A prehistoric boomerang just doubled its age, gastric bypass might slash cancer risk, scientists grow carbon-guzzling materials, and Gen Alpha's secret slang is stumping both parents and AI.

SOURCES

• Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought | New Scientist
• Boomerang and bones: Refining the chronology of the Early Upper Paleolithic at Obłazowa Cave, Poland | PLOS One
• Gastric bypass surgery may cut the risk of bowel cancer | New Scientist
• Bile diversion underlies Roux-en-Y antitumor benefits | Science Translational Medicine
• Scientists invent photosynthetic 'living' material that sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere | Live Science
• Generation Alpha's coded language makes online bullying hard to detect | New Scientist
• Understanding Gen Alpha's Digital Language: Evaluation of LLM Safety Systems for Content Moderation | FACCT '25

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