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EXCLUSIVE: House Scrutinizes NIH-Funded ‘Animal Cruelty,’ Experiments On ‘Transgender Lab Rats’ As DOGE Hunts For Cuts
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— Feb 3, 2025
A House committee will hold a hearing this week scrutinizing whether National Institutes of Health animal research amounts to unnecessary animal cruelty, just as the Department of Government Efficiency spotlights such…
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Rocket Lab receives analyst rating upgrade
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— Sep 8, 2026
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Trump Confident That Coronavirus May Have Originated in Chinese Lab
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— May 1, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing over the origins of…
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River AI Raises $1.1B for Open-Weight AI Full Stack
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— Aug 11, 2026
River AI has raised about $1.1 billion in seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, with strategic investment from NVIDIA and AMD Ventures, and is aiming to create AI that belongs to users rather than labs. Its River API enables LoRA fine-tuning and reinforcement learning on frontier open-weight models, allowing developers to train and deploy personal, continually improving AI while highlighting a multi-billion-dollar valuation in coverage of the round.
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Anthropic Launches New ‘Don’t Be Mean To The Clankers’ Policy
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FDA Authorizes Juul2 E-Cigarette
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— Aug 28, 2026
The FDA has authorized Juul Labs’ Juul2 e-cigarette system, including a device and 18 mg/mL tobacco- and menthol-flavored pods, and noted that a significant share of adult smokers switched from cigarettes to these products, with higher switching rates for menthol. Regulators emphasized that complete switching offers greater health benefits than dual use and that the agency approved these products because their population health benefits outweigh the risks, bringing the total FDA-authorized Juul items to 48 while signaling ongoing market expansion and future adult-focused flavor and strength applications.
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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