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Economy
Texas grid operator says peak electricity use could quadruple, the equivalent of 300 new nuclear reactors
“The Texas grid operator published a dramatic projection for power demand through 2032, based on proposed data-center construction in the…
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Science and Technology
New banana resistant to browning is approved in two countries
“A new variety of banana genetically modified to be slow-ripening and browning-resistant has been approved in Japan and Brazil, and…
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Science and Technology
Robotaxi use doubled in California in 2025
“Total robotaxi travel distance doubled in California last year, from 3.8 million kilometers per month at the end of 2024…
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Law and Government
Traffic deaths fall in 2025
“Traffic deaths in the US were 6.7 percent lower in 2025 than in 2024, reaching the second-lowest death rate per…
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Science and Technology
Vaccine boosts the fight against hookworm, which makes millions of people lethargic
“An experimental hookworm vaccine sharply reduced infection intensity in a Phase 2 trial, with vaccinated participants showing a median of…
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Law and Government
New York City plans to spend a massive $30 million to open a single, government-run grocery store
The excessive cost of New York “Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to build a $30 million, city-owned grocery store in Harlem…
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Pedestrian deaths fall again
“US pedestrian deaths were 10.9 percent lower in the first half of 2025 than in the same period a year…
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Science and Technology
Gene therapy cured deafness
“In a small trial in China, a single-injection gene therapy improved hearing in all ten congenitally deaf participants. One even…
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Endangered marsupial rebounds, massively expands range
“The ampurta, a formerly endangered carnivorous marsupial found in Australia, has rebounded in recent years, expanding its range by an area the size of…
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Education
Chicago mayor wants schools to close for left-wing protests
“The Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Brandon Johnson are pushing to close Chicago Public Schools on May 1 for a…
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Economy
Healthcare spending rises at a lower rate than forecast
“U.S. health care spending in 2024 was $977 billion lower than the government projected it would be back in 2010.…
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Drug overdose deaths decline
Drug overdoses are declining, reports Stateline: Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half…
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Science and Technology
Koalas’ genetic diversity is recovering
“Koalas in the Australian state of Victoria have long since bounced back from their near-extinction in the early 1900s, but…
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Antarctic whales make remarkable comeback, resulting in large groups of whales
“Whale populations in the Southern Ocean have rebounded to the point that researchers now regularly report spotting pods numbering in…
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Science and Technology
Businessman creates cancer therapy for dog using ChatGPT, he says
“An Australian tech entrepreneur claims he used AlphaFold and ChatGPT to design a customized mRNA cancer therapy for his dog.…
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Education
Student enrollment rises 30 percent
“UNESCO recently published an encouraging report on access to education around the world. It finds that 1.4 billion students were…
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FDA approves once-weekly shot for type 2 diabetes
“The FDA has approved a new kind of insulin injection for type 2 diabetes that only needs to be used…
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Europe’s forests recover from their preindustrial nadir
“European forests continue to recover from their preindustrial nadir….forests grew in 2023 in every EU country with data except Estonia,”…
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Science and Technology
Antimatter is being transported by truck
“Scientists at CERN have transported antimatter by truck for the first time in history. The goal is to eventually distribute…
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Education
Coach suspended for using the N-word in telling players not to use it
“Kansas State University suspended its women’s soccer coach for two weeks after she used the n-word, while explaining to athletes…
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Science and Technology
A single pill can now cure the deadly disease of sleeping sickness
“A pill for sleeping sickness that can cure the disease with a single dose has been approved by EU regulators…
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Law and Government
U.S. Trade Representative releases records in response to FOIA lawsuit over ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
Yesterday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative released 19 megabytes worth of documents related to Trump’s Liberation Day…
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75 percent fewer cats are being killed in animal shelters
“Best Friends Animal Society, an animal welfare nonprofit, estimates that the number of cats killed in US shelters has fallen…
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White rhinos return to national park
“Southern white rhinos are back in Uganda’s Kidepo Valley National Park for the first time since 1983, when they were…
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Monarch butterfly population grows 64% in Mexico since last year
“There was a bumper monarch butterfly migration to Mexico this winter. The population was 64 percent larger than last year’s…
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Foreign Affairs
Free market policies lift Paraguay into prosperity
“Paraguay’s economy has grown by an average of 4 percent annually for two decades—a record of stability that helped earn…
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Snow leopard population doubles in Uzbek mountains
“There are now 61 snow leopards in Uzbekistan’s largest nature reserve, more than double the 2015 count,” reports The Doomslayer.…
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Experimental drug cuts seizures by 80% for a congenital form of epilepsy
“In a small, early-stage trial, an experimental RNA-modulating drug cut seizures by an average of 80 percent in children with…
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Foreign Affairs
India launches massive HPV vaccination program
“India has launched a huge HPV prevention program that aims to vaccinate each annual cohort of 14-year-old girls,” notes The Doomslayer.…
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Foreign Affairs
Over a thousand people were killed by drones in Haiti
“At least 1,243 people have been killed by drone strikes in Haiti as of January 21. Drone strikes. In Haiti,”…
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Science and Technology
Anti-obesity drugs will get much cheaper in many countries
“Patents on semaglutide will soon expire in many countries, including India, China, Brazil, Turkey, Canada, and South Africa, permitting cheaper…
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Sports and Culture
Major museum is going 3D
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art has begun adding highly detailed 3D models of artworks and artifacts to its website, letting…
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Child deaths fall by 8 million
“4.9 million children under the age of 5 died in 2024, down from 13 million in 1990,” reports The Doomslayer. Unicef…
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Science and Technology
Travelers diarrhea vaccine invented
“The first large clinical trial of a vaccine against enterotoxigenic E. coli—a leading cause of travelers’ diarrhea and severe childhood diarrhea—has…
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Chile eliminates leprosy
172,717 new cases of leprosy were detected in 2024, across the world. But none were in Chile, which has eliminated…
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Condors are finally breeding in the wild in northern California
Wild California condors have laid an egg in Northern California for the first time in more than a 100 years. “After…
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