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News and features
Science News: A heat-loving amoeba shifts the known limit for complex cells
Section: Science NewsA newly described amoeba divided at 63°C in laboratory tests, extending the observed thermal limit for eukaryotic life without proving life is likely elsewhere.
History: One Egyptian site, several pasts layered on top of one another
Section: HistoryReported finds at Tell el-Yahudiya show how archaeology reconstructs change from layers—and why preliminary announcements require restraint.
Art and Culture: The Lucas Museum asks who decides what counts as art
Section: Art and CultureLos Angeles’ new museum places film props, comics, illustration and canonical painting together, turning classification itself into a cultural question.
Health: The world’s care workforce is ageing with its patients
Section: HealthWHO projections of a global health-worker shortfall show why recruitment alone cannot repair care systems—and can move shortages between countries.
Research and reviews
Coherence with a purpose
A close reading of a new six-axis framework for university AI asks whether institutional alignment develops human capability—or merely coordinates more efficient output.
The voiceprint and the institution that believes it
A critical review of new research on attacks against voice authentication asks how a biometric score becomes institutional permission—and who carries the burden when it fails.
Give the safety team a decision that counts
A critical reading of lessons from oil and pharmaceutical governance asks how AI safeguards acquire authority—and retain the capacity to change decisions.
Recovery needs a world to return to
A conceptual paper on rehabilitation opens questions about embodied activity, continuing support and the institutional decisions that make recovery sustainable.
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