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

Editor's Pick

How Scientific Incentives Stalled the Fight Against Antibiotic
Resistance, and How We Can Fix It
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human history until the past 100 years, infectious diseases have been
our deadliest foe. Even during the roaring 1920s, nearly one in a
hundred Americans would die of an infectious disease every year. To
put that into context, the US infectious disease death rate was 10x
lower during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. The glorious
relief we enjoy from the ancient specter of deadly disease is due in
large part to development of antibiotic treatments like penicillin.

But this relief may soon be coming to an end. If nothing is done,
antibiotic resistance promises a return to the historical norm of
frequent death from infectious disease. As humans use more
antibiotics, we are inadvertently running the world's largest
selective breeding program for bacteria which can survive our
onslaught of drugs. Already by the late 1960s, 80% of cases of
Staphylococcus aureus, a common and notorious bacterial infection
agent, were resistant to penicillin. Since then, we have discovered
many more powerful antibiotic drugs, but our use of the drugs is
growing rapidly, while our discovery rate is stagnating at best.

Continued here
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Editor's Note: The most promising solution to antibiotic resistance
comes from dragon blood. Komodo dragons, native to a few small islands
in Indonesia, are the world's largest lizards. They eat carrion and
live in swamps, and their saliva hosts many of the world's most
stubborn and infectious bacteria. But Komodos almost never get
infected. Even when they have open wounds, Komodo dragons can trudge
happily along through rotting corpses and mud without a worry.

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Startup founders flooded inauguration parties hopeful for dealmaking |
TechCrunch
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If this weekend shows anything, it’s that the hardest challenge
founders will face, between balls and Mar-a-Lago trips, might just be
staying focused on their day job. “There’s people who are trying
to be in the right room,” Taylor said. “And there are people
trying to get the work done.” 

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Why Gen Z Is Drinking Less
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Gen Z is drinking less alcohol than previous generations. There isn't
one clear reason for the, but experts point to a variety of factors.















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Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott's
'Ex-Wife'?
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In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby." Four years
later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, "Ex-Wife." I probably
read "The Great Gatsby" a dozen times between junior high school and
my late 20s.

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The Gilded Age novel that helps explain our fascination with Luigi
Mangione
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A good-looking young man with a mysterious past carries a loaded gun,
ready to kill, on the streets of the world's financial capital.














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The Unexpected Power Of Outsiders In Building Innovative Teams
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No one keeps a job for life anymore. Looking for brilliance outside a
specific niche opens your business up to the best people out there. At
Atom.com, we've recently expanded our team. We were specific about
what we wanted, and we now have a team that works extremely well
together.

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Dutch pension funds divest from Tesla
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ABP and Bpf Bouw, two of the largest four pension funds in the
Netherlands with over EUR600bn in assets between them, have sold their
shares in Tesla over ESG concerns














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What comes after Design thinking
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The popular methodology isn't equipped to solve the complexities of
the current world. If you've been in business or innovation circles in
the past ten years, chances are you have experimented with design
thinking.

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David Lynch's Enchanting Sound Worlds
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David Lynch, the filmmaker whose death at 78 was announced Thursday,
was known for his surreal visions that mix the macabre with the
everyday.














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Man Diagnosed With Rare Kidney Disease Thanks ChatGPT For 'Saving His
Life'
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The AI chatbot evaluated that the symptoms were associated with
"moderate to severe Rhabdomyolysis" and its prediction turned out to
be accurate. The man had developed severe Rhabdomyolysis due to
intense workout.

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I clock up to 20,000 steps a night: my life with restless legs
syndrome
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I'd always known something was wrong with my legs. When I was a
teenager, my best friend and I shared her full-sized bed - she would
wake me up, giggling: "Lying next to you is like trying to sleep
through an earthquake!" Now I'm 45, and my boyfriend says the same
thing.














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Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial
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Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an
Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that
there were any cases in the country.

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Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses' AI Initiatives
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The video game industry has been in a troubled place for the past
year, with studio closures and job security at the forefront of
developer concerns. Increasing layoffs with seemingly no end paint a
bleak picture for devs, while companies are busy pumping money into AI
initiatives.














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Calm Tech Certification "Rewards" Less Distracting Tech
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The distractions of modern technology seem inescapable. Articles,
social media posts, and academic studies frequently condemn the
attention-grabbing qualities of our phones and laptops--ironically, a
problem we often read about and discuss on the very devices said to
cause it.

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Robot Gets Up Close to the Seabed Without Disturbing It
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Seabed observation plays a major role in safeguarding marine systems
by keeping tabs on the species and habitats on the ocean floor at
different depths.














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Suicide and soap operas: North Koreans react to being Ukrainian POWs
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The North Koreans showed up on the battlefield in late October, and
have since earned a grim reputation among Ukrainians for apparently
preferring to kill themselves rather than surrender.

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Southport attack: why is so much information being published only now?
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What were the missed chances to stop Rudakubana?Keir Starmer said
unequivocally on Tuesday that the failure to prevent this attack
"frankly leaps off the page".













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4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps
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commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
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UK aims to fix government IT with help from AI Humphrey
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The UK government is striving to end its checkered record in managing
large-scale projects with a "plan to put technology to work across
public services.

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The global struggle over how to regulate AI
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In March 2024, a Brazilian senator traveled on a commercial flight to
Washington, D.C.

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These are the defining traits of the most fulfilling relationships,
according to the longest scientific study of happiness
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In The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of
Happiness, Dr. Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz, PhD, contrast the
lives of two men: A teacher who had rich relationships with his
friends, family, and students.

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How One Country Plans to Resettle Planeloads of Deportees from the
U.S.
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Carlos Navarro was eating takeout outside a restaurant in Virginia
recently when immigration officers apprehended him and said there was
an order for his removal from the country. He had never had an
encounter with the law, said Mr. Navarro, 32, adding that he worked at
poultry plants.

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Poland fumes over US block on AI chips
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Mark Brzezinski, U.S. ambassador to Poland, was asked to explain the
decision just before he left his post on Monday, the Polish ministry
for economic development said in e-mailed remarks shared with
POLITICO. Deputy Minister Michal Baranowski will also raise the issue
during a trip to the U.S.

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Research analysts protest SEBI's new norms, some announce quitting the
profession
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SEBI-registered research analysts (RAs) are voicing their protest
against the compliance requirements, particularly the ones that were
released recently, and a few prominent names have announced their
intention of winding up their services.

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Its a nightmare: couriers mystified by the algorithms that control
their jobs
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Most days a thicket of couriers can be seen around the McDonald's in
Northern Ireland's Ballymena, waiting for orders and discussing the
mysteries of the systems that rule their working lives.

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Elon Musk to Get Terrifying Level of Access to Trump's White House
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Donald Trump has been president for less than a day, and Elon Musk
already has a White House email address--and is expected to receive
office space as well.

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Paris Olympics Medals Are Tarnishing, Putting LVMH in the Spotlight
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Rarely in Olympic history had a single company been as ubiquitous as
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods empire owned by
France's richest family. As the Paris Olympics' biggest corporate
sponsor, LVMH was everywhere. Its Moet & Chandon champagne flowed in
V.I.P. suites.

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'The Brutalist' AI backlash, explained
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Brady Corbert's The Brutalist is one of the most prominently featured
films in this year's awards season, including widespread Oscar
expectations of a Best Picture nod.

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Do All Democracies Have to Die?
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Ancient thinkers believed that political systems, like people, had
natural lifespans and that, like seasons, one type of system followed
another in a predictable and unchanging cycle.

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Trump's science advisers: how they could influence his second
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For almost half of Donald Trump's first US presidency, which ran from
2017 to 2021, he did not have an official science adviser. His second
term is shaping up to be different.

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The alcohol industry is hooked on its heaviest drinkers - WSJ (No
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Heavier drinkers are obviously where the money is," said Philip Cook,
a professor emeritus at Duke University whose 2007 book, Paying the
Tab," was among the scientific studies analyzed by Bernstein.

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Dollar, bitcoin, treasury yields ease as investors weigh Trumps
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The dollar fell against a basket of currencies, the yield on the
10-year Treasury eased and bitcoin pulled back from recent record
highs in the wake of President Donald Trumps inaugural speech, with
the absence of any immediate imposition of broad tariffs providing
some relief to equities.

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Apples smartphone sales slump in China as Huawei gains market share -
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Apples smartphone sales in China fell sharply in the final quarter of
2024, hurt by the popularity of local rivals like Huawei and others
expanding into the premium market, according to a closely followed
research firm.

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Georgia Reports First Bird Flu Outbreak in Commercial Flock - Inc (No
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This colorized electron microscope image released by the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows
avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby
Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue). Photo: CDC/NIAID via AP,
File

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To Fix Broken Work Systems, You Need to Reset - Harvard Business
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If youve ever tried to change things at work, you know the headwinds
you face. Teams and processes are often trapped in longstanding,
ineffective patterns that are hard to budge. Dan Heath, senior fellow
at Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business, explains proven
techniques to reset. Those include making the problem visible, jolting
incremental progress to start gaining traction, and motivating teams
into a new direction. He shares real-life examples of how leaders and
teams broke through seemingly intractable work situations. Heath is
the author of the new bookReset: How to Change Whats Not Working.

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Trump And Melania Meme Coins Down 50% Since Weekend Peak - Forbes (No
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A pair of crypto tokens launched by President Donald Trump and First
Lady Melania Trump have dropped in value by more than 50% since their
weekend peak, highlighting the volatile nature of so-called meme
coinswhich several crypto executives warned could harm their industrys
reputation.

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Canada has adopted assisted dying faster than anywhere on Earth - The
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Sandra Demontigny watched early-onset Alzheimers transform her
athletic father from a robust patriarch into a battered shell of a
man. Once the disease took hold, his untethered energy compelled him
to walk into walls and crawl aimlessly along floors. He died aged 53,
his face streaked with tears of frustration. When Ms Demontigny was
diagnosed with the same, fatal neurodegenerative disease at 39, she
vowed that she would not endure her fathers undignified death. Now she
can take comfort in knowing she will not.

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Perella Weinberg feud goes to trial a decade after schism - FT (No
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Tens of millions of dollars is at stake in dispute between elite
investment bank and fired restructuring star Michael Kramer

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Managing AI agents as employees is the challenge of 2025, says Goldman
Sachs CIO
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This year, artificial intelligence will be dominated by the maturation
of AI code as corporate "workers" that can take over corporate
processes and be managed just like employees, according to a
year-outlook blog post disseminated by investment bank Goldman Sachs
featuring its chief information of

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Vivek Ramaswamy responds to comments he left Trump's DOGE
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Vivek Ramaswamy has officially announced that he will no longer serve
as co-leader of President Donald Trump's Department of Government
Efficiency (DOGE), responding to comments about his departure on
social media.

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Is Donald Trumps agenda actually popular?
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Fearless journalism is more important than ever. When news breaks, you
need to understand what actually matters and what to do about it. At
Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been
more vital. But we cant do it on our own.

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Oracle shares jump 7 on involvement in AI infrastructure initiative
that Trump will announce
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Last year Oracle picked up cloud business from artificial intelligence
startup OpenAI, which needs large numbers of Nvidia graphics
processing units to train and run AI models for its ChatGPT assistant
and other products.

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Trump revives aremain in Mexicoa policy as part of anti-immigration
crackdown
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This together with a policy of routine expulsions at the border under
a heavily criticized pandemic rule ostensibly to curb Covid, known as
title 42, has driven thousands to make unauthorized crossings, often
repeatedly, and with deadly results for some - succumbing to botched
smuggling businesses, the swirling waters of the Rio Grande in Texas
or the desert there and further west.

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Mistral AI plans IPO | TechCrunch
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Mistral has raised around $1.14 billion in capital to date from
investors including Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and
Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company was reportedly last valued at
around $6 billion.

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Perplexity launches Sonar, an API for AI search
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Perplexity on Tuesday launched an API service called Sonar, allowing
enterprises and developers to build the startup's generative AI search
tools into their own applications.

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Spotify's educational audio courses could be coming to U.S.
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Spotify is expanding its streaming service to now include educational
courses in addition to music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The company on
Tuesday referenced one of its newer features called courses, which
allow users to learn about topics in areas like business, tech,
lifestyle, music, and more.

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Undocumented Women Fear for Unborn Children After Trump's Birthright
Citizenship Order
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Ms. Calderas, who is from Guatemala, said Mr. Trump’s move stirred
anxiety and uncertainty about the future of her family and especially
her son. “It worries me that the new president doesn’t want to
give citizenship to our baby,” she said. “This is where he will go
to school and grow up. He will speak English like an American.”

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Trump Sued by Federal Employees Union Over Schedule F Order
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“The American people deserve to have day-to-day government services
in the hands of qualified professionals who are committed to public
service and stay on the job regardless of which political party holds
the White House,” Doreen Greenwald, the union’s president, said in
a statement.

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Panama Alerts United Nations to Trump's Inaugural Remarks
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Starting late last year, Mr. Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Panama,
falsely claiming that Panama has ceded control of the canal to China
and that the United States must reclaim the strategic passageway.

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Elise Stefanik Pledges to Back Trump's Vision of a 'Reformed' U.N.
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On several occasions, she also singled out the U.N. Relief and Works
Agency, which is known as UNRWA and serves Palestinian refugees in
Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the Palestinian Territories and East
Jerusalem, as too deeply infiltrated by Hamas to deserve U.S. support.
U.N. investigators recently investigated allegations that some of its
employees were involved in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
2023, and fired several people who were accused of participating.

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Tech leaders praise Trump's rollback of Biden's 'AI red tape'
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“This critical legislation would ensure no future President or
bureaucrats can coerce social media sites to suppress lawful American
speech,” Robert Winterton, NetChoice vice president of public
affairs, said in a statement.

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