The headlines and some comments on them.

A new study finds that mosquitoes can learn to associate DEET with a blood meal, which could turn the repellent into an attractant.

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  laura.brooks

  My bug spray is now basically a dinner bell with a citrus scent.

  990

AI agents are being used more and more to collect debts in the US, and some people say the bots are calling about bills that were already paid.

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  the_wolf

  A debt collector I know lost his job to AI, and now he's in debt.😢

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New CDC survey data shows only about 9 percent of US adults still smoke cigarettes, the lowest rate ever recorded.

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  tomturner92

  Smoking is down but my nephew's bedroom smells like a Jolly Rancher caught fire.

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Travis Kelce liked a social media post joking that he and Taylor Swift should hyphenate their last names to Swift-Kelce after they get married

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  finn.gonzales

  Hyphenated last name means that baby is getting a violin before it gets a bottle.

  1001

A one-armed woman had her distracted driving ticket dropped after proving she couldn't have held a phone in her right hand

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  liam_84

  She really did win that case "single handedly."

  960

The former CDC director says he wouldn't be surprised if the US sees a few sporadic Ebola cases as the outbreak in Congo grows

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  laura1992

  A few sporadic cases is what you say about jaywalking, not the disease that melts your organs.

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Sotheby's in New York is auctioning a T. rex named Gus for an estimated $20 to $30 million, the highest ever for a dinosaur.

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  jason_87

  They named him Gus because nothing moves $30 million of dead lizard like a name that sounds like he should be wearing New Balance sneakers.

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Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt says the chain will sell AI-generated books as long as they are clearly labeled and don't plagiarize human authors

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  swiftlion

  Finally a book club where nobody actually read the book, including the author.

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A major survey of 1660 physicists found deep disagreement on nearly every fundamental question in physics

A rare blue micromoon this weekend will look like the smallest full moon of the year, with Antares glowing right next to it

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  ed.kelly

  I told my wife I'd do the dishes once in a blue moon, and now she's standing at the window with a calendar and a frying pan.

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A new survey says 40 percent of Americans have gone on a date just to score a free meal

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  harper1996

  Dating apps are basically DoorDash... with extra steps.

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Jeff Bezos says people should be excited about AI instead of afraid of it, comparing the technology to trading in a shovel for a bulldozer.

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  realmarkwilliams

  Coming from the man who replaced warehouse workers with robots, this feels less like advice and more like a warning.

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A new study suggests T. rex evolved tiny arms because its skull grew so massive that its jaws took over as the main weapon, leaving the arms nearly useless.

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  lucas_70

  Imagine being the apex predator of the planet and still needing a stepstool to change a lightbulb.

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Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, wolves, bears, and rare wild horses have reclaimed the radioactive exclusion zone

Taylor Swift is reportedly drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Taylor's 1950 wedding dress.

Chelsea Handler says dating apps and endless choices have made men unwilling to commit

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  mark_henderson

  I'm convinced dating apps were invented by someone who wanted to ensure that every cat has a loving and caring home.

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ChatGPT is rolling out a feature that lets Pro users link their bank accounts and ask questions about their spending and financial goals.

Meta is planning to turn its employees' clicks and keystrokes into training data for its AI.

Robot dogs are now patrolling precious crops as the global food crisis gets worse

A thousand animal rights activists tried to storm a beagle breeding facility in Wisconsin

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  radrogue847

  Yeah, how brave. It's easy to storm a beagle facility. Let's see them try that with a chihuahua facility.

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Kendrick Perkins thinks LeBron James already knows when he's retiring and is just keeping everyone in suspense about it

The Pentagon has released footage of a US Air Force F-16 shooting down an unidentified object over Lake Huron.

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  azurewizard

  Somewhere a Canadian goose is being remembered as a hero.

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Patients are now showing plastic surgeons AI-generated cartoon versions of themselves and asking to look exactly like that

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  nebula502

  And here I was thinking duck lips and giant eyelashes looked ridiculous, we are about to see full-on Daisy Ducks.

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A new book about AI and the future of truth turned out to contain multiple fake or misattributed quotes generated by AI tools

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  tide505

  Half the non-fiction section is about to get quietly moved to fiction thanks to AI hallucinations.

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An influencer ditched dating apps and made a Google Form for prospective men, and over 260 men applied.