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May 29 2026SCIENCE

Small proteins hiding in plant genes: a new tool to find them

Scientists have found that some plants hide tiny proteins inside their genetic instructions. These proteins, called miPEPs, help control how plants grow and respond to their environment. But finding these small proteins is tricky because they’re rare and hard to spot. Most known miPEPs come from pla

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May 29 2026BUSINESS

Helping Small Outdoor Businesses Grow in New Mexico

New Mexico’s small outdoor recreation businesses are getting a fresh boost. A group that supports these businesses has rebranded and is back with a new leader. The alliance, now called the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Business Alliance (NMORBA), once had over 100 members but lost momentum in recent

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May 29 2026HEALTH

The Quiet Truth About Building a Business That Lasts

Eighteen years ago, a sudden health crisis left someone stranded on a city sidewalk, ignored by passersby. That moment of invisibility became a wake-up call that reshaped how success in business is understood. For years, their identity had been tied to constant motion—traveling nonstop, attending en

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May 29 2026CELEBRITIES

Jill Zarin turns up the heat in pickleball business battle

The pickleball world got another serving of drama when reality TV personality Jill Zarin decided to hit back at her former business partner. Last month, Noah Springer filed a lawsuit claiming Zarin cut him out of earnings and tried to profit from their company’s testing tech through a new business.

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May 29 2026EDUCATION

School money trouble sparks debate over pay for top finance helper

A school district in California is facing serious cash shortfalls after years of hiring too many staff for the money coming in. With student numbers tumbling from 16, 000 in 2016 to fewer than 12, 000 by 2025, the money that follows each student has shrunk fast. School leaders say they need more cas

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May 29 2026CRYPTO

New crypto tool aims to reshape how exchanges work

A company called Bitwise is pushing Hyperliquid as the next big piece of financial tech. They launched two ETFs that give investors access to Hyperliquid, a platform that lets people trade futures, predict markets, and swap tokens without traditional middlemen. Bitwise doesn’t just hold these ETFs l

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May 29 2026BUSINESS

Meet the money minds shaping AI’s future in tech

Behind every major AI push sits a team of finance chiefs making the big calls. Six women now hold the purse strings at Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Oracle, OpenAI, and Nvidia—each steering billions into AI infrastructure. Their spending plans read like science fiction budgets: Microsoft alone plans to

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May 29 2026BUSINESS

AI in Finance: Why Smart Teams Use It Wisely

Smart finance teams aren't rushing to rely solely on AI because the hype doesn’t match reality. While AI excels at spotting trends and crunching numbers, it struggles with the deeper work of building financial models—the kind that explain why a business actually works. Most AI tools today can foreca

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May 29 2026TECHNOLOGY

Big savings on a powerful portable speaker with deep bass

The JBL Boombox 3 usually costs $500, but right now it's selling for $300 on Amazon—that's a $200 discount. That price is close to what Apple charges for AirPods Pro, which is interesting because the Boombox is a much bigger device meant for outdoor use. Most speakers lose power when you switch from

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May 29 2026HEALTH

Tracking arthritis beyond the usual measures

Knee joints that refuse to behave the same way each day. Fingers stiff at dawn and relieved by noon. Inflammatory arthritis (IA) doesn’t follow a straight line, yet most treatment plans act like it does. Researchers now ask: what if the person behind the disease matters as much as the disease itself

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