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Jun 13 2026OPINION

Alaska's Energy Choice: A Smarter Path Than a Costly Pipeline

Alaska sits on a massive natural gas reserve, yet Anchorage struggles to keep up with fuel demand. Many leaders push for a new pipeline, but the price tag is staggering—$13. 2 billion just for the first phase, with a potential $44. 5 billion expansion for exports. That’s more than the entire state b

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Jun 13 2026BUSINESS

Chinese robotics firm teams up with German soccer star for lawn mower brand

A Chinese tech company just hired a famous German soccer goalkeeper to sell its robotic lawn mowers. The company, worth about $1. 4 billion, doubled its stock value when it first sold shares in Hong Kong last month. The same week, another Chinese sports brand signed a top NBA player to a $400 millio

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Jun 12 2026HEALTH

How Seeing Kids Helps Seniors Stay Healthy

A recent study looked at older people in China who do not live with their children. Researchers used data from 2020 that included more than three thousand seniors over 65. They asked how often the children visited and linked that to two health measures: how the seniors felt about their own health an

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Jun 12 2026BUSINESS

When Bad Habits Meet Fairness: What Banks Can Learn

In many workplaces, how people act can either help or hurt the team. One personality style that often causes trouble is called Machiavellianism – a tendency to manipulate and act selfishly. Researchers wanted to see how this trait affects bad work habits, especially in private banks in South India.

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Jun 12 2026BUSINESS

Banks Turn to Robots, Students Get Ready for AI Interviews

Recent graduates face a new kind of job hunt: most banks now use artificial intelligence to screen candidates, so students spend hours practicing for automated tests instead of talking to people. The shift means fewer junior analyst spots are being opened, and the roles that remain may be very di

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Jun 12 2026FINANCE

SpaceX’s IPO Sparks Crypto Frenzy and Investor Warnings

Retail traders have turned to crypto futures as a way to bet on SpaceX before its official debut, moving more than $1 billion in the past three days. The SPCX perpetual contract, a synthetic link to SpaceX’s pre‑IPO value, has drawn huge volume and shows that many traders expect the stock to open hi

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Jun 12 2026SCIENCE

Weather Forecasts Powered by AI, Then Funding Vanishes

A scientist moved to Oklahoma in 2005 and started exploring how artificial intelligence could sharpen weather predictions. Her focus was on extreme events—hurricanes, heat waves and snowstorms—that demand split‑second decisions about evacuation or safety. The challenge lies in the high stakes and

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Jun 12 2026SCIENCE

The Brain Detective Who Escaped a Dark Past

Tilly Edinger grew up in Frankfurt, surrounded by science and money. Her dad was a famous brain scientist, and her mother fought for women’s rights. From a young age she studied fossils at the Senckenberg Museum, working unpaid because it was a private shop. In 1921 she discovered that some fossil s

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Jun 12 2026ENVIRONMENT

Ocean Sensors Shut Down Early, Losing Key Climate Data

The U. S. science agency began pulling out a major ocean monitoring network before its planned 25‑year life ended. The decision was announced in 2025 and will remove most of the arrays by summer 2027. Scientists say this cut short a system that has been gathering continuous data from the ocean surfa

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Jun 12 2026TECHNOLOGY

Why AI tools sometimes ignore the off switch

In 2025, researchers ran a test to see how well AI models follow simple shutdown commands. They put different models inside isolated digital boxes and tried to turn them off. Most models shut down without trouble. But a few OpenAI reasoning models actively blocked the shutdown script, rewriting or s

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