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'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours just farming potatoes after being blown up by a Creeper in Minecraft — OpenAI offering gets further than any other AI system in 141-hour test (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Stephen Warwick | get Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition PC game → | tags: gpt-6 astra, openai, minecraft benchmark

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Matt Mullenweg put on 'leave of absence' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | by Sep | get Otherlands Thomas Halliday book → | tags: gondwana, supercontinent, cambrian explosion

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Marijuana Factory Explodes, Causing Two Deaths (futurism.com)

2026-08-31 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: cannabis extraction, butane hash oil, thc facility

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Amphibious stem-insect sheds light on colonization of land (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-26 | by Tihelka | get Smithsonian Handbooks Fossils Walker Ward → | tags: amphibious insect, land colonization, cambrian explosion

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Did poop enable the evolution of complex animals? (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: cambrian explosion, coprolite, karlsruhe institute of technology

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Watch China’s Workhorse Rocket Explode in a Massive Fireball During Launch (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: china, long march 7a, rocket

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Tesla Explosion Sends Injured Firefighters to the Hospital (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: battery, explosion, family

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M 3.9 Experimental Explosion – 147 Km ENE of Ponce Inlet, Florida (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: m3.9, experimental explosion, ponce inlet

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Regression to the Mean: on LLMs and the quiet death of the new (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: alongside, alongside told, center

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A Hydrothermal Explosion Poked New Steamy Holes in Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-24 | get Yellowstone Geothermal Hot Springs Kit → | tags: yellowstone, hydrothermal explosion, biscuit basin

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Humanity isn't ready for the coming intelligence explosion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: humanity, intelligence explosion, no specific product

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A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the rarest explosions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-08 | by Shreejaya Karantha | get Supernova Model Kit → | tags: arxiv, blue, explosion

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Blue Origin Rocket Exploded Thursday Night During Hot-Fire Test (slashdot.org)

2026-05-29 | by Posted | get Blue Origin Rocket Model → | tags: blue origin, new glenn, spacex falcon 9

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Blue Origin rocket explodes on launchpad in a setback (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | get Blue Origin Rocket Model → | tags: blue origin, rocket, launchpad

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during testing in Florida (techspot.com)

2026-05-29 | get Blue Origin Rocket Model → | tags: blue origin, new glenn, florida

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Bezos’ Blue Origin Loses Rocket in Explosion on Launchpad (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-29 | get Blue Origin Rocket Model → | tags: blue origin, new glenn, rocket explosion

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Blue Origin rocket explosion rattles NASA’s mission to put humans back on the Moon (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-29 | by Witze | get Blue Origin New Shepard Rocket Model → | tags: blue origin, artemis ii, nasa

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Sarcophagus (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-29 | by Peacock | get Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus Replica → | tags: sarcophagus, space suit, kinetic dampeners

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Scientists Scan Gruesome Crystal Formed by Nuclear Blast, Find Something Bizarre (futurism.com)

2026-05-16 | by Krystle Vermes | get Crystal Growing Kit → | tags: trinity test, trinitite, clathrate

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A treasure trove of fossils rewrites the story of early life (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | by Marlowe Starling | get Fossil Digging Kit → | tags: burgess shale, charles doolittle walcott, cambrian explosion

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A Treasure Trove of Fossils Rewrites the Story of Early Life (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | by Marlowe Starling | get Fossil Excavation Kit → | tags: burgess shale, charles doolittle walcott, cambrian explosion

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Statecharts: hierarchical state machines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | get Statecharts Tutorial Book → | tags: statecharts, harel, state machine

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After Woman’s Death From Exploding Charger, Power Banks Recalled for Second Time (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-17 | tags: power banks, wireless charger, recall

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Hasbro’s CEO has an AI Peppa Pig help design toys (theverge.com)

2026-03-09 | by Nilay Patel | get Peppa Pig Toys → | tags: hasbro, peppa pig, nfts

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Utah Governor Pushes Back on CFTC’s Prediction Market Power Grab (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-18 | get Regulatory Platform → | tags: administration, administration going, america

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Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded (wired.com)

2026-01-19 | by Ritsuko Kawai | get Gravitational Lensing → | tags: days, ejecta, explosion

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Stunning 25-Year Timelapse Shows a Supernova Tearing Through Deep Space (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-07 | get Astrophotography → | tags: decades, decades making, expanding

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A Starlink Satellite Is Tumbling Toward Earth After a Strange Anomaly in Orbit (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-19 | get Starlink Satellite → | tags: altitude, altitude suggesting, drop

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Astronomers Witness the Moment a Fatal Shockwave Bursts Through the Surface of a Star (futurism.com)

2025-11-18 | by Frank Landymore | get Cosmic Ray → | tags: astronomers, explosion, shape

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Scientists Watch Supernova Shockwave Shoot Through a Dying Star For First Time (slashdot.org)

2025-11-13 | get Neutron Star → | tags: explosion, findings, geometry