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Don’t believe everything you see on an NFL player’s profile. Steelers tight end Darnell Washington went viral this past week after he stiff armed a Bengals defender during the Week 11 game. Washington ...

The first observer to catalog differences in star brightnesses was Greek astronomer Hipparchus. He created a catalog around 135 B.C.E. of roughly 850 stars divided into six ranges. He called the ...

Another tech executive is sounding the alarm on the job impact of AI, with the CEO of Anthropic noting that the technology is likely to eliminate roles “faster than what we’ve seen with previous ...