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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

Making friends with your past and future selves
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same person you were when you were younger? People vary in how close
they feel to their past and future selves, a trait known as
self-continuity. Those with greater self-continuity are more likely to
make responsible, long-term decisions, research shows. These five
self-portraits by the German painter Albrecht Dürer show the artist
at age 13, 22, 27, 29 and 51 (left to right).

Many of us look back at our former selves and wince to recall our
immaturity. We vary quite a lot in the degree to which we feel
friendly toward, and connected to, both our former and our future
selves. Psychologists call this trait self-continuity, and suggest
that it carries enormous weight in determining our long-term
well-being.

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Editor's Note: For more than a decade, scientists have searched for
ways to manipulate self-continuity in study participants to try to get
them to behave more prudently. They have reported success with a
variety of approaches, including having people interact with a
computer-generated older version of themselves, sometimes with the
help of virtual-reality glasses.

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Human-robot interaction: Are we prepared for the ethical challenges?
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We've come a long way from viewing robots merely as tools. Today,
artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enabled robots play increasing
roles in human lives - from assisting us in mundane everyday tasks to
aiding in complex scientific research.















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Yellen: US will hit debt ceiling in mid- or late-January
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday she expects the U.S. will
officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- to late-January,
starting the clock on a major fiscal challenge facing President-elect
Donald Trump in his first months in office.

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FIDE statement regarding Magnus Carlsen's dress code breach
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FIDE regulations for the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships,
including the dress code, are designed to ensure professionalism and
fairness for all participants. Today, Mr.














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Earth's largest waterfall is hidden in the ocean
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Picture the majestic Angel Falls or the thundering Niagara Falls -
waterfalls so powerful they draw millions of admirers each year. Yet,
there exists another overflow so vast and awe-inspiring that it
renders these iconic cascades almost insignificant by comparison.

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2 Reasons Why 'Hibernation Relationships' Don't Last--By A
Psychologist
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A "hibernation relationship" refers to when a couple comes together
during the winter months, spending significant time "denning" indoors,
away from the cold. It's like being in a cozy bubble where they find
comfort in each other's company, embracing the intimacy and quiet of
the season.














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The 60 strongest housing markets heading into 2025
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Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your
inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National home prices are
up 2.3% year over year. Historically, that reflects slightly softer
growth compared to the average annual increase of 4.7% since 2000.

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How the Assad regime made billions producing and exporting party drugs
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Damascus, the epicenter of Bashar al-Assad's web of control. Now his
regime's carefully guarded secrets are being unlocked. We're driving
up into the mountains on the outskirts of Damascus, heading for a
large Captagon facility that rebel fighters discovered when they took
the city.














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The Big Five Publishers Have Killed Literary Fiction
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Literary fiction is dead. Or, so we've been told. Perhaps we can agree
it lies bleeding. It's convenient to assume that readers are to blame
for killing literary fiction, and publishers have abandoned it because
book-buyers are stupid, have bad taste, and just aren't reading
anymore.

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How 'The Brutalist' Conjures Up a Grand Building That Doesn't Exist
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Central to the plot of the director Brady Corbet's new drama, "The
Brutalist," is an enormous structure known as the Van Buren Institute.
Situated in Pennsylvania, it is made of concrete. The negative space
between the two towers that stretch high above it forms the symbol of
a cross.














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The UK's First Double Lung Transplant Using "Lungs In A Box" Was A
Success
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The first patient in the UK has successfully received a double-lung
transplant using a machine that is being nicknamed "lungs in a box".
The XPSTM system from XVIVO could improve the number of available
lungs for donation, helping those currently waiting for the
life-saving procedure.

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Rite Aid 'zombies' are pockmarking America
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Rite Aid’s troubles are not unique. The chain, like the whole
pharmacy sector, is grappling with rising costs, staffing shortages,
and an increase in competition. As the chain continues its efforts to
recover, it remains to be seen whether it can reinvent itself and
ultimately survive.














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Trump Weighs In on Immigrant Visa Debate but Offers Little Clarity
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But it did respond to a prior query about Mr. Trump’s position on
work visas by sharing the text of a speech he made in 2020 extolling
the work of American citizens in building the country, noting that
“Americans must never lose sight of this miraculous story.” While
campaigning in 2016, Mr. Trump spoke out against the H-1B program,
calling it “very bad for workers” and stating that “we should
end it.”

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How TSMC's Arizona Chip Plant Seeded a Tiny Taipei in the Desert
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The spaceshiplike factory drawing thousands of workers and their
families to the area is a crucial part of President Biden’s effort
to bolster advanced chip production in the United States. The company,
known as TSMC, has committed $65 billion to the project and is set to
receive $6.6 billion in grants through the CHIPS and Science Act.














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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will face fraud charges in the U.S.
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Do Kwon, the co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency startup Terraform
Labs, will be extradited from Montenegro to the U.S. to face federal
fraud charges, as first reported by Bloomberg. Kwon faces charges in
both the U.S.

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Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are
about to be detained in US | CNN
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Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn
relatives and local consulates if they think they are about to be
detained by the U.S. immigration department, a senior official said
Friday.













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A Large Family Built Its Own Little Town. A Hurricane Killed 11 of
Them.
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At a time of year meant for family gatherings and holiday
celebrations, the Craigs, nearly all deeply religious Baptists, are
clasping their hands in prayer and asking: Can God help their
shattered hearts and land?

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Departing Air Force Secretary Will Leave Space Weaponry as a Legacy
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Perhaps of equal significance is the Air Force’s shift under Mr.
Kendall to rapidly acquire a new type of fighter jet: a
missile-carrying robot that in some cases could make kill decisions
without human approval of each individual strike.

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Dayle Haddon, Model and Actress, Dies at 76 After Suspected Carbon
Monoxide Leak
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As a teen, she went on to perform for some of the most esteemed
troupes in Canada, including for Les Grands Ballet Canadiens. Ms.
Haddon took on modeling to pay for her classes. She found success in
the side gig and was named “Miss Montreal” in her late teens.

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Behind the Dismantling of Hezbollah: Decades of Israeli Intelligence
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A Times investigation shows how extensively Israel penetrated the
Lebanese militia, closely tracking the group's commanders and
culminating in the assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

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Boeing 737-800, a Precursor to the 737 Max, Is Used Widely.
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But Mr. Meshkati and other aviation experts cautioned against rushing
to judgment about such incidents. Crashes are often caused by multiple
factors, which can take years to uncover through in-depth
investigations.

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South Korea's Acting President Has Only Been in Office Since Friday
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The second major impeachment in two weeks meant that South Korea
continued to be without a strong elected leader in charge of the
government and military in one of Washington’s most important
allies, at a time when the country is grappling with North Korea’s
nuclear threats and economic challenges at home.

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Ignoring Warnings, a Growing Band of Tourists Venture to Afghanistan
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Over the past three years, Taliban officials say, 14,500 foreign
tourists have visited the isolated, poverty-stricken nation. They have
arrived with hard currency that Afghanistan desperately needs.

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How An Underground Church for L.G.B.T. Africans Has Thrived in Kenya
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Many in the room fled neighboring countries where being L.G.B.T.Q. is
so dangerous it can be fatal. This weekly service is their chance to
worship openly, embracing both their faith and their gender and sexual
identities.

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Opinion | The Gift of Traveling Through Time
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My daily record of adulthood was bound to sound a lot less fun, but I
decided to attempt something similar. My ground rules: 1. Keep it
brief. 2. No revising. 3. No looking back until the end of the year,
since that risked my breaking rule No. 2.

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AT&T says networks cleared after Salt Typhoon hacking attack (NYSE:T)
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AT&T confirms network cleared after Salt Typhoon hack.

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South Korea plane crash: air traffic controllers warned about bird
strike minutes before accident feared to have killed 177
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Most presumed dead on Jeju Air flight carrying 181 people, after plane
hit wall at Muan airport

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Jeju Air crash: almost all presumed dead after South Korean aircraft
veers off runway and hits wall
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Sunday’s crash came almost a year after a Japan Airlines plane
struck a coastguard aircraft and burst into flames as it landed at
Haneda airport in Tokyo. All 379 passengers and 12 crew managed to
exit the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames. Five crew members
of the coastguard plane died in the accident.

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Three drownings over weekend add to Australiaa??s growing toll as
lifesavers plead for caution
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Royal Life Saving Australia data shows the number of drownings has
spiked in 2024, with the death rate 20% higher than the five-year
average, but slightly lower than the number of deaths recorded this
time in 2023.

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Renewed bushfire warnings for NSW, Victoria and WA as heat forecast to
return for new year
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Temperatures in the low 30s are forecast for central and northern
regions of Victoria next week, but Melbourne was expected to see
milder conditions over the new year’s holiday, with highs in the 20s
across the week.

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Pilot dies but passenger survives light plane crash in northern NSW
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His passenger, a man in his 30s, was treated for head, spinal and arm
injuries before being airlifted to Gold Coast University hospital in a
serious but stable condition, a NSW Ambulance spokesperson said.

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Rebel Wilson weds Ramona Agruma in Sydney a?? and this time ita??s for
real
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The happy news comes at the end of a busy year for Wilson, best known
for her roles in Pitch Perfect and Bridemaids, who released a memoir
in May. The star is also being sued in California for defamation over
social media posts.

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Firefighters still wary of Grampians outbreak after fire destroys at
least three homes
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“Some mild weather overnight has assisted firefighting efforts and
has given crews the chance to strengthen containment lines. Crews will
continue to black out the fire with help from machinery and aircraft
today.”

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Georgiaa??s pro-west president says she remains the a??only legitimate
presidenta?? as new leader sworn in
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The standoff between Zourabichvili and GD had plunged the country into
a political crisis following the contested election in October that GD
had won but many Georgians believe was rigged with Russia's help.

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Councils failing to take homeless young people into care
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A spokesperson for the Department of Education said: “After
inheriting a broken care system, we are delivering meaningful reform
and investment. The children’s wellbeing and schools bill will put
children’s futures at the centre of rebuilding public services,
requiring higher standards for children in care and care leavers.”

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a??Authoritarian and heavy-handeda??: call for investigation into
vetting of experts by UK civil servants
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A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: "This guidance was withdrawn over
a year ago under the previous government. There is no cross-government
guidance on vetting speakers for departmental events."

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Murdoch, Musk, water firms a?? Here are the a??winnersa?? in another
torrid year for business
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But for sheer monopolistic chutzpah it's hard to beat some of
England's water companies. The only fully privatised water industry in
the world has been showing everybody else what it means to be free of
the dead hand of the state: Southern Water tried to raise bills by 83%
this year; the regulator allowed it a mere 53% instead as an early
Christmas present.

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Controversial face-down restraint still being used for mental health
patients in England
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“Our mental health bill will ensure that people with the most severe
mental health conditions receive better, more-personalised treatment
that is appropriate, proportionate and compassionate to their needs.

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High-speed passenger train collides with firetruck in Florida,
injuring 15 people
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Earlier this month the two operators of a Union Pacific train were
killed after it collided with a semitrailer truck that was blocking a
crossing in the small West Texas town of Pecos. Three other people
were injured, and the local chamber of commerce building was damaged.

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