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Science and Technology
Deaths from floods, droughts, and storms fall 97%
“Since the 1920s, the number of” climate-related “deaths has fallen by more than 97 percent,” notes Professor Gale Pooley. Climate-related…
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Science and Technology
Scientists discover genetic disorder that afflicts hundreds of thousands of people
“A genetic disorder that causes severe disabilities in children and adults has been discovered by researchers who believe the newly…
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Business
Energy firm looks to restart Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
“Constellation Energy is in talks with the Pennsylvania governor’s office and state lawmakers to help fund a possible restart of…
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Foreign Affairs
Syria becomes a narco-state
Syria experienced a bloody civil war that killed 300,000 civilians, starting in 2011. With Syria’s economy destroyed by the civil…
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Science and Technology
Worm that tortured millions of people has been eradicated
A nasty worm that caused tens of millions of people to scream with unbearable pain has been largely eradicated: “No…
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Foreign Affairs
Malaria vaccine likely to boost tourism in major African nation
Before its civil war, the African nation of Ivory Coast had a lot of tourism — it was once known…
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Science and Technology
It’s Take a Monkey to Lunch Day
Today is Take a Monkey to Lunch Day, which celebrates all things monkey-related. Although if you did take a monkey…
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Science and Technology
Moon likely has hundreds of caves, making lunar colonies more conceivable
The Associated Press reports that scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and…
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Foreign Affairs
Israel strikes major port in Yemen, causing massive blaze, after anti-American militia in Yemen attacks Israel’s biggest city
“As part of appeasing Iran, the Biden administration dismantled sanctions on the Houthis” — a pro-Iranian militia who rule much…
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Law and Government
Study finds that gridlock is actually good, promoting voter welfare and mainstream values
Most major legislation is bad and should not become law. Founding Father James Madison, who had served in the Virginia…
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Federal appeals court blocks new student loan bailout from Biden administration
Yesterday, a federal appeals court in St. Louis blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to illegally write off billions of dollars…
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Science and Technology
Sturgeons return to Sweden
“A century after it disappeared from Swedish waters, scientists in June embarked on a 10-year project to reintroduce the Atlantic…
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Law and Government
Secret Service failed to prevent attempt to assassinate Trump despite rapidly increasing budget
Economist Chris Edwards notes that the “Secret Service has failed at its core mission in a stunning manner. Investigations into…
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Business
Helium reservoir discovered in Minnesota is ‘mind-boggling’ in size
“A helium reservoir in northern Minnesota is likely to be ‘expansive both laterally and at depth,’ a new survey shows.…
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Alumna sues to stop mandatory student fee that supports liberal activist group
The Upper Midwest Law Center and the Liberty Justice Center are suing St. Cloud University in Minnesota for forcing students…
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Law and Government
Federal court rules that federal ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional
On July 10, a U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that the federal ban on at-home distillation of beverage spirits…
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Education
Professors have mixed reactions to attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Progressive academics had mixed reactions to the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania rally. There were…
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Science and Technology
Taiwan is building a big desalination plant, despite all the rainfall it gets
Taiwan is lush and rainy — it receives 102 inches of rain per year, on average. But it is also…
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Law and Government
Homosexuality is now banned in the country of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s military government issued a law criminalizing homosexuality on July 10. “Henceforth homosexuality and associated practices will be punished by…
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Politics
Democrats lead on generic Congressional vote, may win control of House of Representatives
Most polls show Donald Trump with a small lead over Joe Biden, but it’s another story when it comes to…
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Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence is radically improving disease diagnosis
Earlier this month, “researchers from Peking University in Beijing reported finding that temperature patterns of the face — detected using…
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Law and Government
New British government likely to extend ban on puberty blockers, which have serious side effects
In the recent British elections, the Labour Party beat the incumbent Conservative Party. Many policy shifts to the left are…
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Education
Harvard reverses decision to suspend left-wing protesters who repeatedly violated school rules
Progressives at Harvard believe in “free speech for me, not for thee.” If you are a left-wing protester who repeatedly…
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Science and Technology
Island nations are expanding, not sinking due to climate change
Many climate scientists predicted that low-lying island nations like the Maldives — a collection of flat coral islands — would…
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Law and Government
Self-proclaimed ‘pro-democracy’ activists seek to undermine constitutional safeguards
The “pro-democracy,” “anti-authoritarian” crowd are now calling for “six…justices” to “be impeached and removed” from the Supreme Court, if the…
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Law and Government
High-ranking MS-13 gang member pleads guilty to 8 murders, including two Long Island girls
Alexi Saenz, a high-ranking member of the MS-13 gang, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges for killing eight people, including two…
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Law and Government
Incompetent left-wing judge promoted by Biden due to 8 Republican senators being absent
On July 8, the Senate voted 47 to 43 to confirm an incompetent left-wing trial court judge to the U.S.…
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Science and Technology
Assisted reproduction accelerates, as more employer health plans cover it
“Your boss will freeze your eggs now,” is the title of a New York Times article about the rapidly growing…
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Education
Colleges and museums are eliminating historically accurate works of art to ‘decolonize’ their collections
Institutions that once condemned the destruction and elimination of art from earlier epochs, now are eliminating such art themselves, in…
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Business
Lab-grown meat can be kosher and halal, religious scholars say
The Jewish Orthodox Union recently certified a strain of lab-grown chicken as kosher for the first time, “marking a significant…
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Science and Technology
Battery maker claims to have increased energy capacity by a factor of 100
A Japanese battery maker says it has come with a battery that will have 100 times the capacity of its…
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Foreign Affairs
Labour Party wins UK elections, gaining lopsided majority in Parliament despite lackluster vote
Due partly to divisions among conservatives, the left-leaning Labour Party has just won the 2024 British election outright. Labour won…
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Education
Indian students who enrolled in fake university set up by ICE can sue federal government
600 foreign students who enrolled at a Michigan university that turned out to be an immigration sting operation by ICE…
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Science and Technology
Chatbots are being developed for India’s many languages
Over 700 languages are spoken in India, the world’s most populous country. Artificial intelligence is being used to developed chatbots…
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Science and Technology
German robots are hunting the sea for World War II bombs
“More than 1.6 million tonnes of unexploded weapons litter the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Remote-controlled seabed crawlers and robots…
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Foreign Affairs
Another African country bans marriage below age 18
Half of all families in the African nation of Sierra Leone include a mother who got married before age 18.…
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