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9 December
Scientists discover unknown prehistoric world — on Earth
In the profoundly remote Argentina desert, at over 12,000 feet high, and in a place where no roads go, scientists found an exotic world new to science. Among white salt plains atop the Puna de Atacama plateau, there’s a system of greenish lagoons harboring vast bacterial communities, called stromatolites, that …
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9 December
Absolutely astonishing deep sea giant just filmed by scientists
Giant phantom jellys don’t sting their prey. They wrap around them — with 30-foot-long arms. Deep sea researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s sprawling research vessel Falkor (too) captured rare footage of a giant phantom jelly in Costa Rican waters. They used a remote-operating vehicle (ROV) to film the eerie …
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9 December
These animals went extinct in 2023
Extinction isn’t a relic of humanity’s more barbaric past. It’s happening now. In 2023, scientists declared 21 species officially extinct, all in the U.S. Included on the shameful list are birds, mussels, fish, and a mammal. Destroyed habitat, pollution, climate change, exploitation, and invasive species are the culprits. Today’s rate …
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9 December
Best gay dating apps for hookups, relationships, and everything in between
Most people have at least one horror story about online dating. It’s basically a rite of passage — one that single people love to hate. But the horror stories look a little different for members of the LGBTQ+ community. On top of the classic awkward Hinge date anecdotes, one-night-stand shoe …
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9 December
The best December laptop deals, from a $600 gaming laptop to a sleek LG 17-incher
UPDATE: Dec. 9, 2023, 5:00 a.m. EST This story has been updated with the latest laptop deals, pricing, and availability. The best laptop deals of the week at a glance: Best laptop deal under $300 Dell Inspiron 15 3525 (AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) $279.99 at Dell.com (save …
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9 December
That Google Gemini video was so amazing because of some slick editing
A demo video of Gemini, Google’s new AI model, isn’t as “mindblowing” as it appears. On Wednesday, Google released Gemini, a natively-built multimodal model that surpassed OpenAI’s GPT-4 in major intelligence benchmarks. A six-minute demo video showing off Gemini’s amazing abilities to track a ball in a cup trick, locate …
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9 December
Inside ‘Game Changer,’ the internet’s favorite game show
Chaos reigns supreme in Game Changer, a game show where the game itself is a total mystery to the contestants — at least, until they start playing. Now streaming on Dropout, an independent comedy platform that celebrated its fifth anniversary in Sept. 2023, Game Changer throws its rotating panel of …
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9 December
The curious new planets astronomers discovered in 2023
Scientists have made giant leaps in honing techniques for finding worlds outside of Earth’s solar system, detecting new ones on the order of hundreds every year. The number of confirmed exoplanets — planets orbiting stars other than the sun — has risen to 5,539, with 10,000 more candidates under review. …
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9 December
Enjoy homemade sparkling water for just $120
TL;DR: As of December 9, get the AWA Carbonator, Bottle, and 2 CO2 Tanks Starter Bundle for just $119.99 — you’ll save 42%. Drinking your eight glasses of water every day can get boring. And while soda can be fun and bubbly, it’s not the healthiest choice on a regular …
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