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Trump Pulls U.S. Out Of House Hunters International
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March 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Imagine being obliterated in a rocket explosion 11,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico because you picked McNeese State over Gonzaga in the Sweet 16.
March 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 point to the success of the HPV vaccine.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Looking for Alaska was published 20 years ago today.

What a journey that little book has been on.
March 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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He skis like shit.
March 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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“Sorry VP, sold out”— JD Vance met with pro-Ukraine protests as he tries to go skiing ⛷️ in Vermont
March 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
www.npr.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
scim.ag
February 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
New Achilles Heel Exposed in Antibiotic Resistance
Carbapenems are last-resort antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. A study shows how zinc plays a role in drug-resistant bacteria.
www.genengnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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An article that demonstrates both the limits and promise of science.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/h...
A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate (Gift Article)
A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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Bayer a pharmaceutical company and Monsanto a pesticide company. Bayer bought Monsanto.

Bayer makes drugs to help with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Monsanto makes a chemical we use in the USA called glyphosate to spray on FOOD crops.

Glyphosate causes Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
December 21, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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13 foods have GMO options approved for cultivation in the US.

Corn
Soybean
Cotton
Canola
Sugar beets
Alfalfa
Hawaiian papaya
Potatoes
Summer squash
Arctic apples
Pink pineapple
AquAdvantage salmon
Purple tomato (not commercial yet)

Did you know that it was this few?

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December 20, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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The Vermont Catamounts score a golden goal in OT to win their first NCAA Men's College Cup Championship over Marshall in the most unreal sequence
December 17, 2024 at 3:42 AM
spotify wrapped 2024💪
December 4, 2024 at 5:46 PM