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Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By analyzing hundreds of genes and modeling how skeletons evolved, scientists found that mineralized spicules arose separately in different sponge lineages. The discovery rewrites the story of how the first reef-building animals—and possibly the first animals of all—emerged.
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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The Iran war has cost $25B so far — impacting everything from weapons stockpiles to global oil prices. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: After a major Supreme Court decision, President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans to redistrict even more aggressively. What’s happening? On Thursday, Trump said in a […] Read more ›
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Disney is cutting some employees' maximum stock awards to 25% of their base salaries, from 35%. Read more ›
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Roblox's daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its platform. According to its latest earnings report, Roblox currently has 132 million daily active users globally, down from 144 million at the end of last year, which was a drop from 152 million in Q3 […] Read more ›
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Starcloud, a two-year-old startup building orbital data centers, has told investors it’s in talks to raise at least $200 million at a valuation of around $2.2 billion after the investment, according to a person involved in the deal. The discussions come just one month after Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud said it raised $170 million at a $1.1 billion valuation including the investment, which was co-led by early-stage firm Benchmark and private... Read more ›
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Пришла пора выбросить на помойку идею арифметико-логических устройств (в просторечии АЛУ), на которых работают ваши и наши компьютеры (ибо именно из-за них все эти технологии перестали быть достаточно круты, чтобы делать действительно клевые штуки не только в фильмах Ридли Скотта). К черту нули и единицы Read more ›
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If you're looking to bulk up your tool collection this spring, Walmart has some interesting new tools to check out. Here are some of our favorites. Read more ›
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BYD is demonstrating a new charging system built around its second generation Blade Battery, with vehicles already using it on site. The company claims significantly faster charging speeds, but wider impact will depend on rollout and real world consistency. Read more ›
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Samsung’s Galaxy Book lineup is currently powered by Windows, but a report from SamMobile speaks of an upcoming Android-powered Galaxy Book. This would be a new venture for Samsung. There are Chrome OS-powered Galaxy Chromebook devices available, but in the report, it states that Samsung is developing a laptop that would launch with Android 17... Read the original post: Samsung Working on Android-Powered Galaxy Books Read more ›
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Google Meet’s note-taker tool now lets you customize sections and track decisions. Read more ›
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Waymo is Alphabet's robotaxi service providing millions of fully autonomous rides. It operates in 11 US cities and continues to expand. Read more ›
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Colossal Biosciences’ bluebuck de-extinction project could also help the world’s dozens of currently endangered antelope species. Read more ›
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From life-sized Grogus to tiny Puss in Boots, it's been a big month for toy news. Read more ›
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Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S27 series has recently been rumored to arrive with a big design overhaul - moving the camera island. In fact, the Galaxy S27 Ultra could look something like this: This is not a leaked image, it's just a speculative render based on the aforementioned rumor. From the same source, the prolific Ice Universe, comes another revelation: Samsung is going to be changing the S27 Ultra in the... Read more ›
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Elon Musk made repeated references to an AI "Terminator" scenario while testifying before a California federal jury about OpenAI's for-profit move. Read more ›
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Apple's iPhone 17 models are its most popular iPhones to date, Apple CFO Kevan Parekh told the Financial Times. Both Parekh and Apple CEO Tim Cook attributed Apple's stellar Q2 2026 performance to iPhone sales. "The iPhone 17 family is now the most popular line-up in our history... we believe we gained market share during the quarter," said Parekh. Cook told Reuters that iPhone demand was "off the charts," and... Read more ›
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A newly confirmed mass grave in ancient Jordan offers chilling insight into one of history’s first pandemics. Hundreds of plague victims were buried within days, revealing how the Plague of Justinian devastated entire communities. The findings show that people who usually lived spread out across regions were suddenly concentrated in death. It’s a powerful reminder that pandemics don’t just spread disease—they reshape how societies live and collapse. Read more ›
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A fresh mystery is unfolding inside Egypt’s pyramids. Researchers have discovered two hidden air-filled voids lurking behind the smooth eastern face of the Menkaure pyramid—an area long suspected to conceal something unusual. Using advanced, non-invasive techniques like radar and ultrasound, the team pinpointed these cavities with surprising precision, lending strong support to the idea that a secret entrance may exist. Read more ›
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Nearly 100 million years ago, snakes weren’t the sleek, limbless creatures we know today—they still had hind legs and even a cheekbone that has almost vanished in modern species. A remarkably preserved fossil of Najash rionegrina from Argentina has reshaped how scientists think about snake origins, suggesting early snakes were large, wide-mouthed predators rather than tiny burrowers. Read more ›
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A long-standing mystery in southern Africa’s fossil record is beginning to unravel. After massive lava flows 182 million years ago seemed to erase evidence of dinosaurs in the region, scientists have now uncovered surprising new clues along the Western Cape coast. Dozens of dinosaur tracks, about 132 million years old, have been discovered in a tiny stretch of rock near Knysna—making them the youngest ever found in southern Africa. Read more ›
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Nearly 100 million years ago, snakes weren’t the sleek, limbless creatures we know today—they still had hind legs and even a cheekbone that has almost vanished in modern species. A remarkably preserved fossil of Najash rionegrina from Argentina has reshaped how scientists think about snake origins, suggesting early snakes were large, wide-mouthed predators rather than tiny burrowers. Read more ›
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Ancient Antarctic ice is revealing a surprising new chapter in Earth’s climate story, stretching back 3 million years. By analyzing tiny pockets of trapped air and rare gases, scientists have discovered that while the planet cooled significantly—especially in the oceans—levels of key greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane changed only modestly. This unexpected mismatch suggests other powerful forces, such as shifting ice sheets, ocean circulation, and Earth’s reflectivity, played... Read more ›
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Microplastics are floating through the atmosphere and spreading across the globe, but their true origins have been misunderstood. New research shows land sources emit over 20 times more microplastic particles into the air than the ocean, challenging earlier beliefs. Scientists also discovered that previous models dramatically overestimated how much plastic is in the atmosphere. Read more ›
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The golden oyster mushroom may be a culinary hit, but it’s becoming an ecological problem. Scientists warn it’s spreading quickly through U.S. forests, where it outcompetes native fungi and reduces biodiversity. In just a decade, it has appeared in more than 25 states, largely due to human cultivation and transport. Its silent expansion is now raising concerns about long-term impacts on forest ecosystems. Read more ›
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A mysterious cosmic explosion has astronomers buzzing, as a strange event may hint at an entirely new kind of stellar cataclysm. After detecting ripples in space-time, scientists spotted a fast-fading red glow that initially looked like a rare kilonova—the kind of collision that forges gold and uranium. But just days later, the signal shifted, behaving more like a supernova, leaving researchers puzzled. Now, some think they may have witnessed something... Read more ›
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Scientists are grappling with a cosmic mystery: why does the Universe behave differently on massive scales compared to our own solar system? While distant galaxies reveal clear signs of something bending the rules of gravity—often attributed to dark energy or a hidden “fifth force”—everything nearby seems to follow Einstein’s playbook perfectly. Read more ›
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