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When the Chinese app DeepSeek burst onto the AI scene early last year, it seemed to catch a lot of people by surprise.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Encampment residents lug their bags onto a bus and head to their destinations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The model shows how electrically driven reactions in dust storms release chemicals into the atmosphere, where they are later redeposited onto the surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Both the apartments and offices are in the shadow of MIT, one of America’s universities thinking harder about how to support entrepreneurship on campus–and hold onto its students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Today I careened onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom