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Middle Grade Alex Wise vs. the Cosmic Shift by Terry J. Benton-Walker This is the sequel to Alex Wise vs. the End of the World Alex Wise is no superhero. Or at least, he doesn’t feel like one. Sure, he vanquished Death and saved his sister Mags—with the help ofContinue Reading

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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rules talks as prominent Kashmir leader urges India, Pakistan to ‘break the ice and engage’., Hopes for diplomatic breakthrough dashed as prominent Kashmir leader urges India and Pakistan to ‘break the ice and engage constructively’. India’s foreign minister has ruled out discussing bilateral relations with rival Pakistan asContinue Reading

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Claims questioning COVID-19 vaccine safety have circulated continuously since COVID-19 vaccination campaigns began at the end of 2020. One such claim suggests that there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of cancer cases after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, implying that the vaccines are responsible for this phenomenon. ScienceContinue Reading

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image credit The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Publich Health SUMMARY In August 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized bivalent COVID-19 vaccine formulations as single booster doses. These bivalent formulations contain messenger RNA (mRNA) from the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and mRNA present in the BA.4 and BA.5Continue Reading

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Back in December 2021, Science Feedback conducted a quick check on the extent to which Google’s then-new policy on demonetizing climate change denial content was enforced. Our study focused on videos published on Youtube. We first found that Google’s policy was too narrow: about half of the videos that scientistsContinue Reading

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This beginner’s guide explains the steps required to upgrade to the latest LibreOffice in Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Windows. LibreOffice, used by millions of users worldwide, is the most popular free office suite today. It consists of a spreadsheet program (Calc), document processor (Writer), presentation (Impress), drawing (Draw), and MathContinue Reading

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Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) are often used interchangeably, but while they share some similarities, they differ significantly in purpose, architecture, and capabilities. In this article, I’ll break down the difference between the two, explore the broader implications of generative AI, and critically examine the challenges and limitationsContinue Reading

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As your projects move from tinkering to serious development, the limitations of typical Raspberry Pi boards or any SBC becomes quite obvious. Can they truly deliver the flexibility and performance needed for a compact, scalable design? Many developers face this question when moving from prototypes to market-ready products. In thisContinue Reading