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Feb 06 2025POLITICS

Trade Wars: Lessons from the Past

Trade tensions are heating up, and history might not be on our side. The current president has started targeting foreign goods with high tariffs. China is retaliating, and there's talk of more trouble with Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Economists are worried because this reminds them of a dark time i

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Feb 06 2025SCIENCE

Unraveling the Diving Mystery: How Old is the First Aquatic Bird?

Imagine this - a fossil that could rewrite the story of bird evolution. It all began on a chilly, blustery Antarctic island. In 1993, on the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists found a fossilized skeleton of an aquatic bird. Named Vegavis iaai, this find has sparked a flurry of debate. It is all becau

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Feb 06 2025POLITICS

Are FBI Agents Safe After Jan 6th Investigation?

FBI agents who did their job properly in investigating the January 6th event at the Capitol Building need not worry about losing their jobs. They followed orders and acted ethically, according to a memo from a top Justice Department official. This news comes after days of confusion and uncertainty

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Feb 06 2025HEALTH

Portions of Portal Pressure's Pain

Let's dive into the world's fight to control a silent yet life-threatening event. When our veins go out of control, and we have harsh portal hypertension, they can rupture into stomach varices that causes bleeding. It's a lethal issue. That last sentence makes it sound serious, doesn't it?

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Feb 06 2025HEALTH

Medication Management at Home: Do Tele-Pharmacy's Visits Benefit Seniors?

Let's call it a raw fact, seniors are more likely to have more than one chronic condition requiring multiple medications. Combine this with over-the-counter meds and supplements and you get a recipe for potential disaster. Doctors looking at these cases come across Time failing to address the comple

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Feb 05 2025POLITICS

Postal Service Hits Pause on China Packages

Let's dive right into what's going on. It turns out that the US Postal Service has temporarily frozen the processing of packages from China. This shift happened quickly, just hours after some big changes to trade regulations, which are commonly referred to as tariffs. The President of the United Sta

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Feb 05 2025SCIENCE

The Mystery of the Mother Tongue: A Journey through Time

Long ago, way back in 1786, a British judge named William Jones had a eureka moment. He noticed something strange. Words in languages like Sanskrit and Latin were way too similar to be a coincidence. He figured they must have come from the same place. This idea gave birth to the concept of the Indo-

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Feb 05 2025SCIENCE

Mixing Soaps: The Science of Bubbles and Beyond

So, picture this: scientists have been playing around with different kinds of soaps, or surfactants, to see how they mix and interact. They looked at a special kind of soap called a trimeric surfactant. The soap was mixed with different combinations of other soaps that had varying hydrophobic tail l

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Feb 05 2025OPINION

Where Faith, Love and Identity Collide

Imagine a bustling Dutch city where people from all corners of the world live, study, and worship. The Hague, often seen as open-minded, is home to various nationalities and cultures. The city has become the backdrop for a fascinating, yet complex, intercultural debate. A lot of people from Africa,

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Feb 05 2025OPINION

Trump's Push to Curb DEIA

President Donald Trump didn't waste time once in office. His first move on day one? Cracking down on DEI. No more DEI in federal agencies. Trump believed that the system was being overwhelmed by these programs and that it was long overdue for a shake up. DEI was blamed for the decline in te

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