94 m. ago What makes 'life' so hard to define? A developmental biologist weighs in

In this Back To School episode we consider the "List of Life": the criteria that define what it is to be a living thing. Some are easy calls: A kitten is alive. A grain of salt is not.But what about the tricky cases, like a virus? Or, more importantly, what about futuristic android robots?As part of our Black History Month celebration, developmental biologist Crystal Rogers and Short Wave co-host Regina G. Barber dig into what makes something alive, and wade into a Star-Trek-themed debate.Listen to Short Wave on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Is there something you'd like us to cover? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

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2 h. ago Washington District to Buy Assessment Software; Pennsylvania System Needs Help Developing a Strategic Plan

Washington District to Buy Assessment Software; Pennsylvania System Needs Help Developing a Strategic Plan  Education Week

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4 h. ago WATCH: Federal agents spotted near Gov. Newsom event in Los Angeles

Federal agents were spotted arriving in the Little Tokyo area of LA at the same time California Gov. Newsom was in the neighborhood to talk about the redrawing of California's congressional maps.

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7 h. ago A man who has blared a train horn, tormenting an L.A. neighborhood for two months, is arrested

A man who has blared a train horn, tormenting an L.A. neighborhood for two months, is arrested  Los Angeles Times

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7 h. ago Decapitated Head Found On Spike Outside Apartment After Pregnant Couple's Shocking Murder

[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A pregnant woman and her partner were murdered in a Melbourne, Australia apartment… and it’s one of the most brutal, savage crimes we’ve ever read about. On Monday night, residents in the Mount Waverley area of Melbourne began hearing awful screams in their neighborhood. They called the cops, who arrived to [...] Read More... The post Decapitated Head Found On Spike Outside Apartment After Pregnant Couple's Shocking Murder appeared first on Perez Hilton.

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10 h. ago News | Link Logistics sells planned Los Angeles industrial development to owner

News | Link Logistics sells planned Los Angeles industrial development to owner-user  CoStar

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11 h. ago iHeartMedia Seattle to Deliver More Husky Coverage Than Ever with Expanded Partnership with University of Washington Athletics

iHeartMedia Seattle to Deliver More Husky Coverage Than Ever with Expanded Partnership with University of Washington Athletics - University of Washington Athletics  University of Washington Athletics

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11 h. ago Make D.C. Beautiful Again: Video Shows City Clearing Homeless Camp

President Donald Trump is making good on his promise to address the issue of crime and homelessness in the nation's capital, as video shows a homeless camp being cleared near the Kennedy Center. The post Make D.C. Beautiful Again: Video Shows City Clearing Homeless Camp appeared first on Breitbart.

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12 h. ago Plan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Manhattan Wins City Council Approval

The plan would open a swath of Midtown, including the garment district, to residential development.

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13 h. ago A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation

Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.

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13 h. ago Alternative carbon carrier technology could improve both oil production and carbon storage

A new method for enhanced oil recovery proposed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin is showing promising results in modeling studies—producing more oil, storing more carbon, and doing so more safely than conventional enhanced oil recovery methods.

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14 h. ago 49ers promising rookie goes down with an apparent knee injury at practice

49ers promising rookie goes down with an apparent knee injury at practice  Niners Nation

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14 h. ago Plan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Expected to Get City Council Approval

The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.

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15 h. ago LIVE: President Trump delivers remarks from Oval Office: ABC News Live

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15 h. ago Trump Administration Seeks to Restore America's Rightful Place in Uranium Enrichment

The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that it has made an initial selection of 11 projects to develop high-tech nuclear test reactors, part of the Trump administration’s ambitious plans to rebuild a domestic nuclear supply chain and quadruple U.S. nuclear energy output by 2050. The post Trump Administration Seeks to Restore America’s Rightful Place in Uranium Enrichment appeared first on Breitbart.

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17 h. ago Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug

The team used two different AI approaches to design novel antibiotics, including one that showed promise against MRSA.

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19 h. ago Cubic Awarded Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract from the United States Air Force (USAF) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Programs Through 2032

Cubic Awarded Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract from the United States Air Force (USAF) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Programs Through 2032  Morningstar

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20 h. ago NSF and NVIDIA partnership enables Ai2 to develop fully open AI models to fuel U.S. scientific innovation

NSF and NVIDIA partnership enables Ai2 to develop fully open AI models to fuel U.S. scientific innovation  NSF - National Science Foundation (.gov)

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20 h. ago Social Security is 90 years old. We are making it smarter, better, faster under Trump

As we celebrate this 90th anniversary, we must also keep our eyes firmly on the future. Social Security is not a program of the past; it is a promise to future generations.

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21 h. ago Trump offers Putin 'narrow window' to end Ukraine war and more top headlines

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