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Researchers at MIT have built a paper-thin robot powered by living muscle cells that can swim through a watery maze entirely on its own. The device uses biological tissue rather than motors or batteries, raising real questions about where robotics ends and biology begins — and what that means for medicine and autonomous machines.
Shifting to a story about diplomacy and financial pressure, the US Treasury has sanctioned eight Canadian money exchange firms, alleging they helped sanctioned Iranian entities move funds and handled money tied to alleged drug trafficking networks. It's a reminder that financial infrastructure is increasingly a front line in geopolitical conflict, and that Canada's proximity to American policy carries real consequences.
And finally, a story that sits at the intersection of games and lore — the creative director behind Warhammer forty thousand Dawn of War four says the team chose Adeptus Mechanicus as a playable faction over Death Guard because the Mechanicus offered something genuinely distinct. It's a small but telling example of how design decisions in big franchise games are driven as much by narrative logic as by player demand.
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