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Cooler Master and G.SKILL Partner to Bring Active Cooling Technology to DDR5 Memory

Cooler Master, a global leader in innovative thermal solutions and PC hardware, today announced a partnership with G.SKILL to introduce new MasterDimm AC DDR5 memory featuring active cooling technology from Cooler Master. MasterDimm AC will be showcased during Computex 2026 at Cooler Master's Taipei...

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May 29 • 4:31 AM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Sunbed firm in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn

Health organisations refute assertion by Sunbed Association that tanning is protective and warn it could increase risk of skin cancer

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May 29 • 2:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Gamification and memes lure young people to sports wagering apps, prediction markets

When Rory McIlroy won the Masters for the second year in a row, Kalshi shared a photo of him on Instagram with the words, “Wait he’s goated.” When a video of NBA player Damian Lillard recovering from an injury circulated online, Kalshi’s main competitor Polymarket posted, “The league is cooked.”

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May 28 • 6:03 AM EDT • Sports • wral.com
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U.S. Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande

In a brief order Tuesday, the court accepted the recommendation of a special master to move forward with agreements first proposed last year by New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.

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May 27 • 2:58 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Review: Mina The Hollower - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) - Yacht Club Is Back With Another Masterful Love Letter

The Legend of Mina

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May 27 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
UTC graduate student recognized for her research in geospatial data science

Research allows students to gain hands-on experience in their field by developing knowledge and skills as they pursue their degrees. For University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate research assistant Mimi White, research has helped her discover a new passion and deepen her understanding of the field as she pursues her Master of Science in Environmental Science.

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May 27 • 8:38 AM EDT • Science • blog.utc.edu
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Public Health Graduate Students Reflect on Their Capstone Experience - University of New Haven

Candidates in the University of New Haven’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program applied classroom learning to real-world public health projects focused on mental health, food insecurity, and community-health assessment.

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May 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • newhaven.edu
Story of dinosaur-killer meteorite impact told in vivid detail

Two scientists have described the bright fireball, crackling noise and sonic boom of the impact 66m years ago

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May 27 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and move firmly to the right

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election

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May 26 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Rachel Ward Had A Blunt Response To Critics Of Her Appearance — And It’s A Masterclass In Confidence

The British actor, best known for her role in 1983′s “The Thorn Birds,” recently returned to the public eye with a surprising career pivot.

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May 26 • 3:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • huffpost.com
College of Business and Economics Hosts Inaugural Hooding Ceremony

On May 16, Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics launched a new tradition with its inaugural Graduate Programs Hooding Ceremony to honor graduates from the MBA and specialized master’s programs for their academic and professional achievements. The 250 graduates were hooded by CSUF faculty and posed for a photo opportunity with Sri Sundaram, […]

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May 26 • 3:00 PM EDT • Business • news.fullerton.edu
007 First Light review – a triumphant James Bond game made by obsessive fans

The stealth masters behind Hitman go loud for this game about Bond’s brilliant beginnings

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May 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
Trump to undergo annual physical after year of public attention to health issues

US president, who turns 80 next month, frequently casts himself as fit but recent photos have added to questions about his health

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May 26 • 7:53 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Got a ticketmaster lawsuit email? Class action suit includes those who bought tickets since 2010

If you bought concert tickets since 2010, you could be owed money from a growing Ticketmaster lawsuit. Here’s how to check and apply.

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May 26 • 6:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • commercialappeal.com
Fallout: Siege of New Vegas Trailer Drops Action-Packed Reveal

Fallout: Siege of New Vegas is probably the best example we'll get of what a full Fallout: New Vegas remaster would look like.

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May 25 • 9:51 AM EDT • Technology • insider-gaming.com
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster gets new Nintendo Switch 2 version

Atari and Nightdive Studios have announced that, starting today, a new Nintendo Switch 2 version of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster will be available. The game previously landed on the original Nintendo Switch. The survival horror game features high-resolution models, bonus materials, and cross-play capabilities. Here’s some information about the title: System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster by Nightdive...

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May 25 • 9:25 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
PS5 Getting Surprise Remaster of 2013 PS Vita RPG

In news we didn't expect, a 13-year-old PS Vita RPG is coming to home consoles for the first time in the form of a PS5 remaster.

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May 25 • 7:36 AM EDT • Technology • playstationlifestyle.net
Reform MP refuses to say whether Farage should produce evidence for Russian hack claim

Danny Kruger says matter is ‘private’, after party leader claimed hack was behind Guardian story about £5m gift

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May 25 • 6:52 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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The world is heading toward a financial crisis – the state of US politics has left us ill-prepared

Trump’s second term has revealed that Washington’s policy response to such a crisis will be misguided and full of chaos

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May 25 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
She learned AI coding at 73 — and to not fear pressing 'enter'

Carol Merlo wanted to build her own website without Weebly or Wix. She asked her son, Kevin Masterson, to help.

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May 25 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Is this a good time for the CSIRO to be sacking climate scientists?

The next El Niño is predicted to be bigger than ever with devastating global impacts

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May 25 • 2:50 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
To understand Britain’s new politics, look no further than this Shakespearean saga in Worcestershire

What should be a story of Reform incompetence instead speaks to the broader refusal of Westminster to adapt to multiparty democracy, says assistant Guardian Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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May 25 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
‘Grantchester’ final season to Williamsburg Regional Library

WILLIAMSBURG — Fans of British television and PBS Masterpiece will have a chance to see the premiere episode of the final season of Grantchester ahead of its broadcast during a free community screening next month. WHRO Public Media is hosting a screening premiere event Tuesday, June 2, at the Williamsburg Regional Library with two viewing […]

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May 24 • 3:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • wydaily.com
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Number of suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo passes 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages

World Health Organization says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for Congo, but risk of disease spreading globally remains low

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May 24 • 3:07 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Xreal, Google's smartglasses partner, thinks it has finally mastered this notoriously tricky industry

Chi Xu, the founder and CEO of XREAL, thinks the smart glasses business has finally reached a turning point.

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May 24 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
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Farage under mounting pressure to prove Russian hack claim

Reform UK leader claims ‘counter-espionage experts’ suggest state-sponsored hackers are behind the disclosure of £5m gift

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May 24 • 11:46 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Kyle Juszczyk Spills Kyle Shanahan's Secret to Offensive Success

The 49ers fullback reveals how the head coach’s mastery of defensive schemes allows him to exploit opponent assignments and maintain an elite, foolproof offensive machine.

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May 24 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Famitsu review scores - May 24, 2026 - Yoshi and the Mysterious Book and more

The latest Famitsu review scores for the week of May 24, 2026 are as follows: Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – 9/9/8/9 Coffee Talk Tokyo – 8/8/9/7 Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1984 – 8/8/8/8 Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered – 8/8/8/8 MotoGP 26 – 8/8/7/8 Trash Goblin – 7/8/8/7 JDM: Japanese Drift Master – 8/7/8/7 Note that for each review,...

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May 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Scientists discover hidden liver switch that cuts harmful cholesterol

Scientists at UT Southwestern have uncovered a surprising new “master switch” that helps control how much cholesterol the liver sends into the bloodstream. The newly identified protein, HELZ2, works by shutting down the genetic instructions needed to produce apoB — a key building block of the cholesterol-carrying particles linked to clogged arteries and heart disease.

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May 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
The hill I will die on: If Hollywood blockbusters must dabble in science, can’t they get the small stuff right?

Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park: from dino-mosquitoes to a spaceship’s roar, pointless mistakes on the scientific details make me wince, says science writer Helen Pilcher

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May 24 • 6:30 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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Take-Two Announces Remaster And Remake Plans In Financial Report

Could Max Payne 3 be in the works? That's what some believe.

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May 23 • 4:57 PM EDT • Technology • thegamer.com
Starmer asks TNT Sports to make Champion League final free to view

Match between PM’s favourite Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain marks first time British fans will be unable to watch final free of charge

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May 23 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise

More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals

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May 23 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas

The Enhanced Games promise human advancement and world records but critics fear more worrying effects

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May 23 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
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From The Mandalorian and Grogu to Dear England: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The helmeted Star Wars hero and ‘baby Yoda’ get a big-screen adventure, while James Graham’s play about England boss Gareth Southgate comes to TV

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May 23 • 1:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • theguardian.com
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Politics of potholes: why Bristol can’t fix its broken roads overnight

Marsh Street has been cited as Bristol’s worst for potholes. But it’s just one of many crumbling roads in Britain as councils face repairs backlogs and lack of funds

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May 23 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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‘Every health facility said they were full’: fear that spread of Ebola in DRC is gathering pace

New strain of virus, aid cuts and cultural norms around burials and touch add to difficulties in stemming outbreak

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May 23 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed 10, including six paramedics, health ministry says

Lebanon’s health ministry condemns attacks as violations of international law; Israel says it struck Hezbollah infrastructure sites and militants

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May 22 • 11:57 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
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Chinese scientists grow heart’s ‘master conductor’ that could replace pacemaker
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May 22 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • scmp.com
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Nobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir

He may be the most brazen of the nation’s leaders, but his ideological spirit is found throughout its government, and beyond, says Ben Reiff, deputy editor of +972 magazine

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May 22 • 11:36 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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The NAACP’s boycott call is a wake-up moment for the American Black athlete

In a country where their rights are being attacked from all sides, it’s time for Black college athletes to utilize their power

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May 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
UN’s climate crisis vote shows political momentum is growing, say experts

Resolution backed by 141 states hailed as ‘new chapter’ that could improve climate diplomacy and litigation efforts

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May 22 • 6:27 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Trump’s new ‘slush fund’ for his pals

This week, Donald Trump dropped a personal $10bn lawsuit he had against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a so-called anti-weaponisation fund. The $1.8bn fund will be used to compensate those who think they have been unfairly investigated by the government in the past. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the legal analyst Kristy Greenberg about why critics are calling this fund ‘corruption on steroids’

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May 22 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Sports quiz of the week: Arsenal, French Open, Ronda Rousey and Aaron Rai

Have you been following the big stories in football, tennis, boxing, golf, rugby union and MMA?

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May 22 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
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Ashmita Chaliha in Malaysia Masters quarters; Federation Cup athletics begins: Indian Sports LIVE, May 22

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on May 22, 2026.

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May 21 • 10:55 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences awards top students - News

The Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine recognized Masters of Science in Biomedical Sciences graduates who received academic awards… More on this post

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May 21 • 2:21 PM EDT • Science • news.campbell.edu
Big science and uncanny prescience: Laurie Anderson’s greatest songs

Forty years since her pioneering concert film Home of the Brave, and ahead of a European tour, we count down the best of a surprisingly poppy avant garde catalogue

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May 21 • 11:09 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
One Nation says it’s the only party in Australia to question climate science. It should ask itself why

Climate change denial has become untenable yet Hanson’s party digs in – with conspiracy theories, cherrypicking and claims that are easy to refute

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May 21 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say

Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceled

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May 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter

Chancellor wins support from Conservative Mel Stride, while Farage says he’d ‘like to buy man a pint’

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May 21 • 4:27 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Enhanced Games explained: sport’s most controversial event unpacked

Why are the Enhanced Games, taking place in Las Vegas this weekend, so contentious, and how have governing bodies have responded to the event?

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May 21 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
ISL final day with 5 clubs vying for title, Indians in action at Malaysia Masters: Indian Sports LIVE, May 21

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on May 21, 2026.

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May 20 • 9:30 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights

The top US House Democrat called out SEC schools for their silence in the wake of a supreme court decision that has severely weakened the Voting Rights Act

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May 20 • 11:17 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
‘The flavour crisis’: an exposé on the origins of broken Britain

Whether it’s the traditional boiled diet, a dental epidemic or white-winged extremism, Patrick Gathara explains why political turmoil is engulfing the UK

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May 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, says study

UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplistic

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May 20 • 6:39 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
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Georgia mayor who fired town’s entire police force resigns, citing family ‘health concerns’

Ron Shinnick did not mention the firing of the Cohutta police force, which was later rehired, in resignation letter

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May 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Broadcasters too reliant on vox pop interviews and failing to challenge politicians, says study

Researchers also question whether UK’s impartiality rules allow for proper scrutiny in era of multiparty politics

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May 20 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
‘Go forward with hope and courage’

Of the 373 students who graduated, 301 received MPH degrees and 72 received a Master of Science degree in public health. Included in that total were 13 joint

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May 20 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • ysph.yale.edu
Google announces glasses are back and search is getting an AI makeover

At annual I/O conference, company debuts a product for everyday consumers to create autonomous AI agents

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May 19 • 8:03 PM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
Materials scientist gains valuable research experience

The opportunities at the College of Engineering and Applied Science are what attracted Ananth Balasubramanian to the University of Cincinnati. He came to UC as a master's student and after two years, transitioned to a direct PhD program in materials science and engineering. Here, he works in the Digital Fabrication Laboratory and recently was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by CEAS.

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May 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • uc.edu
Rubio criticizes WHO’s Ebola response as US continues sweeping public health cuts

US secretary of state says WHO was ‘a little late’ in identifying deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda

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May 19 • 2:44 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
NAACP urges boycott of college sports in south over voting rights

Eight southern states have moved to draw new maps after Callais decision, severely weakening the Voting Rights Act

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May 19 • 1:33 PM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
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Artificial eggshell comes first in attempt to revive giant flightless moa

De-extinction company hopes artificial incubation system can be scaled up but other scientists are sceptical

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May 19 • 1:05 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Trump endorses attorney general Ken Paxton in Texas Senate primary

US president calls Paxton an ‘America First Patriot’ and ‘MAGA Warrior’ ahead of runoff against John Cornyn

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May 19 • 1:03 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn

Exclusive: Science agency is planning to sack a third of the team working on the national climate model, sources say

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May 19 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
‘Many billionaires are not happy people’: Michelle Obama talks politics and going ‘a little low’ in first Australian event

Former first lady delivered veiled but sharp remarks on US politics during speaking tour that began in Melbourne

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May 19 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Why more US women are moving abroad: ‘there’s always a level of stress on your shoulders’

As many as 40% of young women say they want to migrate, citing better work life balance to Trump’s politics

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May 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
UK unemployment unexpectedly rises to 5% as firms squeezed by Iran war

Pay growth eases to 3.4% as businesses face pressure from soaring energy costs

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May 19 • 2:17 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
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Fears of new China shock as EU industry’s reliance on imports grows

Rising volume of components imported from China prompts warning of cannibalisation of European industries

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Australian medical college leader suspended from position over alleged health and safety breach

Dr Sharmila Chandran suspended until 20 September as Royal Australasian College of Physicians agrees to work with regulator to meet its obligations

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May 19 • 1:48 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Police: Throop man threatened to kill Sen. Flynn, business owner on social media

A 35-year-old Throop man posted messages on social media threatening to kill State Sen. Marty Flynn and local business owner Steve Masterson, police said.

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May 18 • 3:31 PM EDT • Business • thetimes-tribune.com
Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry Both Whine About PGA Championship Setup

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry were both unhappy with the conditions at the 2026 PGA Championship. McIlroy, who has won back-to-back Masters championships, sounded off on the conditions at the Pennsylvania course over the weekend. "I think a bunched leaderboard like this, I think it's a sign of a ...

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May 18 • 2:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Additions to David Blunkett’s alternative king’s speech

Letters: Readers praise – and point to omissions from – the former home secretary’s proposed programme for government

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May 18 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Canada’s sports minister hopes World Cup can lead to trade agreement with US and Mexico

Adam van Koeverden has expressed confidence that hosting the World Cup could be the key to agreeing a new trilateral trade deal with the US and Mexico

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May 18 • 12:45 PM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
New MatterChat Model Helps AI to ‘See’ the Language of Science

From writing emails to generating computer code, much of the artificial intelligence prevalent in our daily lives has succeeded by mastering one domain: text. However, this leaves a major blind spot in the physical sciences, where models depend on the high-resolution, three-dimensional data of the physical world, like the intricate lattice of atoms in a crystal. Delivering on the promise of using AI for science requires teaching these data-driven text models to seamlessly “talk to” physics-based models. Now, a new AI framework from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), called MatterChat, solves this problem by creating a specialized “bridge.” It connects the conversational power of a Large Language Model (LLM) with a physics-based AI that models “interatomic potentials”: the complex physical forces between atoms. The resulting system already significantly outperforms general-purpose AI tools like GPT-4 at predicting material properties, and the team hopes it can accelerate scientific discovery by serving as a robust research partner that provides grounded insights and generates step-by-step instructions for synthesizing novel materials. A paper describing this work was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence. “Traditional simulations can provide the physical rigor required for materials science, yet their computational cost remains prohibitive for high-throughput screening. Conversely, while LLMs excel at rapid knowledge synthesis, they inherently lack the ‘structural vision’ to interpret materials directly from their underlying atomic coordinates,” said Yingheng Tang, a postdoctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Applied Math and Computational Research Division (AMCR) and lead author on the paper. “MatterChat was built to solve this dilemma, empowering LLMs with a structural ‘vision’ that allows researchers to leverage their full potential for solving complex, real-world materials challenges.” Empowering language models to solve complex challenges in materials science To build MatterChat, the Berkeley Lab team drew inspiration from technologies like Vision Question Answering (VQA) and Text-to-Image (T2I) generation. In these tasks, AI must translate high-level text concepts into visual images, or vice versa. Doing so requires developers to build tools that “bridge” two fundamentally different forms of data. The researchers adapted this concept to the physical sciences. With MatterChat, they created a “bridge model” that successfully connects an LLM’s general knowledge with the deep understanding of the atomic-scale world encoded in scientific interatomic potentials. Until now, researchers using LLMs to solve materials problems usually had to feed them raw data files as if they were just strings of text. It’s like asking an AI to understand a complex 3D engine based only on a parts list: the LLM can read the names, but it can’t “see” how the atoms fit together in space. MatterChat solves this by training a specialized AI bridge model, pre-trained on millions of crystal structures and an LLM, to align the LLM’s representation of the world with the interatomic potential’s representation of the world. The bridge model can translate physical insights into a format the LLM can actually understand. By giving the LLM these “scientific eyes”— a scientific “inductive bias” in the terminology of AI — the Berkeley Lab team has transformed it into a robust research tool capable of providing grounded scientific insights into complex materials challenges, such as predicting thermal stability or analyzing electronic band gaps. “We think of atoms as living in a physical space, but from a machine learning perspective, they are just vectors living in some very non-trivially structured manifold in a high-dimensional Euclidean space; and, of course, the same is true for the sentences and paragraphs that we use to express our ideas about those atoms,” said co-author Michael Mahoney, Berkeley Lab’s Scientific Data Division (SDD) AI Initiative Research Lead. “The bridge model basically gets those two structures to ‘talk with’ each other.” As a proof-of-concept of this general approach, the team trained their bridge model on a dataset curated by pairing nearly 143,000 stable atomic structures from the Materials Project with their corresponding physical properties. This training data was automatically assembled using the Materials Project’s API and deliberately enriched with properties fundamental to microelectronics design — like formation energy and bandgap — allowing MatterChat to learn the complex patterns connecting a material’s atomic blueprint to its functional performance. To validate their model, the researchers benchmarked MatterChat against a suite of other AI systems, from general-purpose LLMs to other specialized scientific AI methods. The results show that MatterChat consistently outperformed its competitors across a range of tasks. The model was more accurate in classifying material types and demonstrated superior precision in predicting numerical properties. For example, it excelled at predicting a material’s bandgap, a property critical for designing new electronics from high-capacity energy storage to next-generation computer chips. “Our design is significantly more efficient because we don’t have to build a massive AI model from the ground up,” said co-author Zhi (Jackie) Yao, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s AMCR. “Instead, we take two powerful, pre-trained models — a structural encoder for materials physics and an open-source LLM — and use them off-the-shelf. The only component we actually train is the lightweight ‘bridge model’ that translates between them. It’s the difference between building an entire car factory and simply designing a smart adapter that connects a world-class engine to a world-class navigation system. This approach is not only computationally efficient, but also makes the system modular, so we can easily upgrade components or adapt the bridge for other scientific domains in the future.” Crucially, this modular design highlights exactly how institutions like Berkeley Lab and the Department of Energy are carving out a highly valuable niche in the booming AI landscape. Rather than competing with Silicon Valley tech giants to build ever-larger language models from scratch, the lab is focusing on the specialized connective tissue that makes commercial AI useful for hardcore science. Because the bridge model approach underlying MatterChat is forward-compatible, it is perfectly positioned to leverage these parallel tracks of innovation. As Mahoney pointed out, “We expect that industry will continue to develop improved LLMs, and we expect domain scientists and facilities will continue to generate new data. An important part of scientific machine learning is not simply to solve problems on today’s data, but instead to develop general methods that will be forward-compatible with orders of magnitude more data, whether from scientific domains or from LLMs.” According to Yao, the MatterChat project, which was initially developed and enhanced with funding from a Berkeley Lab Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Program, will now expand its capabilities. In a collaboration with Fermilab, MatterChat is already contributing to a U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission project — called Accelerating eXtreme Environment Specs-to-Silicon (AXESS) — that aims to speed up the development of next-generation, high-speed, radiation-hardened detectors for challenging particle physics experiments by using advanced 3D integrated circuits (chiplets) and AI-driven data analysis. In addition to the LDRD support, the team also credits supercomputing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), located at Berkeley Lab, with MatterChat’s success. “We are incredibly grateful to NERSC; this research simply would not have happened without access to the Perlmutter supercomputer through their AI for Science program,” said Tang. Wenbin Xu, a NERSC postdoctoral fellow at the time, was also a major co-author of the work, as was Benjamin Erichson, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s SDD, highlighting the benefits of AMCR-SDD collaboration on AI for science. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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May 18 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
The Adventures of Elliot’s development team has quietly been mastering the modern minigame, and its latest action-RPG once again shows us how it’s done

Coming from Square Enix's Team Asano, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales carries on a trend we saw in Bravely Default, Octopath Traveler, and beyond

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May 18 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Hope review – non-stop gonzo alien battling is top-quality entertainment

Cannes film festival: Na Hong-jin’s melee of running, chasing and shouting at the angry invaders is uproarious fun, mixing digital work with old-school spectacle

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May 18 • 9:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • theguardian.com
Crime increasingly a ‘serious barrier’ to UK growth, say business leaders

British Chambers of Commerce survey shows firms ‘are dealing with rising levels of theft, fraud and cyber-attacks’

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May 17 • 5:30 PM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
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What is Ebola and why is WHO treating outbreak as global health emergency?

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Trump attacks Massie as Republican critic describes ‘desperate’ attempts to oust him from primary

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May 17 • 1:27 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Rory McIlroy Accused Of 'Selfish' Behavior At The PGA Championship

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May 17 • 11:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind health gains, Australian experts warn

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May 17 • 11:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Sway a crowd, wear a martyr’s crown: how one NSW politician went from scandal to political success – and wrote a playbook still used today

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Todd Graves’ Billion-Dollar Chicken Chain Started With the Worst Grade in Business School

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May 17 • 10:28 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Seven essential gadgets to live with when you have back pain, from grabbers to lap desks

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May 17 • 10:15 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
I couldn't get a job after graduation; went back to school in new field

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‘We’re not ready’: US lags on pandemic preparedness after Covid, experts say

Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public health

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May 17 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?

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May 17 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda ‘emergency’ of international concern

At least 80 deaths reported in Congo’s Ituri province while Uganda reports spread from travellers from the DRC

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May 16 • 10:07 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
McIlroy charges into the hunt for epic major comeback win

Rory McIlroy charged into the hunt for the greatest three-day fightback victory in major golf history with a sizzling four-under par 66 in Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship.Not since Jack Nicklaus in 1975 has a player won the Masters and PGA Championship in the same year.

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Tommy Robinson tells tens of thousands at London rally to prepare for ‘battle of Britain’

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Can a Republican defy Donald Trump and survive? Kentucky voters will decide

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From Normal to Ania Magliano: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

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Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO

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Air Force, Marine veterans earn data science master’s degrees

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SC Gov. Henry McMaster defends state’s redistricting debate as a path to ‘functioning Congress’

McMaster defended reopening the debate over South Carolina’s congressional map. “Can we represent our state better with different districts? I think the answer is yes,” the governor said.

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Letters to the Editor: When AI comes for your job in entertainment, maybe then you’ll care

'According to one 2024 report, more than 200,000 jobs in the entertainment industry could be displaced by AI. Those most likely to be affected include background actors, crew members, production staff and positions such as grips and prop masters,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

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McMaster appoints Dr. Brannon Traxler acting director of Department of Public Health

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