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Amazon Brings Back $275 iPad Deal for Black Friday

Apple’s iPad is synonymous with tablets, and now, you can get one for cheaper than ever, thanks to this new Apple deal on Amazon. Amazon is offering the 11th-generation iPad on sale for just $274 online as part of its Black Friday deals. The latest deal gets you a generous $75

Ending poverty is a 'key' to democracy - EU told

As global uncertainty grows, the urgency of fighting poverty and supporting the most vulnerable has never been greater. That is the keynote message behind a letter sent on 27 November to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen by the leader of the Socialists and

A strange ancient foot reveals a hidden human cousin

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big toe for climbing but still walked upright in a distinct style. Isotope tests

Big dreams for Palestinian teens at Singapore robot fest

Palestinian student Razan Shawar has travelled for 24 hours to showcase her team's AI-powered invention at World Robot Olympiad in Singapore, telling AFP innovation -- not war -- should be why people hear about her country. The 15-year-old high school student from Ramallah in

Sebadoh Share Drone Music Video 11 Years In The Making

Sebadoh have a new music video out today, more than a decade in the making. The clip for "Love You Here," from 2013's Defend Yourself , is directed by Ricardo Spencer and André Peniche. I'll let Lou Barlow explain how it came together, as excerpted from the YouTube caption:

Scientists uncover the brain’s hidden learning blocks

Princeton researchers found that the brain excels at learning because it reuses modular “cognitive blocks” across many tasks. Monkeys switching between visual categorization challenges revealed that the prefrontal cortex assembles these blocks like Legos to create new