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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

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New Insight into Genetic Disease Variability - Neuroscience News
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research reveals that certain cells inactivate one parent’s copy of
a gene, leading to a bias in gene activity that may explain why some
individuals with disease-causing mutations remain symptom-free. This
selective gene inactivation, known as monoallelic expression, affects
about 1 in 20 genes and varies between cell types.

Enlisting an international team of collaborators, the researchers
looked at several families with different genetic disorders affecting
their immune systems. In each case, the disease-causing copy was more
likely to be active in sick patients and suppressed in healthy
relatives who had inherited the same genes.

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Editor's Note: So in some cells in your body every 20th gene can be a
little bit more Mom, a little bit less Dad, or vice versa. And to make
thing even more complicated, this can be different in white blood
cells than in the kidney cells, and it can perhaps change with time.

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Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
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Four years ago, after the tumultuous first Trump administration,
President Biden came into office promising to rebuild old alliances
and defend democracy.

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It's Official: Boring Cities Are Bad for Your Health
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A significant proportion of people today live in towns and cities that
grew up around trade, industry, and cars. Think of the docks of
Liverpool, the factories of Osaka, the automobile obsession of New
York's Robert Moses, or the low-density sprawl of modern Riyadh.






















 










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China aiming for more export curbs after bans on US defence
contractors
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China is looking to impose further export curbs on hi-tech
technologies, according to a notice from the Ministry of Commerce that
said it had launched a public consultation on the matter.

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Creating new utopias in Portugal - FT (No paywall)
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The country has long attracted creatives and entrepreneurs looking for
a different way of living. Now, a clutch of pioneers is reimagining
agricultural sites as new communities that speak to a yearning for
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Theres a traffic jam forming at US rocket launchpads - WSJ (No
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The nations busiest spaceports are fielding record demand, spurring
new efforts to develop launch sites in landlocked states and even at
sea.

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In times of economic-policy uncertainty, it may be best to avoid
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With the start of any new presidential administration, there comes
uncertainty surrounding economic policy. That is as true as ever, even
with Republicans controlling both the White House and Congress.















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Scam Recruiters Are Hiring for Your Company. Here's How to Fight Back
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Jenny Battershell knows when her employer, Goodwin Recruiting, has
been hit with another hiring scam. As the director of marketing, she
monitors site traffic, and when a new scam rears its head, visits jump
upwards of 1,500 percent. Then comes the deluge of texts and emails
from job seekers asking if the cold messages theyve received from
Goodwin recruitersvia text, WhatsApp, or LinkedInare legitimate.

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Why An Old-School Value Investor Is Betting On Bitcoin - Forbes (No
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My first trip to Las Vegas is one I remember very fondly. I was only
about a year out of college when my best friend offered me a free
flight to go with him for a few days. We stayed at the Hard Rock
Casino, which was off the Strip at the time and exactly the kind of
place where someone my age would want to be at with its party-like
atmosphere, smaller and more intimate table gaming pit than the bigger
casinos on the Strip, and some of the most generous comps.







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Trump has faced down Republican dissidents in Congress - The Economist
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REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL have a reputation for infighting and not
getting much done. January 3rd, the first day of the 119th Congress,
featured plenty of infighting. Surprisingly, the House GOP also
managed to get something donethe formerly simple process of electing
their leader. Yet the uneasy victory of Mike Johnson, the House
speaker, looks tame compared with the legislative fights to come.

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Do Insects Feel Pain? - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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One of the stranger effects of Brexit was that, after the United
Kingdom left the European Union, in 2020, it no longer recognized
animals as sentient beings. When the U.K. was an E.U. member state, it
was bound by European laws, including the Lisbon Treaty, which invoked
sentience in order to shield animals from sensations such as pain,
hunger, and fear. But, after Brexit, the U.K. was no longer subject to
the treaty. Numerous advocacy groups demanded a replacement
animal-sentience law. Twenty-nine leading veterinarians, who treated
cattle, birds, fish, dogs, and other animals, sent a letter to the
Daily Telegraph. Scientific evidence demonstrates the ability of
animals across a range of species to have feelings, they wrote. We
have fought for legislation that places a duty on the state to
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Faith and fashion: conservative Iranian women revamp hijab rules - FT
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Defiance of headscarves accompanied by growing demand for stylish
options among those following Islamic republics dress code

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How Florida's population is set to change by 2030
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Florida will remain one of the most populous U.S. states in 2030 with
more than a quarter of its residents expected to be aged 65 and over,
according to projections from the University of Virginia's Weldon
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The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography
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Hillary Clinton Receives the Highest U.S. Civilian Honor
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WASHINGTON In the East Room of the White House on a particularly
frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the
Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in
politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and
science.






















 









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TikTok creators left in limbo while awaiting decision on potential
platform ban
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Will TikTok be banned this month? That's the pressing question keeping
creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a
decision that could upend their livelihoods. The fate of the popular
app will be decided by the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on
Jan.

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Winter Storm Warnings Stretch From Kansas To D.C. -- Here's Which
States Will Be Most Impacted
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Topline Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
are under winter weather warnings this weekend in the first major
winter storm of the new year, according to the National Weather
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Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader
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Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of
Reform UK, just weeks after it was claimed the multi-billionaire was
in talks to donate a large sum to the party. In a post on his social
media site X, Musk said Farage "doesn't have what it takes" to lead
the party.

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Scientists discover a fascinating fact about the brain's of meditators
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Researchers have found that mindfulness meditation practitioners
exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity compared to
non-meditators, even during rest.

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Ukraine launches surprise operation in Kursk region according to
reports
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Ukrainian armed forces have begun a surprise offensive in Russia's
Kursk region, according to Ukrainian officials and Russian military
bloggers.

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A Novel to Help You Slow Down
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Culture and entertainment musts from Kristen V. Brown This is an
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the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and
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Antibiotic emergency could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years
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Dame Sally Davies has a straightforward message about the coming year.
We face a growing antibiotic emergency that could have devastating
impacts on men, women and children across the globe, she says.

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Could Humans Have a Brain Microbiome?
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The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is
fueling the still controversial possibility that we might have them as
well.

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Jeff Baena: Filmmaker husband of actress Aubrey Plaza took his own
life, medical examiner rules
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Director and screenwriter Jeff Baena was known for films including
Life After Beth and The Little Hours, which both starred his partner,
Aubrey Plaza. He also co-wrote the 2004 comedy I Heart Huckabees.

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Ethiopia evacuates 80,000 after earthquakes, fears of volcanic
eruption
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Ethiopia's government said it is evacuating approximately 80,000
people following a series of small-scale earthquakes in the Afar,
Oromia and Amhara regions. At least 10 earthquakes were reported in
Ethiopia since Friday, and there are signs of possible volcanic
activity.

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Why Elon Musks Starship rocket is beating Nasa in the space race
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It was one of the most striking technological events of the year. On
13 October, Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket,
blasted into space from a launchpad in Texas.

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AI Agents In 2025: What Enterprise Leaders Need To Know
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"2025 will be the year of the AI agent." Wait -- didn't we already say
that in 2023? Back then, I talked about chaining AI models in my
podcast. The excitement around AI was huge, and by 2024, many
companies rushed to try generative AI, with some even using chained
models.

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Waymo Robotaxis Safer Than Any Human-Driven Cars -- MUCH Safer
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Washington Post cartoonist quits after Bezos satire is rejected
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Ann Telnaes, a long-time Washington Post cartoonist, created a cartoon
of Mr Bezos and other tycoons kneeling before a statue of
President-elect Donald Trump.

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How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly
impossible
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Feature The explosive growth of datacenters that followed ChatGPT's
debut in 2022 has shone a spotlight on the environmental impact of
these power-hungry facilities. But it's not just power we have to
worry about. These facilities are capable of sucking down prodigious
quantities of water.

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Polyphenols the natural chemicals that could give you a healthy heart
and low blood pressure
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There's a new buzzword in town when it comes to health: polyphenols.
While scientists have been investigating the plant compounds for
years, the term has now caught the public imagination - and for good
reason.

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The largest hydroelectric dam in the world has been approved
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China has approved what is set to become the biggest hydropower dam
complex in the world, capable of producing nearly three times as much
power as the current record-holder, the Three Gorges Dam.

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Gaza Rescuers Are Haunted by Voices of Those They Couldn't Save
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When he sleeps, Nooh al-Shaghnobi, a rescue worker in Gaza, is haunted
by the cries of those he could not save. The memories of the past 14
months come flooding back, nightmares of collapsed buildings with no
equipment to dig out survivors.

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The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
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Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a
tunnel is often the only reasonable way to create a direct path
between two points.

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The Secret Lab Hidden Inside a Famous Monument
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The Monument is one of London's most famous landmarks, even giving its
name to a local Tube stop. But this tribute to London's greatest fire
also has a secret second use - as a giant piece of scientific
equipment.

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The Doctor Who Starved Her Patients to Death
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Linda Hazzard killed as many as a dozen people in the early 20th
century, and they paid willingly for it.

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How to listen -- really listen -- to someone you don't agree with
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This post is part of TED's "How to Be a Better Human" series, each of
which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED
community; browse through all the posts here.

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Why Hostility Can Bring People Closer Together
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"Hostile mediators" can be a surprisingly powerful tool in resolving
conflict.

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The secretary who turned Liquid Paper into a multimillion-dollar
business
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On a warm Texas night in 1956, Bette Nesmith -- later known as Bette
Nesmith Graham -- sat in a garage surrounded by buckets of white
tempera paint, empty nail polish bottles, and handmade labels. She
didn't know it then, but she was on the brink of something magical.

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We Finally Know Why Stress Turns Your Hair White
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Once those strands turn gray, they never go back.

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California Police Department Agrees to Reforms After Federal Inquiry
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In the messages, officers used racist slurs to describe Black people,
bragged about the use of force and, during the protests in 2020 in
response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police
officers, used slurs against Mr. Floyd and mocked the public outrage
against racism in law enforcement.

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This money bias is 'the biggest barrier to building wealth,' says
financial psychologist
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It's officially the time of year when you get around to that thing
you've been putting off. And for millions of Americans, that means
coming to grips with their finances. If you've been avoiding funding
your 401(k) or opening a brokerage account, you're not alone. Nearly
half of U.S.

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Chinese Companies Have Sidestepped Trump's Tariffs. They Could Do It
Again.
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Pushing those factories into other countries resulted in additional
costs for companies and consumers, without increasing the amount of
manufacturing in the United States, Mr. Kamler said. He said he had
been forced to raise his prices several times as a result of the
tariffs.

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Israel Conducts Raids in Syria Amid Accusations of Cease-Fire
Violations
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Mr. Sa’ar said in a statement that “extremist armed groups” had
attacked peacekeepers in the buffer zone, violating the cease-fire.
UNDOF did not immediately respond to a request for comment on those
claims.

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In Reversal, Musk Trashes Farage, U.K.'s Anti-Immigrant Populist
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Mr. Musk’s rupture with Mr. Farage was a new twist in the days-long
barrage of increasingly strident, misinformation-filled posts about
Britain from Mr. Musk, who appears intent on exercising the same
influence in European countries that he did during the American
presidential election.

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United will start testing Starlink on flights in February
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Starlink has expanded in some serious ways in the last year. SpaceX
got to test Starlink's direct-to-cell satellite service with T-Mobile
during Hurricane Milton's landfall in the US, made plans for a larger
beta test of the service for February and launched a nationwide
satellite texting service in New Zealand.

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Giorgia Meloni meets Donald Trump in flying visit to Mar-a-Lago
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Observers have said that common views on issues ranging from
immigration to abortion, alongside Meloni’s strong relationship with
Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk, could result in her becoming the
US president-elect’s main interlocutor in Europe.

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Who really gets the H-1B visas Elon Musk is fighting about?
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H-1B visas also allow international students graduating from US
medical schools to stay in the country and work in hospitals or
clinics in underserved and often remote or rural areas, Batalova said,
places incidentally "where American workers will not go."

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Central American troops arrive in Haiti to reinforce mission to
restore order
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- About 150 military police officers from
Central America have arrived in Haiti to reinforce the embattled
government's fight against violent gangs that have upended daily life
for millions in the Caribbean country.

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Inside the wild fall and last-minute revival of Bench, the VC-backed
accounting startup that imploded over the holidays
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Friday, December 27, was supposed to be the start of a relaxing
holiday weekend. But it was chaos for thousands of small business
owners who use Bench, an accounting and tax startup based in Canada
that raised $113 million from investors like Bain Capital Ventures and
Shopify.

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New Orleans Attacker Visited City Twice and Made Trips to Egypt and
Canada
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“Our agents are getting answers as to where he went, who he met with
and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions here in our
city,” Lyonel Myrthil, the special agent in charge for the F.B.I. in
New Orleans, said at a news conference.

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