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Sun, December 8, 2024
[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - MSN
Chinese data centers told to stick to Nvidia chips, domestic chips not compatible
[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Dhaka Tribune
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Business Insider
The universities already offering AI degrees, from Penn to Carnegie Mellon
[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Sydney Morning Herald
The Coalition told the CSIRO to re-do its nuclear report. It's bad news for Dutton
[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Manila Bulletin
7 scientists, innovators from Western Visayas feted
[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - wusf
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - The Royal Gazette
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - earth
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - The News International
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - The Punch Newspapers
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - The New York Times
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Stars and Stripes
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - The Indian Express
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Live Science
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Vanguard
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - Stabroek News
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sun, Dec 08th 2024 ] - SciTech Daily
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Sat, December 7, 2024
[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Forbes
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Time
What Trump's New AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks Means For the Tech Industry
[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - The Express Tribune
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Aviation Week
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Interesting Engineering
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Femina
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Nigerian Tribune
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - New Scientist
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Popular Science
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Popular Science
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Forbes
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Live Science
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - The New York Times
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - SciTech Daily
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Interesting Engineering
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - The Mirror
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - New America
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - The Jamaica Observer
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Space.com
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
ChatGPT Pro is here, and it can ?think harder,? but OpenAI will charge a whopping $200 for it
[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - inc42
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Deccan Chronicle
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - 3FM Isle of Man
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - manilatimes
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - 3FM Isle of Man
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Interesting Engineering
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - businessday
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Live Science
World's 1st mechanical qubit uses no light or ele .. could lead to ultra-precise gravity-sensing tech.
[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Daily Express
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Daily Express
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Gizmodo
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - 3FM Isle of Man
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Richmond
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Astronomy
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Greek Reporter
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Edutopia
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Newsroom
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Edutopia
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Physics World
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - The Marietta Times
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - The Jamaica Observer
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - MSN
Who is David Sacks, Trump's crypto and AI chief?
[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Science Daily
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - moneycontrol.com
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - Climate Central
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - WESH
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[ Sat, Dec 07th 2024 ] - The Marietta Times
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Fri, December 6, 2024
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - NextBigFuture
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Science Daily
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - usace.army.mil
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - iaea.org
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Euronews
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Wall Street Journal
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Popular Science
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - TheStreet.com
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
The moon's biggest and most ancient crater is more circular than previously thought
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Global Times
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Quanta Magazine
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Wired
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Business Standard
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - The Economist
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Nature
A science mega-programme is taking shape in the EU: what it means for researchers
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - world-nuclear-news
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Tahoe Daily Tribune.com
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Space.com
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Dhaka Tribune
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - world-nuclear-news
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Politico
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - The Conversation
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - USA Today
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - fingerlakes1
Trump appoints David Sacks as AI and crypto policy leader
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - News Medical
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - The Boston Globe
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Cyprus Mail
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
Elon Musk pal David Sacks will be Trump's AI and crypto czar
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Daily Express
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - bera.ac.uk
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - fitnessvolt
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Daily Express
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - New York Post
Trump names David Sacks as White House AI and cryptocurrency czar
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - cnbctv18
OpenAI introduces $200 ChatGPT Pro plan with advanced models and extra features
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MIT Technology Review
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - The New Zealand Herald
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - India Today
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Daily Express
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - SciTech Daily
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MyBroadband
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Analytics Insight
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - NDTV
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - The Lancet
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - Oxford Mail
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - justthenews
Trump appoints David Sacks as new 'White House AI & Crypto Czar'
[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 06th 2024 ] - MSN
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Thu, December 5, 2024
[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - Firstpost
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - RTE Online
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - Sydney Morning Herald
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - University of California
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - decrypt
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - The Globe and Mail
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - MassLive
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - MSN
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[ Thu, Dec 05th 2024 ] - The New York Times
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Watch a slingshot spider deploy a perfectly-timed trap


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Published in Science and Technology on Thursday, December 5th 2024 at 6:02 GMT by Tim Hastings   Print publication without navigation

  • Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don't just passively wait for their prey to find its way into their web. Instead, they take action. These arachnids-also called ray spiders-pull the center of their flat web back to form a cone with themselves at the tip of the cone.

The article from Popular Science discusses a unique species of spider known as the triangle weaver spider (Hyptiotes paradoxus), which employs an innovative hunting technique involving a "slingshot" mechanism in its web. Unlike typical orb-weaving spiders, the triangle weaver constructs a small, triangular web with a unique structure where it holds onto a tension line. When prey hits the web, the spider releases this line, causing the web to snap forward like a slingshot, trapping the prey in a swift, energy-efficient manner. This method not only conserves energy but also allows the spider to capture prey much larger than itself. The article highlights how this behavior showcases the evolutionary adaptations of spiders for survival, providing insights into the mechanics of spider webs and the fascinating world of arachnid behavior.

Read the Full Popular Science Article at:
[ https://www.popsci.com/environment/slingshot-spider-web/ ]

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