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Woman Finds Unusual Box in Thrift, Then Realizes What It Is

A seasoned thrifter told Newsweek she was stunned by a heartbreaking discovery tucked away on a shelf at her local store.

  • Christy Grace found a marble container with "My beloved Lady" inscription while thrift shopping.
  • The container was likely an urn containing a pet's ashes, which she initially found disappointing.
  • Grace often checks urns for contents and has discovered unusual items during thrifting.

Business

Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets

Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwaves Andy Burnham’s government has said it will look at cutting electric vehicle sales targets, in proposals that could add millions of tonnes a year to the UK’s future carbon dioxide emissions.

Business

SK Innovation Expands Natrium SMR Cooperations with TerraPower

SK Innovation is partnering with TerraPower, a U.S. next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) company, to jointly enter the global SMR market.

  • SK Innovation partners with TerraPower to expand SMR market presence.
  • Agreement signed in Seoul on August 14, 2023, by Choo Hyoung-wook and Chris Levesque.
  • SK Innovation transitions to direct operator in SMR business development.

Tech

Security updates for Friday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (.NET 10.0, .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, bind, bind9.16, and dracut), Debian (apr-util, chromium, postgresql-17, python-httplib2, unzip, and zip), Fedora…

Science

Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time

Nuclear reactors may go dark, but their fuel continues producing a faint antineutrino “glow” long after shutdown. Researchers have now detected that residual signal for the first time, finding it…

  • Scientists detect antineutrinos from shut-down reactor for first time
  • Chooz collaboration observes 100 antineutrino events in 17.2 days
  • Breakthrough enables reactor monitoring and nuclear safety advancements

Science

Why Aging May Be a Program, Not a Breakdown

By deciphering the molecular signatures of millions of mouse cells, Junyue Cao has found that aging is not haphazard wear and tear but rather a “remodeling of the cell society.” The post Why Aging May Be a Program, Not a Breakdown first appeared on Quanta Magazine

AI

If you run a solo business, here’s how AI agents can help you

The word “agentic” is being pushed by every AI company right now, and—for the most part—it’s unclear what “agents” can do. I’ve seen ads for things like “sales agents” (automating outreach) or “coding agents” (deploying software bug fixes). To a solopreneur , that type of agentic work seems irrelevant.

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