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Comedy Has an Algorithm, and Scientists Cracked It
For 2,500 years, philosophers puzzled over what makes us laugh. Now in 2026, researchers have mapped the brain circuits, decoded the formulas, and even taught …
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Hackers Hate This One Weird Trick: Ancient Tech
Floppy disks guarding nuclear weapons. Typewriters protecting state secrets. Analog systems immune to digital attacks. While the world rushes toward AI-powered…
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Britain Braces for Century's Biggest El Niño
The Pacific is cooking up a monster. Sea temperatures are heading for a 3-degree spike nobody alive has seen before, and Britain is about to get walloped. The …
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Disney Pushes Out Longtime Execs With Golden Handshakes
Disney is offering longtime executives voluntary early retirement packages with enhanced benefits as the company continues its brutal cost-cutting campaign. It…
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Harry Quits Another African Charity After Abuse Scandal
Prince Harry just walked away from his second African charity in 18 months. The Duke of Sussex is leaving African Parks after a decade on the board, four month…
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Jo Gardiner Dies at 61, Year After Son
Jo Gardiner, the Manchester physiotherapist who became a fan favorite on Race Across the World, has died from cancer at 61. It's been approximately 15 months s…
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Too Much Food, Not Enough to Eat
We live in a world of sickening contradictions. More than one billion people are obese while 266 million face crisis-level starvation in 2026. We waste 1.3 bil…
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China Forces Tesla to Fix 3 Million Death Traps
Tesla just got hit with its biggest recall ever: nearly 3 million cars in China because people can't escape after a crash. The emergency door handles are camou…
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TikTok Writes $400M Check to Dodge Kids' Privacy Reckoning
TikTok and ByteDance just settled the Department of Justice's children's privacy lawsuit for $400 million, one of the biggest COPPA penalties ever. The company…
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China's Robots Just Outran Usain Bolt. America Panicked.
A Chinese humanoid robot named Lightning blitzed through 100 meters in 9.32 seconds this weekend in Beijing, demolishing Usain Bolt's legendary human record. I…
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Japan's Capital Shaken Again: 5.9 Quake Injures Five
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Tokyo and eastern Japan at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, injuring at least five people and sending millions scrambling for cover. T…
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What the Hell Happened to Elon Musk? The Bizarre Transformation of a Tech Visionary Into a Far-Right Troll
Once the optimistic visionary who spoke about love saving humanity on Joe Rogan's podcast, Elon Musk has transformed into something darker. The man who built T…
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We Fact-Checked Reform's Viral Wales Asylum Post
A Reform UK social media post claims young Welsh men get nothing while boat arrivals get everything for free. The reality is messier, the numbers don't add up …
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Your Brain Is Sabotaging Fair Decisions Daily
Unconscious bias isn't a character flaw, it's hardwired neuroscience. But in 2026, as AI hiring tools face regulatory crackdowns and healthcare disparities kil…
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One Match Burns a Thousand Trees: The Asymmetry Problem
A Welsh rock band gave us one of music's most devastating truths in 1997, and nearly 30 years later, that lyric about matches and trees still cuts deeper than …
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Trump Claims Kim Has 57 Nukes, Plans Summit
President Donald Trump dropped an oddly precise number Wednesday: North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons. He said it while announcing plans to meet Kim Jong Un lat…
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Presidential Pardons: The Ultimate Get Out Of Jail Card Explained
Presidential pardons have exploded in 2026, with Trump handing out clemency like campaign flyers and Biden pardoning his own family on his way out the door. Bu…
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Fauci's Right-Hand Man Admits Guilt, Boss Pleads Fifth
David Morens, the 78-year-old senior adviser who worked under Anthony Fauci for nearly two decades, just pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United Sta…
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Three Giants Caught Hiding Fees From British Shoppers
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority just opened formal investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic, and Red Driving School for allegedly hiding manda…
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Samsung Doubles Down on Video with 2027 Netflix Foldable
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is selling like crazy, so Samsung's doing what any sane company would: making more of them. Five foldables are coming in 2027, including a …