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

Editor's Pick

Why Did We Wait so Long for Wind Power? Part I
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perhaps somewhat surprising in retrospect - unlike, say, nuclear
energy or solar photovoltaics, the basic technology for wind-generated
electricity (a windmill and an electric generator) has been in place
since the 1800s. So why did it take over 100 years to start deploying
it on a large-scale? Let’s take a look.

The first mention of using wind to generate electricity is credited to
William Thomson (better known as Lord Kelvin). In an 1881 address to
the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Thomson noted
that a windmill connected to a dynamo and a battery could be used to
provide electric power, and speculated that, while wind had largely
been superseded by steam generated by burning coal, “When the coal
is all burned…it is most probable that windmills or wind-motors in
some form will again be in the ascendant”.

Continued here
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Editor's Note: Prior to 1980 there was close to zero electricity
generated from wind worldwide. This is perhaps somewhat surprising in
retrospect - unlike, say, nuclear energy or solar photovoltaics, the
basic technology for wind-generated electricity (a windmill and an
electric generator) has been in place since the 1800s. So why did it
take over 100 years to start deploying it on a large-scale? Let's take
a look.

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US economy likely added 153,000 jobs last month, returning to normal
after strike and hurricanes
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Getting a clear view of the U.S. job market hasn't
been easy the past few months. Hurricanes and a big strike at Boeing
threw off the October jobs numbers, pushing them down and setting up a
payback rebound in November that likely exaggerated the strength of
hiring.

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Minimizing the carbon footprint of bridges and other structures
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Awed as a young child by the majesty of the Golden Gate Bridge in San
Francisco, civil engineer and MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)
Fellow Zane Schemmer has retained his fascination with bridges: what
they look like, why they work, and how they're designed and built.















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Why doesn't TikTok's parent company sell the app? One reason is its
algorithm
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"The inherent special sauce for TikTok is this algorithm," said social
media expert Ashleigh Shay. "Which ByteDance has gone on record saying
they will not sell even if they sell TikTok as a company.

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Los Angeles fires live updates: 10 killed, 10,000 structures destroyed
as Palisades, Eaton and other wildfires continue to burn in California
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The deadly wildfires roaring through Los Angeles County entered a
fourth day on Friday. At least 10 people have been killed, about
100,000 are under mandatory evacuation orders and more than 10,000
homes and other structures have been destroyed, according to local
officials.














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7 of the World's Strangest Plants
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Biodiversity on Earth is a marvel. The variety of life forms adapted
to this rocky ocean planet can be difficult to conceive.

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California Wildfire Live Updates: Newsom Launches Investigation Into
Crucial Water Shortages As Death Toll Reaches 11
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday an investigation into
water shortages that occurred as large blazes scorched Los Angeles
County this week, making the declaration before the disaster's death
toll reached 11. Friday, 3:15 p.m.














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Exploring Practical LLM Research In Class At MIT
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To many who are looking closely at where technology is going, it's a
bewildering landscape - there's a lot of complexity, and quite a lot
of uncertainty, as we move forward. One thing that many people can
agree on, though, is that academia should have a seat at the table.

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This tiny feature on the new Tesla Model Y is perhaps its biggest
addition
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This tiny feature that Tesla implemented on the new Model Y is perhaps
its biggest addition. Last night, Tesla rolled out the new Model Y
"Juniper" in China and other nearby markets, including Australia.














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Musk's Lawsuit Against OpenAI Gets a Boost From Lina Khan's FTC
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Federal antitrust regulators on Friday added weight to portions of
Elon Musk's lawsuit seeking to prevent OpenAI from restructuring
itself into a fully for-profit company.

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The Consensus On Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
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After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no
longer willing to rule out a mystery weapon. Produced by ElevenLabs
and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories
on the Noa app.














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The strange paradox of modern science denialism
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"It's hilarious what these astrophysicists have to say about the
Universe." That was a sentence (not verbatim) that popped up in the
comments below a video of my recent 3.5-hour interview with Lex
Fridman.

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How Britain got its first internet connection - by the late pioneer
who made it happen
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British computer scientist and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Peter
Kirstein died in January 2020 at the age of 86, after a nearly 50-year
career at UCL.














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Coroner issues warning about antidepressants after suicide of royals
husband
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A coroner has issued a warning about the effects of antidepressants
prescribed by a Buckingham Palace doctor to the son-in-law of Prince
and Princess Michael of Kent before his suicide.

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Funding public schools based on enrollment in the previous year may
help keep their budgets more stable, research shows
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Funding for public K-12 schools in the U.S. is based on enrollment.
More students mean more money. In 31 states, public schools use the
previous year's enrollment numbers to determine the current year's
funding, which makes it easier to soften the financial blow when
enrollment declines.














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A Blueprint for Better Bike Lanes
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In 2019, Ryan Russo began working on a bike plan for Oakland,
California. As the head of the city's department of transportation,
Russo was adamant that the plan serve every neighborhood, including
areas that traditionally lacked both bike infrastructure and a vocal
bike advocacy community.

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Your Tea Bags Are Releasing a Disturbing Amount of Microplastics Into
Your Drinks
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I've said it before, but is anything safe anymore? Now microplastics
are rearing their ugly head in our prized tea bags. We can't even
enjoy a calming cup of Earl Grey without worrying about whether or not
we're exposing ourselves to future health risks.













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10 Things You Didn't Know ChatGPT Could Do
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Most people stick to the basics with ChatGPT. They use it for social
posts and email drafts. They ask simple questions and get simple
answers. They give up after a few prompts. But the potential for
productivity is huge, and with a few clever insights you can do so
much more.

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Finland's Zero Homeless Strategy: Lessons from a Success Story
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Following a period when homelessness rose in many countries, the onset
of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments across the OECD area to
provide unprecedented public support - including to the homeless.

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Common misconceptions about the complexity in robotics vs AI
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So now that the International Conference on Robotics and
Automation(ICRA) 2024 is over, maybe it's finally time to finish up my
thoughts around the difference of the problems we are faced with in
robotics vs AI research and to shed light to that difference and some
misconceptions.

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The truth about quantum computing | Scott Aaronson
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Already abandon your resolutions? You probably set the wrong ones
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I was 10 years old when I set my first New Years resolution. In my big
purple diary, I scrawled, This year, I will get straight As and be
elected to the student council." With that pledge, I joined the
millions of people around the world who resolved to make the year
ahead a better one.

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Oh my god, its still standing: A tale of fire and fortune - WSJ (No
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With a neighbor also in tow, they passed by police checkpoints and
turned off the Pacific Coast Highway into a scene of utter devastation
in the affluent coastal enclave. The nearly 20,000-acre blaze has left
row after row of residences burned to their foundations, businesses in
ruins and hillsides covered in ash in all directions. At one
intersection, charred shells of cars that evacuees abandoned to flee
on foot lined both sides of a deserted road.

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Warren Buffett prepares his middle child for the job of a lifetime -
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When Howie Buffett first bought a front-end loader, he didnt know how
to start it. When he ran to be a county commissioner of Douglas
County, Neb., he didnt know what the board did.

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It's Now Possible to Make Batteries Out of Paper - Inc (No paywall)
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Flints paper battery is poised to provide a more sustainable and
affordable alternative to the traditional lithium-ion model, used in
consumer electronics, electric vehicles, medical devices, energy
storage systems and more.

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The adverse, long-term health effects of wildfires - STAT (No paywall)
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My colleague Brittany Trang and I duked it out for the Friday edition
of Morning Rounds, and after twelve rounds in the ring, I won! (This
is a lie, Brittanys doing something much cooler now subscribe to her
AI newsletter coming in February!) Youre stuck with me on Fridays for
2025, fearless readers.

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Donald the Deporter - The Economist (No paywall)
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NOTHING SCRAMBLES the mind like a Trump press conference. On January
7th, at his winter palace in Florida, the president-elect mused on
annexing Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canalas well as tilting at
offshore windmills for supposedly killing whales. It was a mix of free
association, gleeful provocation and serious, world-changing intent.

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Donald Trump Bemoans the Injustice of Facing No Consequences - The New
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This morning, I headed to chilly lower Manhattan to witness the
criminal sentencing of Donald Trump. As I walked alone in the
post-dawn quiet through Foley Square, where the boroughs courthouses
are clustered, I read the inscription above the entrance to the New
York State Supreme Court building: The true administration of justice
is the firmest pillar of good government. Its a line lifted from one
of George Washingtons letters. Just up the block, in a courtroom on
the fifteenth floor of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, this
sentiment was about to be put through an extreme, absurd, test.

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Starmer Brushes Off Musk, But Is Haunted by UK Market Rout - Bloomberg
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Fight on right allowed premier to show leadership, allies say Aides
hope voters see Starmer as steadier than the alternative

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Mark Zuckerberg unloads with Biden White House in Joe Rogan interview
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Zuckerberg attacked the White House over the way senior officials
pressured Meta to moderate content on its social media networks, part
of a scathing interview just 10 days before Biden is set to leave
office.

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Are North Carolina Republicans trying to steal a state supreme court
seat?
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a member. Our mission has never been more urgent. But our work isnt
easy. It requires resources, dedication, and independence. And thats
where you come in.

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A Norovirus Vaccine Is in the Works
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Norovirus is surging across the U.S., with case numbers higher now
than they've been at the same time in more than a decade, according to
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency
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And so the nation will soon witness the paradox of a newly elected
president putting his hand on a Bible to swear an oath to “preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” the
supreme law of the land, barely a week after being sentenced for
violating the law.

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Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say
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Technology is improving rapidly. Batteries are becoming lighter and
smaller while allowing faster charging and longer travel distances.
And more than 12,000 high-voltage public chargers were added in the
United States in 2024, a 33 percent increase from the year prior,
according to Rho Motion, a research firm.

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Bench customers are now being forced to hand over their data or risk
losing it, they say
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After accounting startup Bench abruptly shut down on December 27 and
was bought in a fire-sale by Employer.com, Bench customers are now
learning they can't easily just take their financial data and leave.
And some are very unhappy about it, three customers told TechCrunch.

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New OpenAI job listings reveal its robotics plans
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OpenAI disbanded its robotics department. Then, it brought it back.
Now, through a social media post from its hardware director and newly
published job descriptions, OpenAI is revealing more about its plans
for the revived team.

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Second Sydney synagogue vandalised with swastikas as NSW premier
condemns a??monstrousa?? acts
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In December, the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne was firebombed in
a devastating attack condemned by prime minister Anthony Albanese and
other leaders. No arrests have been made over the attack.

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IRS sending out $2.4 billion worth of stimulus checks: Are you
eligible to receive one?
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The IRS is sending out stimulus checks to eligible taxpayers who did
not claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax return.
Eligible taxpayers do not need to take any action to receive the
payment, as the IRS will automatically send it. U.S.

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7 Ways to Improve Your Heart Health
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If you're among the millions of Americans who made a New Year's
resolution to lose weight, exercise or eat better, here's one more
reason to stick with it: Doing so can protect your heart. Heart
disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

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American Psychological Association sounds alarm over certain AI
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The suit helped form the basis of an urgent written appeal from the
American Psychological Association to the Federal Trade Commission,
pressing the federal agency to investigate deceptive practices used by
any chatbot platform. The APA sent the letter, which Mashable
reviewed, in December.

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Trumps Erroneous Claims about the Los Angeles Fire Response, Debunked
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Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire in strong winds as many homes burn
on January 7, 2025 in Pasadena, California. A powerful Santa Ana wind
event dramatically raised the danger of wind-driven wildfires.

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American Airlines use of ESG activist BlackRock failed workers, US
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Case over pension scheme management highlights rising risks of legal
challenges over environmentally-focused policies

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Biden Calls Meta's Ending of Fact-Checking Program 'Shameful'
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The president insisted that he could have beaten President-elect
Donald J. Trump if he had continued to run for re-election, but added
that he had stepped aside from the race in the belief that it was
“important to unify the party.” Mr. Biden also defended sanctions
imposed on Russia on Friday that he said would hurt President Vladimir
V. Putin’s ability to conduct the war in Ukraine and have a
“profound effect” on the nation’s economy.

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Newsom Wants to Know Why Fire Hydrants Went Dry
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Water for Pacific Palisades is fed by a pipeline that flows by gravity
from the larger Stone Canyon Reservoir, said Marty Adams, a former
general manager and chief engineer at the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power. That water line also fills the Santa Ynez Reservoir.

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Supreme Court to Hear New Affordable Care Act Case on Preventative
Care
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Adam Liptak covers the Supreme Court and writes Sidebar, a column on
legal developments. A graduate of Yale Law School, he practiced law
for 14 years before joining The Times in 2002. More about Adam Liptak

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Trump Blames L.A. Wildfires on Newsom Using Familiar Tactics
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But it’s not just about hurting his political foes. Trump has always
been a master of tapping into people’s angst and projecting it far
and wide for his benefit — and there is a lot of angst in Los
Angeles right now.

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Fires Prompt Water Advisories for Some in the L.A. Area
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San Fernando Valley: Residents returning home after evacuation orders
were lifted for the Hurst fire should not drink tap water until the
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power says it is safe, Gov. Gavin
Newsom said in a statement Thursday afternoon.

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Rachel Reeves defends China visit and vows to 'make UK better off'
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On Tuesday, a senior lawyer representing Shein repeatedly refused to
say whether the company sold products containing cotton from the
Xinjiang region, an area in which China has been accused of subjecting
Uyghur Muslims to forced labour.

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More people in late 20s still living with parents
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"However, others are likely to be living at a parental home due to a
bad shock of some kind – such as the end of a relationship or a
redundancy – or simply because they cannot afford to live
independently."

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As Delta Reports Profits, Airlines Are Optimistic About 2025
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Delta’s upbeat report offers a preview of what are expected to be
similarly rosy updates from other carriers that will report earnings
in the next few weeks. That should come as welcome news to an industry
that has been stifled by various challenges even as demand for travel
has rocketed back after the pandemic.

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Should You Consult H.R. About a Conflict With Your Manager?
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Don't count on human resources to take your side in a workplace issue,
especially if it involves a conflict with your boss.

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