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Business
Chick-fil-A’s lemon-squeezing robots save 10,000 hours of labor per day
Bloomberg News reports that squeezing hundreds of millions of lemons per year to make lemonade was so labor-intensive for Chick-fil-A…
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Space probe survives closest-ever approach to the Sun
“NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed the closest-ever approach to the Sun by a human-made spacecraft, coming within 3.8 million miles…
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Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence will make communication with animals possible
“Researchers are building an AI system that they hope will, one day, allow humans to understand the many languages that…
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Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence spots a wildfire and promptly alerts firefighters
“Artificial intelligence spots a wildfire in an OC canyon – and promptly alerts firefighters. Its practical uses continue to expand,”…
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Education
Unionization and bureaucratic bloat lead to deficit at Ivy League university, despite its huge tuition and wealth
Brown University is an Ivy League university that charges a huge amount in tuition — $68,612 per year. It also…
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Law and Government
Virginia bill would increase child support obligations, even for parents unable to afford them, violating federal regulations
Legislation has been introduced in the Virginia legislature to increase child-support obligations a lot, even for parents with very low…
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Business
Robots with artificial intelligence may radically reduce need for weed-killer and pesticides, gutting crop-chemical industry
“After almost a century of deploying a more-is-more approach to chemical herbicides, the global agricultural sector is rapidly rolling out…
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Science and Technology
Woman receives America’s third pig kidney transplant
“A 53-year-old Alabama woman with kidney failure who waited eight years for an organ transplant has received a kidney harvested…
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Education
Britain looks to ‘decolonize’ its science curricula
Britain’s ruling Labour Party is planning on “decolonizing” its science curricula in order to “highlight discoveries by other cultures.” Education…
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Economy
Global life expectancy and income hit all-time high; poverty falls worldwide
“According to the United Nations, the average global life expectancy in 2019 was 72.6 years. It dropped to 70.9 years…
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Business
Privatize air traffic control to improve safety and cut flight delays
America’s air traffic control is run as “an old-fashioned bureaucracy inside of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The system is…
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Science and Technology
First baby born using procedure that matures eggs outside the body
“Gameto, a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing treatment option in women’s health, announced today the world’s first live human birth…
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Science and Technology
Genetically engineering immunity to fungal disease
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are working on genetically engineering “immunity in amphibians, including Australia’s critically endangered Corroboree Frog,…
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Business
Self-driving cars are much safer than human-driven cars
On December 19, the self-driving taxi company Waymo published new safety research on its vehicles: “Across 25.3 million miles, the…
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Science and Technology
‘Super gut’ made from superworm’s microbiome consumes problem plastics quickly
“The unique gut microbiome found within a tiny plastics-munching worm could potentially be harnessed to successfully break down problematic materials…
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Unyielding
A wasp is saving one of the world’s rarest birds from extinction
“A tiny parasitic wasp has given a lifeline to one of the world’s rarest bird species by killing off an…
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Science and Technology
Micro-robot will travel the fallopian tubes to treat infertility
“A micro-robot that can travel into women’s fallopian tubes and drill out obstructions, allowing them to conceive, is being developed…
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Science and Technology
Multivitamin could help save some coral reefs
“Could a multivitamin boost the health and resilience of coral reefs? Preliminary testing says yes! Like humans, these critical ecosystems…
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Law and Government
Biden commutes sentences of 37 murderers, including child killers and mass murderers
President Biden commuted the “death sentences of child killers and mass murderers 2 days before Christmas,” reports the New York…
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Science and Technology
MIT scientists plan to build fusion power plant in Virginia
“Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on Tuesday that it planned…
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Science and Technology
Sea turtles are rebounding globally
“The sea turtle, a symbol of environmental destruction, is now rebounding,” reports The Doomslayer: A recent study found that out…
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Science and Technology
Lizard saliva research leads to diabetes medication, weight loss drug, and treatment for sleep apnea
“People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a…
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Law and Government
Trump calls for privatizing the inefficiently-run Postal Service
“President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a keen interest in privatizing the US Postal Service in recent weeks,” reported the Washington…
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Artificial intelligence improves crop breeding, preventing food waste
“Avalo, a crop development company based in North Carolina, is using machine learning models to accelerate the creation of new…
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Law and Government
North Carolina bans downzoning, protecting property rights
“Last week, the Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill (S.B.) 382—an omnibus bill…
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Business
Japan warms to nuclear power
There was a “big symbolic move by Japan to embrace nuclear power today,” notes a Bloomberg News reporter. “Its new…
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Science and Technology
Whooping cough cases jump 14-fold in Michigan due to drop in vaccination
Fewer people are getting vaccinated for whooping cough, resulting in the disease spreading. Many more people are getting the disease,…
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Business
Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year in the U.K.
“In a development likely to inspire both joy and dismay around the Christmas dinner table, farmers are forecasting Brussels sprouts…
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Business
New ironmaking breakthrough could result in huge productivity increase
“After more than a decade of intensive research in China, a new ironmaking technology is poised to revolutionize the global…
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Business
America’s biggest apartment owner is now using factory-built units
Housing could be built more cheaply by factories, the way cars are, if it weren’t for the fact that local…
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Law and Government
Biden FDA seeks to reduce nicotine level in cigarettes, which could result in some smokers consuming more cigarettes and getting cancer
If the amount of nicotine in a cigarette is reduced, then smokers will have to smoke more cigarettes in order…
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Business
Cruise ships keep breaking records
“Airplanes today fly no faster than they did in the 1970s. In many countries, road speeds have decreased,” notes Works…
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Unyielding
Endangered bird returns to Los Angeles River
Smithsonian Magazine reports that an endangered bird that disappeared from the Los Angeles River has now returned and is growing…
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Science and Technology
Big data has made dairy cows more productive
“The United States has been the world’s largest supplier of cattle genetics since at least 1992. In 2022, the US…
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Science and Technology
Measles vaccines saved over 90 million lives in the last 50 years; New vaccines are saving lives around the world
“Measles vaccination has saved 94 million lives globally since 1974. Of those, 92 million were children,” reports Our World in…
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Science and Technology
Cancer-fighting substance discovered in bird poop by middle school kid
“Middle schoolers in Chicago are being celebrated as ‘bonafide biomedical scientists’ after one student delivered some special goose droppings to…
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