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These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It

Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.

Tech - Wired - 7 hours ago

Quincy Jones: From 'street rat' to music mastermind

He was in a gang as a child but became Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra's favourite collaborator.

Woody the dog switches detection skills to save puffins

The rodents pose a risk to puffins and other seabirds who breed on Rathlin Island every year in their thousands.

Giant African rats join crackdown against illegal wildlife trade

Wily rodents deployed to sniff out illicit flows of rhino horns, elephant tusks and pangolin scales

Business - Financial Times - October 30

‘We were trapped like rats’: Spain’s floods bring devastation and despair

Residents describe impact of floods and downpours – with some places hit with a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours. Spanish flash floods – live updates The gratitude that greeted ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Rats trained to sniff out smuggled rhino horn and pangolin scales

African giant pouched rats trained to alert their handlers when they find illegally trafficked wildlife products. Rats could be the latest weapon deployed in the fight against endangered wildlife ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

‘It’s a monster task’: can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies?

Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution. The dramatic sea cliffs, crags and stacks of ...

World - The Guardian - October 20

Piper review – Elizabeth Hurley dances a merry tune in cheesy rat-based folk horror

Hurley arrives in Pied Piper territory with her daughter to take a teaching job at a creepy private school. Soon enough the town’s infamous rodent problem starts being an issue. The premise for ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?

Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.

Top stories - The New York Times - 8 hours ago

Learning to Measure Time in Love and Loss

In this essay from 2013, a writer tries to appreciate the limits of his own life.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 19

What We Learned in Week 7 of the N.F.L. Season

In a rematch of February’s Super Bowl, the champs flipped the script and showed they can win in a different way, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - October 21

Large Corporations Can Learn from the Entrepreneurial Mindset

Whether acquiring startups or trying to grow like one, embracing that culture is a key to success.

Business - Inc. - October 23

Guardiola 'will learn' from Southampton boss Martin

Their teams are at opposite ends of the Premier League table, but Man City manager Pep Guardiola says he "will learn" from Southampton boss Russell Martin.

How (and why) federated learning enhances cybersecurity

Federated learning’s popularity is rapidly increasing because it addresses common development-related security concerns.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 26

Are the Yankees done? Is Freeman a shoo-in for MVP? What we've learned so far

Freddie Freeman, Aaron Judge's struggles and Shohei Ohtani's status -- we break down what we've seen.

Sports - ESPN - October 27

What We Learned in Week 8 of the N.F.L. Season

A Hail Mary throw from the rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels led the Washington Commanders to a critical victory.

Sports - The New York Times - October 29

What we learned: We answered the big questions

Can the 49ers make a run? Can Jameis Winston save the Browns? Reporters react to all the action.

Sports - ESPN - October 30

How Trump learned to love big business

Nothing separates the man from his 2016 self more than his disappearing qualms about capitalism

World - Financial Times - October 30

What we learned in Week 9: We answered big questions and sized up every single matchup

Sunday saw Baltimore blow out Denver and Buffalo win a thriller over Miami. Our reporters reacted to the action.

Sports - ESPN - November 6

What We Learned in Week 9 of the N.F.L. Season

One of the best plays of Saquon Barkley’s career put the Eagles running back in the Offensive Player of the Year conversation.

Sports - The New York Times - November 4

Democrats, skip the autopsy: How to learn and move on

Our goals will be extraordinarily challenging in the short term, especially the first two years of a Trump administration and Republican control of the Senate.

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

What We Learned in Week 10 of the N.F.L. Season

The Detroit Lions continue to shine while the Dallas Cowboys are officially in free fall with no end in sight.

Sports - The New York Times - 4 days ago

What’s in a Name? Learn the Art of Brand Naming

Choosing the right name for your small business is more than just a label—it’s your brand’s identity.

Business - Inc. - 3 days ago

Sister hopes lessons are learned from brother's death

Christopher Trolan died after staff failed to give him a sufficient level of antibiotics in November 2019.

Here’s the 1 Lesson Every Founder Should Learn From Steve Jobs. Most Founders Learn the Opposite

In a viral essay, VC Paul Graham calls Jobs an example of “founder mode.” But was he?

Business - Inc. - October 18

Trump says he's the 'father of IVF' — and that he just recently learned what it is

Trump declared he was "the father of IVF" during a Fox News town hall, while also saying he just recently discovered what the decades-old procedure actually is.

These ultra-rich college endowment funds have a lot to learn about investing

Endowment managers’ attraction to hedge funds, real estate and other alternative investments ends poorly.

Business - MarketWatch - October 19

What we learned from newly unsealed evidence in Trump election case

A judge on Friday unsealed more than 1,800 pages of documents in the federal 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Much of the unsealed documents, including ...

How San Francisco Learned to Love Self-Driving Cars

Just last year, residents wanted to get rid of robotaxis. Now locals and tourists can’t get enough.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 18

How a care home teacher set up a TV station for and by people with learning disabilities

All the reporters at Norway's TV BRA are disabled or autistic.

What can England learn from Scotland’s community land buyouts?

Locals north of the border are taking over the estates of private landowners. A new book argues that this approach could restore the UK’s damaged biodiversity

World - Financial Times - October 20

Fear, Loathing, and Excitement: What a Slack Researcher Learned About AI at Work

Christina Janzer, Slack’s senior vice president of research and analytics, learned some interesting things in a study of how people view AI at work, which about half the respondents use in some form.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Tennis Needs Video Review, but the Sports Must Learn From Soccer’s Failures

The video review system in use continues to fall into traps that have encircled soccer, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - October 23

How The Hill helped me learn and grow as a political journalist

Aaron Blake, a former reporter for The Hill, reflects on his time at the publication as a formative experience that allowed him to cover a variety of campaigns and develop relationships with ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23

What I Learned After Breaking Down About Hurricane Milton on TV

My viral moment revealed a shared experience of climate anxiety across generations. It’s time that we channel it into action.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 23

What we learned as Steph, Buddy lift Warriors to season-opening win

The Golden State Warriors raced past the Portland Trail Blazers 139-104 on Wednesday night at Moda Center to kick off the 2024-25 NBA season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 24

What We Learned Talking to the Taliban’s Most Fearsome Leader

Sirajuddin Haqqani, who has a $10 million American bounty on his head, is now positioning himself as a figure of relative moderation.

World - The New York Times - October 24

What we learned as DeRozan's Kings debut spoiled in loss to T-wolves

Tristi Rodriguez delivers the takeaways from the Sacramento Kings' 117-115 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night at Golden 1 Center.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25

We must learn lessons from history, King tells Commonwealth

Some Commonwealth countries have called for the UK to pay reparations for its historic role in the transatlantic slave trade.

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