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Genetically modified chicken lays eggs that are non-allergenic
Growing numbers of people are allergic to eggs — up to 2% of kids. Most kids outgrow their egg allergy…
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CVS In DC Will Close Due To Teen Theft Epidemic
By Julianna Frieman A CVS store in Washington, D.C., will close next month due to teenage theft. The drugstore chain…
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Artificial intelligence discovers new material that could reduce lithium use in batteries and our dependence on China
A new substance discovered by artificial intelligence could reduce lithium use in batteries. Microsoft, which is collaborating with Pacific Northwest…
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mRNA cancer vaccine will save many lives in places where it becomes available
Moderna is developing a cancer vaccine that is expected to dramatically cut cancer survivors’ risk of death or recurrence. At…
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Conventional farms have smaller carbon footprint than urban gardens, producing food more efficiently
Hipsters tell their fellow city-dwellers to eat food that is “locally grown.” But that is bad for the environment, because…
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Famous Burger Joint’s Sole Location In Liberal City Closes Over Rampant Crime
By Julianna Freeman In-N-Out Burger’s sole location in Oakland, California, will close due to rampant crime, the restaurant brand announced…
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Here’s Why The Biden Admin’s Multi-Billion Dollar EV Charging Program Has Short-Circuited
By Will Kessler The Biden administration has designated billions of taxpayer dollars to build electric vehicle (EV) chargers, but lagging…
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Virginia legislation would define raising rent to keep pace with inflation as ‘rent gouging’
Raising rent to keep up with inflation isn’t what most people would consider “rent gouging,” even when the landlord has…
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Thailand discovers huge supply of lithium used for electric car batteries
Thailand has discovered nearly 15 million tonnes of lithium deposits, a shot in the arm for the southeast Asian nation’s…
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Groundbreaking nuclear plant approved, uses non-water-cooled reactor
Could nuclear power make a comeback? It provides most electric power in countries like France and Slovakia, but in the…
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Biden Admin’s Latest Labor Rule Poised To Upend Key Sector Of The Economy
By Will Kessler The Biden administration’s new labor rule will likely increase costs for employers and restrict Americans’ freedom to…
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The EV Industry Had A No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Week
By David Blackmon This has been quite a week for absurd news emanating from the world of electric vehicles. First,…
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Virginia legislation would penalize lack of diversity in firms seeking economic development aid
Recent Virginia legislation raises interesting constitutional issues under the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause. Virginia legislators have introduced bills that…
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New Bank Regulations Will Hurt Small Businesses And Middle-Class Borrowers The Most
By Stephen Moore The rapid succession of bank failures last spring clearly spooked federal regulators at the FDIC, the Federal…
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Rent control shrinks supply of housing in Saint Paul
Rent control can cut the supply of housing by a lot. “In 2021, Saint Paul, Minnesota limited rent increases to…
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Federal Court Throws Wrench Into Biden Admin’s War On Appliances
By Nick Pope A federal appeals court shot down the Biden administration’s efforts to repeal existing regulations on dishwashers and…
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What Has California’s War On Fossil Fuels Actually Accomplished?
By Nick Pope California has gone after the fossil fuel industry with vigor, but those efforts do not seem to…
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American buildings kill a billion birds a year. Architectural changes could save them
Transparent glass kills many birds, which crash into the windows and die. But changes in design are saving birds, without…
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Cars have gotten much more affordable over the past 100 years
A century ago, a Ford Model T cost $260. Today, a Nissan Versa costs $16,290. While that sounds much more…
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Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, FDA says
Today, the Food and Drug Administration approved Florida’s first-in-the-nation program to import prescription drugs from Canada, where drugs are cheaper.…
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Rent control bill introduced in Virginia
A just-introduced Virginia bill, HB 192, would limit rent increases to “one percent over the Consumer Price Index” in places…
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Federal Court Deals Knockout Punch To Blue City’s Biden-Backed Effort To Ban Gas Stoves
By Nick Pope A federal appellate court ruled Tuesday that it would not reconsider an earlier decision that prevents the…
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Farming robot uses artificial intelligence to kill 100,000 weeds per hour
Carbon Robots makes a weeding robot that thinks for itself to figure out how to remove weeds without harming crops.…
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Company creates woolly mammoth meatballs, resurrecting flesh of long-extinct giants
“A mammoth meatball has been created by a cultivated meat company, resurrecting the flesh of the long-extinct animals,” reported The…
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Drones make farming much easier; artificial intelligence will make drones far more useful
Drones make farming much easier and cheaper for certain types of farms, reports Bloomberg News: Early one recent morning in…
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Best type of banana could be wiped out; Genetically modified bananas could prevent that
Fifty years ago, most people ate a variety of banana that tasted much better than today’s bananas. That variety of…
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Biden Admin Rolls Out Slew Of Regs Targeting Americans’ Appliances On Last Friday Of The Year
By Nick Pope The Department of Energy (DOE) finalized or proposed a bevy of regulatory actions cracking down on numerous…
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Community Banks Are Getting Crushed By Inflation-Fueled Rate Hikes
By Will Kessler Small community banks are feeling the brunt of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes that were put…
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Biden’s Signature Law Was Supposed To Lower Drug Prices, But It’s Doing Just The Opposite
By Will Kessler President Joe Biden has sought to bring down drug prices through provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act…
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Boom Boom — Out Go The Lights!
By Deroy Murdock Ruling like the dictator whom he says Donald J. Trump aspires to be, President Joe Biden has…
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Planned Parenthood’s Trans Hormone Business Is Booming, Creating Thousands Of New Patients ‘For Life’
By Megan Brock & Kate Anderson The number of transgender services performed at Planned Parenthood clinics exploded over the past…
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Middle East Violence Throws Global Energy Market Into Turmoil
By Nick Pope The escalating violence in the Middle East caused a disturbance in the global energy market Monday morning…
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Biden’s ‘Renters Bill Of Rights’ Is Bad Economics
By Mike Feuz Ann and Mario Figueroa are a landlord’s worst nightmare. Nine times, they’ve moved into rental properties, signed…
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Robots with artificial intelligence spread in Japanese agriculture
Japan’s agricultural workforce is shrinking due to its low birth rate. To cope with the resulting labor shortage, Japanese farmers…
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Biden FCC’s Treatment Of Elon Musk’s Starlink Is A Slap In The Face To Rural Americans
By Suzanne Downing Look up in the night sky this month: It’s the Geminids meteor shower putting on a show … or…
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‘Taking A Sledgehammer’: Censorious California Could Crush America’s Latest Tech Revolution, Experts Say
By Jason Cohen California legislators are crafting numerous artificial intelligence-related bills aimed at addressing what they view as the technology’s…
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