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1. A.I. Chatbot for Los Angeles Schools Falls Flat


Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.
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2. The Rubik Cube Turns 50


Mathematicians and hobbyists have had a half-century of fun exploring the 43 billion billion permutations of Erno Rubik’s creation.
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3. Mildred Thornton Stahlman, Pioneer in Neonatal Care, Dies at 101


She developed one of the first modern intensive care units for premature babies, helping newborns to breathe with lifesaving new treatments.
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4. Robots Get a Fleshy Face (and a Smile) in New Research


Researchers at the University of Tokyo published findings on a method of attaching artificial skin to robot faces to protect machinery and mimic human expressiveness.
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5. How Science Went to the Dogs (and Cats)


Pets were once dismissed as trivial scientific subjects. Today, companion animal science is hot.
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6. Famine Drove Jamestown Settlers to Eat Native Dogs, DNA Reveals


By analyzing dog bones buried at the site, scientists found butcher marks and surprising breeds.
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7. How Does Bird Flu Spread in Cows? Experiment Yields Some ‘Good News.’


Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained.
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8. Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes.


The Detroit Police Department arrested three people after bad facial recognition matches, a national record. But it’s adopting new policies that even the A.C.L.U. endorses.
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9. Biden Administration Opposes Surgery for Transgender Minors


The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors.
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10. Why NASA and Boeing Are Being So Careful to Bring the Starliner Astronauts Home


Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will spend additional weeks in orbit as teams on the ground study malfunctioning thrusters on the Starliner spacecraft.
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11. Embattled Alzheimer’s Researcher Is Charged With Fraud


Hoau-Yan Wang, a professor at City College, published studies supporting simufilam, now in advanced clinical trials.
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12. Harvard’s Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim Task Forces Find Climate of Bias


Groups investigating antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias cited instances of discrimination against pro-Israel students and “a pervasive climate of intolerance” against pro-Palestinian students.
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13. The Voices of A.I. Are Telling Us a Lot


Even as the technology advances, stubborn stereotypes about women are re-encoded again and again.
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14. Record Labels Sue A.I. Music Generators, Inside the Pentagon’s Tech Upgrade and HatGPT


A little something for everyone: lawsuits, fighter jets and Casey in a bucket hat.
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15. A Migrant Family Survives Shelter Evictions With the Help of a School


Schools ground migrant children and their families when everything else — the language, the city, the culture, the people — is brand-new.
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16. For An Aquatic Veterinarian, It’s Never ‘Just A Fish’


Stress, ovarian cancer, buoyancy disorders: Every pet has its troubles, and needs a good doctor who makes house calls.
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17. Uber and Lyft Agree to Give Massachusetts Drivers Minimum Pay


The deal, which includes a $175 million settlement with the state, keeps the drivers classified as independent contractors, not employees.
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18. New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fall


As the virus continues to mutate, the C.D.C. urged Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.
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19. Elaine Schwartz, Longtime Principal of an Innovative School, Dies at 92


A co-founder of the Center School in Manhattan, she implemented once-radical ideas that put the students first. She retired four decades later, at 91.
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20. Oklahoma’s State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible


The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document.” The mandate comes as part of a conservative movement to infuse Christian values in public schools.
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