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Niece Visits Her Uncle During Her Summer Vacation, But A Teacher Thinks Shes Skipping School And Abducts Her To Make Her Go Back To School

Jayne Elliott

Shutterstock/Reddit Imagine being on vacation visiting your uncle when suddenly a stranger appears and forces you to come with them. It sounds really scary, and its exactly what happened in this s ...[Continue Reading]

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Which Franchise Is Jason Voorhees From?: Test Your Horror Film Knowledge With 14 Questions

Armandas Lukoeviius

From iconic scares to terrifying plots, step into the ultimate horror film quiz and test your movie knowledge across the genres most unforgettable moments. Were about to challenge your knowledge of ...[Continue Reading]

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Homeless women sought shelter in NYC. They found chronic violence and dysfunction.

Andrew Giambrone

The bloodstains on the elevator at the Tillary Street Womens Shelter lingered for days. Two residents of the 200-bed homeless shelter in Downtown Brooklyn had gotten into a brawl in early September ...[Continue Reading]

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When Robots Have Their ChatGPT Moment, Remember These Pincers

Will Knight

Food handling is an area of work that still relies heavily on humans. Fruit, vegetables, meat, and other foods need to be handled quickly but gently. It is also hard to automate because no two pieces ...[Continue Reading]

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein connects physics, poetry and pop culture

Brianne Kane, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Fonda Mwangi, Jeffery DelViscio, Alex Sugiura, Naeem Amarsy, Rachel Feltman

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. The abstract concepts and complex equations found in the study of physics can feel as esoteric as they do intimidating. ...[Continue Reading]

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The Medias Embrace of Prediction Markets Could Be a Devils Bargain

Grace Segers

These partnerships could also potentially help prediction markets in future legal arguments, if they need to make the case that there is added societal benefit to their product. Several states have f ...[Continue Reading]

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