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Do probiotics work? - The Economist (No paywall)
Sree VijaykumarA DAZZLING menagerie of microbes live inside the human gut—by some counts a few thousand different species. Most residents of this gut microbiome are not the disease-causing kind. In fact, many do useful jobs, such as breaking down certain carbohydrates, fibres and proteins that the human body would otherwise struggle to digest. Some even produce essential compounds the body cannot make on its own, like B vitamins and short-chain fatty acids, which help regulate inflammation, influence the immune system and affect metabolism.

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Employees Say They Coast in Summer. Here's Why Adam Grant Advises Bosses to Be Chill About It - Inc (No paywall)
Employees Say They Coast in Summer. Here's Why Adam Grant Advises Bosses to Be Chill About It
If employers get the feeling that many workers aren't grinding away at their jobs quite as hard this time of year, they're probably right. A new survey found nearly half of employees said they reduce their time and effort in the workplace during the warmer, longer days of summer, when work-life balances tip toward personal priorities.


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Syrian government says it's deploying forces to restive south after week of violence | CNN
Syrian government says it's deploying forces to restive south after week of violence | CNN
Syrian security forces are beginning to move into the restive province of Suwayda after days of communal fighting in which hundreds of people have been killed,the country's interior ministry says.


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Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot
Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot
Cursor-maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot.


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Trump says BRICS would end quickly if they ever form in a meaningful way
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his threat to slap a 10% tariff on imports from members of the BRICS group of developing nations and said the group would end very quickly if they ever formed in a meaningful way.




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How AI is helping healthcare startups multiply their patients and chase profits - Business Insider (No paywall)
How AI is helping healthcare startups multiply their patients and chase profits
"The long-term vision is to continue to peel away aspects of in-person care and deliver the care itself via technology," said CEO Daniel Perez, the cofounder and CEO of newly public physical therapy company Hinge Health, in a May interview with BI.


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A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela Swap
A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela Swap
Over 260 people were released from prisons in El Salvador and Venezuela. Now they face the challenge of coming home.


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French mural of Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in shame angers Trump supporters
French mural of Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in shame angers Trump supporters
A mural depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in the northern French city of Roubaix has sparked a flurry of comments on social media over its intended swipe at US President Donald Trump's crackdown on migrants. Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw has described her work in Roubaix, which has a large immigrant community, as "a quiet reminder of what freedom should be".


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China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool - Scientific American (No paywall)
China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool
To grow its economy, China is betting big on artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other digital technology - and a big part of that bet involves rapidly building data centers to boost computing power. But these massive collections of servers gobble up growing amounts of energy, and each one cycles through hundreds of thousands of gallons of water a day to carry away the heat they generate.






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Trump's pivot to 'trade not aid' leaves African nations wary as they faces tariffs and uncertainty
Trump's pivot to 'trade not aid' leaves African nations wary as they faces tariffs and uncertainty
President Donald Trump's new Africa strategy shifts from aid to trade under a "commercial diplomacy" push, urging ambassadors to broker business deals rather than manage aid programs.


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Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Claims a 10th Life
Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Claims a 10th Life
Brenda Cropper, 66, died at a hospital after being in critical condition all week after the fire erupted on Sunday, officials said.


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IDF intercepts missile fired from Yemen as sirens send millions to shelters
IDF intercepts missile fired from Yemen as sirens send millions to shelters
Missile launched from Yemen intercepted by Israeli forces, triggering sirens across central Israel and briefly disrupting air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport


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Germany deports 81 Afghans under tougher migration policy
Germany deports 81 Afghans under tougher migration policy
Coordinated with Qatar, the flight departed on Friday as Berlin toughens migration policy. Officials said all deportees had criminal records and were required by law to leave. #EuropeNews




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EU countries begin political battle over EUR2 trillion budget
EU countries begin political battle over EUR2 trillion budget
The political battle over the next EU budget has officially begun. #EuropeNews


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Teaching Men Who Will Never Leave Prison - The New Yorker (No paywall)
Teaching Men Who Will Never Leave Prison
Its 2018. I am, for the first time, in a classroom at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York, a mens maximum-security state prison. There are sixteen students in the class. They are white, Black, Latino. A couple of them are the age of ordinary college kids; most are considerably older. The oldest of all, a man in his seventies, struggles to follow the conversation, using cheap, prison-issued hearing aids. All of these men have demonstrated their ability to work at a college level. A few, indeed, already have college degrees. Some have been incarcerated for thirty years or more and have been reading books all that time.


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Trump Pins Epstein Files Blowup On Radical Left As MAGA Figures Push For Transparency - Forbes (No paywall)
Trump Pins Epstein Files Blowup On Radical Left As MAGA Figures Push For Transparency
President Donald Trump said Saturday his administration's court request to produce grand jury testimony from the indictment of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will not be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request, placing blame on critics even as members of his own administration and supporter base have pushed for more information and transparency about Epstein and his associates.


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Romance scam victim travels 700km 'to marry French beauty queen'
Romance scam victim travels 700km 'to marry French beauty queen'
The Belgian turned up at the home of Sophie Vouzelaud in France only to realise he had been a victim of fraud.




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Exclusive: US firms to develop Syria energy masterplan after Trump lifts sanctions
U.S.-based firms Baker Hughes , Hunt Energy and Argent LNG will develop a masterplan for Syria's oil, gas and power sector, Argent LNG CEO Jonathan Bass said on Friday, in a partnership aimed at rebuilding energy infrastructure shattered by 14 years of civil war.


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Here are some of the newest UNESCO World Heritage sites
Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency.


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Aspen forum attendees admit there's no return to a pre-Trump world order
Aspen forum attendees admit there's no return to a pre-Trump world order
The U.S. president has revamped trade, aid and military force to an extent that attendees here say will have effects for decades to come.


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Relief from drought in southwest U.S. likely isn't coming, according to new research
Relief from drought in southwest U.S. likely isn't coming, according to new research
The Southwest United States is currently facing its worst megadrought of the past 1,200 years. According to a recent study by the University of Texas at Austin, the drought could continue at least until the end of the century, if not longer.




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What in the World? - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of July 12: Australia begins war-fighting drills, Trump threatens further tariffs, and a Syrian cease-fire is reached.


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Russia launches massive drone attack on Ukraine cities
Russia launches massive drone attack on Ukraine cities
Last night, our warriors from various units repelled another Russian attack. More than 300 strike drones and over 30 missiles of various types were launched against our cities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a social media post on Saturday. Target elimination is still ongoing - drones remain in the air, he added.


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Are Families Who Play Games Superior? - The Cut (No paywall)
Are Families Who Play Games Superior?
When was the last time you experienced an adrenaline rush while playing a game with your kids? This had never happened to me in my life until two weeks ago, and I'm still thinking about it.


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US re-routing Patriots to fast-track air defenses to Ukraine, WSJ reports
US re-routing Patriots to fast-track air defenses to Ukraine, WSJ reports
The U.S. will send its next Patriot system to Germany rather than Switzerland, in order to speed up Berlin's shipment of two Patriot batteries to Ukraine, officials said.




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The Surprising Science of Dungeons and Dragons - Scientific American (No paywall)
The Surprising Science of Dungeons and Dragons
Last April I spent a harrowing hour of my life trying to get tickets to a show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. I walked away with the cortisol levels of someone who'd just been hunted for sport and feeling lucky that I'd only spent, like, twice what I'd expected to.


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The epic battle for AI talent - with exploding offers, secret deals and tears - WSJ (No paywall)
The epic battle for AI talent - with exploding offers, secret deals and tears
For months, OpenAI had been talking to Windsurf about buying it for $3 billion, and now it seemed like the rank-and-file were finally getting confirmation that the deal was about to become official. Windsurf's marketing team even began filming the all-hands meeting for promotional material.


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We are mothers of Duchenne patients. Recent setbacks with Sarepta must not stop progress - STAT (No paywall)
We are mothers of Duchenne patients. Recent setbacks with Sarepta must not stop progress
As mothers of children with this disease, we have wept helplessly in recent months as friends - fellow members of a club we never asked to join - said goodbye to their sons, the babies they once held in their arms, whose dreams they held in their hearts until Duchenne robbed them of working muscles or a healthy future.


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The real reason everyone's so mad over the Gen Z stare
The real reason everyone's so mad over the Gen Z stare
Somehow, though, the concept recently articulated on TikTok gained instant recognition from millennials, Gen X, and boomers, who describe it as a blank, if not worried, look as a response to a direct question or interaction. Sometimes, it can be a lack of any greeting or reply from Zoomers in customer service specifically. Further reports point to a potentially related trend, where the group born between 1997 and 2012 don't say hi when they pick up the phone.




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Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building.
Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building.
Defying demolition orders, a Chinese man turned his home into a rickety 11-story tower. Now tourists are coming.


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Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels sign declaration of principles for permanent ceasefire
Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end fighting in eastern Congo that commits them to a permanent ceasefire to be signed in one month.


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Can This Man Save Harvard? - The Atlantic (No paywall)
Can This Man Save Harvard?
The email landed at 10 minutes to midnight on a Friday in early April - a more menacing email than Alan Garber had imagined. The Harvard president had been warned that something was coming. His university had drawn the unwanted and sustained attention of the White House, and he'd spent weeks scrambling to stave off whatever blow was coming, calling his institution's influential alumni and highly paid fixers to arrange a meeting with someone - anyonein the administration.


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Congress Passes GENIUS Act in Major Win for US Crypto Industry
Congress Passes GENIUS Act in Major Win for US Crypto Industry
Experts say the legislation could unleash a tidal wave of new stablecoins-and fresh complaints about President Trump's crypto entanglements.




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Woman marries two brothers in open celebration of Hatti polyandry tradition of Himachal village
Woman marries two brothers in open celebration of Hatti polyandry tradition of Himachal village
In the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, a family celebrated polyandry with fanfare along with the villagers when two brothers married the same girl. The bride and the grooms participated in the age-old Hatti tradition by choice and said they were proud of their culture.


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FBI Told to Flag Mentions of Trump in Epstein Files, Durbin Alleges
FBI Told to Flag Mentions of Trump in Epstein Files, Durbin Alleges
The FBI allegedly instructed agents to flag any mention of President Donald Trump while reviewing files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, according to a letter sent Friday by Senator Richard Durbin to the heads of the Justice Department and FBI.


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Scientists achieve first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect
Scientists achieve first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect
In a new Nature Physics paper, researchers report the first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect, a key thermoelectric phenomenon that has eluded scientists since it was predicted over a century ago.


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Sleep to Consciousness: How the Brain Transitions from Dreams to Reality
Sleep to Consciousness: How the Brain Transitions from Dreams to Reality
Each morning, your brain undergoes a precise sequence to shift from sleep to wakefulness, reorienting you to the world.


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The secret to resolutions? Enjoy the pursuit, not the outcome | Cornell Chronicle
The secret to resolutions? Enjoy the pursuit, not the outcome | Cornell Chronicle
The key to achieving goals is less about the outcome and more about enjoying the journey, according to new research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.


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Blue Origin Confirms NASA's ESCAPADE Mars Mission Will Launch On New Glenn In 2025
Blue Origin Confirms NASA's ESCAPADE Mars Mission Will Launch On New Glenn In 2025
The mission launch will mark New Glenn's second flight.


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Republican calls out Trump admin's decision to resume GPU sales to China
Republican calls out Trump admin's decision to resume GPU sales to China
Moolenaar demands answers from Commerce Secretary




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US revokes visas of Brazilian justices after its top court cracks down on ex-president Bolsonaro
US revokes visas of Brazilian justices after its top court cracks down on ex-president Bolsonaro
Brazil's Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders against Bolsonaro on Friday, banning him from contacting foreign officials over allegations he courted the interference of...


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This 80's-Inspired Mall Walking Group Is Redefining Fitness
This 80's-Inspired Mall Walking Group Is Redefining Fitness
Fun costumes, power-walk form and the buddy system are requirements of this unique group that is creating a fitness community in an unlikely place: the mall.


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Gaza: Dozens killed by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution sites, Hamas-run ministry says
Gaza: Dozens killed by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution sites, Hamas-run ministry says
More than 100 others were also injured near two sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to the Hamas-run health ministry and civil defence agency.


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China proves that open models are more effective than all the GPUs in the world
China proves that open models are more effective than all the GPUs in the world
Comment: OpenAI delayed its promised open-weights model since GPT-2, leaving the Middle Kingdom clearly in the lead




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These French villages have no more drinking water. The reason? PFAS pollution
These French villages have no more drinking water. The reason? PFAS pollution
Nearly 3,500 residents across 16 rural villages have been unable to drink tap water since July 10 due to a record-breaking contamination by PFAS, a group of toxic substances known as 'forever chemicals.'


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As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out
As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out
Analysis: WeTransfer added the magic words "machine learning" to its ToS and users reacted predictably


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Are high-protein snacks worth the hype? Here's how to assess
Protein has taken over the packaged-snack aisles at the grocery store. But do you need extra protein in your chips and muffins?


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No, That Taste of Wine a Server Offers Is Not to See if You Like It. Here's Why
If you're unsure of how to approach that small sip of wine from a newly opened bottle, here's what wine pros say to look, smell and taste for.


 
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How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper | Quanta Magazine
How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper | Quanta Magazine
Fundamental technique lets researchers use a big, expensive "teacher" model to train a "student" model for less.


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The Conversations Doctors Are Having About Vaccination Now - The Atlantic (No paywall)
The Conversations Doctors Are Having About Vaccination Now
For years, studies have pointed to one especially powerful influence over whether a person will get a vaccine: a clear recommendation from their doctor. Throughout most of her career, Nola Ernest, a pediatrician in rural southeastern Alabama, could reassure families who were hesitating to vaccinate their kidsin many cases by explaining that she had enthusiastically opted into the same shots for her own sons. In the past few months, though, shes spoken with several families who, at her recommendation, had previously immunized all of their older kidsand yet are now adamant about not vaccinating their newborn. I reassure them that I am still the same pediatrician, Ernest told me. They say, We still trust you. We just think a lot of the things have been pushed on us for a long time that were not actually necessary, or were harmful.



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