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NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year - NASA
A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken
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November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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💰Several states are considering drug affordability review boards.
🧐Others have passed laws to hold manufacturers and PBMs to higher transparency standards.
stateline.org/2025/10/30/d...
🧐Others have passed laws to hold manufacturers and PBMs to higher transparency standards.
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Dozens of states tackle high prescription drug costs • Stateline
In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
💰Several states are considering drug affordability review boards.
🧐Others have passed laws to hold manufacturers and PBMs to higher transparency standards.
stateline.org/2025/10/30/d...
🧐Others have passed laws to hold manufacturers and PBMs to higher transparency standards.
stateline.org/2025/10/30/d...
🤔How?
🤝Nearly two-thirds of the new state laws are aimed at pharmacy benefit managers — the drug middlemen who negotiate deals among the manufacturers that make the drugs, the insurers that allow the drugs to be prescribed, and the pharmacies that sell them.
🤝Nearly two-thirds of the new state laws are aimed at pharmacy benefit managers — the drug middlemen who negotiate deals among the manufacturers that make the drugs, the insurers that allow the drugs to be prescribed, and the pharmacies that sell them.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🤔How?
🤝Nearly two-thirds of the new state laws are aimed at pharmacy benefit managers — the drug middlemen who negotiate deals among the manufacturers that make the drugs, the insurers that allow the drugs to be prescribed, and the pharmacies that sell them.
🤝Nearly two-thirds of the new state laws are aimed at pharmacy benefit managers — the drug middlemen who negotiate deals among the manufacturers that make the drugs, the insurers that allow the drugs to be prescribed, and the pharmacies that sell them.
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From World Cup to a cool head with Trump: why Mexico’s president is still so popular, one year on | CNN
One year on from her inauguration as Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum still commands the sort of popular support many leaders can only wish for.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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This is where we got that number. www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/shein...
Sheinbaum mantiene alta aprobación; llega a primer informe con 70%: encuesta | El Universal
Aceptación se sostiene entre los simpatizantes morenistas, con 90%, mientras que entre opositores baja a 51% en agosto; 57% de mexicanos perciben que el país va por buen camino, de acuerdo con encuest...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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First-in-human trial of CRISPR gene-editing therapy safely lowered cholesterol, triglycerides
Research Highlights: In a Phase 1, first-in-human trial, a one-time infusion of an investigational CRISPR-Cas9 therapy targeting angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) was safe and reduced LDL choleste...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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🛋️Investing in mental health support.
🫗Stricter alcohol control laws.
📞A national suicide prevention algorithm was launched in 2018 across all medical and social services to more easily identify at-risk individuals and offer specialist support.
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🫗Stricter alcohol control laws.
📞A national suicide prevention algorithm was launched in 2018 across all medical and social services to more easily identify at-risk individuals and offer specialist support.
reasonstobecheerful.world/how-lithuani...
How Lithuania More Than Halved Its Suicide Rate
At the heart of this success story is a determined shift from a medicalized approach to one centered on community-based support.
reasonstobecheerful.world
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🛋️Investing in mental health support.
🫗Stricter alcohol control laws.
📞A national suicide prevention algorithm was launched in 2018 across all medical and social services to more easily identify at-risk individuals and offer specialist support.
reasonstobecheerful.world/how-lithuani...
🫗Stricter alcohol control laws.
📞A national suicide prevention algorithm was launched in 2018 across all medical and social services to more easily identify at-risk individuals and offer specialist support.
reasonstobecheerful.world/how-lithuani...
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🤔Why is that major progress?
"A century ago, most children did not have the option to go to school at all," writes @eortizospina.bsky.social .
"Today, access to education is widely seen as a basic right that governments are expected to provide."
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"A century ago, most children did not have the option to go to school at all," writes @eortizospina.bsky.social .
"Today, access to education is widely seen as a basic right that governments are expected to provide."
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November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🤔Why is that major progress?
"A century ago, most children did not have the option to go to school at all," writes @eortizospina.bsky.social .
"Today, access to education is widely seen as a basic right that governments are expected to provide."
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
"A century ago, most children did not have the option to go to school at all," writes @eortizospina.bsky.social .
"Today, access to education is widely seen as a basic right that governments are expected to provide."
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Cavities could be prevented by a gel that restores tooth enamel
Enamel does not naturally regenerate, which can lead to painful cavities, but a gel that harnesses some of the properties of saliva could restore the hard, shiny layer to teeth
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November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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🤔Why does it matter?
"Both Democrats and Republicans have taken up the cause, reflecting a growing consensus that phones are bad for kids’ mental health and take their focus away from learning, even as some researchers say the issue is less clear-cut," writes @sbauerap.bsky.social .
"Both Democrats and Republicans have taken up the cause, reflecting a growing consensus that phones are bad for kids’ mental health and take their focus away from learning, even as some researchers say the issue is less clear-cut," writes @sbauerap.bsky.social .
Wisconsin becomes the 36th state to limit cellphones in schools
Wisconsin has become the 36th state to limit cellphones and other electronic devices in school. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed the bill Friday.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🤔Why does it matter?
"Both Democrats and Republicans have taken up the cause, reflecting a growing consensus that phones are bad for kids’ mental health and take their focus away from learning, even as some researchers say the issue is less clear-cut," writes @sbauerap.bsky.social .
"Both Democrats and Republicans have taken up the cause, reflecting a growing consensus that phones are bad for kids’ mental health and take their focus away from learning, even as some researchers say the issue is less clear-cut," writes @sbauerap.bsky.social .