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by Bill Birchard

Strong writing skills are essential for anyone in business. You need
them to effectively communicate with colleagues, employees, and bosses
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Women Could Be the Key to Everyone Living Longer and Better Lives -
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For every man older than 110, there are nine women. Before she died in
August at age 117, supercentenarian Maria Branyas -- the world's
oldest verified person -- credited her bonus years not to any
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The EV Battery Tech That's Worth the Hype, According to Experts |
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Major battery breakthroughs seemingly happen every day, but only some
of that tech ever leaves the lab. WIRED breaks down what's actually
going to change EVs and what's just a dream.

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10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are
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Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement
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Elon Musk has one trillion reasons to finish his robot story - WSJ
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When Tesla shareholders approved Musk's 10-year, $1 trillion pay
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Scientists have edited a gene that may reduce high cholesterol
permanently | CNN
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Dangerously high levels of "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides may be
reduced by gene editing, in what study researchers hope will be a "one
and done" treatment.

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Farewell to the International Space Station - NASA confirms that it
will fall into the sea and that they still don't know who will be its
replacement
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It has been orbiting the Earth for three decades, but the
International Space Station (ISS) is getting ready to say goodbye to
outer space.

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Blended wings: The sci-fi aircraft concept that could appear at an
airport near you
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The concept of blended-wing aircraft - where fuselage and wing are all
one structure - is not new. But this radical design might soon be a
credible concept for airliners.

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The UAE Is Winning the Race to Sequence an Entire Country's DNA -
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With almost all of its citizens' genes already sequenced in a national
database, it's the test case for an ambitious--and, to some,
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The Astonishing Bull Market Will End One Day. Are You Ready?
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Big stock gains have always been followed by big losses. Here are tips
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AI Struggles to Read Analog Clocks Correctly
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AI struggles with analog clocks. What does this reveal about its
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Air Traffic Controllers Start Resigning as Shutdown Bites
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Unpaid air traffic controllers are quitting their jobs altogether as
the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues.

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Scientists criticize 'straw man' arguments in Bill Gates climate memo
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China's AI Upstart Moonshot Stuns Silicon Valley Again With a $4.6
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Moonshot AI's open-source Kimi K2 Thinking model claims GPT-5-class
benchmarks for a $4.6 million training bill, forcing U.S. rivals to
reconsider their moats.

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Tanzania has its Tiananmen moment - The Economist
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A post-election crackdown that killed hundreds has changed the country
forever

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She's 86. This is her 1000th skydive. Here's how she stays young. |
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Kim Knor has the kind of biography Hollywood blockbusters are made
of--and has just notched a new milestone in her quest to keep living
life to the fullest.

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1,900% Stock Gains and Hate Mail: Welcome to Quantum Investing -
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Rigetti Computing Inc. and D-Wave Quantum Inc. make products that so
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Meet the 29-Year-Old Trader Who Just Became Goldman's Youngest New MD
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Paulo Costa heard the trader across from him -- whose last name starts
with an X -- take the call he had been hoping for. He presumed the
calls would be rolled out in alphabetical order, and thought, "Oh,
hang on, this is starting to feel a little strange," he told Business
Insider.

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Great, now even malware is using LLMs to rewrite its code, says
Google, as it documents new phase of 'AI abuse'
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Mislabeled wires responsible for two-day IT outage in South Dakota,
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The loss of electricity shuttered several South Dakota's state IT
systems, and it stemmed from a mislabeled wire at the state's data
center.

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Particles that enhance mRNA delivery could reduce vaccine dosage and
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A new lipid nanoparticle could make mRNA vaccines more effective and
potentially lower the cost per dose. New research suggests an mRNA
influenza vaccine delivered with the new particle could generate the
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Riyadh's new Metro (and some associated landscape features) | Liberal
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I spent several days in Riyadh in October.1 I was particularly
interested in riding Riyadh's new Metro, all 176 kilometers of which
opened in December 2024 and January 2025--an astonishingly quick
opening of a substantial new system. I also wanted to visit an urban
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Can peptides give you superpowers? - The Economist
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The "Wolverine stack" is supposed to boost healing and recovery

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Elon Musk's Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling
fluids into Las Vegas manholes - then 'feigned compliance' and was
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Study of 3 Million Finnish Adults Finds Non-Voters Tend to Die Earlier
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A new study of over three million Finnish adults has found a striking
connection between voting and longevity: those who skipped the 1999
national

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Salman Rushdie's Literary Inspirations | The New Yorker
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The author of "The Eleventh Hour" looks back on a few works--by
Mikhail Bulgakov, Franz Kafka, Voltaire, and E. M. Forster--that have
helped him craft his own.

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Physicists Use a Single Molecule as a Tiny Particle Collider
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With potentially big implications.

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China's new 5-year plan: A high-stakes bet on self-reliance that won't
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The latest blueprint from Beijing stresses 'self-reliance' and
'high-quality development.' But is that enough to offset weak domestic
growth and poor consumption?

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The prevalence of AI at work is changing the skills employers are
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'Nestflix': the peregrine falcon livestream that has Australians glued
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Fans of the birds, whose lives have been compared to Game of Thrones,
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What a leaked transcript reveals about China's muscular statecraft -
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It is determined to protect pipelines and rare-earth mines in Myanmar

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How Airbus took off - Works in Progress Magazine
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Airbus is an example of successful industrial policy and the rare
European company that is better than its American rival. Could its
success be copied elsewhere?

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Make America procreate again: among the MAGA fertility fanatics - The
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Tech bros and religious conservatives have joined forces to boost the
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The AI boom comes to America's loneliest place - FT
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Plans for a 230-mile transmission line threaten Nevada's wilderness
and have united hunters and wildlife groups

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A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up 'Trump'
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Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides
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A Timeline of the Legal Saga Surrounding SNAP Payments
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Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in
American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to
food stamp recipients.

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China Suspends Export Controls on More Critical Minerals
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The changes would make it easier for American firms to obtain key
minerals, delivering on what the White House said the two countries
had agreed to at last month’s summit.

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Americans see a government that can't solve their problems - WSJ
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Decisive Democratic wins just a year after Trump's GOP sweep signal
voters are impatient for change.

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Opinion | America Isn't Cool Anymore
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Pop culture exports have long been a potent source of American soft
power. What happens when the U.S. is no longer the global capital of
cool?

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Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat 'for
generations'
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Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality
housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets

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Race for icebreakers heats up amid Arctic power struggle
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The United States has agreed to purchase 11 of these giant ships from
Finland in a bid to counter the push from Russia and China

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Where Democrats Will Duel Next for the Party's Future
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In Michigan, Maine and many other states, primary candidates will
decide the party’s direction on a host of policy issues, and
ultimately whether it has a center-left or left-wing vision.

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Trump Loyalists Push 'Grand Conspiracy' as New Subpoenas Land
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The Justice Department moved an inquiry that appeared initially
focused on John O. Brennan to South Florida and is beginning to
recruit line prosecutors.

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New SF Clinic Helps People Facing Health Breakdowns in Public
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A former Goodwill thrift store now houses an urgent care clinic for
people experiencing mental health breakdowns in public.

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The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
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A growing coalition of conservatives are speaking out against hormonal
birth control, while promoting a more “natural” alternative.

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Medical Helicopter Crashes in Tennessee, Killing One Crew Member
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Two other crew members were critically injured when the helicopter
crashed about 30 miles from Nashville. No patients were on board.

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Jury Awards $16.8 Million to Psychologist Fired After She Reported
Inmate's Threat
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A California jury found that Beth Fischgrund was wrongfully terminated
and defamed after she reported an inmate’s violent threat at Salinas
Valley State Prison in California.

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Shots Fired at Border Patrol Agents in Chicago, Federal Officials Say
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No Border Patrol agents were injured in the incident on Saturday as an
immigration enforcement campaign continues in the city.

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Crypto vs. gold: Which is safest in a fractured stock market?
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Some investors who are open to emerging asset classes and longer time
horizons may consider Bitcoin exposure. “In contrast, others, who
are more focused on capital preservation, tend to gravitate toward
gold,” Molidor added.

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Here's what matcha is and how it's made
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Matcha is quite expensive, with the average cost per gram being $0.25
- $0.50 for culinary grade, and up to $1 for ceremonial grade. A
combination of tariffs and high demand for the product, along with
adverse weather conditions, has led to shortages and increased prices
further. However, it can be worth paying more for the highest-quality
ceremonial matcha products so you can enjoy the true taste experience.

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Honesty boxes should be dying like cash. But many are flourishing
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"Maybe it's the uncertainty of being watched from behind that
twitching curtain or perhaps it's the nostalgic feel-good factor from
playing shop, or the untainted natural beauty of their rural locations
that remind us that honesty is indeed the best policy."

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