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Nobel Prize · SwedenThe 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of researchers – a Japanese, a Briton and a Jordanian – for the development of “metal-organic frameworks.” Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi will share the prize for providing chemists “with new opportunities for solving some of the challenges” the field faces, the Nobel Committee announced Wednesday at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.See the Story
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to trio of scientists for developing ‘metal-organic frameworks’
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LGBTQ+ · United StatesThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared receptive to a challenge on free speech grounds to a Colorado law banning psychotherapists from conducting "conversion therapy" that aims to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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US Supreme Court seems skeptical toward Colorado LGBT 'conversion therapy' ban
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Michael Jackson · United StatesThe launch of OpenAI’s Sora 2 text-to-video generation kicked off another round of anxiety among intellectual property holders in the U.S. Major Hollywood studios objected to OpenAI’s copyright policies, leading to changes in how the model handles prompts for certain sensitive categories of AI-generated content. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin tested Sora 2 to find out what the new model is capable of.See the Story
We Tested OpenAI’s Sora 2 AI-Video App to Find Out Why Hollywood Is Worried
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