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Chinese scientists unveil reliable lunar clock that accounts for Einstein's relativity

A new software package detailed by Chinese scientists promises to tell what time it is on the moon, accounting for effects of relativity.

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Jan 15 • 5:00 AM EST • Science • livescience.com
Most Downloaded PS5 Games of 2025 Revealed, as Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Tops Ghost of Yotei

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Jan 14 • 4:00 PM EST • Technology • pushsquare.com
Transfer portal: Virginia adds another QB in Pitt's Eli Holstein
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Jan 14 • 9:38 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists finally uncover why statins cause muscle pain

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness. Researchers found that certain statins can latch onto a key muscle protein and trigger a tiny but harmful calcium leak inside muscle cells. That leak may weaken muscles directly or activate processes that slowly break them down, offering a long-sought explanation for statin-related aches.

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Jan 14 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Clintons cite 'dismantling of America' in refusal to testify on Epstein

Bill and Hillary Clinton pen scathing letter to House committee chair on reasons they are not testifying in Jeffrey Epstein probe.

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Jan 13 • 4:06 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
Clintons refuse to testify in Congress’ Epstein probe despite contempt threat

Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to appear on Capitol Hill Tuesday to testify in Congress’ Jeffrey Epstein probe in the face of threats from the House Oversight Committee to hold them in contempt.

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Jan 13 • 11:53 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Clinton fails to show for Epstein deposition, threatened with contempt of Congress

In a letter, the former president said a subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee was “invalid and legally unenforceable.”

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Jan 13 • 10:49 AM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Is there such a thing as 'too much' protein?

Daily protein requirements vary a bit person to person, but some evidence suggests consuming high amounts of protein could do more harm than good. Live Science spoke to experts to learn more.

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Jan 13 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • livescience.com
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Zoetis CEO on Animal Health, Vaccines and Beef Prices

Zoetis CEO Kristin Peck says higher protein demand is driving demand for livestock vaccines. She speaks with Katie Greifeld at JPMorgan's annual health-care conference in San Francisco. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Jan 12 • 4:46 PM EST • Health • bloomberg.com
ICYMI: Smucker Applauds New Dietary Guidelines for Americans to Improve Health

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), co-chair of the Congressional Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Caucus, joined Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy to announce the release of the updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which focuses on a simple message: eat real food – a diet consisting of whole foods, including protein-rich foods, fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats.

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Jan 12 • 11:00 AM EST • Health • smucker.house.gov
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This protein-packed snack is popular, but it comes with serious health risks

Ingesting ultra-processed foods has been associated with over 30 health conditions. Too much red meat is associated with adverse health outcomes, too.

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Jan 12 • 10:06 AM EST • Health • usatoday.com
Nutrition Strategies to Improve Health With Protein, Fiber, Carbs

Following the release of a new food pyramid and dietary guidelines for Americans, nutrition expert and author of "The Whole Body Reset," Heidi Skolnick joins TODAY with what the recommendations mean for you, how to pace protein intake, how to get more fiber in your diet through foods, what people on GLP-1s should keep in mind about the new guidelines and more.

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Jan 12 • 10:02 AM EST • Health • today.com
Screen Time: Greg Bluestein, AJC's political reporter

Bluestein starts his day early with headlines in bed, stays up to speed via messages and unwinds with a long run.

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Jan 12 • 6:18 AM EST • Politics • axios.com
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Nikki Glaser takes swings at CBS and Leo, goes gentle on Julia in Golden Globes monologue

Nikki Glaser opened Sunday's Golden Globes with a sharp monologue. She joked about stars possibly being in the Epstein Files and took a jab at CBS for editing a critical “60 Minutes” story. Glaser...

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Jan 11 • 11:56 PM EST • Entertainment • sfchronicle.com
Democratic Party must grapple with ‘excesses of identity politics,’ Democrat consultant says

Democrat consultant Julian Epstein discusses how identity politics and anti-Western ideology are key issues harming the Democratic Party on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’

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Jan 11 • 9:09 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
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Wild Card Round: Bills at Jaguars

The Jaguars are slight 1.5-point favorites over the Bills at home for this Wild Card matchup. Join us in the comments!

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Jan 11 • 12:50 PM EST • Sports • milehighreport.com
A new theory of gravity could explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study suggests this mysterious ingredient may not be necessary after all. Using an extended version of Einstein’s gravity, researchers found that cosmic acceleration can arise naturally from a more general geometry of spacetime. The result hints at a radical new way to understand why the universe keeps speeding up.

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Jan 11 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
New Year, Same Health Fight

Congress returned from its break facing a familiar question: whether to extend the expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans that expired at the end of 2025. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke a promise to Bill Cassidy, the chairman of Senate health committee, by overhauling the federal government’s childhood vaccine schedule to reduce the number of diseases for which vaccines will be recommended. Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.

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Jan 8 • 4:15 PM EST • Health • kffhealthnews.org
UMaine to host annual National Girls & Women in Sports Celebration, Feb. 7

Orono, Maine -- You're invited to join the University of Maine in the annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration when the women's basketball team hosts Bryant on Saturday, Feb. 7. This year's National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration is presented by Bangor Savings Bank, Aroma Joe's, Law Office of Joe Bornstein, Hannaford and in partnership with Strong Girls United

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Jan 8 • 9:15 AM EST • Sports • goblackbears.com
Scientists tried to break Einstein’s speed of light rule

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still daring to test it. Some theories of quantum gravity suggest light might behave slightly differently at extreme energies. By tracking ultra-powerful gamma rays from distant cosmic sources, researchers searched for tiny timing differences that could reveal new physics. They found none, but their results tighten the limits by a huge margin.

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Jan 8 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
ICE Shooting Creates New Crack in a Fractured Country

Plus, RFK Jr. says Americans should eat more protein, and Trump has big plans for Venezuelan oil.

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Jan 8 • 6:57 AM EST • Politics • wsj.com
New dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid

The new guidelines emphasizes eating protein and full-fat dairy while reducing sugar, carbs and ultraprocessed foods.

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Jan 7 • 7:24 PM EST • Science • sciencenews.org
RFK Jr.'s new food pyramid puts meat, cheese and vegetables at the top

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced new dietary guidelines for Americans focused on promoting whole foods, healthy proteins and fats. And he's 'declared war' on sugar.

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Jan 7 • 1:29 PM EST • Health • npr.org
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U.S. rolls out new dietary guidelines backing more protein and full-fat dairy

The Trump administration scrapped the MyPlate visual guide, introducing a redesigned food pyramid that emphasizes protein, dairy and healthy fats.

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Jan 7 • 11:23 AM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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New US dietary guidelines urge less sugar, more protein – and make a nod to beef tallow

New US dietary guidelines released Wednesday echo past advice, but also include some nods to US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement — urging Americans to prioritize protein and whole grains and limit their consumption of ultraprocessed foods and added sugar.

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Jan 7 • 11:21 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
NC teacher's killing renews call for state mental health funding, policy

Gov. Josh Stein is calling on state lawmakers to focus more on treating people with mental health issues that pose a risk to the public. Stein's comments come days after Zoe Welsh, a long-time science teacher at the private Ravenscroft School, was killed in her home. Ryan Camacho, who is charged in her death, had a history of mental health challenges, according to court records.

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Jan 6 • 7:43 PM EST • Health • wral.com
Mercer Health announces next Community Health Education: Heart Disease Diagnosis & Treatment

The next free Community Health event, presented by Mercer Health, will be held on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 6:00pm at Mercer Health’s Marion Campus, 8106 Booster Drive, Maria Stein. This session will include cardiologists Dr. Jerry Boley and Dr. Todd Brophy, along with emergency medicine physician Dr. Craig Dues, who will share insights on […]

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Jan 6 • 2:32 PM EST • Health • mercer-health.com
Dietitians Reveal 5 Little Habits for Better Health and Nutrition

Protein isn't on the list.

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Jan 5 • 1:18 PM EST • Health • today.com
Gov. Josh Stein endorses Charlotte NC Rep. Carla Cunningham’s challenger

Cunningham will face two challengers in the Democratic primary March 3.

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Jan 5 • 11:32 AM EST • Politics • newsobserver.com
Philosophy to the Rescue of Science

The pessimistic meta-induction—the argument that since past scientific theories have been shown to be false, we should expect that today’s will turn out false, too—makes the New York Times. . Elay Shech, professor of philosophy at Auburn University, takes up the topic in the context of current political disputes about science and our government’s seemingly increasing disregard of expertise: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, made a version of this argument in August when defending his decision to halt hundreds of millions of dollars in mRNA vaccine development despite the objections of vaccine scientists. He said that “science is always evolving” and the experts could not always be trusted. Shech accepts that “many widely accepted [scientific] theories have been discarded” but that the question, “why should we trust the ones we have now?” is misleading. Why? It implies that the only possible attitudes toward science are naïve faith and wholesale pessimism. It assumes that science is a single global entity that rises or falls all at once, when in reality, science is an array of local domains of inquiry, each with its own standards of evidence and degrees of reliability. In place of skepticism, Shech recommends “disciplined trust.” The first step in the direction of disciplined trust is recognizing that “there is no single scientific method used in all of science.” Shech writes: Newton’s deduction from observed phenomena is very different from Darwin’s inference to the best explanation, which in turn differs radically from Einstein’s thought experiments with light beams, trains and elevators. What people call “the scientific method” is really many distinct ways of investigating the world—different strategies for representing, experimenting and classifying. Since different areas of science employ different methods and rely on different kinds of evidence, to make a case for skepticism “you need to look at the evidence and methods in a specific area of inquiry.” And that case will not be “a sweeping claim about all of science” but rather about that particular area of inquiry with, for example, what might turn out to be “well-understood methodological problems.” Shech’s piece is “Science Keeps Changing, So Why Should We Trust It?” (NYT gift link). Discussion welcome (readers are advised to keep in..

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Jan 5 • 10:47 AM EST • Science • dailynous.com
Garmin Watches Can Now Track Food, Macros And Nutrition

Garmin's nutrition tracking feature will tally up daily calorie consumption as well as macros, including protein intake, via watch and the Connect app.

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Jan 5 • 9:34 AM EST • Technology • forbes.com
Scientists uncover a hidden switch that helps cancer cells thrive

A protein once thought to simply help cancer cells avoid death turns out to do much more. MCL1 actively drives cancer metabolism by controlling the powerful mTOR growth pathway, tying survival and energy use together. This insight explains why MCL1-targeting drugs can be effective—but also why they sometimes damage the heart. Researchers have now identified a way to reduce that risk, potentially unlocking safer cancer therapies.

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Jan 5 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Lawmakers return to Washington facing Venezuela concerns, shutdown threat

Congress faces major decisions on how to address rising costs of healthcare, prevent another government shutdown and deal with the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files.

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Jan 5 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • latimes.com
Epstein, health care and a shutdown fight: Here’s what the House faces in January

The House will return from a holiday break to face sagas that have vexed the chamber for months. Debates on health care and attempts to revive expired ObamaCare subsidies will stretch into January …

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Jan 4 • 5:00 PM EST • Health • thehill.com
MeatEater founder links wild game to exercise and better health: 'High-protein diet'

MeatEater's Steven Rinella of Montana reveals why he believes wild game is the "healthiest food," arguing that the physical effort of harvesting it and avoiding processed ingredients delivers benefits beyond what Americans typically consider.

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Jan 4 • 9:03 AM EST • Health • foxnews.com
A simple chemistry trick could end forever plastic

Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural polymers don’t. By mimicking tiny structural features used in DNA and proteins, researchers designed plastics that remain durable but can be triggered to fall apart naturally. The breakdown speed can be precisely tuned, from days to years, or switched on with light or simple chemical signals. The discovery could reshape everything from food packaging to medicine delivery.

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Jan 4 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Blocking One Protein Slows Cancer Growth in Mice, Scientists Discover

"Could make current immunotherapies more effective."

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Jan 3 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencealert.com
A hidden brain problem may be an early warning for Alzheimer’s

Researchers discovered that clogged brain “drains” show up early in people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. These blockages, easily seen on standard MRI scans, are tied to toxic protein buildup linked to memory loss and cognitive decline. In some cases, they may signal Alzheimer’s earlier than other commonly used brain markers. This could help physicians detect the disease earlier, before irreversible damage sets in.

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Jan 2 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
The Future Albert Einstein Believed In

The brilliant physicist fought for the promise of a diverse, meritocratic America. We need his optimism today.

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Jan 2 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • theatlantic.com
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Alain Aspect, Nobel laureate in physics: ‘Einstein was so smart that he would have had to recognize quantum entanglement’

The pioneer of quantum computing talks about how Albert Einstein would have reacted to his experiments, the hype around the technology, and the parallels between physics and his new hobby: magic

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Jan 2 • 8:58 AM EST • Science • english.elpais.com
Simply Tubs and Showers is building a business for customers’ safety

By Kathie Stamps “As we age, balance and health issues become increasingly important for safety,” said Bill Steiner, owner of Simply Tubs and Showers. “We provide personalized attention and recommendations…

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Jan 1 • 7:30 AM EST • Business • observernews.net
Who's calling foul on sports betting tax?

Plus: A protein powder heist, creative New Year's Eve plans and more

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Dec 31, 2025 • 9:17 AM EST • Sports • chicago.suntimes.com
It’s been a difficult year for science. Here’s what researchers say about the future : Short Wave

Science in the United States took some big hits this year. The Trump Administration disrupted federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits. Administration officials say those changes were a step towards reinvigorating federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health. But many scientists disagree. NPR health and science correspondents Rob Stein and Katia Riddle chat with host Emily Kwong about what these cuts could mean for the future of science.Interested in more stories on the future of science? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.

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Dec 31, 2025 • 3:00 AM EST • Science • npr.org
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Syracuse Crunch To Host Dinosaur Night presented by The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) January 10

Dinosaur Night will transform the Upstate Medical University Arena into a Jurassic adventure.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 11:21 AM EST • Science • syracusecrunch.com
Time runs faster on Mars and scientists just proved it

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that Mars clocks tick slightly faster—and fluctuate over the Martian year. These microsecond shifts could play a big role in future Mars navigation, communications, and even a solar-system-wide internet. It’s a small time gap with big consequences for space exploration.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Full-length Replay: Big Ten Men's: Utah at Washington

The Utes and Huskies meet in Seattle. Don McHenry leads Utah against Washington's Hannes Steinbach.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 5:34 AM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
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2025 Was the Year Ninja Games Made a Comeback

With three 'Ninja Gaiden' games, 'Ghost of Yotei,' and 'Shinobi,' ninjas returned to the gaming forefront in a big way.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 12:30 PM EST • Technology • gizmodo.com
The events that defined world politics in 2025

From Vance’s shock Munich speech to the release of the Epstein files, Trump’s return to power has defined the year

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Dec 29, 2025 • 9:15 AM EST • Politics • ft.com
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The brain has a hidden language and scientists just found it

Researchers have created a protein that can detect the faint chemical signals neurons receive from other brain cells. By tracking glutamate in real time, scientists can finally see how neurons process incoming information before sending signals onward. This reveals a missing layer of brain communication that has been invisible until now. The discovery could reshape how scientists study learning, memory, and brain disease.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Rationalism in Conservative Politics

Ideas about the political conditions for human flourishing sometimes have unforeseen consequences. But the consequences of refusing to traffic in these ideas are foreseeably very bad indeed.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 8:00 PM EST • Politics • thepublicdiscourse.com
Live updates: Trump administration news, Epstein files release
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Dec 28, 2025 • 8:27 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Mark Perry to stay at Kentucky

The longtime Wildcats staffer, Mark Perry, will remain in Lexington as Will Stein builds his Kentucky football staff.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 3:15 PM EST • Sports • aseaofblue.com
'Embarrass them': Trump urges DOJ to out any Dems in Epstein files

“The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein," Trump said in a Dec. 26 social media post. “Release all of their names, embarrass them.”

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Dec 26, 2025 • 9:45 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Deceiving US experts; proving Einstein wrong: 2025 China science breakthroughs

From the detonation of a hydrogen-based explosive to ending a century-old debate, here are some of the major science developments of the year.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Science • scmp.com
So This Is Why Trump Didn’t Want to Release the Epstein Files

The latest batch includes many new references to Trump—and enough ammunition for Congress to keep pressing.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:49 PM EST • Politics • theatlantic.com
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DOJ says it may need a ‘few more weeks’ to finish releasing Epstein files

More than a million more documents could be relevant to the Epstein case

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:28 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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DOJ says it may need a ‘few more weeks’ to finish releasing Epstein files

More than a million more documents could be relevant to the Epstein case

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:28 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
DOJ says it has found over a million additional documents potentially related to Epstein

The Justice Department on Wednesday said it has uncovered over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and may need “a few more weeks” to process and release them to the public.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:14 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents

When the Justice Department released a first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday that included photographs of former President Bill Clinton, White House officials raced to amplify the importance of the new documents.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Jeffrey Epstein's wills listed former bank CEOs and other Wall Street figures as possible estate executors

Jeffrey Epstein's wills named figures like Larry Summers and Jes Staley as possible executors, DOJ files show.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:25 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:10 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Analysis: Extreme redactions undercut Epstein files release

Rather than settling matters, the government’s release of the Epstein files has had the opposite effect.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:33 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump appears in new batch of Epstein documents

The Justice Department released a new batch of documents from Epstein investigation. President Donald Trump’s name is mentioned many times in the documents, including in references to flight records related to Epstein’s private plane. Authorities have not accused Trump of criminal wrongdoing related to Epstein. CNN’s Marshall Cohen reports.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:08 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
4 takeaways from the latest batch of the Epstein files

The Justice Department has released a new batch of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – documents that include many more mentions of President Donald Trump than last week’s dump.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:45 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? : Consider This from NPR

2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists and officials who worry that those cuts could cause the United States to lose its competitive edge as a global hub for research and innovation, and steer future generations away from careers in science. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Michael Levitt, with audio engineering by Zo vanGinhoven. It was edited by Sarah Handel, Scott Hensley and Amina Khan. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:27 PM EST • Science • npr.org
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Shake Shack rolls out health-oriented menu

The ‘Good Fit’ lineup of curated items focuses on protein while also offering low-carb, vegetarian, and gluten-free options

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:55 PM EST • Health • nrn.com
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times

In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:08 AM EST • Politics • miamiherald.com
I'm 'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary. I wake up at 5 a.m. with no alarm and refuse to answer emails.

"Shark Tank" and "Marty Supreme" star Kevin O'Leary explains his daily routine, which includes eating protein, biking, taking naps, and avoiding email.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:23 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug

Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • iai.tv
New batch of Epstein files released featuring more Trump mentions

New set of files released overnight into Tuesday

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:29 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
Live updates: Justice Department releases new set of Epstein documents
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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Gloria Allred on Epstein files’ partial release: ‘I’m not here for politics. I’m here for justice, for my clients.’
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Trump reacts to photos made public from the Epstein files
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Trump bemoans destroyed reputations from Epstein files release in first public comments since DOJ release

Trump bemoans destroyed reputations as a result of Epstein files release

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Dec 22, 2025 • 6:44 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Justice Department’s heavy-handed redactions leave no one happy in the ‘Epstein files’ saga

The Justice Department’s release of the Epstein files — mandated by Congress to be completed last week — is still a work in progress.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 5:59 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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‘The time for excuses has ended.’ Rep. Katherine Clark on the slow release of heavily redacted Epstein files
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Is Trump deliberately redacting Epstein files to shield himself?

Removal of image from publicly released documents prompts accusations of political interference by justice department

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Calls for penalties as outrage grows over limited release of Epstein files

Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie build bipartisan coalition to hold attorney general Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress

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A new drug could stop Alzheimer’s before memory loss begins

New research suggests Alzheimer’s may start far earlier than previously thought, driven by a hidden toxic protein in the brain. Scientists found that an experimental drug, NU-9, blocks this early damage in mice and reduces inflammation linked to disease progression. The treatment was given before symptoms appeared, targeting the disease at its earliest stage. Researchers say this approach could reshape how Alzheimer’s is prevented and treated.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Analysis:Slow pace of Epstein disclosures sets off new storm to batter Trump

The Justice Department is denying accusations of a cover-up and of flouting a new law following its partial and extensively redacted releases of files on Jeffrey Epstein in an ever-deepening political storm President Donald Trump can’t shake.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 12:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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One Protein Is a Better Predictor of Heart Disease Than Cholesterol

It's always more complicated.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 10:02 PM EST • Science • sciencealert.com
This simulation reveals what really happens near black holes

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and matter, researchers have built simulations that closely match real astronomical observations. These models reveal how matter forms chaotic, glowing disks and launches powerful outflows as it falls into black holes. It’s a major step toward decoding how these cosmic engines actually work.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Did the Trump admin take down over a dozen Epstein files? Here's what to know.

More than a dozen Epstein files vanished from the DOJ database on Dec. 20, raising further questions over the handling of the Epstein file release.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 12:51 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
Raskin on Epstein file redactions: ‘It makes no sense’
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Dec 21, 2025 • 11:19 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Politics chat: Redacted Epstein files released; Trump under pressure about economy

Extensive redactions of the Epstein files add to the political pressure President Trump is already under for his handling of the economy.

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Trump administration criticized after partial Epstein file drop as US seizes second tanker off Venezuela - live updates
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Dec 21, 2025 • 7:32 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
GOP politicians are starting to do what once would have seemed unthinkable: defy President Trump

The push to release the Epstein files over his opposition is part of a broader pattern.

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GoLocalProv | News | The Politics of Tragedies – “The Sunday Political Brunch”—December 21, 2025

By all measures, it has been a tough week. From the fatal shootings at Brown University and an MIT professor’s home, to the murders of an iconic Hollywood couple. There were also new developments in the Epstein case, some key votes in Congress, and another presidential controversy. Let...

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Epstein Survivor Jess Michaels responds to redacted Epstein files
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Dec 20, 2025 • 7:32 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Epstein files raise questions about evidence and possible accomplices

Authorities have identified 1,200 alleged victims who were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, or by relatives of those victims.

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Dec 20, 2025 • 4:53 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Lawmakers weigh impeachment articles for Bondi over Epstein file omissions

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said he and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie were “exploring all options” for forcing more disclosures, including by pursuing “the impeachment of people at Justice.”

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Dec 20, 2025 • 4:36 PM EST • Politics • latimes.com
ENTERTAINMENT: Museum sets sessions for kids; Steinway honors piano teacher

The Rogers Historical Museum and the Rogers Public Library are offering "Museum and Me," an hour-long, free, once-a-month program at the museum for children 3-5 that helps foster interest in history, reading and museums.

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5 things we learned from the latest Epstein files drop

The Justice Department released new documents related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.

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Dec 20, 2025 • 2:41 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Epstein files feature photos of some famous figures within the disgraced financier's orbit

Newly released documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein probe reveal some of the high-profile figures who rubbed elbows with the financier.

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Epstein Files Release, Health Care Subsidies, Surviving The Holiday Season : Up First from NPR

The Justice Department releases a vast trove of documents relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Also, Congress left Washington D.C. for its holiday break without reaching a deal on health care. Millions of Americans will face price hikes on their insurance premiums. And surviving the holiday season, we’ll have tips on what can be a stressful time of the year.

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The Epstein files release did nothing to clear up the scandal’s biggest question

Some questions will never be answered. But there’s one that DOJ officials really can clear up — if they want to.

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Dec 20, 2025 • 8:44 AM EST • Politics • vox.com
Trump administration criticized by lawmakers over Epstein files release - live updates

The Justice Department released a heavily redacted trove of files yesterday related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Follow for live updates.

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Dec 20, 2025 • 8:28 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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5 takeaways from the Justice Department’s Epstein files release

The Justice Department released thousands of files related to sex offender and accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in a much-anticipated document dump Friday.

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Dec 19, 2025 • 10:14 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Live updates: The Jeffrey Epstein files released
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Deadline day for DOJ to drop the Epstein files
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