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museum where visitors enter an underground time capsule to see the
once-classified base.
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U.S. Economy Slowed in First Half of 2025 as Tariffs Scrambled Data
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Gross domestic product rebounded in the spring after contracting at
the start of the year, but consumer spending remained weak.
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Shaolin's 'C.E.O. Monk' Accused of Embezzlement, Affairs With Women
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China's famed Shaolin Temple said its celebrity abbot, Shi Yongxin,
was under investigation over misuse of funds and "improper relations"
with women.
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Meet the CIA-backed venture fund behind Palantir, Anduril-and a spy
tool that might be on your phone
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In-Q-Tel has brought Silicon Valley thinking to Washington's defense
establishment and backed a generation of James Bond spy gadgets.
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Less rain, more wheat: How Australian farmers defied climate doom
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Growers and researchers in the driest inhabited continent have
dramatically increased crop yields through new agricultural
techniques, despite intensifying environmental challenges. Innovations
in water-use efficiency, soil re-engineering and seed technology have
helped feed a rising global population.
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A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left
Fighting for Their Lives.
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Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution
Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide
injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
as a way to fight aging and chronic disease.
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MTA banned alcohol ads 7 years ago, citing health concerns. Now it
wants the money. - Gothamist
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Alcohol ads could soon start popping up in the public transit system,
as the agency nixes a ban.
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TikTok Asks Users to Help Police Misinformation
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The popular app will let users add context to videos through a
"community notes" program much like those on X and Meta.
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What the Fed's Rate Decision Means for Loans, Credit Cards, Mortgages
and More
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Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car
loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.
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'Climate Delusion' Or Vital Solution? Carbon Capture's Uphill Battle |
NOEMA
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Industrial carbon capture is a climate strategy environmentalists love
to hate. Those committed to its development are trying to win back
allies they sorely need.
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How an M&M Sparked the Search for the Next Perfect Peanut
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With funding from the candy giant Mars, scientists at the University
of Georgia are genetically designing a peanut that can thrive in a
changing climate.
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Want AI agents to work together? The Linux Foundation has a plan
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Cisco has donated its AGNTCY, a foundation for an interoperable
'Internet of Agents' to enable disparate AI agents to communicate and
collaborate seamlessly. Here's how.
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Coffee helps bacteria resist antibiotics in your gut
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New research shows that coffee and other food compounds can make
antibiotics less effective against bacteria like E. coli.
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New algorithms enable efficient machine learning with symmetric data
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MIT researchers designed a computationally efficient algorithm for
machine learning with symmetric data that also requires fewer data for
training than conventional approaches. Their work could inform the
design of faster, more accurate machine-learning models for tasks like
discovering new drugs or identifying astronomical phenomena.
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Senate Democrats try to force release of Epstein files using arcane
law | CNN Politics
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Senate Democrats are using an arcane procedural tool to try to force
the Department of Justice to release additional files from the Jeffrey
Epstein case - the latest gambit to keep the issue front-and-center as
lawmakers prepare for their month-long August recess.
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How US adults are using AI, according to AP-NORC polling
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A new poll finds most Americans say they've used artificial
intelligence to search for information. But it's younger adults who
appear to be the generation leaning the most into AI, with many using
it for brainstorming and work tasks.
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One diet soda a day increases type 2 diabetes risk by 38%
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In a landmark 14-year study, researchers have found that artificially
sweetened drinks raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more
than a third, significantly higher than those loaded with sugar. It
challenges the long-standing perception of diet drinks being a
healthier alternative and suggests they may carry metabolic risks of
their own.
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Researchers use strands of DNA and mRNA with similar lengths to aid in
search for new drugs
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An easy method for efficiently identifying proteins that interact with
bioactive molecules has been developed by chemical biologists at
RIKEN. This innovation, published in ChemBioChem, could help to ...
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DJI's Amflow e-bikes are available to order in the US, but they don't
come cheap
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Now onto the bad news, and boy is it bad. The cheapest configuration
of the Amflow PL is $7,500 and prices shoot up to $10,200 for the Pro
model. Luckily, curious consumers can book a test ride in many
locations. DJI has been licensing the Avinox drive system to other
e-bike manufacturers, so maybe we'll get more budget-friendly
offerings in the future. As of this writing, 16 international brands
have announced they are building bikes built around the system.
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'Ozempic face' may be driving a cosmetic surgery boom | CNN
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Cosmetic surgeons are reporting a growing number of patients with
sagging skin and facial hollowing after losing weight with drugs like
Ozempic and Wegovy.
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U.S. Hits Brazil With 50% Tariffs and Sanctions in Sharp Escalation
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The White House hit Brazil on Wednesday with a 50 percent tariff and
sanctions on a justice overseeing investigations into former President
Jair Bolsonaro.
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So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work
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AP survey shows most Americans treat AI chatbots like a search engine
replacement.
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Who really benefits from the AI boom?
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Trump order ends global tariff exemption for low-cost goods
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Trump used emergency presidential powers to override the deadline set
by Congress and move it significantly forward to a month from now.
This was done "to deal with national emergencies and save American
lives and businesses now," the White House said.
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Biotech startups see VC funding dry up under Trump
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Cuts in federal funding and upheaval at the FDA under Trump have
funders keeping their wallets closed — and executives "sounding the
alarm"
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How to Develop the Mindset for a Billion-Dollar Success, According to
Raising Cane's Founder
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Todd Graves shares his mentality on success, leadership and building a
billion-dollar brand.
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Scientists Believe This Major Earthquake Fault Line Is Waking Up
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Seismic pressure is building along the Tintina fault line, stretching
from Canada's Yukon Territory to Alaska, according to a new study.
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Senate confirms CDC director as top FDA official resigns under
political pressure
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Senate confirmed Susan Monarez to CDC while Vinay Prasad made a quick
exit from FDA.
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Most Americans' hearts are older than their chronological age, new
tool says
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“While a higher biological age may motivate some individuals to
adopt healthier behaviors, others may find such information
demoralizing or overwhelming, especially those with fewer resources or
competing life demands,” they wrote. “Public health messaging and
clinician communication should be sensitive to these dynamics,
ensuring that risk age is framed not as a verdict, but as an
opportunity for change, supported by accessible interventions.”
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Neanderthals Ate Maggot-Filled Meat On Purpose-Here's Why
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Fresh meat is excellent, unless you're a Neanderthal. Then you
might've preferred it crawling with maggots...
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A Million Veterans Gave DNA To Aid Health Research. Scientists Worry
the Data Will Be Wasted. - KFF Health News
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Retired service members donated genetic material to help answer health
questions for not only others in the military but all Americans,
creating one of the largest repositories of health data in the world.
The Trump administration is dragging its heels on agreements to
analyze it with supercomputers.
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Exclusive: Inside the Preparations for Trump's Next Supreme Court
Nominee
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Exclusive: How the White House and a close circle of lawyers plan for
Trump to hit the ground running if there's a Supreme Court vacancy
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Susan Monarez Faces Daunting Challenges as C.D.C. Director
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The agency’s new leader must contend with reduced budgets, mass
layoffs, political tumult and a boss determined to reshape public
health.
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How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28 million for their AI marketing
automation startup
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A marketing automation startup called Conversation has a founding
story that sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show
"Silicon Valley."
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Is AI smoothing our thinking at the cost of the friction that fuels
insight?
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Trump nominee for top HHS post pushed to ban methadone treatment
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“Secretary Kennedy has accurately referred to methadone treatment as
part of the ‘nuts and bolts’ response to America’s overdose
crisis,” Stephen Taylor, the president of the American Society of
Addiction Medicine, said in a statement, “and we certainly hope this
sentiment is reflected at all levels of HHS, including by the Office
of General Counsel.”
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Flight disruption after major UK air traffic outage
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Ryanair chief operating officer Neal McMahon said "yet another" air
traffic control system failure has "resulted in the closure of UK
airspace meaning thousands of passengers travel plans have been
disrupted".
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Heavy rains and flooding kill at least 34 people in and near Beijing
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Heavy rains and flooding killed 30 people in Beijing, bringing the
death toll from the storms in the region to at least 34. More than
80,000 people have been relocated in Beijing.
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