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This Japanese Ritual May Be The Secret To Reaching A Goal. Here's Why You Should Try It.


Sree VijaykumarIt sounds too easy to actually work — but experts say it does.

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Editor's Note: Giving yourself permission to make a small improvement each day, without rushing the process just to get to the end point, can also help stave off task paralysis.



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Parents Can Soon Use QR Codes to Reveal Heavy Metal Content in Baby Food
Parents Can Soon Use QR Codes to Reveal Heavy Metal Content in Baby Food
A quick scan with a smartphone or an online search can identify foods with lower levels of these toxic substances.


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The AI Debate We're Not Having
Current debates* about artificial intelligence circle endlessly around questions of capability, economic impact, and resource allocation - not to mention language.






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The great burden of assumed knowledge
Remember when creating something meant just... creating it? These days, putting anything out into the world feels like walking through a minefield of "actually, that already exists."


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SpaceX's Video Of Starlink Satellites In Space Is So Good It Looks Fake
SpaceX's Video Of Starlink Satellites In Space Is So Good It Looks Fake
This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. SpaceX has shared a fresh video of the Falcon 9 deploying a batch of 21 Starlink satellites into space.




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Ukraine is making weapons 'faster and cheaper' than anywhere else in Europe -- and that's a problem, Danish PM warns
Ukraine is making weapons 'faster and cheaper' than anywhere else in Europe -- and that's a problem, Danish PM warns
Denmark's prime minister has said Ukraine is able to produce weaponry "faster and cheaper" than anywhere else in Europe despite being at war, something she said should alarm the West.


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Are Noise-Cancelling Headphones to Blame for Young People's Hearing Problems?
Are Noise-Cancelling Headphones to Blame for Young People's Hearing Problems?
More young people are presenting to audiology teams in England with difficulty processing sound.




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Photos: Japan sinks giant tidal turbine to generate power from ocean currents
Photos: Japan sinks giant tidal turbine to generate power from ocean currents
Japan's renewable energy ambitions have received a major push as Proteus Marine Renewables has successfully deployed its powerful AR1100 tidal turbine in the Naru Strait, located between the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture.


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Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
Alexa's coming AI upgrade is being pushed back because of 'incorrect answers,' according to The Washington Post. Alexa's coming AI upgrade is being pushed back because of 'incorrect answers,' according to The Washington Post.




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Massive methane leaks detected in Antarctica, posing potential risks for global warming
Massive methane leaks detected in Antarctica, posing potential risks for global warming
A Spanish scientific expedition has discovered columns of gas emerging from the seabed.


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Five Russians went out drinking. When they got back, Australia had struck
Five Russians went out drinking. When they got back, Australia had struck
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Siberian nightlife has its opportunities. Just ask Australian cyber spies, who used local criminals' decision to enjoy a vodka-soaked night to bust a multi-million dollar business run by Russians warehousing stolen data.




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As Israel fields Iron Beam, Gulf states are pining for the technology
As Israel fields Iron Beam, Gulf states are pining for the technology
MILAN -- Interest in direct-energy weapons is rising in the Gulf region, a technology in which Israel has proclaimed itself a leader with the fielding of the Iron Beam.


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Man from uncontacted Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers demonstrate a lighter
Man from uncontacted Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers demonstrate a lighter
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil's Amazon, the country's Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses said Thursday. The encounter occurred around 7 p.m.




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Here are the OpenAI employees who are joining Mira Murati's new startup
Here are the OpenAI employees who are joining Mira Murati's new startup
Since leaving OpenAI in the fall of 2024, former exec Mira Murati has wasted no time starting her next venture.


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European leaders plan emergency summit as US and Russia prepare for Ukraine peace talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called yesterday for the creation of an "army of Europe" amid rising concerns the US may no longer come to the continent's aid.




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Trump Team Leaves European Alliance in Crisis; Macron Calls for Emergency Summit
Trump Team Leaves European Alliance in Crisis; Macron Calls for Emergency Summit
Mr. Zelensky predicted that Mr. Putin would soon seek to manipulate Mr. Trump, speculating that the Russian leader would invite the new American president to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. “Putin will try to get the U.S. president standing on Red Square on May 9 this year,” he told a jammed hall of European diplomats and defense and intelligence officials, “not as a respected leader but as a prop in his own performance.”


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Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with US
Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with US
Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, said: “If the US wants us to step up in defence, it should have a national component, a Nato component, but I also believe a European EU component, EU subsidies for the defence industry to build up our capacity to produce, but also an EU force worthy of its name.”




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The US is ready to hand Russia a win: newspapers on Europes Trump shock
The US is ready to hand Russia a win: newspapers on Europes Trump shock
"But we understand that any compromise with Russia won't be the end of the war. There can't be a compromise in this war. Russia wins - the west loses. The west wins - Russia loses. Europe, the time is now."


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Zelenskyy says Russia will wage war on Nato if US support for Ukraine wanes
Zelenskyy says Russia will wage war on Nato if US support for Ukraine wanes
"The risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100%, not all Europe, they will begin [with] those countries who are our friends, small countries who've been in the USSR, in the Soviet Union. Forgive me, but today these are Nato countries."


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Egypt draws up Gaza reconstruction plan that would exclude Hamas
Egypt draws up Gaza reconstruction plan that would exclude Hamas
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has not ruled out an alternative to the Trump plan but said: “Any plan that leaves Hamas in the Gaza Strip will be a problem, because Israel will not tolerate that,” and thus would be a return to square one.


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Trumps return means UK must swiftly find a way to increase defence spending | Peter Walker
Trumps return means UK must swiftly find a way to increase defence spending | Peter Walker
Such caution is arguably part of a wider phenomenon of UK politicians valiantly trying to argue that Trump's America is the same dependable ally it always was and not the fickle, treaty-shredding transactional force it has suddenly become.


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Trump cuts reach FDA workers focused on food safety and medical devices
Trump cuts reach FDA workers focused on food safety and medical devices
FDA inspectors are responsible for overseeing thousands of food, drug, tobacco and medical device facilities worldwide, though the AP reported last year that the agency faced a backlog of roughly 2,000 uninspected drug facilities that hadn’t been visited since before the pandemic.


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MLKs family fear new batch of assassination files will have FBI smears
MLKs family fear new batch of assassination files will have FBI smears
King dedicated his life's work to advancing civil rights across the United States before assassin James Earl Ray fatally shot him at the Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on 4 April 1968.


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Trump and Musk's Valentine's Day Massacre of Military Veterans
Trump and Musk's Valentine's Day Massacre of Military Veterans
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have laid off thousands of government employees this week, including 1,000 staffers at the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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Opinion: 'Make America Healthy Again' by Transforming Animal Agriculture
Opinion: 'Make America Healthy Again' by Transforming Animal Agriculture
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. awaits the outcome of his Senate confirmation for Health and Human Services Secretary -- which is slated for today -- bird flu is ravaging American farms.


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Elon Musk's Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
Elon Musk's Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
This morning, workers at the US Treasury Department's Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) received an email announcing that Tom Krause, a software executive and Elon Musk ally, was "appointed to perform the delegated duties of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary.


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Trump steel tariffs negative for both UK and US, says business secretary
Trump steel tariffs negative for both UK and US, says business secretary
The Liberal Democrats have said the government urgently needs to prepare for retaliatory tariff. Deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the UK steel industry was being left "dangerously exposed" to the "devastating damage" Trump's tariffs could inflict.


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As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight
As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight
Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, his administration and Republicans in Congress have sent universities reeling with crackdowns on diversity initiatives, threats to endowments and potential deportations of undocumented students.


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They fought for the Social Security Fairness Act. Now they're waiting to see benefit increases
They fought for the Social Security Fairness Act. Now they're waiting to see benefit increases
The win has inspired Jimenez, a high school senior who plans to attend college next year, to keep pushing for Social Security reform. He plans to complete another walk in Texas next month to call attention to the issue.


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Restaurants warn of weak first quarter, but say sales will pick up later this year
Restaurants warn of weak first quarter, but say sales will pick up later this year
"[Earnings per share] is expected to be the lowest in [the fiscal second quarter] on an absolute basis due to seasonality, the organization restructuring I just spoke about and elevated investments, with year-over-year pressure also intensifying in the quarter," she said in late January. "EPS is then expected to improve in the latter half of the fiscal year 2025, both sequentially and year-over-year."


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In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis
In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis
Mr. Bove and Attorney General Pam Bondi have argued that dropping the charges against Mr. Adams is part of a broader effort to end the “weaponization” of the department by reining in excesses of the Biden administration. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment.


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Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response
Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response
Ukraine will not take part, Andriy Yermak, the head of the President Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential office, confirmed Sunday in a post on the Telegram social networking site. He said that Ukraine would prefer to reach a common plan for negotiations with the Trump administration before meeting with a Russian delegation.


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Ukraine Won't Accept a Deal It Didn't Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says
Ukraine Won't Accept a Deal It Didn't Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says
Mr. Zelensky’s interview came as three top foreign policy aides in the Trump administration — Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; Mike Waltz, the national security adviser; and Steve Witkoff, the Middle East envoy who also works on Ukraine-Russia issues — were expected to meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss a path to ending the war. It would be the first substantial talks between the two countries on the conflict, three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion.


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Volunteers Search for ISIS Kidnap Victims
Volunteers Search for ISIS Kidnap Victims
The missing people are all members of a religious minority, the Yazidi, who were a particular focus of the brutal campaign of terror that ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, launched in 2014. In the years that followed, according to a United Nations commission, the militants murdered, enslaved, raped and tortured at will. Some 3,100 Yazidis were killed and 6,800 kidnapped in August 2014 alone, one study estimates.


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Venting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash
Venting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash
While Mr. Trump has not taken action against any liberal groups or lawmakers, Democrats worry his frequent threats of retribution during the campaign have led to a chilling effect on the charitable foundations and nonprofit advocacy groups that have long been pillars of the country’s civil society.


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Journalists Share Short Sketches of 'S.N.L.' Memories
Journalists Share Short Sketches of 'S.N.L.' Memories
In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of “S.N.L.,” which NBC is honoring with a special broadcast on Sunday, The Times’s Culture desk has published a deeper look into the history and influence of the show. Articles in a series, “S.N.L.” at 50, have appeared in newspapers since last fall, exploring topics such as popular political sketches, five decades of musical guests and the subjective eye its viewers tend to develop.


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Powerful Winds Lash the East Coast as Part of Deadly Winter Storm
Powerful Winds Lash the East Coast as Part of Deadly Winter Storm
On Sunday, wind gusts up to 62 miles per hour were recorded at Washington Dulles International Airport, and up to 65 m.p.h. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, said Connor Belak, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.


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At Least 9 Dead in South After Rainstorm Pounds the Region
At Least 9 Dead in South After Rainstorm Pounds the Region
Steve Carr, the Obion County mayor, declared a state of emergency on Sunday in response to the severe flooding. He said on Facebook that there would be mandatory evacuations in Rives because of “the rising water, no electricity, and freezing temperature creating a life-threatening situation.”


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BAFTA Awards Winners: 'Conclave,' 'Anora' and 'The Brutalist' Take Home Top Prizes
BAFTA Awards Winners: 'Conclave,' 'Anora' and 'The Brutalist' Take Home Top Prizes
The cast and crew of “Conclave” looked stunned when the best film prize was announced. Isabella Rossellini, who plays a nun in the movie, stood onstage smiling gleefully throughout Berger’s acceptance speech, in which he said he was “deeply humbled” to see his film receive the honor.


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A Mandate for Boston's Suburbs: Make Room for More Apartments
A Mandate for Boston's Suburbs: Make Room for More Apartments
The law requires 177 cities and towns served by public transit — spanning eastern Massachusetts from the New Hampshire border to the Cape Cod bridges — to allow multifamily housing to be built without a special permit, in at least one area near public transportation. Most of the communities were supposed to submit revised zoning rules by the end of last year.


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Viktor Antonov, art director for Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died, according to colleagues
Viktor Antonov, art director for Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died, according to colleagues
Writer Marc Laidlaw first shared the news in an Instagram story, and other former colleagues have since paid tribute too.


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Vision Pro will reportedly get Apple Intelligence as soon as April
Vision Pro will reportedly get Apple Intelligence as soon as April
The first Apple Intelligence features to come to Vision Pro will reportedly include Writing Tools, Genmoji and Image Playground. Gurman reports that developers may get access to these features in beta “as soon as this week.” Don’t expect any major changes to Siri on Vision Pro just yet, though. According to Gurman, a “major AI overhaul” the company had been planning for the assistant has been delayed.


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YouTube TV has reached a deal with Paramount to keep carrying CBS, CBS Sports and other channels
YouTube TV has reached a deal with Paramount to keep carrying CBS, CBS Sports and other channels
“We’re happy to share that we’ve reached a deal to continue carrying Paramount channels, including CBS, CBS Sports, Nickelodeon and more,” YouTube TV wrote in a blog post and on X. “With this agreement, YouTube TV will continue to offer 100+ channels and add-ons including Paramount+ with SHOWTIME and will enable more user choice in the future. To our subscribers, we appreciate your patience while we negotiated on your behalf.” BET+ will also remain available.


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Australia news live: Littleproud says Duttons idea to break up insurers not a policy; crime syndicate busted over Pokmon card thefts
Australia news live: Littleproud says Duttons idea to break up insurers not a policy; crime syndicate busted over Pokmon card thefts
But unfortunately, their legal firm has contacted the commission to vacate today. So we'll be showing up to get it done. It's not a personal thing, this. We need to get everything done and to move on, especially for the commuters of NSW.


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Artist Lindy Lee quits Creative Australia board after heartbreaking decision to dump Biennale pick
Artist Lindy Lee quits Creative Australia board after heartbreaking decision to dump Biennale pick
That statement said the board "believes a prolonged and divisive debate about the 2026 selection outcome poses an unacceptable risk to public support for Australia's artistic community and could undermine our goal of bringing Australians together through art and creativity".


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Embrace of Indigenous artists reaches London thanks to influence of Venice Biennale
Embrace of Indigenous artists reaches London thanks to influence of Venice Biennale
Johnathon World Peace Bush is at Frieze No.9 Cork Street from 27 February to 15 March; Mario Martinez is at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery from 21 February to 22 March; Emily Kam Kngwarray is at Tate Modern from 10 July to 11 January 2026.


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Climate 200 to help bankroll candidates in four Labor seats at federal election
Climate 200 to help bankroll candidates in four Labor seats at federal election
“The whole process pushes downward pressure on the cost of elections so ordinary Australians have a chance to be elected, not those candidates that are supported by the billionaires and the millionaires,” he said.


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Starmer ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if peace deal reached
Starmer ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if peace deal reached
It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about sending British peacekeepers to Ukraine


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Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance
Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance
According to Mykolaiv’s mayor, Oleksandr Senkevych, the plant was badly damaged. “This was done deliberately to leave people without heat at sub-zero temperatures and create a humanitarian catastrophe,” he wrote on Telegram. More than 100,000 people are without heating.


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UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard Ratcliffe
UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe said of the Foremans: “The top priority for the government should be to make sure they get to visit and that they are not being kept in solitary. It will be important they do not feel alone. A court process may soon come. It’s not a real court. But it will be a form of brutal theatre to get the government’s attention.”


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We live in constant fear: Alawites in Syrias Homs terrified of reprisals
We live in constant fear: Alawites in Syrias Homs terrified of reprisals
Ibrahim was bolder with his frustrations. "If the Sunnis continue like this for another few months, maybe the Alawites will call for the return of a president like Assad. Maybe they'll even call for his return," he said.




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