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Jan 03 2025SPORTS

Steph Curry's Historic Night: A Thumb Injury Can't Stop Him

Steph Curry, the Golden State Warriors' star player, made basketball history last night. He led his team to a big win over the Philadelphia 76ers, scoring 30 points, dishing out 10 assists, and grabbing 6 rebounds. Curry's performance was even more impressive because he did it with a sprained thumb!

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Jan 03 2025CRIME

Two Homeland Security Agents in Utah Charged with Stealing and Selling Seized Drugs

In a surprising twist, another Homeland Security agent in Utah has been charged. This time, it's Nicholas Kindle, who was caught up in a drug scheme just weeks after his colleague, David Cole. Both agents faced charges for selling illicit drugs that they had taken from evidence. Kindle's case is par

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Jan 03 2025POLITICS

Steel Deal Blocked: Biden Stops Nippon Steel from Buying U. S. Steel

President Joe Biden has recently blocked a big deal where Nippon Steel, a Japanese company, was planning to buy U. S. Steel. This deal was worth nearly $15 billion. The decision caused a stir in the political scene, especially in America's industrial heartland. Both Nippon Steel and U. S. Steel were

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Jan 03 2025HEALTH

Boosting Pyrazinamide: Could It Be a Game-Changer for Tuberculous Meningitis?

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) leaves more than a third of its victims with serious disabilities. While a lot of recent focus has been on adjusting the dosage of rifampicin, another drug, pyrazinamide, is often ignored. Pyrazinamide has the advantage of better penetration into the central nervous syst

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Jan 03 2025TECHNOLOGY

AI Everywhere: CES 2025’s Big Promise

Get ready, tech lovers! CES 2025 is hitting Las Vegas from January 7-10, and this year, it's all about artificial intelligence (AI). Expect to see AI in everything from your toaster to your car dashboard. Tech giants like Samsung and LG are betting big on AI, promising fridges that anticipate your n

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Jan 03 2025HEALTH

Why Do Some People Face More Amputations?

Did you know that your race, where you live, and how much money you make can actually play a big role in whether you might lose a limb? Let's talk about something called chronic limb-threatening ischemia, which is a fancy term for when blood circulation is really poor in your leg. Because of this, s

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Jan 03 2025HEALTH

Sweet Tricks: How Sugar Molecules Fight Cancer

You might not think of sugar as a cancer fighter, but tiny sugar molecules, called glycans, are actually crucial for our cells to communicate. They help keep our bodies healthy. But when cancer appears, it messes with these sugar structures. Cancer cells start creating odd sugar formations, called "

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Jan 03 2025SCIENCE

Heat Stress and Cucumbers: How They Adapt

Heat can seriously mess up your cucumbers. Scientists found that hot weather can change how your cucumber plants grow and what they produce. They studied two types of cucumbers: one that can handle the heat (Gy14) and one that can't (32X). When it gets hot, these cucumbers change how they make cert

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Jan 03 2025POLITICS

Politicians Blame Border Policies for New Orleans Attack, Despite Facts

President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress have pointed fingers at President Joe Biden's border policies following the tragic New Orleans truck attack. However, the truth is that the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, is a U. S. citizen and an Army veteran. Initially, Fox News wro

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Jan 03 2025SCIENCE

Quantum Restarts and Time-Energy Uncertainty

Scientists have discovered an interesting link between time and energy in quantum systems under observation. Known as the time-energy uncertainty relation, this concept helps explain how often a quantum system returns to its initial state. Previous studies showed that this return time, called the me

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