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May 17 2026POLITICS

Lamar Alexander Urges GOP to Push Back Against Trump

Senator Lamar Alexander, who served Tennessee for many years and once ran for president, has written a new book that calls out former President Trump. In his memoir, Alexander criticizes how the president spoke to a large crowd that later stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The senator says Trum

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May 17 2026SCIENCE

Microbes in Groundwater: How Oil Pollution Changes Their World

The study looks at how oil spills alter the tiny life that lives in underground water and the soil around it. Scientists collected samples from a site where oil had leaked into the ground, taking both water and the rock‑filled layers that sit below it. They also gathered “clean” samples from a nearb

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May 17 2026CRIME

Detecting Drinks at a Crime Scene with Smart Cameras

Researchers used special cameras that can see many wavelengths of light to study how different drinks leave marks on surfaces. They set up a fake crime scene and collected images of nine types of beverage stains: papaya, coffee, pomegranate, orange, tea, wine, whisky, rum, and brandy. The camera cap

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May 17 2026POLITICS

Los Angeles in Crisis: A Personal View

He grew up here, so he knows the city well. For about eight or nine years, and especially in the last four, he says Los Angeles has fallen apart. He tells of a homeless woman who smashed his car with a rock, and he felt powerless to help. He wonders if arresting her would fix anything or ju

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May 17 2026ENTERTAINMENT

Life in the 80s: A Brother’s Gamble

A film set in 1986 follows the Pearl family from Queens. Irwin and his wife Hester live a modest life raising two boys, Ben and Scott. Scott is about to turn 18 and head off to college, a moment the family celebrates. Enter Gary, an ex‑police officer who has settled into retirement. He vis

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May 17 2026SCIENCE

SpaceX Dragon Brings New Science to the ISS

A SpaceX Dragon capsule carried a large amount of science experiments and supplies to the International Space Station two days after its launch. The vehicle reached the station at 6:37 a. m. EDT on Sunday and docked automatically to the forward port of Harmony, one of the station’s modules. NASA ast

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May 17 2026CRIME

Cutting corners in justice: when science fails and lives pay the price

For over two decades, experts relied on bullet lead analysis to link suspects to crime scenes. The method claimed to determine if two bullets came from the same box of ammunition by comparing their chemical makeup. But in 2005, the FBI admitted the science behind it was flawed. Investigators had use

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May 17 2026ENVIRONMENT

Methane from Livestock: A Small Problem with Big Solutions

Many governments push for drastic cuts in meat production, claiming livestock methane is a major climate threat. But science shows this fear is overblown. Even wiping out all 1. 6 billion cows wouldn’t cool the planet by much—just 0. 04°C. Sheep? Their removal would barely make a dent. New Zealand’s

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May 17 2026HEALTH

Can humans regrow lost limbs? Scientists are getting closer

Every year, over a million people lose arms or legs due to accidents or diseases like diabetes. Unlike some animals, humans can’t just grow new limbs. But research on creatures like salamanders, fish, and mice is uncovering clues that might change that. Axolotls, small pink salamanders, can regrow

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May 17 2026ENTERTAINMENT

Books that capture the same grit as The Wire

Crime fiction doesn’t get much sharper than the work of the writers behind The Wire. These authors turned their firsthand experience into gripping stories long before they shaped the show’s legendary writer’s room. Dennis Lehane’s Mystic River, for instance, drops readers into a childhood friendship

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