What are my children exposed to? Why I want testing for cancer-causing chemicals
People living near a lagoon branded "a shame on Britain" want to be tested for cancer-causing PCBs.
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Sep 23, 2026
OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.
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Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027
The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and had been serving time at a minimum-security federal prison in Texas.
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Iran sees air, land travel chaos as US sanctions bite
Flights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates have been suspended, following tighter US sanctions on Iran's aviation industry. The move effectively cuts Tehran off from Dubai, one of the region's most important commercial hubs. There are also huge backups near Iran's border with Turkey, as overland shipping routes struggle to fill the gaps. Also in this edition - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping hail strong ties between the US and China as they discuss AI, trade, and energy.
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BBC Inside Science
How do we measure time accurately and why is the rotation of the Earth causing problems?
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DNA discovery on Shroud of Turin corroborates biblical account of Jesus's resurrection
A recent DNA analysis of samples taken from the burial cloth believed to have wrapped the body of Jesus following the crucifixion aligns with details in the Bible.
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Hurricane-like eye emerges in 'blockbuster' nor'easter set to hammer 12 US states: Prepare NOW
Millions along the US East Coast have been told to brace for a major Atlantic storm set to cause heavy downpours, flooding and power outages.
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A Second Judge Strikes Down New York’s Climate ‘Superfund’ Law
A federal judge ruled that the new law, which would force fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion to help cover the costs of climate change, was unconstitutional.
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An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content
Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.
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Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive
Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.
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Suicide Rate Dropped Slightly in 2024, C.D.C. Finds
Suicide deaths have often fluctuated over the years but a sustained downward trend remains elusive.
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Unpatched OnePlus Flaws Let Installed Android Apps Gain Root Without Permissions
A OnePlus 15 running the latest OxygenOS can be rooted by a malicious app the owner installs, one that asks for no special permissions. A researcher, Rasmus Moorats, chained two flaws in OnePlus's own software to gain root access, the highest level of control over an Android phone. OnePlus told him the same flaws affect many more of its own devices and those of OPPO, though it has not
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Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.
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