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- Philadelphia’s famously spooky Mutter Museum redraws policies around displaying its 6,500 human remains
The museum's new human remains policy says that many were “obtained in unacceptable circumstances including through force or duress."
- Stop calling for ‘ambitious’ or ‘self-reliant’ workers in job ads—research suggests they’re on the list of words that’ll attract narcissists
Job ads hunting for “ambitious” and “self-reliant” employees may be doing more harm than good. In offices already riddled with backstabbing and micromanaging, these buzzwords could be a welcome sign for narcissists.
- Federal websites are going dark as evidence of mass tampering with government data emerges
Researchers in the Lancet examined 232 public health data sets and found almost half had been “substantially altered,” for instance switching the word “gender” to “sex."
- ‘Terrifier’ Is ‘The Bloodiest Halloween Horror Nights House Ever’
'Terrifier' writer-director Damien Leone and producer Phil Falcone discuss the fan favorite horror franchise's landmark moment as a Halloween Horror Nights haunted house.
- Linkin Park Replaces Ozzy Osbourne At No. 1 In America
Linkin Park’s “In the End” reclaims the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart, replacing Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” after a short reign.
Technology
- The Download: Google’s AI energy expenditure, and handing over DNA data to the police
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses Google has just released a report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In…
- Rocket Report: Pivotal Starship test on tap, Firefly wants to be big in Japan
Starship returns to the launch pad for the first time in three months.
- Meet the researcher hosting a scientific conference by and for AI
In October, a new academic conference will debut that’s unlike any other. Agents4Science is a one-day online event that will encompass all areas of science, from physics to medicine. All of the work shared will have been researched, written, and reviewed primarily by AI, and will be presented using text-to-speech technology. The conference is the…
- Samsung’s “Micro RGB” TV proves the value of RGB backlights for premium displays
The $30,000 TV brings a new, colorful conversation to home theaters.
- The case against humans in space
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are bitter rivals in the commercial space race, but they agree on one thing: Settling space is an existential imperative. Space is the place. The final frontier. It is our human destiny to transcend our home world and expand our civilization to extraterrestrial vistas. This belief has been mainstream for…
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