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Who is William Ackman and how wealthy is he? Jewish billionaire behind the $99,999 GoFundMe for Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed
Global Desk
After Jewish billionaire William Ackman (aka Bill Ackman) donated $99,999 to the GoFundMe for the Bondi shooting hero who disarmed one of the attackers, public interest in the hedge fund manager surg ...[Continue Reading]
The Times of India
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AI materials discovery now needs to move into the real world
David Rotman
The grand prize would be a room-temperature superconductor, a material that could transform computing and electricity but that has eluded scientists for decades. Periodic Labs, like Lila Sciences, h ...[Continue Reading]
MIT Technology Review
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Generative AI hype distracts us from AIs more important breakthroughs
Margaret Mitchell
This kind of hype has contributed to a frenzy of misunderstandings about what AI actually is and what it can and cannot do. Crucially, generative AI is a seductive distraction from the type of AI tha ...[Continue Reading]
MIT Technology Review
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Unexpected Trajectory: Erin Sholls Path to Human Spaceflight Safety
Linda E. Grimm
Career paths are rarely a straight line and often include some unexpected curves. That is certainly true for Erin Sholl, deputy chief of the Space Transportation Systems Division within the Safety an ...[Continue Reading]
NASA
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The UN's International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's why.
Elizabeth Howell
As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS prepares for its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19, it's being monitored not just by space agencies but also the United Nations. The comet, which will come wi ...[Continue Reading]
Live Science
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Words Between Worlds: Creative Writing in Sarajevo
Stacy Mattingly
1.On the evening of 27 December, I couldnt find a free taxi to take me from my apartment in Grbavica to Sarajevo center. I called several companies. Imate li neto? Ne. Nothing. After nearly half an h ...[Continue Reading]
Lithub.com
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