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Kerry Amburgy-Dickson
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Just a geek and gamer girl. Happily married.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Owning a Smartphone at Age 12 Is Linked to These Health Issues in Kids
We're fast learning how smartphones impact childhood, and the findings of a new study about young tweens on the cusp of adolescence make for some more uncomfortable reading.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Almost All Space Telescope Images Could Soon Be Contaminated, NASA Warns
Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronomers ...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Is The Y Chromosome Vanishing? A New Sex Gene May Be The Future of Men
In 2002, evolutionary biologist Jenny Graves shared a controversial calculation.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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A Rare Cancer Is Surging in Young People, And Experts Are Puzzled
A very rare type of cancer is on a sharp upward trajectory in younger generations, and no one knows why.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Indiana House passes bill redrawing state's Congressional map
The state house is expected to vote on Friday on the redistricting map.... where it's expected to pass the bill.The House elections committee advanced a redrawi
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December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Our Founders Would Abhor What The USPTO Is Doing With The Patent System - Above the Law
From the make-patent-trolls-great-again? dept.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Woman aggressively arrested after speaking out against AI data centers
Public opposition to artificial intelligence data centers—and the push by corporations and officials to move forward with their construction anyway—were vividly illustrated in a viral video this week ...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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This Prehistoric Bird Choked to Death on 800 Rocks, And No One Knows Why
A prehistoric bird that lived and died 120 million years ago has presented forensic paleontologists with a baffling medical mystery.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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1,800-year-old 'piggy banks' full of Roman-era coins unearthed in French village
An excavation in a small French village reveals three jars with thousands of Roman coins.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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'Tornado' of Galaxies Is The Longest Spinning Structure Ever Seen
A team of astronomers studying the distribution of galaxies in nearby space has discovered something truly extraordinary: a huge strand of galaxies, twisting around as though caught up in a slow-motio...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Railroads will be allowed to reduce inspections and rely more on technology to spot track problems
The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewater
Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics—tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn have ...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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How volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe
Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence that led to the devastation of the Black Death in Europe.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities
The suborbital launch with Michi Benthaus "will be an important step for opening up space travel to all who have orbital dreams."
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December 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Legal experts fail to see justification for continued U.S. military strikes on drug boats.
Partisan lines were drawn after Thursday's briefing on the Hill about the Sept. 2 strike.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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New study challenges the idea of humans as innately nature-loving
Nature is a source of well-being and recovery for many people. However, research shows that there is also a growing number of individuals who experience negative emotions, such as fear, discomfort, or...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Computers Made From Human Brain Tissue Are Coming. Are We Prepared?
As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational hard...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Examining Trump's Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Trafficking Drugs to U.S. - FactCheck.org
President Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, on Dec. 1, claiming without evidence that his prosecution had been a "setup" by the Biden administration and t...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Elon Musk says Tesla FSD will allow you to text and drive in some cases. Police say don't do that.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Full Self-Driving now allows drivers to text and drive in certain traffic conditions. Police advise against it.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Trump DOJ asks judge to jail Jan. 6 defendant after being caught near top Democrat's home
One pardoned January 6 defendant has attracted the attention of President Donald Trump's Department of Justice after he was seen in the vicinity of a high-ranking congressional Democrat's home.Politic...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Medical doctor wonders if Trump MRI 'scanned the wrong area'
A doctor tells the Irish Star that he suspects that President Donald Trump's October MRI is not only sketchy, but that they may have scanned the wrong part of his body. Dr. Jeff Foster, director of Br...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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New Tick-Borne Disease Discovered in Dogs May Pose a Risk to Humans
Several dogs in the US have died following infections by a newly discovered tick-borne disease from the same genus responsible for 'spotted fever'.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone.
www.wired.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Texas law allows residents to sue those suspected of providing access to abortion pills
Abortion providers, and even manufacturers, will be liable for penalties over pills mailed into the state
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM