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Scientists developed a new antibacterial stainless steel that can kill bacteria on contact thanks to nanoscopic needles etched on its surface. f-st.co/Gj7i2cY
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David Dunning explains how people can avoid overestimating their own knowledge, a psychological bias called the Dunning-Kruger effect trib.al/OSz8usm
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Sleep is essential to human health. It takes up around one-third of people’s lives. And yet surprisingly little is known about it. A new paper attempts to fill some of the gaps econ.st/47zMf0K 👇
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Cloud giants offer only limited protection to businesses over AI copyright claims on.ft.com/3vp7dSG
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Supermarket chain Jumbo says shoplifting exceeds annual profits on.ft.com/3tGUSZv
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Doctors typically begin to diagnose patients the moment they meet them—even before they conduct an examination, they are interpreting a patient’s appearance, in search of clues. nyer.cm/GYKpCx5
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After China banned imports of plastic waste, wealthy nations scrambling to dispose of their plastic turned to Southeast Asia.
Hit with a tidal wave of contaminated plastics, Indonesia has cracked down on imports — but progress has been halting.
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The plan includes advisories on three levels of risk to heat stress trib.al/aXDLrBu
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Over the past year and a half, the tech industry has shed some 300,000 workers. We meet the computer science students having to frantically reassess their options econ.st/3rDTkOo
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As Southeast Asia's growing population generates more garbage, the use of that waste as an energy source is progressing.
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Google is testing a new A.I. tool to produce news stories, pitching it to news organizations including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal’s owner, News Corp, according to three people familiar with the matter. nyti.ms/43wyC0j
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Older adults at greater risk for dementia may be able to protect themselves against cognitive decline by almost 50 percent with the use of hearing aids, new research shows. Nearly 2.5 billion people are expected to have some hearing loss, according to WHO. wapo.st/3DlOaJz
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Scientists have made a white paint that can make surfaces as much as eight degrees Fahrenheit cooler than air temperatures at midday, and up to 19 degrees cooler at night, reducing inside temperatures and cutting air-conditioning needs by as much as 40%.
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ALT Xiulin Ruan, a professor at Purdue University, wears goggles and holds a paint brush dripping with white paint. His other hand holds a plastic container of the white paint. Photo credit: John Underwood/Purdue University
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What you need to know about the recent advances in cryobiology and how you life may change in the near future:
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Rise of India deeply linked to rise of technology, says S. Jaishankar
@NayanimaBasu reports for ThePrint
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This month, a small #asteroid entered the sky above Toronto. It was one of the first few asteroids to strike Earth that we knew was coming. digitaltrends.com/space/aste…
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Cyclists are increasingly dominating the streets in Paris. To everyone's surprise, the French capital has changed from a car city to a bicycle city in just a few years. But how did this happen? pu.city/3QMLZUJ
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‘Gone ballistic’: lithium price rockets nearly 500% in a year amid electric vehicle rush theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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BUSINESS DEALS | LOGISTICS
Hong Kong's Li & Fung has agreed to sell much of its logistics business to Danish transport group A.P. Moller-Maersk.
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