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“Until then, scientists believed that comb jellies ate and excreted through the same opening, similarly to other simple organisms. But Browne’s videos showed that they had a mouth in addition to an anus, which meant that they had evolved the so-called ‘through-gut,’ in which food comes in through the mouth — and then comes out the other end. That revelation was such a big deal that it merited publication in the journal Science, which stated that ‘the butthole is one of the finest innovations in the past 540 million years of animal evolution,’ because it made eating more efficient and more hygienic. Before comb jellies evolved the extra waste-expelling outlet, all known organisms were eating and excreting through the same orifice. That makes comb jellies the proud owners of the world’s oldest asshole.”

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“A miles-wide volcano off Oregon’s coast could erupt ‘soon’ say scientists who’ve been tracking it for decades. The Axial Seamount is a massive undersea volcano that reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed, 300 miles offshore. It last erupted in 2015 but has a history of more than 50 different eruptions over the last 800 years. The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to people.”

“Very few former students can claim they never wrote a last-minute research paper the night before it was due. AI tools are already giving students all new ways to fake their papers. Now, OpenAI’s new ‘Deep Research' tool seems perfectly designed to help students fake their way through a term paper unless asked to cite sources that don’t include Wikipedia. … Google’s ‘Deep Research’ is supposed to generate long-form reports over the course of 30 minutes or more, depending on the depth of the requested topic. Boiled down, Google’s and OpenAI’s tools are AI agents capable of performing multiple internet searches while reasoning about the next step to generate a report.”

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“The next game in the franchise is being developed by four development teams who are part of a new group known as ‘Battlefield Studios.’ As stated on a web page announcing the group, which includes Battlefield creators Dice alongside Criterion, Ripple Effect and Motive, these studios are working together ‘to bring a bold and faithful new vision for the series to life.’ Early gameplay of this next Battlefield game seems to indicate that, as previously confirmed by EA, it will return the franchise to modern day combat, as seen in fan-favorite titles BF3 and BF4. The studios involved also explained that this new game will feature the familiar classes and vehicles, used in destructible maps — all hallmarks of the series. And this next Battlefield game, which remains unnamed and doesn’t have a release date, will include a single-player campaign, too.”