78 m. ago Cool ideas wanted. USC launches Shade Zones Design Competition

Cool ideas wanted. USC launches Shade Zones Design Competition  NBC Los Angeles

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2 h. ago PREVIEW: Five reasons to wander August 2025 West Seattle Art Walk tomorrow

PREVIEW: Five reasons to wander August 2025 West Seattle Art Walk tomorrow  West Seattle Blog...

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3 h. ago Trump Administration Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits Draws Criticism From Historians

The Trump administration’s plan to, in effect, audit the content of Smithsonian museums drew criticism from groups that represent scholars and promote free speech.

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5 h. ago A new AI tool designs medical drugs and tells scientists how to make them

Researchers from Simon Fraser University have unveiled an artificial intelligence framework that could transform drug development and accelerate the discovery of new medicines.

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5 h. ago Mario Paglino, 52, and Gianni Grossi, 54, Die; Designers Made Barbies Into Art

They transformed dolls into one-of-a-kind pieces that sold for thousands of dollars. A married couple, they died in a car crash in Italy.

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5 h. ago Mystery still surrounds death of Irish fashion designer at exclusive Montauk Yacht Club

Many questions remain unanswered about the mysterious death of an Irish fashion entrepreneur who was found dead on a boat docked at an exclusive yacht club more than a week ago.

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14 h. ago Here's a first look at design renderings for the data center campus in Port Washington

Here's a first look at design renderings for the data center campus in Port Washington  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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27 h. ago White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

The Trump administration said it would give museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”

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28 h. ago Neon nostalgia lights up Los Angeles at the Museum of Neon Art

Neon nostalgia lights up Los Angeles at the Museum of Neon Art  NBC Los Angeles

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30 h. ago Information sciences researchers develop AI safety testing methods

Large language models are built with safety protocols designed to prevent them from answering malicious queries and providing dangerous information. But users can employ techniques known as "jailbreaks" to bypass the safety guardrails and get LLMs to answer a harmful query.

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31 h. ago Hidden Inside Our Electronics, Tiny Doodles From Another Era

Decades ago, designers etched microscopic doodles onto silicon chips to leave their marks. Now, techno-archaeologists search for the tiny fossils.

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31 h. ago Taylor Swift announces her next era: 'The Life of a Showgirl'

After cryptic Instagram posts and a surprise countdown clock, Swift announced early Tuesday that her new album will be called The Life of a Showgirl. The cover art and release date remain a mystery.

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32 h. ago Ultrafast untethered levitation device offers frictionless design for omni

Advances in technology have led to the miniaturization of many mechanical, electronic, chemical and biomedical products, and with that, an evolution in the way these tiny components and parts are transported is necessary to follow. Transport systems, such as those based on conveyor belts, suffer from the challenge of friction, which drastically slows the speed and precision of small transport.

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33 h. ago Brain cells learn faster than machine learning, research reveals

Researchers have demonstrated that brain cells learn faster and carry out complex networking more effectively than machine learning by comparing how both a Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI) system known as "DishBrain" and state-of-the-art RL (reinforcement learning) algorithms react to certain stimuli.

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41 h. ago The tech behind genetically modified babies is getting a reboot

A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, made a shocking announcement to the world in 2018: He had secretly engineered the birth of the first gene-edited babies. The birth of the twins was seen as reckless and unethical by the scientific community. That’s because, among other things, the CRISPR gene-editing technique Jiankui used was so new. NPR science correspondent Rob Stein has been following the controversial world of gene-editing and human reproduction, including some companies’ recent quests to push gene-editing technology forward.Read more of Rob Stein’s reporting on the topic here.Interested in more science news? Let us know at shortwave@npr.org. Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.

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41 h. ago Dare to Design: What to expect at the 15th annual Seattle Design Festival

Dare to Design: What to expect at the 15th annual Seattle Design Festival  Seattle Refined

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49 h. ago San Francisco’s Trash Company Marks 35 Years of Stunning Art Made of Recycled Garbage With Free Gallery Opening

San Francisco’s Trash Company Marks 35 Years of Stunning Art Made of Recycled Garbage With Free Gallery Opening  Good News Network

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53 h. ago U.S. designates Pakistani Baloch separatists as a foreign terrorist group

U.S. designates Pakistani Baloch separatists as a foreign terrorist group  The Hindu

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53 h. ago Irish bikini designer found dead on yacht months after divorce and prior legal dispute

Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra discovered dead on 54-foot yacht in Montauk following recent divorce and amid ongoing legal disputes over business dealings.

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58 h. ago Today's humanoid robots look remarkable, but there's a design flaw holding them back

Watch Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot doing training routines, or the latest humanoids from Figure loading a washing machine, and it's easy to believe the robot revolution is here. From the outside, it seems the only remaining challenge is perfecting the AI (artificial intelligence) software to enable these machines to handle real-life environments.

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