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New study finds HGST, WD hard drives fail less often than Seagate and Toshiba (techspot.com)

2026-08-16 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: hgst, western digital, seagate

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Government sponsored study on alcohol doesn't stand up to scrutiny: Nassim Taleb (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | tags: alcohol studies, nassim taleb, us government

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AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Davide Piffer | tags: von neumann, institute for advanced study, symbolic memory

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Peer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the least — Analysis of 1.66 million drive-years finds Seagate and Toshiba HDDs fail at roughly twice the rate of WD and HGST (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Luke James | tags: backblaze, hgst, toshiba

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Study links coffee consumption to metabolic health and sex hormones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: coffee, metabolic health, sex hormones

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Life on Mars? It Remains a Tantalizing Topic for Scientific Study (cnet.com)

2026-08-14 | by Joe Hindy | tags: mars, nasa, elon musk

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Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-14 | by Naddaf | tags: undocumented immigration, university of california, journal of urban affairs

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Using AI Shopping Carts Could Lead You to Spend More Money, Study Says (cnet.com)

2026-08-13 | by Julian Dossett | tags: ai shopping carts, bayes business school, smart cart technology

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Your Personal Care Products Are Likely Hiding 3 Times as Many Chemicals Than Labeled (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: personal care products, chemicals, study

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Chegg Coupon Codes August 2026: Save on Study, Textbooks, & More (wired.com)

2026-08-12 | by Molly Higgins | tags: chegg, textbook rental, ai-assisted learning

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Stressed Parents Give Kids More Screen Time, Study Finds (cnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Dashia Milden | tags: fiu, screen time, florida international university

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Parents’ Stress Leads to More Screen Time for Kids, Study Finds (cnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Dashia Milden | tags: fiu, uthealth houston, screen time

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Authors face backlash for participation in 2022 Google AI study (engadget.com)

2026-08-11 | by Max Miller | tags: google, lamda, deepmind

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Parents face a school-bell penalty that robs them of time and money. A new study reveals just how much (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: school-bell, u.s. parents, car ride

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AI creates 16 new viruses that never existed in nature after learning DNA’s pattern from 9 trillion nucleotides — experts warn such applications are way ahead of necessary guardrails (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Etiido Uko | tags: blocks, model, organism

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Scrapping your gas-powered car right now would actually be better for the planet than fixing it, study says (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: benefits, brand, brand new

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Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | by Michael Irving | tags: archaea, bacteria, bacteria archaea

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Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice (slashdot.org)

2026-08-07 | tags: academy, academy sciencies, card

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Why do people actually prefer AI-generated stories to human writing? New study reveals surprising insights (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: accusations ai, ai bias, ai use

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Trump blames mismanagement for the Canadian wildfires. This new study shows the real cause (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: change, climate, climate change

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AI failed to properly patch software flaws 74% of the time, 1Password's study warns (zdnet.com)

2026-08-06 | by Charlie Osborne | tags: generated, models, patch

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Pumas Are Helping Make Our Roads Safer, Study Finds (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: away, away human, deer

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COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kozlov | tags: covid, immune, long

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Your daily Diet Coke habit could be negatively affecting your brain, new study suggests (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: diet coke, artificial sweeteners, memory decline

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Your daily Diet Coke habit could be negatively affecting your brain, study suggests (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: diet coke, artificial sweeteners, memory decline

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When AI Benchmarks Plateau: A Systematic Study of Benchmark Saturation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: ai benchmarks, benchmark saturation, systematic study

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This New Field of Study Is Giving College Students an ‘Edge’ in the Job Market (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: ai degrees, computer science, virginia commonwealth university

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Giant Waves of Solar Wind May Have Stripped Mars of Its Atmosphere, New Study Finds (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: solar wind, mars, atmosphere

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Early Social Media Use Linked to Lower Grades Years Later, Study Finds (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: social media, teen, grades

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Worried About Water Bills? Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong in the Shower (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: water bills, shower, scientists