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A Filipino rice farmer’s one-minute seizure led doctors to MRI-confirmed brain worm eggs from S. japonicum, detailed in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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From Fady Joudah’s genocide elegy to a forgotten 1940 Fitzgerald rival, the week of Sept. 21–25, 2026 in books was dense, strange, and necessary.
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The National Book Foundation longlisted 10 nonfiction titles from 727 submissions. Finalists announced Oct. 6; winners at the Nov. 18 ceremony.
Agentic A.I. excels at optimizing digital systems already sold as optimized — raising quiet questions about who those systems were built for.
A Hyrox athlete defecated mid-race in Beijing and kept going. The sport penalizes spitting and head-cooling. It had no rule for this.
Volvo’s 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in hybrids arrive with more than doubled electric range, new 11.2-inch Gemini infotainment, and revised exterior details.