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Polar Researchers Fearan Ecological Collapse in the Arctic

docmechanic — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:33:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/expedition-to-the-north-pole-polar-researchers-fear-an-ecological-collapse-in-the-arctic-a-640a73ff-0fcc-4593-9ab0-dae85ca146c6

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45391250

Points: 11

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A new lawsuit against OpenAI could challenge rule protecting online content

docmechanic — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:41:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/08/27/2025/a-lawsuit-over-a-teens-suicide-could-challenge-ai-companies-section-230-shield

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45054254

Points: 4

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Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline

docmechanic — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 20:37:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/nevada_cyberattack/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45044879

Points: 3

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New comment by docmechanic in "Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans"

docmechanic — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:28:07 +0000

Note the collaboration with Indigenous communities regarding the use of ancestral remains for this research.

Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans

docmechanic — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:28:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250529155423.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043202

Points: 5

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Tiny microbes may rewire the brain before birth

docmechanic — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:41:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250818103000.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44952089

Points: 3

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Mysterious Denisovan interbreeding shaped the humans we are today

docmechanic — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:18:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250814090949.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44943657

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Van Hollen accuses Trump of pay-to-play on chips

docmechanic — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:43:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/08/14/2025/van-hollen-accuses-trump-of-pay-to-play-on-chips

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912330

Points: 8

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Claude Code's copious coddling confounds cross customers

docmechanic — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:37:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/claude_codes_copious_coddling_confounds/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907391

Points: 7

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GitHub CEO: Future devs will not code, they will manage AI

docmechanic — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 01:19:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/github_ceo_ai_coding/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44859920

Points: 3

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Want a glass of wine with dinner? Blame our ape ancestors

docmechanic — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:01:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/wine-apes-alcohol-cravings-b2800491.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776285

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New comment by docmechanic in "Spiders may have originated in the ocean before adapting to live on land"

docmechanic — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:02:42 +0000

Fascinating. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on the subject. I was unaware that this is one of the most mysterious topics in zoology.

New comment by docmechanic in "The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain"

docmechanic — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:55:45 +0000

The title is misleading, but a nice introduction to how we use convergent evolution to determine why a body part evolved.

The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain

docmechanic — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:55:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-body-evolution-chin-b2796022.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689912

Points: 3

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Spiders may have originated in the ocean before adapting to live on land

docmechanic — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:39:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/spiders-evolution-ocean-land-fossils-b2795433.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44675099

Points: 13

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OpenAI warns against tokenized stock offered by Robinhood

docmechanic — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:28:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/07/04/2025/openai-warns-against-tokenized-stock-offered-by-robinhood

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44466810

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New comment by docmechanic in "What LLMs Know About Their Users"

docmechanic — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:29:16 +0000

The latter.

New comment by docmechanic in "Testing free will: New experiments on the quantum property that baffled Einstein"

docmechanic — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:20:45 +0000

Fingers crossed that they can determine the mechanism behind non-locality.

Testing free will: New experiments on the quantum property that baffled Einstein

docmechanic — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:20:45 +0000

Article URL: https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-06-17/testing-free-will-new-experiments-on-the-quantum-property-that-baffled-einstein.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44378340

Points: 3

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New comment by docmechanic in "[dead]"

docmechanic — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:30:23 +0000

I’m surprised that the stability of genomic structure at the linear level across species may not be as essential as thought.