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RED BLACK AND BLUE

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The Chinese Robot is fast but did know enough to avoid the wall. Is he red with black and blue spots all over following its fall?
The five-day games, now in its second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China’s rapid progress in advanced robotics as the technology race with the U.S. heats up, with 51 events and more than 1,000 competitions taking place including running, table tennis and soccer. (AP Video: Olivia Zhang and Liu Zheng)

FUTURE PROJECTION

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The song's genius is that dread-through-repetition structure, each verse compounds the last, building toward total human obsolescence by the finale.

GOP HARMS US

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As a lifelong independent and former Republican administration official, it shocks me to see that the new GOP has deleted 28, and modified 338 figures.

BRUTAL EL NIÑO

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El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all.

LOS NIÑOS

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The oceans are sending two unusual signals at the same time. A rare Atlantic Niña has emerged in the tropical Atlantic while a Super El Niño continues to build across the equatorial Pacific, two opposite ocean patterns separated by thousands of miles, according to Severe Weather Europe.

SUMMER SOLSTICE

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This is the longest day of the year. Enjoy it without any fear.

ON CLAUDE

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We asked AI about their forced government shutdown due to export control rules. Claude models (like the one you're talking to now) are still fully operational. There's no word yet on when Fable 5 will be back, if it does, we'll let you know.

DO YOU HAVE SIBLINGS?

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Birth order leaves an indelible mark has long eluded scientists. Now we have some answers that suggest what parents and policymakers can do about it. The dynamic between siblings is often shaped by birth order and parental treatment, and the term is heavily used in anthropology and child development.

CRITTERS IN SPRING

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Six quintessential signs that Spring has sprung, according to critters