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Science that makes you laugh? Canadian engineers win Ig Nobel Technology Prize for 3D ‘necroprinting’ with mosquitoes
The team printed a honeycomb and a Canadian maple leaf, both roughly the size of a single grain of sand.
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Month: September 2026
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From east to west: Why Turkey is playing both sides
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doesn’t want others defining Turkey’s choices. He’s seeking a better position within an existing world order and recognition that Turkey is entitled to forge its own path.
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Billing culture: Nigerian rapper eLDee takes on modern dating in I Wish You Well
Has romance turned into a marketplace where intimacy is measured through transactions?
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South Africans and migrants: study tracks the barriers to being good neighbours
Mutual suspicion and prejudice continue to undermine relations between South Africans and African immigrants.
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The medieval world had its own ‘deepfakes’ – church officials cited a fake imperial decree for centuries
The forged document was used as leverage to try to expand papal control throughout the Italian peninsula.
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Friendship is built over time, through ordinary moments – I teach lonely college students to notice them
Students in this course learn about the biology and sociology of friendship, but also put their studies to the test by going to eat a meal with a peer, and tracking their experience.
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ICE arrests at Philadelphia International evoke time when airport police helped military catch AWOL Vietnam War soldiers in 1960s
A local historian combed through a 1967 collection of police incident reports from Philadelphia’s airport police that included detentions of soldiers and veterans.
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AI tools can help Americans meet their civil legal needs
The US legal system often fails to provide counsel for millions of Americans in civil cases. Generic and law-specific AI models can help address this justice gap of unmet legal needs.
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Trump and Xi face an AI security dilemma – but face-to-face diplomacy could be a start in mitigating it
The question is whether both leaders appreciate each other’s security fears.
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Pezeshkian speaks from the heart, but with legal, moral and strategic clarity
COMMENTARY: By Reza Nasri President Masoud Pezeshkian came to New York with a written text. After hearing US President Donald Trump at the same rostrum the day before, he set it aside, telling delegates he had prepared a speech before the US president called Iran a terrorist state. He was, by most accounts, the first
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How Trump’s crypto winnings undermined the industry’s push for looser regulation
The crypto industry scored a series of wins in 2025, only to see its top legislative goal fail in 2026.
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Why making Americans bet with cash could protect people from gambling problems
By adding friction and making it possible for people around problem gamblers to see what they’re up to, a cash requirement could protect them from big losses.