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IRP exec chairman and publisher Ian Randle highlighted the significance of the McGarry memoir as the first from its more than 400 publications that is not specifically rooted in the Caribbean. This was likely to be the case for most, if not all, new titles to be published out of the partnership.
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Local publisher partners with top US university in book deal
Kingston-based Ian Randle Publishers (IRP) has entered into a partnership agreement with the renowned Johns Hopkins University in the United States that will see the publication of two new books each ...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20251221/local-publisher-partners-top-us-university-book-deal
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âIâm open to the possibility that this is an entirely new type of object,â Zhang says.
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This Planet Is the Shape of a Lemon. That May Be the Least Weird Thing about It
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre-looking exoplanet that defies explanation
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-are-baffled-by-this-bizarre-lemon-shaped-exoplanet/
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The New York Times
19 days ago
The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday that he narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. military aircraft over the Caribbean after an Air Force refueling tanker passed in front of the commercial plane without broadcasting its position, according to air traffic control radio communications.
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U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
https://nyti.ms/3N14tDC
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Times New Roman is a serif font, which means it has small lines that stem from the ends of the letters. Calibri is a sans serif font, without those lines, and is considered easier to read on screens, especially for those with vision or reading impairments.
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Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
The US State Department will be required to use Times New Roman instead of Calibri for official documents, starting 10 December.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkez3367xmo
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To reflect on the progress so far, we asked some of the world's leading thinkers to spotlight the groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs that have transformed our world since the turn of the millennium.
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The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century (so far), picked by the worldâs top thinkers | BBC Science Focus Magazine
We're a quarter of the way into the new century. To mark this milestone, we asked the UK's top minds to highlight some of the game-changing scientific breakthroughs shaping our world since the year 20...
https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/experts-pick-the-25-most-significant-breakthroughs-of-the-21st-century
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The proposal from the youth wing of the leftist Social Democrats, or JUSOs, aimed to fund projects to reduce the impact of climate change. "The super rich inherit billions, we inherit crises,". Critics of the initiative said it could trigger an exodus of wealthy people from Switzerland.
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Swiss voters reject proposed tax on super rich
Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more, with 78% of votes against the plan, an outcome that even exceed...
https://www.reuters.com/business/swiss-voters-reject-proposed-tax-super-rich-with-79-public-broadcaster-estimates-2025-11-30/
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âOur commitment goes far beyond distributing relief packages; itâs about restoring dignity, stability, and hope,â said Matthew DeLeon, general manager of Intcomex Jamaica.
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Intcomex adopts Wâland community after Hurricane Melissa
Intcomex Jamaica has adopted Cave district, Westmoreland, pledging six months of support for one of the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. The announcement was made on Thursday at the compa...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251130/intcomex-adopts-wland-community-after-hurricane-melissa
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The UK National Screening Committee recommends: no screening programme for all men as it is "likely to cause more harm than good" no screening for black men due to "uncertainties" around the impact due to a lack of clinical trials in black men
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Most men should not be screened for prostate cancer, says UK expert body
It recommends that only men with a confirmed genetic risk of prostate cancer should be screened for the disease.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm20169gz44o
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The denouement of the story: tech friends told him the only way to unlock the chip is to literally âstrap on an RFID reader for days to weeksâ to his palm and âbrute forcing every possible combination.â
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Man Loses Password to Chip Embedded Inside His Body
A magician in Missouri lost the password to an RFID microchip embedded in his hand and now he can't access the chip.
https://futurism.com/future-society/lost-password-chip-magician
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For years, Washington has been warning others not to trust loans from Chinese state banks fueling its rise as a superpower. But a new report reveals an ironic twist: The United States is the biggest recipient of all â by far.
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'China was playing chess while the rest of us were playing checkers': Bombshell study finds $200 billion of secret loans to U.S. businesses over 25 years | Fortune
Many of the loans from Chinaâs state lenders were routed through shell companies in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Delaware and elsewhere, according to AidData.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/18/secret-china-loans-to-us-business-200-billion-over-25-years-shell-companies/
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Overall, Americans are carrying more than $1.66 trillion in auto debt, with borrowers tumbling into âdelinquencies and defaults at a pace that exceeds pre-pandemic levels and rivals the years immediately preceding the 2008 economic crisis,â
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Auto loan delinquencies are soaring, with consumers hit by high car prices
Auto delinquencies are up more than 50% since 2010, VantageScore says, with cars and their associated costs becoming more expensive.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/auto-loan-delinquencies-are-soaring-with-consumers-hit-by-high-car-prices-152104464.html
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To help them to see and write, patients were given augmented reality glasses containing a video camera connected to a small computer, which they attached to their waistband. It included a zoom feature to make text bigger and easier to read.
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Experts hail âremarkableâ success of electronic implant in restoring sight
Sight of 84% of people with form of age-related macular degeneration restored after being fitted with device
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/20/experts-hail-remarkable-success-of-electronic-implant-in-restoring-sight
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âThe currency of the internet is attention, and you donât get attention by being sober, reflective, informative, or judicious.â
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Itâs the Internet, Stupid
What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.
https://www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-internet-stupid
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âOver the past four years, YouTube had paid out more than $100 billion to its creators, artists and media partners.â
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YouTube Just Ate TV. Itâs Only Getting Started
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTubeâs future and the disruption itâs left in ...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-impact-tv-sports-late-night-comedy-shows-1236400353/
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OlĂșfáșčÌmi O. TĂĄĂwĂČ
3 months ago
Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Another student from Academy said it was a âreally good teaching momentâ to establish that winning âis not the whole pointâ.
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Oklahoma girlsâ basketball team returns championship after realizing they lost
Scoreboard error gave Academy of Classical Christian Studies team the edge over Apache high school
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/oklahoma-girls-basketball-team-championship-return
3 months ago
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OpenAI, on the other hand, is on pace to bring in $12.7 billion this year, expects to lose $9 billion, predicts its losses will swell to $47 billion by 2028, and doesnât expect to break even until 2029. How can OpenAI plan to spend five times what it brought in?
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The AI Ouroboros
Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.
https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/
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She is now three-and-a-half years, "almost an adult," she says, adding that the lioness has become a fearsome hunter capable of killing 40 seals in a single night.
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'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach
In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
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âThe one-two punch of reading and writing is like the serum we have to take in a superhero comic book to gain the superpower of deep symbolic thinking,â Newport said. âAnd so I have been ringing this alarm bell that we have to keep taking the serum.â
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âYou have 18 monthsâ
The real deadline isnât when AI outsmarts us â itâs when we stop using our own minds.
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/you-have-18-months
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COP30 organisers are racing to convert love motels, cruise ships and churches into lodgings for an anticipated 45,000 delegates. Brazil chose to hold the climate talks at Belem, which typically has 18,000 hotel beds available
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Hotel prices lead countries to consider skipping COP30 climate summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation at next month's COP30 climate summit in Brazil and some delegates are considering staying away as a shortage of hotels has driv...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hotel-prices-lead-countries-consider-062154001.html
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NPR
3 months ago
A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was â and how that didn't stop her from playing a key role in the remarkably effective response.
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A bold doctor sent her kids away and helped beat one of the world's deadliest viruses
A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was â and how that didn't stop her from playing a key role in the remarkably effective response.
https://n.pr/3VNFPYz
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South Camp Road, North Street. What are the other school zones where this would be useful?
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Mike Goodman
3 months ago
Fwiw on the mechanics here. FIFA signs contracts with the cities, the federal government has no official part in the process. So, in effect Trump would need to lean on FIFA to back out on the deal which would beâŠlegally messy to say the least. Not that we should assume that means it canât happen.
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"It's a bit of a problem," said Tomiko Yano, a chef at restaurant Kushiyaki Tosaka. "We specialise in yakitori (skewered chicken) and it pairs really well with Super Dry. A lot of customers say that, so I'm a little worried (about the shortage)."
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Asahi beers tapping out in Japan as cyberattack shutdown lingers
Japanese restaurants, bars and stores are running low on beer and other beverages from industry leader Asahi Group as the impact from a cyberattack entered a fifth day on Friday, with no resolution in sight.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tapped-out-asahi-beers-running-dry-japan-cyberattack-shutdown-lingers-2025-10-03/
3 months ago
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The study illustrates that autism is not a single condition with one root cause, but rather an umbrella term for a cluster of conditions with similar â although not identical â featuresâŠ
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Different forms of autism may exist, not only different severities, genetic study shows
The new research reinforces how complex the neurodevelopmental disorder is and that there isnât a single cause.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna234741
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Sam Freedman
3 months ago
"We have a debt crisis so I've joined the party that was in power for 14 years and under whom debt massively grew." "Commentator of the Year"
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The presence of younger water would suggest the reserve is being replenished; older water would indicate itâs a finite resource that is not recharging.
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Scientists went hunting for freshwater deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. What they found could have global implications | CNN
An international team of scientists spent three months at sea drilling into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater under the salty ocean. They hope it could help tackle an increasingly severe glob...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/climate/freshwater-aquifer-atlantic-ocean-water-crisis
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25. The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.
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The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)
Charts and history lessonsâacross culture, politics, AI, economics, health, science, and the long story of progress
https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-25-most-interesting-ideas-ive
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Jason Kirk
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Of 52 annual reports due from listed companies, only 30 were submitted on time. A staggering 22 were outstanding at the end of the month â a compliance rate of just 58 per cent.
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Jamaica Stock Exchange reports widespread late filings among listed companies - Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Stock Exchange reports widespread late filings among listed companies
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/09/07/jamaica-stock-exchange-reports-widespread-late-filings-among-listed-companies/
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southpaw
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Turns out the foreign countries didnât pay them
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They increasingly rely on part-time salaries from wind companies as fishing revenues dry up. Over the past two years, Ărsted put 80 fishermen to work on the Revolution Wind project, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners,
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âItâs madnessâ: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt
The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vitalâŠ
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/fishermen-oppose-trump-revolution-halt
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Neto said chemical analysis had found "Trema" contains CBD but not THC, raising the possibility of an abundant new source of the former â one that would not face the legal and regulatory hurdles of cannabis, which continues to be outlawed in many places
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Cannabis Compound Discovered Inside a Totally Different Plant
Scientists have discovered cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis known as CBD, in a common Brazilian plant, opening potential new avenues to produce the increasingly popular substance.
https://www.sciencealert.com/cannabis-compound-discovered-inside-a-totally-different-plant
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Consuming one drink per day, the report found, raises the risk of alcohol-related cancer by 19% in women and 11.4% in men. Having two drinks per day bumps those figures to 21.8% and 13.1%, respectively.
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Americans aren't drinking anymore. Alcohol giants are scrambling to manage the fallout.
Survey results show Americans are drinking less and less. As volumes drop off, alcohol giants are being forced to adapt.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-arent-drinking-anymore-alcohol-giants-are-scrambling-to-manage-the-fallout-203502516.html
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While all groups saw a decline, there were bigger drops among certain groups such as Black Americans, people with lower incomes or education levels, and those in rural areas. More women than men also continue to read for fun.
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âDeeply concerningâ: reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%, new study says
Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who read daily for pleasure has seen a considerable decline
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study
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Air conditioners are designed to filter air contaminants, fungal spores, bacteria and viruses, preventing them from entering the air we breathe indoors. But this protective shield can be compromised if a systemâs filter is old or dirty, or if the system isnât cleaned.
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Can air conditioning really make you sick? A microbiologist explains
Poorly maintained AC units can harbour numerous infectious microbes.
https://theconversation.com/can-air-conditioning-really-make-you-sick-a-microbiologist-explains-260648
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Bluesky and Villa Life.
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Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $80 billion in the first half of 2025. The estimate nearly doubles the 10-year average
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Global insured catastrophe losses hit $80 billion in first half of 2025, report shows
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $80 billion in the first half of 2025, preliminary estimates from Swiss Re Institute showed on Wednesday, driven by wildfires in California and severe thunderstorms in the United States.
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/global-insured-catastrophe-losses-hit-80-billion-first-half-2025-report-shows-2025-08-06/
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Andrew Rees, the chief executive, said there was âample evidenceâ that some consumers in North America were âsuper cautious; theyâre not purchasing, theyâre not even going to the stores, and we see traffic downâ.
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Crocs shares slump 30% amid tariffs and decline of âugly shoeâ trend
Footwear firm warns of falling sales because of global trade uncertainty and âsuper-cautiousâ US consumers
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/aug/08/crocs-shares-slump-amid-tariffs-and-decline-of-ugly-shoe-trend
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Dr Anna Clark
5 months ago
When two artists paint the same view: Rue de la ChausĂ©e Ă Argenteuil, painted on the same day in 1872 by Claude Monet & Alfred Sisley, friends and founding figures of French Impressionism, who set up their easels side by side en plein air. Private Collection | MusĂ©e dâOrsay
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A 2018 statewide study found rodenticide residues in 8.3% of wild pig tissue samples â and in an alarming 83% of bear samples â mainly in animals frequenting agricultural zones.
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Wild pigs found with blue meat in California spark alarm
The coloring is linked to a poison.
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/wild-pigs-found-blue-meat-california-monterey-20798446.php
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In June, The Lancet published an evaluation of 20 years of USAID funding by a team of global researchers from Brazil, Spain, Mozambique, and the United States. They calculated that US global health and development spending has spared about 90 million deaths in low-income countries
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The Sunday Morning Post: Why Exercise Is a Miracle Drug
Plus: How to save 100 million lives with 1/400th of our income
https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-sunday-morning-post-why-exercise?utm_campaign=email-post-title
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The current state of US cancer research could fairly be described asâconfusion.
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How Trump Killed Cancer Research
Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of âwokeâ studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-trump-killed-cancer-research/
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Perhaps a definition of memory should extend beyond behavior to encompass more records of the past. A vaccination is a kind of memory. So is a scar, a child, a book. âIf you make a footprint, itâs a memory,â
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What Can a Cell Remember? | Quanta Magazine
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences â fundamentally challenging what memory is...
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-a-cell-remember-20250730/
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License-free generics of the drug will be manufactured for use across 120 "high-incidence, resource-limited countries, which are primarily low- and lower-middle-income countries." This crucial access to the drug, which ultimately sets aside profit for people, is a bold move from a pharmaceutical
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The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/hiv-prevention-fda-lenacapavir/
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The study included data from 1993 through 2010, and showed that the pumping of as much as 2,150 gigatons of groundwater has caused a change in the Earthâs tilt of roughly 31.5 inches. The pumping is largely for irrigation and human use, with the groundwater eventually relocating to the oceans.
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Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen.
Can we fix it back?
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a65515974/why-earth-has-tilted-science/
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A 2024 Pew Research study found that 22% of Gen Z and 17% of Millennials have permanently left at least one social platform in the past year.
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The Silent Rebellion: Why Millions Are Secretly Quitting Social Media in 2024
From Gen Z to Boomers, people are logging off for goodâand the reasons might surprise you.
https://vocal.media/fiction/the-silent-rebellion-why-millions-are-secretly-quitting-social-media-in-2024
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