Day: January 12, 2026

Robots that feel pain react faster than humans

11:30 pm January 12, 2026

Touch something hot, and your hand snaps back before you even think. That split second matters. Sensory nerves in your skin send a rapid signal to your spinal cord, which triggers your muscles right away. Your brain catches up later. Most robots cannot do this. When a humanoid robot touches something harmful, sensor data usually […]

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GOP attorneys general, female athletes spotlight women’s sports cases ahead of SCOTUS arguments

11:28 pm January 12, 2026

A group of Republican attorneys general and female sports advocates gathered Monday in Washington, D.C., to call on the Supreme Court to give states the ability to set sex-based rules for school athletics. The group, which included former college swimmer turned activist Riley Gaines, said a decision by the high court in a pair of […]

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Dems who praised cop for killing J6 protester now condemn ICE for shooting MN agitator

11:19 pm January 12, 2026

Democrats have come out against federal law enforcement’s use of lethal force following shootings involving federal immigration officials in Minneapolis and Portland last week, with some going so far as to accuse them of murder.  However, their attitudes about lethal force after a U.S. Capitol police officer killed Ashli Babbitt paint a very different picture […]

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Trump declares himself Venezuela’s ‘acting president’ in online post after Maduro ouster

11:19 pm January 12, 2026

President Donald Trump branded himself as the “president” of Venezuela in a social media post Sunday night, after signaling that the U.S. would oversee Caracas, Venezuela, for years.  Trump shared a doctored image that looked like a Wikipedia page that identified him as “Acting President of Venezuela” since January 2026, after the U.S. conducted strikes […]

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Florida Lt Gov Jay Collins jumps into Sunshine State gubernatorial race to succeed Ron DeSantis

11:15 pm January 12, 2026

Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins is mounting a gubernatorial bid on Monday, joining the field of candidates vying to succeed second-term Gov. Ron DeSantis. “I’m running for Governor because leadership is forged under pressure, not in soundbites. I served over 23 years in the United States military, mainly as a Green Beret, where accountability is […]

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