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Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-01 | tags: scorpions, smithsonian, university of queensland

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Why the hardest part of building the future is letting go of the past (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-29 | get Smartphone Screen Repair Kit → | tags: america, james watt, industrial revolution

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Blaster Beam (Musical Instrument) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get Blaster Beam Steel String → | tags: blaster beam, star trek, jerry goldsmith

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Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What That Golden Orb Found at the Bottom of the Pacific Ocean Actually Was (futurism.com)

2026-04-24 | by Frank Landymore | get Deep-sea exploration flashlight → | tags: noaa, smithsonian, deep-sea

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Box to save memory in Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | get Memory Management Rust Book → | tags: rust, serde, aws-sdk-rust

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Box to Save Memory in Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | get Rust Memory Management Book → | tags: rust, serde, aws-sdk-rust

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Scientists discover “cleaner ants” that groom giant ants in Arizona desert (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get Ant Grooming Kit → | tags: harvester ants, smithsonian, nature documentary

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Scientists discover "cleaner ants" that groom giant ants in Arizona desert (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get Ant Grooming Kit → | tags: harvester ants, smithsonian, ecology and evolution

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The Moms Who Sponcon Their Daughters’ First Periods (wired.com)

2026-04-14 | by Ej Dickson | get Period Tracking App Subscription → | tags: momfluencers, trad wives, hannah neeleman

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Recent Grads Say AI Is Making It Impossible to Find a Job (futurism.com)

2026-04-13 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Career Guide Book → | tags: labor market, gallup, smith college

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The middle years of my life and career: balancing two experiments at once (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-10 | by Tao | get Dual Monitor Stand → | tags: mid-career researcher, secondary education, phd fellowship

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You could already be paying for a great podcast app and not even realize it (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-08 | get Spotify Premium Subscription → | tags: amazon music, youtube music, prime membership

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A brief history of instant coffee (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Benjamin Stubbing | get Instant Coffee Starter Kit → | tags: instant coffee, coffee compounds, john dring

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Insurance Companies Already Deploying AI Systems to Deny Claims Faster Than Ever Before (futurism.com)

2026-04-02 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Claims Processing Software → | tags: insurance claims, ai automation, palm beach post

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The Strategy P.F. Chang’s New CMO Is Betting On — And What It Means for Your Business (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-31 | by Shawn P. Walchef | tags: pf chang’s, holly smith, cmo

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High school student develops membrane-free filter that removes most microplastics from water (techspot.com)

2026-03-24 | get Microplastics Water Filter → | tags: microplastics, water treatment, pfas

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Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-21 | by Stephen Hackett | get MacOS Menu Bar Organizer → | tags: macos tahoe, apple, steve troughton-smith

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NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-20 | get NASA Space Shuttle Model → | tags: nasa, space shuttle discovery, orion capsule

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The Ugliest Airplane: An Appreciation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | by Ken Scott | get Model Airplane Kit → | tags: aircraft, transavia airtruk, de havilland tiger moth

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Young Entrepreneurs Are Building Businesses Around ‘Grandma Hobbies’ and Demand Is Surging (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-16 | by Jonathan Small | get Crafting with Grandma's Knitting Kit → | tags: needlepoint, mahjong, ap news

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith says U.S. tech should ‘worry a little’ about Chinese firms' government subsidies (cnbc.com)

2026-02-18 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Microsoft → | tags: chinese, models, smith

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Anthropic executive takes a thinly-veiled swipe at OpenAI over spending and ads (cnbc.com)

2026-02-11 | by Arjun Kharpal Sawdah Bhaimiya | get Neural Network → | tags: anthropic, openai, smith

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Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-07 | get Asian Elephant → | tags: asian, asian elephant, born

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Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-27 | get Xfce → | tags: code, compositor, project

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Microsoft says communities won't see energy price hikes near data centers as utility costs rise (cnbc.com)

2026-01-13 | by Jordan Novet | get Data Center → | tags: centers, data centers, electricity

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Hammersmith Bridge – Where did 25,000 vehicles go? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-04 | by Nick Maini | get Traffic Management System → | tags: bridge, cost, hammersmith

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Jorja Smith's record label hits out at 'AI clone' song (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2025-12-01 | get Music Technology → | tags: jorja, label, music

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It doesn’t end at Neuralink (theverge.com)

2025-11-30 | by Elissa Welle | get Brain-Computer Interface → | tags: camera, cursor, just

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Boop’s new app turns social recommendations into bookable itineraries (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-18 | by Aisha Malik | get TravelItinerary → | tags: boop, recommendations, smith

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Scribe hits $1.3B valuation as it moves to show where AI will actually pay off (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-10 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Neuralink → | tags: process, scribe, smith