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Catholicism is growing in Philly and New Jersey. Who’s filling the pews?

Local diocese officials are confirming what’s becoming a global trend: more people are converting or coming back to Catholicism.

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China Plans To Hunt For Water At The Lunar South Pole - BGR

As plans for moon exploration become increasingly popular, China will be looking for water at the lunar south pole with its upcoming Change'e-7 mission.

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Anthropic is blacklisted by the Pentagon and being used by the NSA at the same time

The Financial Times reports that Anthropic has installed half a dozen engineers inside the NSA as forward-deployed staff. Their job is said to involve guiding the agency's...

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Catholic bishop shot dead in Mozambique

A general view of Mozambique national flags hung in a street leading to Independence Square where in Maputo on January 15, 2025. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse MAPUTO -- A Catholic bishop

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New study casts doubt on reliability of mental health diagnosis interviews

Diagnostic interviews seen as ‘gold standard’ vary in reliability from condition to condition, study says

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Scientists Thought They Understood Evolution. They Were Wrong.

Beneficial mutations happen quite frequently, but the world changes too fast for them to stick.

Not “wrong” just more complicated and fast-paced than many supposed. -EP

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The RAM crisis is resurrecting DDR4 memory and motherboard production as hardware cycle reverses

Several manufacturers at Computex 2026 informed Tom's Hardware that they are preparing to increase production of DDR4 memory and older motherboards that support it. Demand has increased...

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/PRNewswire/ -- A new report finds that improved physical health outcomes are overwhelmingly associated with religious beliefs, practices and participation in...

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Priest Who Said Aliens Were Demons Removed as Exorcist for Washington - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/catholic-exorcist-demon-ufo.html

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Rising seas could drown mangroves and release vast stores of carbon | ScienceDaily

Rising seas could drown mangroves and release vast stores of carbon

Mangroves are famous for trapping vast amounts of carbon, helping slow climate change. However, a new study suggests rising sea levels could

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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark warns AI needs a 'brake pedal'

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark warns AI needs a 'brake pedal'

Jack Clark tells BBC's Newsnight AI could get to the point where it develops without human input.

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Catholics and Pentecostals in England hold first official talks - Christian Today

Catholics and Pentecostals in England hold first official talks

Conversations were reportedly “honest and reflective” and examined areas of agreement and potential avenues of collaboration, while also not

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Anthropic files to go public | TechCrunch

Anthropic, now an AI powerhouse that has landed top-tier enterprise customers, was once considered an underdog in the emerging world of large language models.

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U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device | University of Toronto

U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered a new class of cyberthreat that gives hackers more power and reach at far

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Hackers Tricked Meta AI Into Handing Out Access to Major Instagram Accounts

Hackers Tricked Meta AI Into Handing Out Access to Major Instagram Accounts

Apparently if you asked the bot just so, it would give you control of someone else's account.

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U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Pacific Ocean, in fourth attack this week

The U.S. military said it carried out another strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing three in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.