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“The concept of ‘breed’ is very recent and does not apply to the archaeological record,” Evin said. People have, of course, been breeding dogs for particular traits for as long as we’ve had dogs, and tiny lap dogs existed even in ancient Rome. However, it’s unlikely that a Neolithic herder would have described his dog as being a distinct “breed” from his neighbor’s hunting partner, even if they looked quite different. Which, apparently, they did. Dogs had about half of their modern diversity (at least in skull shapes and sizes) by the Neolithic. Credit: Kiona Smith Bones only tell part…
Are you a true Samsung hardcore fan… with not enough money to spend on an ultra-high-end Galaxy S25 Ultra, Z Fold 7, or Z Flip 7 this holiday season? Then the Galaxy S25 Fan Edition might be the best phone for you, especially at a killer price of $474.99 with no strings attached or special requirements of any sort.That’s down from the $649.99 typically charged by the handset’s maker for an entry-level 128GB storage variant, and the same $175 discount also applies to a 256 gig configuration normally priced at $709.99. Samsung Galaxy S25 FE $474 99 $649 99 $175…
The MacBook Air M4 256GB offers great value at full price, but with a $250 discount? Well, it’s arguably the best laptop deal of the year (so far). The base model M4 chip is equipped with 10 CPU cores, 8 GPU cores, and a 16-core Neural Engine. The CPU and GPU cores share 16G of Unified Memory, which offers enough processing power and speed for creatives and developers. It’s also an ideal laptop for new college students, as it should be a trusty device through graduation and beyond. Plus, the ultra-slim profile makes it one of the best laptops for…
A young woolly mammoth now known as Yuka was frozen in the Siberian permafrost for about 40,000 years before it was discovered by local tusk hunters in 2010. The hunters soon handed it over to scientists, who were excited to see its exquisite level of preservation, with skin, muscle tissue, and even reddish hair intact. Later research showed that, while full cloning was impossible, Yuka’s DNA was in such good condition that some cell nuclei could even begin limited activity when placed inside mouse eggs. Now, a team has successfully sequenced Yuka’s RNA—a feat many researchers once thought impossible. Researchers…
The PlayStation Portal is the rare product that launched as a truly baffling device, but has evolved into something genuinely useful. At first, it could only stream games from your PlayStation 5, it lacked core features for a handheld like Bluetooth audio and it felt a bit overpriced at $200 for such a limited product. Add on the fact that home streaming can be notoriously unreliable, since it depends entirely on your ISP and home networking setup, and the Portal simply didn’t make much sense. But in 2024 Sony finally added limited cloud streaming for PS Plus titles, and last…
QUICK FACTSMilestone: First person infected with SARSDate: Nov. 16, 2002Where: Foshan, ChinaWho: A food handlerIn January 2003, epidemiologists in China identified two cases of “atypical pneumonia” in patients who had visited health care workers in Guangdong province. Teams initiated contact tracing and eventually discovered that the germ responsible for the illnesses had been circulating since a patient fell ill Nov. 16, 2002.Those early cases in November were in “food handlers” — those who either worked as chefs in restaurants or as vendors at “wet markets,” where live animals, such as poultry and more-exotic animals like civet cats and raccoon dogs,…
When Altman celebrates finally getting GPT to avoid em dashes, he’s really celebrating that OpenAI has tuned the latest version of GPT-5.1 (probably through reinforcement learning or fine-tuning) to weight custom instructions more heavily in its probability calculations. There’s an irony about control here: Given the probabilistic nature of the issue, there’s no guarantee the issue will stay fixed. OpenAI continuously updates its models behind the scenes, even within the same version number, adjusting outputs based on user feedback and new training runs. Each update arrives with different output characteristics that can undo previous behavioral tuning, a phenomenon researchers call…
Apple has been ordered to pay medical tech company Masimo $634 million by a federal jury for infringing on the latter’s patent on blood oxygen monitoring technology. According to the jury, the Apple Watch’s workout mode and heart rate notification features violated Masimo’s patent rights according to a Masimo spokesman. An Apple spokesman weighed in by saying that the tech giant disagreed with the verdict and will appeal.Last year Apple disabled the blood oxygen feature on Apple Watch Series 9 and 10, and on Apple Watch Ultra 2The Apple spokesman said, “Over the past six years (Masimo has) sued Apple…
Amazon’s Criterion Collection Black Friday sale doesn’t always include preorders, but one of the most popular upcoming releases is now eligible for the 50% discount. Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut is available to preorder for $25 (was $50) on 4K Blu-ray and $20 (was $40) on 1080p Blu-ray. Eyes Wide Shut releases November 25, and it’s currently the No. 1 best-selling movie on Amazon.Eyes Wide Shut is Criterion’s second Stanley Kubrick release of 2025. Criterion brought Barry Lyndon to 4K Blu-ray in July. If you haven’t picked up Kubrick’s superb historical drama yet, it’s also eligible for Amazon’s half-off sale,…
If you want to capture the thrill of opening up a new Labubu, but you don’t actually want a Labubu (or you’re still confused about what a Labubu even is), Sanrio blind boxes are it. On the heels of the absolutely delightful My Melody & Kuromi Netflix show, Sanrio has dropped a slew of merch featuring the two best frenemies, but its Sweet Tea Party blind boxes take the cake in terms of affordability, adorableness and built-in suspense. The My Melody & Kuromi Sweet Tea Party blind boxes come from Japanese miniature-toy maker Re-Ment and there are eight scenes to…