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The Vanishing Family: Life in the Shadow of a Cruel Genetic Mutation

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They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a cruel genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age. This is the story of what it’s like to live with those odds.

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Am I one of the last living relatives of Bruno Schulz?

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When I picked up a new biography of the great Polish writer Bruno Schulz, I realized that rumors I’d heard since childhood had a life far beyond my family.

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Can AI make photos of you look better than you do in real life?

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We all have photos that capture our precious moments in life. Whether it’s a family vacation, a graduation ceremony or a birthday party, we want to preserve these memories and share them with others. But sometimes our photos are not perfect. They might be blurry, overexposed or have unwanted objects …

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Family Matters: Everyday Life in the Neo-Assyrian Empire

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Amsterdam supermarket offers free groceries, life coach to struggling families

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Smart coop AI 'Albert Eggstein' can now translate your chooks' chatter

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Whether motivated by the environment and sustainability, the rising price of eggs, or how the pandemic profoundly changed home life for many families, it’s estimated that more than 17 million US households now have backyard chickens, with the numbers rapidly increasing.

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The Almost Romance Languages

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Reading time: 15-20 minutes If you like languages, you've probably heard the terms Romance and the Romance family. Although it started life as a name for the language of medieval France, Romance has come to be the umbrella term for a big group of modern tongues, including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Italian and Romanian.

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