Today is National Inventors’ Day.
Here is a comprehensive list of inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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On the Lighter Side
An updated list of Philadelphia’s best Italian restaurants is here.
Try one of these new Philadelphia restaurants.
Maybe all we need this year is a heart-shaped pizza. (There are other shops doing this as well.)
High Profiles Can Raise the Stakes
For at least the past month, trailers for the newest Superman movie have been available for view. There’s been a decent amount of buzz, especially about the dog. Now the success of this summer’s reboot might be in question. The international rights to the film are in dispute, according to a new lawsuit against Warner Brothers. Meanwhile, a Hong Kong art collector has filed suit seeking the return of a sculpture allegedly sold fraudulently to famed Hollywood producer David Geffen.
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FYI
Almost $40 million in counterfeit sports items were seized in the past year.
In Part II of its’ report on AI, the USPTO says AI-assisted works can only be copyrighted if the artist exercises sufficient control and creative expression.
Trends We’re Watching: Class Actions
A proposed class action has been filed against Amazon. Plaintiffs claim the company sold customers’ geolocation data.
A proposed class action has been filed against Flagstar Bank, alleging the financial institution rolled over matured CDs into “zombie” CDs paying 0.02 percent interest for 25 years.
What’s Puzzling Us
First Pluto, now this. There may only be six continents. What’s next?
What Doesn’t Surprise Us At All (Besides the Eagles Beating the Chiefs)
Restaurants along the Gulf Coast appear to be misrepresenting the source of the shrimp they serve.
Scientists have confirmed that magma is still sitting beneath dormant volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
A truck trailer of eggs was stolen from a farm in Pennsylvania. Has anyone spoken to the scientists doing these boiled egg experiments?
Google’s commercial for AI had to be edited because the first version used incorrect information generated by AI.
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NASA found evidence of amino acids and water in samples retrieved from the Bennu asteroid.
Fossil finds: Ancient food chain information has been revealed in fossil vomit discovered in Denmark; a pterosaur bone with a bite mark was uncovered; and in Antarctica, the loon-like skull of what may be the oldest modern bird has been found.
People’s Choice selections from the 2024 Natural History Museum Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced.
Night tourism is having a moment.
Watch List
Questlove edited 50 years of SNL musical performances into an amazing short introduction.
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