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Scientists unlock the longevity secrets of 194-year-old Jonathan the giant tortoise
Jacek Krywko
Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, appears fully grown in a photograph researchers say was taken around 1882. That means hes survived to at least 194 y ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
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Cornell students stage 7-hour sit-in as pressure mounts over rape allegations
Dylan Stableford
Students at Cornell University began what was billed as a seven-hour sit-in on Wednesday in solidarity with "Jane Doe," the former student who alleges she was drugged and raped by multiple members of ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
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Judge orders that Christa Pike execution evidence be preserved
Scott Neuman
The Davidson County Chancery Court in Nashville ordered Tennessee prison officials to preserve all evidence in connection with last week's botched lethal injection of Christa Pike, including log book ...[Continue Reading]
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Google Opens Its SynthID Watermark Detector To The Public via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Matt G. Southern
Google has opened its SynthID Detector to everyone. The tool checks image, video, and audio files for SynthID, Googles invisible watermark for AI media, and is available globally in English starting ...[Continue Reading]
Search Engine Journal
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Aerosmith Announce Two L.A. Comeback Concerts With All-Star Guests
Andy Greene
Three years after cancelling their farewell due to frontman Steven Tylers larynx injury, Aerosmith have announced two comeback shows at L.A.s Hollywood Bowl on October 29 and November 1 where they ...[Continue Reading]
Rolling Stone
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What Jane Doe told Cornell hearing panel about alleged 2024 gang rape
Peter Charalambous, Aaron Katersky, Tonya Simpson, Josh Margolin
More than seven months after the former Cornell University student known as Jane Doe reported being raped at the school's Chi Phi fraternity house, she gave a university hearing panel a detailed acco ...[Continue Reading]
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