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Giant spiders that can grow to size of human hand thriving in the UK

Collaboration between RSPB and Chester zoo leads to best mating season on record for the semi-aquatic fen raft spider. Thousands of giant spiders that can grow to the size of a human hand are ...

World - The Guardian - 12 hours ago

AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do

Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill.

Tech - Wired - 4 days ago

Last full-size Kmart in continental U.S. closes

On Sunday, the last full-size Kmart in the continental United States closed. The retail chain first opened in 1899 and officially changed its name to Kmart Corporation in the 1970s. By the ...

How the UN Human Rights Council promotes dictatorships over human rights

The UN Human Rights Council has elected some of the world's most oppressive regimes, including Qatar, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, to its membership, leading to a mockery of its ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

The human race is suffering from success

Treating today’s mental and physical conditions may be a challenge, but their prevalence is actually a good sign

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Global business takes its chance to size up new Labour pitch

Starmer’s investment summit guests express both praise and doubt — but many want to wait to pass judgment

World - Financial Times - October 14

Serena Williams has surgery to remove cyst size of ‘a small grapefruit’

Former world No 1 says she is recovering well Biopsy on cyst came back negative for cancer Serena Williams says she had a benign branchial cyst “the size of a small grapefruit” removed from her ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Crazy 8: Here are the Week 8 games you don't want to miss

Saturday features two games between top-11 ranked teams in the SEC — Alabama at Tennessee and Georgia at Texas — a ranked Big Ten matchup and more.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 17

4 large asteroids, including 1 the size of a skyscraper, speed past Earth

Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the planet ever recorded.

'A brain tumour the size of a tennis ball came out my eyebrow'

Patient Doreen Adams of Aberdeen says she is grateful for the benefits of the new brain surgery.

Growth the size of a melon: a scrotum-swelling disease threatening thousands

Efforts to eradicate the painful and disfiguring mosquito-borne infection lymphatic filariasis are advancing, but it is still rife in 51 countries. For decades, a growth the size of a large melon ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Treasury’s stable coupon, auction sizes at risk from U.S. election results

Since May, the Treasury Department has guided market participants toward the idea that it won’t need to increase the size of its coupon issuances or auctions “for at least the next several ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Extreme drought areas treble in size since 80s - study

Forty-eight percent of the world went through at least one month of extreme drought in 2023.

"Mornings Memory": Revisiting the rise of super-sized portions in America

In today's "Mornings Memory," we look back at a 1993 CBS report on America's growing appetite for large portions and bulk buying—a trend that now feels as classic as apple pie.

Fossil Reveals Oldest Known Tadpole That Grew to the Size of a Hot Dog

A 161 million-year-old fossil, linked to a line of extinct frog-like amphibians, is the oldest tadpole ever found.

Science - The New York Times - 6 days ago

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 - 4 hours ago

Antarctic ozone hole measures seventh smallest size in decades

The recent improvement is the result of declining chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

Politics - The Hill - 10 hours ago

The evolutionary history of humans' ability to eat starch

How humans developed the ability to digest starch: A study offers insight into the evolution of amylase genes, which are key to breaking down some carbs.

You Could Be Overlooking Human Skills in the Workplace

Technical chops are in demand, but some employees believe that companies aren’t putting enough emphasis on human skills like communication and collaboration.

Business - Inc. - October 21

Pep: Haaland goal 'not normal for a human being'

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland's outrageous goal in Manchester City's 5-0 win over Sparta Prague should "not be normal for a human being."

Sports - ESPN - October 25

A human is not designed to see what I saw

A former Welsh Guard describes having a "catastrophic breakdown" after returning from Helmand Province.

Serena Williams had benign cyst size of "small grapefruit" removed from neck

Retired tennis legend Serena Williams posted to social media that "all is OK" after having the grapefruit-sized cyst surgically removed from her neck.

Serena Williams reveals she had grapefruit-sized cyst removed from neck

Williams said she is "feeling so grateful" after having the cyst removed.

Olympus-Sized Hades 2 Update Adds New Weapon, Explorable Region, And Adorable Familiars

As development continues on Hades 2 , Supergiant Games has released its first major update for the roguelite adventure. In addition to general fine-tuning and tweaks to the gameplay, the Olympic ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 16

Serena Williams reveals she had grapefruit-size cyst removed from her neck

Tennis great Serena Williams said she had a grapefruit-size cyst removed from her neck and she's on her recovery journey.

A French crypto whale backing Trump may be moving markets many times its size

There’s something funny going on in betting markets that seems to be leaking out into banking stocks, the dollar and Treasury yields.

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

A giant, ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest may have sparked life on Earth

A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, scientists reveal.

World Series 2024: Sizing up the Yankees' and Dodgers' pitching — 2 rotations, 2 strategies, 1 goal

The Dodgers and Yankees arrive at the World Series having navigated October very differently with their starting pitching.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 23

College football Week 9 TL;DR: Dillon Gabriel's march on record books highlights bite-sized recap

The most important scores and stats to know from Week 9's college football slate

Sports - CBS Sports - October 27

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 - 6 days ago

The Breakdown | Sizing up four southern hemisphere giants before rugby's autumn series

The Springboks want a clean sweep but Australia, Argentina and New Zealand may have more modest November targets. Four southern hemisphere giants are preparing for combat over the horizon. With 90% ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

U.S. Treasury says debt-auction sizes can remain steady for next several quarters

Agency to auction $125 billion next week, unchanged from last quarter

Business - MarketWatch - 6 days ago

Insider notebook: Experts size up Ohio State vs. Penn State, Dave Aranda on brink of saving job at Baylor

Plus, whether the Rice opening is going to be attractive enough to move the needle and why Texas A&M is on high alert vs. South Carolina.

Sports - CBS Sports - 4 days ago

How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza

Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 14

Safet Zec at Venice Biennale — humanity at its most fragile and battered

Eighty-year-old Bosnian painter is the star of the pavilion’s multinational show ‘Home Sextant’