps the body cope with thin air while also reducing blood sugar levels. A drug that recreates this effect reversed diabetes in mice, hinting at a powerful new treatment strategy. Read more âș
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A new human study has uncovered how the body naturally turns off inflammation. Researchers found that fat-derived molecules called epoxy-oxylipins rein in immune cells that can otherwise drive chronic disease. Using a drug to boost these molecules reduced pain faster and lowered harmful inflammatory cells. The discovery could pave the way for safer treatments for arthritis, heart disease, and other inflammation-related conditions. Read more âș
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Qubits, the heart of quantum computers, can change performance in fractions of a second â but until now, scientists couldnât see it happening. Researchers at NBI have built a real-time monitoring system that tracks these rapid fluctuations about 100 times faster than previous methods. Using fast FPGA-based control hardware, they can instantly identify when a qubit shifts from âgoodâ to âbad.â The discovery opens a new path toward stabilizing and... Read more âș
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A massive, centuries-long drought may have driven the extinction of the âhobbitsâ of Flores. Climate records preserved in cave formations show rainfall plummeted just as the small human species disappeared. At the same time, pygmy elephants they depended on declined sharply as rivers dried up. With food and water vanishing, the hobbits may have been pushed outâand into their final chapter. Read more âș
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As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Natureâs constant reshuffling appears to be driven more by internal ecological dynamics than by climate alone. The slowdown may signal something alarming: ecosystems losing the biodiversity needed to keep their engines running. Read more âș
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Researchers have mapped the genetic risk of hemochromatosis across the UK and Ireland for the first time, uncovering striking hotspots in north-west Ireland and the Outer Hebrides. In some regions, around one in 60 people carry the high-risk gene variant linked to iron overload. The condition can take decades to surface but may lead to liver cancer and arthritis if untreated. Read more âș
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Myopia is skyrocketing around the world, often blamed on endless screen time â but new research suggests the real culprit may be something more subtle. Scientists at SUNY College of Optometry propose that itâs not just devices, but the combination of prolonged close-up focus and dim indoor lighting that may quietly strain the eyes. When we concentrate on nearby objects in low light, our pupils constrict in a way that... Read more âș
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A major breakthrough could help save the worldâs bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact genetic region in a wild banana that provides resistance to Fusarium wilt Subtropical Race 4 â a destructive strain that threatens Cavendish bananas worldwide. While this wild banana isnât edible, the discovery gives breeders a powerful genetic roadmap to develop future bananas that are both delicious and naturally protected from this deadly... Read more âș
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Scientists in China have unveiled a breakthrough way to mass-produce powerful cancer-fighting immune cells in the lab. By engineering early-stage stem cells from cord bloodârather than trying to modify mature natural killer (NK) cellsâthey created a streamlined process that generates enormous numbers of highly potent NK cells, including CAR-equipped versions designed to hunt specific cancers. Read more âș
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