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Steam Updates Let Users Gift Games by Email Without a Recipient Account

Valve also added wishlist categories and a shareable link feature, expanding how players organize and share their saved games.

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Seattle Raccoon Jimothy Goes Viral and Gets a Google Animation

The short-spined raccoon, spotted in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, has been summoned in his Google animation over 1.5 million times as of Wednesday afternoon.

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Marine Animals First Moved Into Empty Seashells 470 Million Years Ago

A fossil study shows the interiors of mollusk shells stayed completely empty during the Cambrian Period, then became densely populated by the Late Ordovician.

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Northwestern Scientists Send Entangled Photons Through Live Internet Cables

Researchers preserved quantum entanglement at 94% fidelity over a 24.4-kilometer fiber-optic cable already carrying commercial internet traffic in Chicago.

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Singapore Researchers Build Simulation Tool That Models Quantum Devices at Two Scales at Once

The new platform extends an existing plasma physics method to cover both full-device behavior and individual electron movement simultaneously.

7d ago

Johns Hopkins Lab-Grown Mini Brains Reveal How Alzheimer's Patients Respond to Drugs

Organoids grown from patient blood cells showed sharp differences in response to a common antidepressant used to treat Alzheimer's symptoms.

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Reflooding the Aral Sea Could Lock Away 605 Megatons of Carbon Dioxide

A new study finds that restoring the once-vast lake could generate up to $18 billion in carbon credits.

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Deezer Will Delete AI-Generated Songs Used to Commit Streaming Fraud

The French music platform receives nearly 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks every day and found that 85% of AI music streams last year were fraudulent.

Jul 21, 2026

Gas Bullets Traveling 20 Million MPH Found Shooting From Rare Helium Nova

Astronomers confirmed for the first time that V445 Puppis, the Milky Way's only known helium nova, is a binary system made up of a white dwarf feeding on a helium star.

Jul 21, 2026

Bonobo and Chimpanzee Touch Before Feeding Reduces Conflict Between Individuals

A Durham University study filmed 116 apes across five semi-wild groups to test whether physical contact before competitive feeding reduced aggression.

Jul 21, 2026

Gorilla Technology Signs $2.5 Billion AI Infrastructure Contract With First Payment Due in September

The company is accelerating its AI platform across Asia, with the initial contract tranche expected to close within weeks.

Jul 21, 2026

Researcher Finds Online Communication Improves Human Relationships, Not Just Damages Them

A University of Wisconsin professor who has studied digital interaction since 2004 says social media and texting can strengthen bonds.

Jul 21, 2026