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The Curious Afterlife of a Brain Trauma Survivor

BY MIKE MARIANI

Sophia Papp emerged from an accident with her personality transformed. She tried to continue on as before—until she realized she could reinvent herself.

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HI ROBOT | 4-MINUTE READ

Google's New Robot Learned to Take Orders by Scraping the Web

BY WILL KNIGHT

The machine learning technique that taught notorious text generator GPT-3 to write can also help robots make sense of spoken commands.

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NEW OS | 5-MINUTE READ

The 13 Top New Features in Android 13—and How to Install It

BY SIMON HILL

The latest version of Google's mobile operating system is now available for Pixel phones.

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IDEAS | 4-MINUTE READ

Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy

BY FRANCESCA TRIPODI

A series of incremental changes over the years has transformed the tool from an explorative search function to one that is ripe for deception.

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MICRO-CT | 3-MINUTE READ

Doctors Are Pioneering a Better Way to Perform Autopsies on Kids

BY GRACE BROWNE

Hi-res imaging can help determine cause of death in very young babies—giving parents answers without the distress of an invasive autopsy.

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IDEAS | 6-MINUTE READ

Birth Control TikTok Is a Symptom of Medicine's Bigger Problem

BY SARAH SLOAT

Influencers are encouraging people to ditch hormonal contraception. Fixing feeds will require mending mistrust between doctors and patients.

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FIRE WATCH | 4-MINUTE READ

As Wildfires Get More Extreme, Observatories Are at Greater Risk

BY KATRINA MILLER

Climate change is making fire season worse. Now astronomers are feeling the heat.

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IDEAS | 11-MINUTE READ

To Fix Tech, Democracy Needs to Grow Up

BY DIVYA SIDDARTH

Calls to "democratize technology" ring hollow when both systems seem to be failing. The key is realizing that democracy is not yet in its final form.

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THE JOY OF 6 | 3-MINUTE READ

You Can Now Buy Polestar's Roadster—Minus the Drone

BY JEREMY WHITE

The company is taking orders for its 155-mph sports car—but sadly the Polestar 6 will be a no-fly drone zone.

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[New post] US: Pokemon Happy Meal toys are back at McDonalds

August 16, 2022 | by Julian L. Mertz | No comments

US: Pokemon Happy Meal toys are back at McDonalds

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Aug 16

You may recall that, last year, McDonalds had some Happy Meal Pokemon items available in various regions, such as the UK and United States. They weren't around for very long, but they were still really successful. Not only did they keep selling out in the United States, but when the Happy Meal Pokemon content arrived […]

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[New post] US: Pokemon Happy Meal toys are back at McDonalds

US: Pokemon Happy Meal toys are back at McDonalds

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