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   A PUZZLING ILLNESS PARALYZED US KIDS EVERY OTHER YEAR—UNTIL IT DIDN’T
   
   Researchers braced for a surge in 2022 that never came—and no one knows why.
   
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 * DEEPFAKE SCAMMER WALKS OFF WITH $25 MILLION IN FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND AI HEIST
   
   Hong Kong firm tricked by simulation of multiple real people in video chat,
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 * THE NEW ELECTRIC ESPRINTER OUTPERFORMS, UNDERCUTS RIVIAN’S CARGO VAN
   
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 * HERMIT CRABS FIND NEW HOMES IN PLASTIC WASTE: SHELL SHORTAGE OR
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   The crustaceans are making the most of what they find on the seafloor.
   
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 * THE 2024 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA PUT ON VERY CLOSE RACING FOR A RECORD CROWD
   
   The around-the-clock race marked the start of the North American racing
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   Jonathan M. Gitlin – 2/3/2024, 12:30 PM
   
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 * GOOGLE WILL NO LONGER BACK UP THE INTERNET: CACHED WEBPAGES ARE DEAD
   
   Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.
   
   Ron Amadeo – 2/2/2024, 10:09 PM
   
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 * OUR OLDEST MICROBIAL ANCESTORS WERE WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
   
   Specialized internal structures were present over 1.5 billion years ago.
   
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 9. ROCKET REPORT: SPACEX AT THE SERVICE OF A RIVAL; ENDEAVOUR GOES VERTICAL
    
    The US military appears interested in owning and operating its own fleet of
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