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Spotted hyenas evolved unusually large frontal brain regions and social skills that rival those of monkeys even though their lineages split tens of millions of years ago. Researchers see it as convergent evolution: intelligence finding a similar solutio
Life Signs
A spotted hyena crossing the savanna does not look remotely like a monkey. One is a bone-cracking carnivore with sloping shoulders; the other belongs to an order built around grasping hands and a lon ...[Continue Reading]
Space Daily
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US cites India on voter IDs, but are elections under Modi clean?
Usaid Siddiqui
US President Donald Trump has been touting Indias election system as a model for tougher voter-identification rules in the United States that he is trying to force through in the face of political op ...[Continue Reading]
Al Jazeera English
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A German Court Drew the Piracy Line at 81.5%, KinoGO Was Blocked with (at least) 82.4%
Ernesto Van der Sar
Since 2021, major German Internet providers have agreed to block the countrys most egregious pirate sites through the Clearing Body for Copyright on the Internet, better known as CUII. The system s ...[Continue Reading]
Torrentfreak.com
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DOJ asks appeals court to reinstate human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Laura Romero
The Department of Justice has asked an appeals court to reinstate the criminal human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. In May, a federal judge granted Abrego Garcia's motion to dismiss th ...[Continue Reading]
Abcnews.com
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The Need to Stop Food Noise
Kristen A. Carter MS
The advent of the GLP-1 and GIP agonist drugs has brought along with it an increased focus on food noise. Many people on one or both of those medications report a serious reduction in food noise, whi ...[Continue Reading]
Psychology Today
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Madonna, Taylor Swift Lead VMA 2026 Nominations
Alex Suskind, Walden Green
Madonna and Taylor Swift are the top nominees at this years Video Music Awards, with the former snagging 11 and the latter with nine. That includes nods for Video of the YearMadge for Confessions II ...[Continue Reading]
Pitchfork
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