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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Billionaire Takes the Reins of US failing agencies

Over the last few weeks, the billionaire and leading tech mogul has been in full speed climb into the political spotlight. He is causing a real mess in the U. S. making many wonder who's in charge. The DOGE folks have gained access to the Treasury’s entire payment system and threatened to shut

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Feb 04 2025TECHNOLOGY

Cruise Cuts Jobs by Half as GM Shifts Focus

Imagine waking up one morning to find out that your company is cutting nearly half of its staff. That's exactly what happened to employees at Cruise, an autonomous vehicle company. Cruise announced massive layoffs, sending shockwaves through the company. The cuts are not just numbers; they include t

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Joe Biden goes Hollywood

Joe Biden made a deal with CAA, the big entertainment agency. So now Biden gets treated like a celebrity. Biden and CAA were besties before. CAA wasn't shy about saying how proud they were for being a part of his team. Maybe this is part of Biden's journey to a new career after his big government

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Meet the Trans Faces of Texas

While Governor Greg Abbott was speaking on TV, something else was happening. A group supporting LGBTQ rights showed some ads on TV. These ads had three transgender people being themselves. The ads were made by GLAAD and Ground Media. These guys wanted to show people that being transgender is no

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Feb 04 2025SCIENCE

Back to the Basics: Jonas Salk, Distant Discovery and China's Polio Vaccine

Vaccines come from different places and times, even if not made in the USA. In the 1980s someone was brewing up a new vaccine in China. A vaccine to fight polio. It was called the Sabin strains-derived inactivated polio vaccine (sIPV). This vaccine is part of the polio research legacy, so it is

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Norway's New Finance Minister: A Political Old-Timer Steps Up.

Imagine Norway. A country with more oil than a gas station loves its soap. Now, imagine a man with more political experience than a politician's coffee cup. Meet Jens Stoltenberg. He's the new finance minister of Norway. Stoltenberg is someone who knows a thing or two about politics. He's been

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Feb 04 2025TECHNOLOGY

How AI is Changing How We Manage Supply Chains from Industry 4. 0 to 6. 0

We are now in the midst of a revolution. Not the kind that turns your dinner cold but one that is changing the way we think about the manufacturing world. Imagine a robot that isn't limited to just one task. They are all around us now, they are what scientists call artificial intelligence in supply

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Feb 04 2025SPORTS

Novak Djokovic Wants To Be HimSelf

Why would a former tennis player think Novak Djokovic is the greatest? What about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal? Jo-Wilfried Tsonga started supporting Djokovic. Tsonga felt Djokovic should be the GOAT. . A renowned French tennis veteran, he loved Djokovic. This isn't how he started to feel. It

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Feb 04 2025ENVIRONMENT

Cicada Season: A Boon for Nature

Something magical is about to happen in Pennsylvania's south-central region. While we humans start to think about warmer days ahead, it's not just us. There's something else stirring beneath the earth. Cicadas! These cicadas have been living underground for seventeen long years!

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Feb 04 2025ENVIRONMENT

The 30-Year Journey of Mysid Toxicity Testing

A small marine creature, the mysid (Americamysis bahia), is used to test the long-term harm of pesticides. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US requires these tests for pesticide registration. The current testing guidelines, which were last updated in 1996, have some issues. With the

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