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Feb 04 2025BUSINESS

Fox's Big Win: Cash Flows from Sports and Politics

Fox Corp. recently announced some impressive numbers for the last three months of 2023. Think of it like this: They made a lot of money! One-eighty cents per share and a total of five billion dollars in revenue. That's a lot of dough. Ever wonder who's behind all those ads you see during sp

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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 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Buffy's Back: A Fresh Chance to Kick Vampire Butt

Twenty odd years have passed. Fans are buzzing with excitement and already asking questions. One question stands out. How do you keep the magic of a TV show that was made long ago, and keep fans happy and looking into it? Watching a new take on this series would be a big deal. It could b

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Big Tech and Media Giants Bowing to Trump

Think about this, a former president bashes mainstream media, sues them for millions, and they just bend over and pay up! We were expecting a real fight of would we have even seen a judge to disprove Trump's claims. However, this scenario has become a norm. Recent settlements with Donald Trump

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Feb 04 2025SCIENCE

Tracking Microbe Growth: The New Game Changer

The detailed study of microbes and their growth is vital for understanding their behavior and improving related projects. For many years, scientists used different methods to monitor these growth curves. However, it wasn't always easy or accurate. Two big problems were low automation and inefficien

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Feb 04 2025SCIENCE

Zinc, Insecticide, and PFAS: How Common Pollutants Mess with Aquatic Critters' Appetites

Some bugs can tell us a lot about pollutants in water. It does not matter if they are metals like zinc or tough to break down plastic derived insecticides like methomyl, or "forever" chemicals like PFOA; these chemicals can mess with how freshwater amphipods like gammarus fossarum eat Norma

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Feb 04 2025SCIENCE

Virtual Crimes: Do VR Memories Hold Up?

Ever wondered if those cops or detectives on shows can remember everything from a crime scene because they thought it happened in a video? Well, some studies pushed the idea that people on a screen may not be as accurate as they could be because we've grown up on video game prayers. Researchers wa

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Feb 04 2025HEALTH

The Unseen Scars of the 7th October Attacks on Holocaust Survivors

For the Holocaust survivors who had been through hell and back, the October 2023 terror attacks in southern Israel brought back old ghosts. The mental toll on these survivors was the focus of a global study. It was a chilling reminder that the scars of the past are not always visible. These survivo

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Feb 04 2025HEALTH

Missing Voices in Childbirth Research

Picture this almost all scientific trials on helping mothers during childbirth. Now, think about how many of these trials really consider what makes us all different. We are talking about things like race, gender, and where we come from. These things matter if we want fairness in healthcare. Let's

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