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How Numbers Drive Behavioral Decision-making


Sree VijaykumarNumbers may influence behavioral decision-making more than we think, according to new Wharton research.

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Should Silicon Valley celebrate Trump's AI plans?
Should Silicon Valley celebrate Trump's AI plans?
Put your brand in front of 10,000+ tech and VC leaders across all three days of Disrupt 2025. Amplify your reach, spark real connections, and lead the innovation charge. Secure your exhibit space before your competitor does.


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FDA panel stirs backlash for SSRI use during pregnancy
FDA panel stirs backlash for SSRI use during pregnancy
Families of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy were devastated when the Food and Drug Administration asked Sarepta Therapeutics to halt shipments of its gene therapy, Elevidys, citing safety concerns — and the company subsequently agreed earlier this week. Parents who had fought for months to secure access are now stuck in limbo, with appointments abruptly canceled and little communication from regulators, STAT’s Jason Mast reports.


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Matcha: World's thirst for the tea swallows global supplies
Matcha: World's thirst for the tea swallows global supplies
"As Japanese tea is not grown in the US, there is no American industry under threat that tariffs need to protect," she said. "We hope there will be a realisation that specialty tea should be exempt."


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Hospitals boost their profit expectations for 2025 as health insurers stumble
Hospitals boost their profit expectations for 2025 as health insurers stumble
HCA Healthcare and Tenet Healthcare, for-profit chains that collectively own 240 hospitals, both said their revenue and profit came in stronger than expected in the second quarter, which ended June 30, prompting them to issue more optimistic financial forecasts for the year.


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Trump's astonishing battering of Brazil - The Economist (No paywall)
Trump's astonishing battering of Brazil
Rarely since the end of the cold war has the United States interfered so deeply with a Latin American country. On July 9th Donald Trump pledged tariffs of 50% on Brazilian exports, citing a witch hunt against Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right former president, who is soon due to stand trial for allegedly plotting a coup, a charge he denies. On July 15th Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, started investigating Brazils trade practices. On July 18th the US State Department revoked the visas of most Brazilian Supreme Court judges and other officials connected to Mr Bolsonaros prosecution. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, has said he wants to use the Global Magnitsky Act to place sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, a prominent justice, an action usually reserved for dictators and warlords.


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China military uses AI to track rapidly increasing UFOs
China military uses AI to track rapidly increasing UFOs
To the People's Liberation Army they are 'unidentified air conditions' and artificial intelligence is the best way to keep up with them.


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Graham Thorpe's care had 'failings' in last months of his life, says coroner
Graham Thorpe's care had 'failings' in last months of his life, says coroner
In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org


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We Just Started Listening to the Universe-Now Impending Budget Cuts Could Mute It - Scientific American (No paywall)
We Just Started Listening to the Universe-Now Impending Budget Cuts Could Mute It
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, two black holes danced around each other, drawing ever closer until they ended in a cosmic collision that sent ripples through the fabric of spacetime. These gravitational waves traveled for over a billion years before reaching Earth. On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) heard their chirping signal, marking the first-ever detection of such a cosmic collision.




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A prolific sci-fi author ponders the psychological impact of an alien encounter.
A prolific sci-fi author ponders the psychological impact of an alien encounter.
How would people react to news of First Contact? An author who specializes in plausible science-fiction novels speculates about a real-life encounter.


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Macron Recognizes a Palestinian State. But to What End?
Macron Recognizes a Palestinian State. But to What End?
The French president, expressing a moral obligation to address suffering in Gaza, made clear he had lost patience with the United States and Israel. The question is what effect he will have.


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Trump targets supervised consumption of drugs and harm reduction in executive order
Trump targets supervised consumption of drugs and harm reduction in executive order
“The Court’s opinion recognizes what we have always believed: The law safeguards our mission to preserve human life in an unprecedented overdose crisis,” Safehouse said in a statement. 


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Pharmalittle: We're watching Europe moving to reject Elevidys, a FDA panel on SSRI risks, and more
Pharmalittle: We're watching Europe moving to reject Elevidys, a FDA panel on SSRI risks, and more
Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Allison on Signal at AllisonDeAngelis.01.




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Plans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troubling - STAT (No paywall)
Plans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troubling
Berwick is a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is a senior fellow for health policy and Ducas is the VP of health policy at the Center for American Progress.


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European regulators endorse Lilly's Alzheimer's treatment for certain patients
European regulators endorse Lilly's Alzheimer's treatment for certain patients
But following an appeal from Lilly, the committee issued a limited recommendation Friday, saying Kisunla should be authorized for patients whose genetic profile leaves them at lower risk for ARIA.


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Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration's Challenge of Illinois Sanctuary Measures
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration's Challenge of Illinois Sanctuary Measures
The Justice Department had sued the leaders of Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials.


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Trump Redefines the Washington Scandal - The New Yorker (No paywall)
Trump Redefines the Washington Scandal
If there is one Washington art that Donald Trump has perfected, it is surely that of scandal management. After two impeachments, four indictments, and more head-exploding controversies than anyone could possibly count, his playbook of denial, deflection, and distraction is achingly familiarthough it should be noted that, given how much of what he says and does is scandalous, the label has generally lost all meaning when applied to his Presidency. In his second term, Trump now benefits from the presumption of his own survival from even the most politically debilitating of stories. And how could he not? A man who can win relection after inciting a mob of supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol is hardly going to be brought down by more quotidian offenses like monetizing the White House for his own purposes or openly defying court orders. All of which raises a definitional question: Is it still a scandal if there is no possibility that the accused will face any meaningful consequences?




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Trump Says 50-50 Odds of Trade Deal With European Union - Bloomberg (No paywall)
Trump Says 50-50 Odds of Trade Deal With European Union
President Donald Trump put the odds of striking a trade deal with Europe to reduce the tariff rate on their imports at 50-50, even as diplomats from the trading bloc have expressed optimism in recent days that an agreement could be near.


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Is the Bread in Europe Better for You?
Is the Bread in Europe Better for You?
If you've noticed that certain baked goods are more tolerable abroad, it may not be all in your head.


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The Generations of Pain I Felt in One Racist Moment
The Generations of Pain I Felt in One Racist Moment
What it means to be both Black and white, and neither, in a polarized United States.


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Emmanuel Macron says France will recognise Palestinian state in September - FT (No paywall)
Emmanuel Macron says France will recognise Palestinian state in September
Israel calls planned move a 'betrayal' as French president pushes to end war in Gaza




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Thousands of retained firefighters owed pension payments, union says
Thousands of retained firefighters owed pension payments, union says
A spokesperson for the National Fire Chiefs Council, which represents fire and rescue service, said on-call firefighters play a "critical role" in the UK's emergency response and strongly encouraged anyone who thinks they may be eligible for payments to contact their pensions administrator.


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Bipartisan Pair of House Members to Meet With Sheinbaum in Mexico
Bipartisan Pair of House Members to Meet With Sheinbaum in Mexico
The visit by Representatives Don Bacon of Nebraska and Ro Khanna of California is aimed at tamping down tensions stoked by President Trump on trade and immigration.


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The AI Boom Is Expanding Google's Dominance - Intelligencer (No paywall)
The AI Boom Is Expanding Google's Dominance
Google became popular by offering a tool that was better than others at collecting links, ranking them, and making them searchable. It has made many billions of dollars by sending browsers this way and that, providing value to searchers and advertisers and website operators and taking tolls along the way. It built an advertising business around Search and an empire around that business.


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Trump Shouldnt Settle for European Spending Pledges - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
Trump Shouldnt Settle for European Spending Pledges
More steps are needed to make good on his administration's pledge to shift the defense burden to Europe.




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Trump eyes involuntary commitment to end homelessness
Trump eyes involuntary commitment to end homelessness
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her story debunking a bogus theory about transgender kids was nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award. You can reach Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11.


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After Ghislaine Maxwell Interview, Concerns Mount Over Possibility of a Trump Pardon (Gift Article)
After Ghislaine Maxwell Interview, Concerns Mount Over Possibility of a Trump Pardon (Gift Article)
President Trump, asked whether he would consider pardoning her, said, “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I haven’t thought about.”


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How can you know if an AI is plotting against you?
How can you know if an AI is plotting against you?
And in the past year, that word has been cropping up more and more often in AI research. Experts have warned that current AI systems are capable of carrying out scheming, deception, pretending, and faking alignment meaning, they act like theyre obeying the goals that humans set for them, when really, theyre bent on carrying out their own secret goals.


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Ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take up government communications role
Ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take up government communications role
Andy Coulson, the former editor of the now defunct News of the World, worked for David Cameron in opposition and then in Downing Street, before resigning as director of communications in 2011 over the phone-hacking scandal.




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How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs - MIT Technology Review (No paywall)
How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs
Nonprofits are striving to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administrations dismantling of federal programs will obscure the nations contributions to climate change.


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Trump deflects Epstein questions as he arrives in Scotland for trade talks
Trump deflects Epstein questions as he arrives in Scotland for trade talks
A House committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the justice department for the Epstein investigation files, with three Republicans voting alongside Democratic members. Democratic representative Ro Khanna of California has said he will subpoena Epstein’s estate to hand over the book.


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Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
All of which has injected a new sense of urgency into the catastrophe in Gaza as UN agencies warned that they were on the brink of running out of specialised food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children.


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Devon and Cornwall crime commissioner sorry for multiple bodies claim
Devon and Cornwall crime commissioner sorry for multiple bodies claim
Hernandez said on Friday evening: “In trying to be helpful I responded to an operational question at the police and crime panel, however, I was not fully up to date with the facts of the investigation.




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Can Airbnb redefine travel again? - WSJ (No paywall)
Can Airbnb redefine travel again?
Airbnb built a travel empire by leveraging something the industry had long overlooked: peoples homes. Its early success came from unlocking a latent supply of spare bedrooms and vacation houses.


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US man arrested for allegedly using dating apps to scam matches out of $2m
US man arrested for allegedly using dating apps to scam matches out of $2m
If found guilty, Lloyd would face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each wire fraud count and up to 10 years on the monetary transaction count. According to prosecutors, the FBI is investigating Lloyd as well.


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Macron plan to recognise Palestine puts pressure on Starmer to choose a course
Macron plan to recognise Palestine puts pressure on Starmer to choose a course
“How many years can you talk about a two-state solution and only recognise one of them?” said Baskin. “There’s a need to break out of this duplicity of intentions and actions, so the French making that step is good. It needs to be done along with other G7 members, and members of the European Union that haven’t yet done it. It’s important because it makes a statement – that the world is committed to a solution to this conflict.”


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Von der Leyen to meet Trump in Scotland as EU and US close in on trade deal
Von der Leyen to meet Trump in Scotland as EU and US close in on trade deal
Before boarding Air Force One, Trump claimed he would have sealed deals with nearly all of the 60 countries he threatened with punitive tariffs by next Friday, his self-imposed deadline for agreements.




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Engadget Podcast: A taste of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 and more
Engadget Podcast: A taste of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 and more
Check out the episode below or find the Engadget Podcast on your favorite podcast platform. We're pretty much everywhere. If you'd like to interact with our hosts live, make sure to join us on Thursday mornings on the Engadget YouTube channel for the livestream of this podcast. We're taking a break for the rest of July but will resume that broadcast in August. Come through, we can't wait to talk to you!


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Riverdance star Michael Flatley to seek Irish presidency nomination
Riverdance star Michael Flatley to seek Irish presidency nomination
Flatley has remained in the public eye since retiring as a dancer. Critics derided his 2022 spy thriller film, Blackbird, as a vanity project. In 2023, he announced plans for a “no holds barred” biopic series, titled Dancelord, that promised to show the “epic sweep” of a life that has reached “a plane beyond mere rock stardom”.


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Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine
Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, accused the international community of sticking its head in the sand as Palestinians starved in Gaza, lambasting what he called a “lack of humanity”. “This is not just a humanitarian crisis. It is a moral crisis that challenges the global conscience,” he said on Friday.


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Severe malnutrition in under-5s has tripled at Gaza City clinic, charity reports
Severe malnutrition in under-5s has tripled at Gaza City clinic, charity reports
Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, said: “What we have presented – with full awareness and understanding of the complexity of the situation – we believe could lead to a deal if the enemy had the will to reach one.”




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Fewer resident doctors thought to have gone on strike than in last year's NHS stoppage
Fewer resident doctors thought to have gone on strike than in last year's NHS stoppage
"Most people do not support these strikes. They know they will cause real damage … These strikes threaten to turn back the clock on progress we have made in rebuilding the NHS over the last year, choking off the recovery," the prime minister said.


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Lobbyist breaches go unsanctioned as critics call for Australia's rules to be strengthened
Lobbyist breaches go unsanctioned as critics call for Australia's rules to be strengthened
The NSW Electoral Commission, which regulates the lobbying industry, required this information to be updated every three months. Lobbyists must update the list even if they have been inactive during this period.


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Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump's 'Sharpiegate' incident put on leave
Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump's 'Sharpiegate' incident put on leave
Spinrad echoed the concerns, pointing at the series of catastrophes that have already unfolded while Noaa was at reduced capacity - challenges to forecasting extreme weather, including the devastating floods in Texas that killed at least 135 people, hamstrung efforts to continue understanding and adapting to the climate crisis, and the slide toward commercialization and politicization of the work.


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France's top court annuls arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad
France's top court annuls arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad
In 2020, a report by the UN-aligned body that oversees chemical weapons use accused Syria of using sarin gas on the battlefield. The report was hailed by rights groups as a landmark moment with implications for war crimes investigations.




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Tea app suffers breach, exposing thousands of user images
Tea app suffers breach, exposing thousands of user images
Its Play Store listing highlights a reverse phone number lookup. It has sections for men's real names, ages, addresses, social profiles and relationship statuses. Other features include a reverse image search and background checks to help women "get the tea on your date." Users can poll others about whether they should date new matches.


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Trump says it's 'no time to be talking about pardons' for Ghislaine Maxwell as he lands in Scotland ahead of UK and EU talks - live
Trump says it's 'no time to be talking about pardons' for Ghislaine Maxwell as he lands in Scotland ahead of UK and EU talks - live
David Oscar Markus, Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney declined to say whether Donald Trump was the focus of any of the Department of Justice's questions during the interviewing sessions that have taken place behind closed doors at the federal courthouse in Tallahassee over the last two days.


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NSW real estate agents threaten renters with fees if they are not home for tradespeople - but legally they don't have to be
NSW real estate agents threaten renters with fees if they are not home for tradespeople - but legally they don't have to be
"Illegal fees and charges remain an issue in the sector," Jones said. "Since January, the Rental Taskforce has overseen refunds of $165,303 to renters who were charged unlawful fees."


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Troubled New Orleans jail apologizes after releasing detainee by mistake
Troubled New Orleans jail apologizes after releasing detainee by mistake
Hutson has said she plans to run for re-election in October despite a recent poll which estimated her public approval rating was at a dismal 18%. Challengers who have signed up to run against her are also outpacing her in terms of campaign finances.


 
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White House releases $5.5bn in education funds it had withheld
White House releases $5.5bn in education funds it had withheld
Similarly, the School Superintendents Association hailed the decision, with its executive director, David Schuler, saying: “We are pleased public schools will receive the funding as appropriated by Congress for the 2025-26 school year.


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Goodbye gentle parenting, hello 'f-around and find out' - WSJ (No paywall)
Goodbye gentle parenting, hello 'f-around and find out'
Carla Dillon tried lots of ways to discipline her rambunctious 13-year-old, including making him write the same contrite sentence 100 times. But when he sprayed her with a water gun at a campground after she asked him not to, she saw only one option:



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