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What Lifelong Study Of Atom Bomb Survivors Tells Us About Radiation
Lifelong study of atom bomb survivors exposed to radiation shows that fears of exposure are often greatly exaggerated compared to actual risk.
Jonathan Taylor Is Making The NFL MVP Award A RB Race Again
Running backs rarely win NFL MVP, but Jonathan Taylor’s dominant season is changing the narrative. Here’s why he’s a legitimate frontrunner in 2025.
Senate takes first step to end shutdown as Bernie Sanders says moderate Democrats voting with GOP are making a ‘horrific mistake’
The agreement does not guarantee the Affordable Care Act subsidies will be extended, as Democrats have demanded for almost six weeks.
Dow futures rise as enough Democrats join Republicans to end the shutdown and ‘surrender’ on ACA subsidies
The breakthrough comes as Transportation Secretary Scott Duffy has issued dire warnings about air travel ahead of Thanksgiving.
Pre-Snap Penalties Doom Vikings In Week 10 Loss To Surging Ravens
Instead of coming into U.S. Bank Stadium with a head of steam and rolling over the visiting Baltimore Ravens, the Vikings gave the game away.

The State of AI: Energy is king, and the US is falling behind
Welcome to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday for the next six weeks, writers from both publications will debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution reshaping global power. This week, Casey Crownhart, senior reporter for energy at MIT Technology Review and Pilita Clark, FT’s…
Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission
Blue Origin is getting ready to launch its second New Glenn rocket.
Blue Origin will ‘move heaven and Earth’ to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says
"We have some ideas that we think could accelerate the path to the Moon."
James Watson, who helped unravel DNA’s double-helix, has died
His work was celebrated, but he was ostracized for racist, sexist comments.
Researchers surprised that with AI, toxicity is harder to fake than intelligence
New "computational Turing test" reportedly catches AI pretending to be human with 80% accuracy.