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Alex Knapp
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Senior Editor covering science and healthcare at Forbes. (he/him) Got a tip? Hit me up on Signal: thealexknapp.79 "Eppur si muove"
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · Jul 31
My latest - there's been a big push from regulators and legislators to eliminate animal testing during the drug development process. The industry wants this, too. But it's easier said than done.

I took a look at a few of the companies developing technologies that might make it possible one day.
How AI And Mini-Organs Could Replace Testing Drugs On Animals
Congress and the FDA are pushing pharmaceutical companies to replace animals with technology for drug research. That’s a long way off, but startups and industry stalwarts are working to make it happen...
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 41m
One weird aspect of working remotely for over a decade is that I'm constantly "discovering" musical artists that are wildly popular.

(Today that is Laufey, whose album 'A Matter of Time' is amazing. But you don't need me to tell you, because she has a Grammy & 25M monthly Spotify listeners.)
Laufey - Silver Lining (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Laufey
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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: Waymo robotaxis are heading to Europe with London launch planned for 2026 #autonomousvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
Waymo Taps London As Its First European Robotaxi Market
The Alphabet unit’s plan to expand internationally comes as it also prepares to offer driverless rides in at least half a dozen additional U.S. cities.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1h
Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/473xB3z
Meta removes Facebook page that tracked ICE in Chicago
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that “following outreach” from the DOJ, Facebook removed a “large group page” that was being used to target ICE officials.
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Dan Alexander @danalexander21.bsky.social · 5h
Just published: "Why No One Really Knows How Much Money The Trumps Are Making Right Now" www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
Why No One Really Knows How Much Trump Is Making Right Now
A crypto company has taken in more money than almost any other entity in the president’s empire. But thanks to a secretive agreement, it remains unclear who is really receiving the cash.
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Giacomo Tognini @giacomotognini.bsky.social · 1h
Vietnamese real estate mogul Dang Thanh Tam's industrial park firm, Kinh Bac City, boomed during Trump's first term as his trade war with China pushed manufacturers to Vietnam. Now he's partnering with Trump on a $1.5 billion luxury hotel. Read @forbes.com:
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This Vietnamese Real Estate Mogul Is Opening A Golf Resort With Trump
Dang Thanh Tam’s business got a boost from Donald Trump’s first-term trade wars. New tariffs might hurt him, but he has an ace up his sleeve: a $1.5 billion luxury project with Trump.
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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 2h
Andy Slavitt’s Town Hall Ventures has been investing in healthcare innovations focused on low-income and vulnerable communities. With $440M new funding from investors that include John Doerr, it now has total assets of $1.4 billion.

New from me @forbes.com

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Medicare Administrator Turned Health Venture Capitalist Raises $440 Million For New Fund
Andy Slavitt’s Town Hall Ventures has been investing in healthcare innovations focused on low-income and vulnerable communities. With new funding from investors that include John Doerr, it now has tot...
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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 3h
🚨NEW🚨 A couple made millions from an anti-choking device that sucked objects out of throats, claiming it was FDA-approved.

Turns out the FDA had told them to stop selling it.

While a bunch of similar devices were on Amazon up until this week when I flagged them.

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Amazon Sellers Made Millions From Banned Anti-Choking Tech, FDA Says
Amazon has now removed the Dechoker and rival unapproved suction devices marketed at parents to save children from choking.
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STAT @statnews.com · 1d
Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 19h
Common medications may promote antibiotic resistance in bacteria as they make their way into the water.

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“Cocktails” of common pharmaceuticals in our waterways may promote antibiotic resistance
New research has shown, for the first time, how mixtures of commonly used medications which end up in our waterways and natural environments might increase the development of antibiotic resistant bact...
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 20h
Consumer Reports finds that some protein shakes and powders contain extremely high levels of lead.

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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 1d
🚨NEW🚨 Feds have been raiding the data of 3D printed gun communities on Facebook and Discord, which have tens of thousands of members.

A "slippery slope," says one privacy activist.

'3D2A' leaders say neither social media nor the government can "stop the signal."

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Inside Facebook And Discord’s 3D Printed Ghost Gun Groups
The world’s biggest social media sites are home to thousands of 2nd Amendment devotees who believe anyone should be able to use a 3D printer to build their own gun. Meta, Discord and the DOJ are tryin...
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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 2d
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
☀️ China’s clean tech exports trump global demand for U.S. oil and gas
🔋 Tapping the Great Salt Lake for lithium for batteries
🌳 Gina McCarthy on local efforts to fight climate change #renewableenergy #lithium www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
China’s Clean Tech Exports Trump U.S. Oil And Gas
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at pulling lithium from the Great Salt Lake for batteries and talks with Gina McCarthy about local efforts to fight climate change
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 4d
MIT turned down the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

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MIT Rejects Trump’s Federal Funding Deal—Other 8 Schools Still Uncommitted
The compact from the Trump administration looks to provide a handful of universities with funding advantages in exchange for changes to their policies on grading, international student enrollment and ...
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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: A $250 million plan to tap the Great Salt Lake as source of lower-cost lithium for batteries 🔋 #lithium www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
A $250 Million Plan To Pull Lithium For Batteries From The Great Salt Lake
Lilac Solutions has a method to get lithium for batteries that’s cheaper, easier on the environment and less water-intensive than mining: pull it from the Great Salt Lake.
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 5d
In the latest edition of my emerging tech newsletter, The Prototype, I take a look at:

⚛️ How the discovery behind 2025's Physics Nobel paved the way for quantum computing

🦠Startup HyperSpectral using AI detect microbes and other contaminants

🎨 How creativity keeps your brain young

And more!
These Nobel Prize Winners Paved The Way For Quantum Computing
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a startup using AI to track pathogens, a quantum cooling breakthrough and more.
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 6d
More measles cases confirmed in South Carolina, Michigan as US total climbs to 1,563

Michigan has reported 28 cases this year.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.
Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5d
NEW: A federal judge hands win to clergy (and others) who say ICE agents violated their religious freedom by, among other things, shooting them with pepper balls.

Also: a pastor tells me senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino personally shoved him last week. religionnews.com/2025/10/09/f...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5d
Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...
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Josh Russell @jrussjruss.bsky.social · 5d
NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 7d
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 5d
65% of dentists say they've increased fees this year.

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65% of dentists have increased fees this year: Report - Becker’s Dental Review - DSO + Dental News
Nearly 66% of dentists have increased their fees this year, according to the American Dental Association’s “Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry” report for the third quarter of 2025. The...
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Phoebe Liu @pheebini.bsky.social · 6d
In my latest for @forbes.com I did some math on how the spate of massive #AI infra deals is benefiting the dealmakers most of all. These founders, CEOs and investors keep getting richer while critics condemn their "circular deals":

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Richard Nieva @richardnieva.bsky.social · 6d
I chatted with AMD’s senior vice president of AI about the company’s massive deal with OpenAI, and how AMD’s software efforts played a part in scoring the agreement.
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How AMD’s AI Software Helped It Score The Multi-Billion Dollar OpenAI Deal
Chips aren’t the only star of the massive agreement. AMD’s software efforts have slowly turned it into a more formidable competitor to Nvidia.
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