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Feb 01 2025POLITICS

Research in the Red: Trump's Initial Directives Spell Uncertainty

Researchers and scientists were left in the dark when key research meetings were suddenly canceled. This happened after the Trump administration ordered a communication pause. The halt affected meetings that decide which studies get funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Most importantly

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Feb 01 2025HEALTH

Tobacco Quitters: Are All Tobacco Users on the Same Page?

Quitting tobacco is a complex journey. Smoking, vaping, and using heated tobacco products create three main types of users: single, dual, and triple. We need to look closer at these three groups. It is not easy to quit smoking. A recent survey involved over a thousand Korean adults who us

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Feb 01 2025POLITICS

The Vanishing Webpages:A Look Into What Happened

On a busy Friday, a strange thing happened across various federal websites. Pages vanished, info on crucial health topics disappeared, and even pronouns in email signatures got the boot. All of this was part of a big cleanup ordered by officials. The Office of Personnel Management sent out a memo ea

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Feb 01 2025POLITICS

Talks of a Massive FBI shake up

President Trump is eyeing around 3000 FBI employees who may have taken part in Jan. 6 events under a microscope. Shaking things up sounds like his plan for the FBI. Who's next? Trump has shown no hesitation to hunt for ideas who may not be loyal to him in government. Agents who ha

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Feb 01 2025HEALTH

COVID-19 and Our Nightly Rest

Six months into the COVID-19 outbreak, the world had changed drastically. With lockdowns and social restrictions, the pandemic life had become one where people were staring at screens more than ever. This alone is not new. What is new is that there is an effort to understand how this relates to slee

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Feb 01 2025POLITICS

Unleashing California's Waters

In a surprising move, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers rapidly increased water flow from two dams in Tulare County. This water was sent down to rivers in the San Joaquin Valley. The increase happened early one morning, days after a certain president boasted about sending water to California. The

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Feb 01 2025TECHNOLOGY

Uncovering - Chinese AI Chatbot

China is making huge moves in the AI world; a newly created chatbot from an AI lab called DeepSeek has taken the United States by surprise. There’s a lot to break down, DeepSeek rises to popularity in just a few days enabled by inexpensive methods, while $1, 000, 000, 000's shaved off tech company v

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Feb 01 2025SCIENCE

Supercharged Solutions: The Hunt for New Fungicides

The battle against plant diseases has reached a new level with the development of innovative fungicides. This innovative process involves diving deep into the world of molecules, focusing on finding the most effective inhibitors of fungal diseases. Fungi like Phytophthora capsici, Botrytis cinerea,

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Feb 01 2025POLITICS

Pronouns Out of Order? Understand the Government's New Policy

Federal employees are told to erase their pronouns from emails and paper forms. Why? Because the government wants all things gender related to be deleted from all official documents. This change happened quickly. There was an order from the President. Federal workers were told to follow it

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Feb 01 2025POLITICS

A Change in Care: Hospitals React to New Guidelines in Washington, D. C.

Suddenly a storm of disruption hit the healthcare world. At its center? A new directive from the White House that some hospitals are struggling to navigate. Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia, and the nation’s capital have hit the pause button on gender-affirming care for young people under 1

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