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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

Sunlight, Sugar, and Green Energy: A New Twist

Think about this: what if you could turn sunlight and simple sugars into clean energy and useful chemicals? Pretty cool, right? Scientists have been working on this idea, but it's been tough. The biggest hurdles are low efficiency in producing hydrogen and poor selectivity in creating useful chemica

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Feb 10 2025CRIME

Deadly Crash: What Happened on Highway 28?

A devastating collision occurred on Highway 28, near Wenatchee, Sunday afternoon. A car zipping westbound on the highway tried to zoom around another car. Suddenly, a bus was in the way. The car hit the bus, and it crashed into a ditch near Rock Island Dam Road. The car also crashed into the othe

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Feb 10 2025HEALTH

The Flu's Back: Why This Winter is Making a Mark

This winter, flu cases are skyrocketing, making it one of the toughest flu seasons in over a decade. Reports from February show that 43 states are experiencing high to very high flu activity. Doctors are seeing a lot of flu-like illnesses, with nearly 8% of visits related to the flu. This is the hig

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Dogecoin and the White House: A Mix That Surpised Everyone

Imagine this: Elon Musk, the tech mogul, and the White House. It's a mix that raises eyebrows, to say the least. The Trump administration has been in a legal tussle over access to Treasury systems. The issue started when a group of attorneys general sued the administration. They wanted to block spec

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Feb 10 2025ENVIRONMENT

Abalones in China: A Tale of Nutrients and Heavy Metals

Abalones, or Haliotis discus hannai, are a popular seafood delicacy, but their nutritional value can vary greatly. Different regions in China have different effects on the abalone. The Bohai Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea are three areas where abalones are found. Environmental facto

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Feb 10 2025HEALTH

Why are Motorcycle Accidents Causing Brain Injuries in Rural Indonesia?

In a region where motorcycles are a primary mode of transport, a concerning issue has come to light, especially in North Maluku, Indonesia. This area has a significant number of road traffic accidents which result in traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The problem is that there is no comprehensive data

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Feb 10 2025HEALTH

Spotlight on Vaccine Safety: Can combo models help?

COVID-19 vaccines are being used in many countries. People are very careful when it comes to safety. Literally billions of text reports about VAE's are being collected from social media and VAERS. One way to understand what is being said is to use large language models (LLMs) that can understand c

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Oops! Soldier Crashes Truck into Putin's Jet

Putin's prized Su-25 fighter jet is out of commission after a Russian soldier, who didn't even have a driver's license, crashed a truck into it. This incident happened at an airfield in Simferopol, where the soldier was driving at top speed between two parking lots. The crash caused a considerable

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Federal Data Mixup

General Services Administration(“GSA”) employee records were basically being used without permission. Is that possible? An IBM employee got a peculiar request to share on GSA's 14, 000 employees. The request to obtain human resources records for all employees of the GSA was odd. The GSA wasn't thin

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Scandal Rocks DOJ Team as US Treasury faces Data privacy concerns.

A judge put the brakes on a team member's access to sensitive Treasury data, right before someone from the team stepped down after some nasty social media posts came to light. There are three union groups involved, blasting the way all this was handled. The judge tossed a temporary restriction at U.

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