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Study: A tiny elite sets Polymarket’s prices while most users lose money
Behavioral dynamics appear to reinforce the edge of contrarian, information-driven strategies.
Study finds domestic dogs have markedly smaller brains than wolves
Finally returning home: American family repatriates five ancient artifacts to Greece
Licked it and put it back—in Singapore: French student’s costly mistake
Only 5 times since the 1950s: Meteorologists warn of a Super El Niño
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US assigned a 25% chance that El Niño could strengthen into a super El Niño by fall or early winter.
Tiny DNA tweak flips biological sex, researchers report
A study reports that a single nucleotide variant in the genome can make an XY individual develop as female and an XX individual develop as male.
Native American use of dice, probability predates known Old World dice by millenia - study
In total, archaeologist Robert Madden observed 659 sets of Native American dice from 57 archaeological sites across 12 different states.
Your cat is bored: It’s not just you, it’s also the food you give it
In controlled feeding experiments with twelve cats of different ages and genders, the team provided commercially available dry foods in a repeated cycle.
Young adults are growing more skeptical and angry about AI
Among young adults in the workforce, close to half said the risks of A.I. outweighed its potential benefits on the job.
4 million cancer cases studied: People who do not marry face as much as 85% greater cancer risk
Researchers and experts note that several health advantages frequently track with marriage in population studies.
French authorities flag cadmium risk in pasta, bread, potatoes
New analyses say cadmium exposure through diet in France are three to four times higher than in most other European countries.
Researchers find traces of caffeine, cocaine in sharks in The Bahamas
The researchers said this is the first report of caffeine and acetaminophen in any shark species worldwide, and the first report of diclofenac and cocaine in sharks from The Bahamas
Japanese corporation floats plan to build massive 'lunar ring'
In its most expansive form, the project could generate up to 13,000 terawatts of energy per hour, a level that would far exceed current global electricity needs if realized at scale.
The supervolcano that once destroyed Japan's civilization is refilling, scientists say
Scientists believe the Akahoya eruption devastated the Jōmon people, who inhabited the area now known as Japan between 14,000 and 300 BCE.
