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Netflix Says AI Touched 300 TitlesAt Busan, a Netflix executive said the streamer has used AI in some form on about 300 titles.
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A Structured Exit from Strong OpioidsA year-long trial in English GP surgeries found 29% of supported patients stopped strong opioids entirely, against 7% in standard care.
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A Stone Box at the Edge of the FarmsArchaeologists in Halden, Norway, have uncovered a 4,000-year-old stone cist grave containing an amber bead, arrowheads, and no human remains.
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Aronia Completes a Harvest in BalyaA North American shrub has yielded its first successful crop in Balıkesir's Balya district, with local agricultural officials calling it a model for diversifying farm income.
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The Song Won't Leave Your HeadChewing gum reduces earworm frequency by roughly a third, according to a 2015 University of Reading study — but the fuller picture is more interesting.
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Network 5 Posts a £22m Profit CollapseSkydance's UK broadcaster saw pre-tax profit fall 64% in 2025, squeezed by streaming costs and a weakening ad market.
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Half of Trauma Patients Dead or Disabled Within Three Months, Study FindsA study across Africa and South Asia found nearly half of roughly 9,000 injury patients were dead or disabled after three months.
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The Lighthouse That Outlasted Its RuinA bronze seal ring pulled from Alexandria's Eastern Harbor carries an engraving of the Pharos lighthouse, centuries after the structure itself collapsed into the sea.
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Xbox Builds a Division Around Minecraft's MomentumKayleen Walters, who led Mojang through the production of A Minecraft Movie, will now run Xbox's entire film, television and live-experiences operation.
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Cockscomb Flowers Colour Kashmir's FeastsEach October in Kashmir, harvesters pick cockscomb flowers by hand to produce the deep-red dye that gives the region's meat dishes their colour.
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France Tightens the Ad Leash on Gambling LicencesThe ANJ and France's broadcasting regulator have signed a cooperation agreement expanding oversight of online gambling advertising campaigns.
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Graphene Reads a Stroke as It HappensA sensor built from a single layer of carbon atoms can track, in real time, which brain tissue is dying and which might still be saved during a stroke.
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Elsinore Puts Andrew Scott Inside a Legend's Final RoleA UK trailer for Elsinore has arrived, with Andrew Scott playing Ian Charleson as he performed Hamlet at the National Theatre while dying of AIDS.
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Rank Group Pays £5m to the CommissionThe Gambling Commission has settled with Rank Group over anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures identified during a regulatory investigation.
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Plague Death in Siberia Carries Low Epidemic Risk, WHO SaysThe World Health Organization has assessed the wider risk as low following the death of Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician at a plague research institute in Irkutsk, Siberia.
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The Black Death Killed the Young Far More Than Once ThoughtNew research drawing on medieval burial sites in Britain finds that people aged 15 to 24 died at disproportionately high rates during the Black Death.
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Kalshi Wins a Round in IllinoisA federal judge in Illinois found that Kalshi's sports event contracts are likely swaps, pulling them under CFTC jurisdiction rather than state gambling law.
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The Void Where a Profile Should BeA study in England found that 29 per cent of Gen Z deleted at least one social media app in the past year — and the people left off the platforms entirely have become oddly desirable.
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FDA Recalls 13,500 Bottles of Blood Pressure PillsInventia Healthcare Limited has voluntarily pulled more than 13,500 bottles of chlorthalidone tablets after the 25 mg doses failed dissolution testing.
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Lios Mòr Surfaces After Eight CenturiesA community dig in Argyll has identified the buried remains of one of early medieval Scotland's most significant monastic sites.
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A Structured Exit from Strong OpioidsA year-long trial in English GP surgeries found 29% of supported patients stopped strong opioids entirely, against 7% in standard care.
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A Stone Box at the Edge of the FarmsArchaeologists in Halden, Norway, have uncovered a 4,000-year-old stone cist grave containing an amber bead, arrowheads, and no human remains.
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Aronia Completes a Harvest in BalyaA North American shrub has yielded its first successful crop in Balıkesir's Balya district, with local agricultural officials calling it a model for diversifying farm income.
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The Song Won't Leave Your HeadChewing gum reduces earworm frequency by roughly a third, according to a 2015 University of Reading study — but the fuller picture is more interesting.
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Network 5 Posts a £22m Profit CollapseSkydance's UK broadcaster saw pre-tax profit fall 64% in 2025, squeezed by streaming costs and a weakening ad market.
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Half of Trauma Patients Dead or Disabled Within Three Months, Study FindsA study across Africa and South Asia found nearly half of roughly 9,000 injury patients were dead or disabled after three months.
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The Lighthouse That Outlasted Its RuinA bronze seal ring pulled from Alexandria's Eastern Harbor carries an engraving of the Pharos lighthouse, centuries after the structure itself collapsed into the sea.
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Xbox Builds a Division Around Minecraft's MomentumKayleen Walters, who led Mojang through the production of A Minecraft Movie, will now run Xbox's entire film, television and live-experiences operation.
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Cockscomb Flowers Colour Kashmir's FeastsEach October in Kashmir, harvesters pick cockscomb flowers by hand to produce the deep-red dye that gives the region's meat dishes their colour.
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France Tightens the Ad Leash on Gambling LicencesThe ANJ and France's broadcasting regulator have signed a cooperation agreement expanding oversight of online gambling advertising campaigns.
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Graphene Reads a Stroke as It HappensA sensor built from a single layer of carbon atoms can track, in real time, which brain tissue is dying and which might still be saved during a stroke.
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Elsinore Puts Andrew Scott Inside a Legend's Final RoleA UK trailer for Elsinore has arrived, with Andrew Scott playing Ian Charleson as he performed Hamlet at the National Theatre while dying of AIDS.
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Rank Group Pays £5m to the CommissionThe Gambling Commission has settled with Rank Group over anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures identified during a regulatory investigation.
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Plague Death in Siberia Carries Low Epidemic Risk, WHO SaysThe World Health Organization has assessed the wider risk as low following the death of Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician at a plague research institute in Irkutsk, Siberia.
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The Black Death Killed the Young Far More Than Once ThoughtNew research drawing on medieval burial sites in Britain finds that people aged 15 to 24 died at disproportionately high rates during the Black Death.
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Kalshi Wins a Round in IllinoisA federal judge in Illinois found that Kalshi's sports event contracts are likely swaps, pulling them under CFTC jurisdiction rather than state gambling law.
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The Void Where a Profile Should BeA study in England found that 29 per cent of Gen Z deleted at least one social media app in the past year — and the people left off the platforms entirely have become oddly desirable.
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FDA Recalls 13,500 Bottles of Blood Pressure PillsInventia Healthcare Limited has voluntarily pulled more than 13,500 bottles of chlorthalidone tablets after the 25 mg doses failed dissolution testing.
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Lios Mòr Surfaces After Eight CenturiesA community dig in Argyll has identified the buried remains of one of early medieval Scotland's most significant monastic sites.