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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

Why is there an increase in lung cancer among women who have never
smoked?

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pollution, changes in hormone levels, immune system imbalances and
longer life expectancy are increasing the risk of lung cancer in women
who have never touched a cigarette.

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Editor's Note: Women are biologically more likely than men to develop
certain genetic mutations that increase the risk of lung cancer.
However, factors like rising pollution, changes in hormone levels,
immune system imbalances and longer life expectancy are making these
risks even more significant.

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DeepSeek sent user data to ByteDance, Korean probe finds
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New downloads of the DeepSeek app have been suspended in Korea after a
government investigation found that its AI model had sent personal
data to China's ByteDance. "We found that DeepSeek's user data was
leaked to ByteDance," the Personal Information Protection Commission
(PIPC) said Monday.

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This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection
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commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIRED The original version of this story
appeared in Quanta Magazine.















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First cows, now cats. Is bird flu coming for humans next? - WSJ (No
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Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in peoplelargely dairy
workerspublic-health officials think bird flu is likely more
widespread. Last week, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
report documented three asymptomatic cases in veterinarians who took
care of cattle they didnt know had H5N1.

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Want to Make a Great First Impression? Science Says Avoid the Novelty
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Making a good first impression matters, because likability matters.
AsMark Cubansays,being nice is one of the most underrated business
skills, and researchbacks him up. Likable people tend to be (each link
points to the relevant study):














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Delta Flight Crashes In Toronto: 18 Passengers Injured With No
Fatalities As Cause Of Incident Is Under Investigation - Forbes (No
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A Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis flipped over on the tarmac
while attempting to land in windy and snowy conditions at Torontos
Pearson Airport on Mondayresulting in injuries to 18 of the 80 people
on board the plane but no fatalitiesthe latest in a series of aviation
incidents involving U.S. passenger planes in the past month.

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Why Japan Succeeds Despite Stagnation
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I don't usually do guest posts, but today is an exception. Maxwell
Tabarrok is an economics researcher at Dartmouth College and author of
the substack Maximum Progress.














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Europe consigned to kids table in Ukraine peace talks, says defence
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Decades of under-investment in military has left region isolated in
US-Russia negotiations, says Rheinmetall chief

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The Coming Golden Age of Crime - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Analysis: The Coming Golden Age of Crime














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Trump, Putin Teams Talk in Saudi on Ukraine as Europe Fumes -
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The talks in Riyadh follow US President Donald Trumps landmark phone
call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin last week in which he
reversed key US positions on the conflict.

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Toronto plane crash passenger describes "mass chaos" as aircraft
landed
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Monica is a Newsweek reporter based in Boston. Her focus is reporting
on breaking news. Monica joined Newsweek in 2024. She is a graduate of
Clark University, with a master's from both Clark University and
Northwestern University. She was part of the team named a finalist for
the Goldsmith Prize for Investigation as well as a winner of the
George Polk award for their work uncovering Phillips Respironics
wrongdoings with their breathing machines. You can get in touch with
Monica by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English.














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Why you need one meaningful social interaction a day
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Theres an overwhelming amount of news, but not enough context. At Vox,
we do things differently. Were not focused on being the first to break
stories were focused on helping you understand what actually matters.
We report urgently on the most important issues shaping our world, and
dedicate time to the issues that the rest of the media often neglects.
But we cant do it alone.

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Large Language Models Show Concerning Tendency to Flatter Users,
Stanford Study Reveals
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Recent research from Stanford University has revealed a concerning
trend among leading AI language models: they exhibit a strong tendency
toward sycophancy, or excessive flattery, with Google's Gemini showing
the highest rate of such behavior.














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Europes leaders find no quick response to Trumps bombshell on Ukraine
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PARIS A French-led effort by European leaders to present a united
front on Ukraine in the face of rising fear over U.S. President Donald
Trump's intentions fizzled Monday as they failed to agree on sending
troops to police a possible peace deal.

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Can Musk damage OpenAI even though his bid has failed?
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OpenAI's board of directors has officially rejected Elon Musk's nearly
$100bn offer for the maker of what is the world's best-known
artificial intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT. But the unsolicited bid
might not be a failure - at least as far as Musk is concerned, experts
say.














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BYD lands massive 12.5GWh deal with Saudi Electricity Company
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The 12.5GWh of BESS technology from BYD will be installed at five
sites across Saudi Arabia, using the firm's MC Cube-T ESS product, its
latest grid-scale product.

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Udaan Raises USD 75 Mn in Series G Round
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B2B e-commerce firm Udaan has announced the raising of USD 75 million
in its Series G funding round, with another USD 25 million expected in
the upcoming quarter, according to a town hall announcement by
co-founder and CEO Vaibhav Gupta.













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Career paths of the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) medalists
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Each year, six exceptionally talented high school students from each
country participate in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO).
We thoroughly searched the internet to find the career paths of 2785
IMO medalists who participated in the competition from 1986 to 2005.

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Djokovic says tennis players have a 'lack of trust' in doping agencies
after Sinner case
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Novak Djokovic says a majority of tennis players
have lost faith in the anti-doping authorities following Jannik
Sinner's three-month ban, and there's a widespread feeling that
"favoritism" is being shown to the sport's biggest stars.

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The cross-eyed method of comparing lists
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Am I the only one who uses the cross-eyed method of comparing lists? I
mentioned this to someone at work today and they looked at me like I
was a space alien. The way it works is this: you take the two lists
you want to compare, and line them up side-by-side.

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Has China's Oil Demand Peaked?
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China's crude oil imports fell 1.9% to just over 11 million bpd in
2024. According to China National Petroleum Corp, sales of both road
fuels peaked in 2023. Over the past three decades, China has accounted
for half of all growth in the world's oil demand-some 600,000 b/d.

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Rio de Janeiro's hottest day in at least a decade sends residents to
the beach
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at
least a decade when temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) on
Monday as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool off.

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Optimizing for learning vs results
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Yesterday, there was an active discussion on Hacker News that was
inspired by a blog post of somebody railing against the woes of large
language models being able to allow people to do things without
understanding what they're doing.

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Pope Francis, sensing he is close to death, moves to protect his
legacy
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According to two people familiar with the matter, Francis has been
suffering from intense pain and has privately expressed fears that he
won't make it this time.

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Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto's Pearson airport,
injuring at least 15
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A plane crashed and flipped on its back at Toronto's Pearson
International Airport on Monday afternoon, injuring at least 15
passengers and closing down the airport's runways.Departures and
arrivals at Pearson resumed as of 5 p.m.

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Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to
depopulate the territory
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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without
forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald
Trump's proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it
over.

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iPhone SE 4 live updates -- last-minute rumors and all the big news as
it happens
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Speaking of iPhone SE 4 rumors, there's a lot for Apple to change
since the iPhone SE 2022's release three years ago. Apple's going to
need to make a lot of big changes if the iPhone SE 4 has a chance at
beating some of our favorite best cheap phones.

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Greek island with almost no dementia follows a twist on the
Mediterranean diet -- the 2 drinks they love
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You've probably heard of the so-called "blue zones" -- five areas in
the world that longevity expert Dan Buettner identified as having
residents who routinely live to be over 100. They are Okinawa, Japan;
Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California, and
Ikaria, Greece.

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'We don't feel stranded': Astronauts 'stuck' in space set the record
straight
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Boeing's Starliner astronauts are in the final stretch of their
unexpectedly long stint in Earth orbit -- and they're setting the
record straight on all the "stranded astronauts" talk.

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Argentina president faces impeachment calls over crypto crash
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Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls - and
legal action accusing him of fraud - over his promotion of
cryptocurrency on social media. Milei posted on X, formerly Twitter,
about the $LIBRA coin on Friday, which he said would help fund small
businesses and start-ups.

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The war on DEI is a smoke screen
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MAGA's attacks on "wokeness" and "diversity, equity, and inclusion"
are a thinly veiled attack on the Civil Rights Movement itself.

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Replit and Anthropic's AI just helped Zillow build production
software--without a single engineer
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has transformed non-technical employees at Zillow into software
developers.

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How Super-Strong 'Metal Foam' Could Transform Space Travel and Defense
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What's as strong as steel, as light as aluminum, and capable of
withstanding ballistic impact, fire, and radiation? Metal foam.

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The Cult of the Entrepreneur
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Three cheers for the entrepreneur! Three cheers for that swashbuckling
master of society's rocky, reef strewn seas! They are the best! They
are good vibes! And who are "they," you ask so skeptically? The
entrepreneur is a small-business owner, a David to the Goliath of
corporate conformity.

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The 'White Collar' recession is pummeling office workers, but the end
might be near
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Brazil asks UN to ditch proposed levy on global shipping
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Brazil has asked the UN to throw out plans for a new levy on global
shipping that would raise funds to fight the climate crisis, despite
playing host to the next UN climate summit.

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Christopher Walken: 'I've Been Married for Over 50 Years. I Live in a
House. I'm a Very Normal Person'
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The enigmatic star talks to Adam White about sexuality, psychopaths
and 'Severance' - and why Madonna and Sean Penn's wedding was the
noisiest he's ever attended.

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How Far Would a Wife Go to Keep $2M Ponzi Scheme a Secret?
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Pharmacist Natalie Cochran killed her husband Michael with an insulin
injection so he wouldn't learn about $2 million Ponzi scheme.

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Psychologists Say Parents Who Maintain a Healthy Relationship With
Their Adult Children Do These 8 Things
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Maintaining a healthy, loving relationship with your adult child can
be challenging for parents who are accustomed to being in control.
Here, four psychologists break down eight actionable ways to foster a
positive, long-standing relationship with your ch

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Why Most Gas Stations Don't Make Money From Selling Gas
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With gas prices climbing up, you may think station owners are getting
greedy. But the economics behind the pump tell a different story.

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Record January heat suggests La Nina may be losing its ability to keep
global warming in check
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January 2025 was the hottest on record - a whole 1.7?C above
pre-industrial levels. If many climate-watchers expected the world to
cool slightly this year thanks to the natural "La Nina" phenomena, the
climate itself didn't seem to get the memo.

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Population Decline Will Transform Our Social World
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Demographers debate exactly when it will happen, but there is a
consensus now that in the second half of this century, the global
population will start to decline. Of course, this is something that
has happened before.

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Gratitude can help you live longer, study finds
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As well as spiking happy feelings in the present, practising gratitude
could come with the serious long-term benefits of extending your
lifespan, new research has found. The work, published by researchers
at the Harvard T.H.

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What the Science Actually Says About Unconscious Decision Making
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There is no free lunch when it comes to tricky decisions; you have to
do the thinking.

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Five One-Chinas: The contest to define Taiwan
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As diplomatic stances on Taiwan become more contested and
consequential, this world-first dataset details every UN member
state's position on the governments in Taipei and Beijing.

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When Doctors With A.I. Are Outperformed by A.I. Alone
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Our op-ed in today's NY Times explores an unexpected finding. A series
of recent studies compared the performance of doctors with A.I. versus
A.I. alone, spanning medical scans, diagnostic accuracy, and
management reasoning. Surprisingly, in many cases, A.I.

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UK used electric vehicle sales hit record last year as prices fell
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A record number of used electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in the UK
last year, as prices eased and the choice of cars widened, according
to industry data.Total sales of used cars rose by 5.5% in 2024, as
7.6m vehicles changed hands, according to the Society of Motor
Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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Pulling back the curtain on the magic of Y Combinator
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The Purgatory of Being a Fence-Sitter
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The decision of whether or not to have kids has become so daunting
that women are turning to unusual places for help: TikTok, Reddit, and
"Motherhood Clarity" therapists.

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Why Cant We Remember Our Lives As Babies or Toddlers?
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Memories emerge earlier in some cultures than others, but researchers
have long puzzled over our inability to recall events before two or
three years of age.

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The A-level student who became an enemy of the Chinese state
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Just over a year ago, Chloe Cheung was sitting her A-levels. Now she's
on a Chinese government list of wanted dissidents.

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