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2025-12-31T18:53:29+00:00
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DOJ still reviewing 5.2M pages of Epstein files: Report
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) still has 5.2 million pages of files to review in the case of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, set a Dec. 19 deadline for the DOJ to release all documents it…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5668236-doj-epstein-files-5-million-pages-review/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T18:13:08+00:00
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Lockdown lifted at Kansas City International Airport after evacuations
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The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668249-kansas-city-international-airport-on-lockdown-fbi-assisting-in-investigation/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T18:11:21+00:00
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Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies at 92
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Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), a longtime advocate for Native Americans and organized labor who switched parties late in his career, died Tuesday. He was 92. His daughter, Shanan Campbell, told The Colorado Sun her father died of natural causes. “Colorado lost a true legend in former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell,” Rep. Lauren…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5668157-ben-nighthorse-campbell-dies-92/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T18:00:14+00:00
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Greene supports 2026 ‘tax revolt’ by frustrated Trump voters
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Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) backed a “tax revolt” among supporters of President Trump on Wednesday. “Almost every Trump voter I see on X is so fed up they are planning a 2026 tax revolt,” Greene wrote on the social platform X. “And rightfully so!” “It’s because Americans work their a‑‑es off, barely make…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5668184-marjorie-taylor-greene-tax-revolt/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T17:58:35+00:00
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Drugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 medications: Report
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The costs of at least 350 drugs in the U.S. are expected to rise in 2026, according to a new analysis, despite many of the drugmakers pledging to offer more favorable prices under new Trump administration policies. New data from the health care research firm 3 Axis Advisors, first reported by Reuters, found that a…
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5668053-us-drug-prices-rise-2026/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T17:18:03+00:00
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The 10 biggest political stories of 2025
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President Trump’s first year back in office brought a whirlwind of political news in 2025. There was a major legislative victory for the White House, wins for Democrats in elections and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The ugly specter of political violence also surfaced. Here are the biggest political news stories of the…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/5667025-trump-first-year-political-news/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T17:09:50+00:00
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Top Minnesota Republican: GOP caucus steered YouTuber Nick Shirley to day care sites
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Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R) said Monday that her caucus pointed conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley in the direction of day care facilities in the state amid concerns over fraud. Demuth said at a virtual press conference that the state GOP has been “working with” Shirley to address fraud in the state. “Our caucus has…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668078-minnesota-welfare-fraud-walz/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T16:54:20+00:00
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Trump rips Colorado governor, DA over Tina Peters incarceration: ‘May they rot in hell’
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President Trump said Wednesday that Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein should “rot in hell” for the incarceration of former election clerk Tina Peters. “God Bless Tina Peters, who is now, for two years out of nine, sitting in a Colorado Maximum Security Prison, at the age of 73,…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667922-donald-trump-jared-polis-tina-peters-incarceration/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T16:36:13+00:00
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Boebert criticizes Trump veto, hopes it is not about ‘political retaliation’
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) voiced frustration with President Trump over his recent veto of legislation that intended to finish a project for sending water to southeastern Colorado. “This isn’t over,” Boebert posted on the social platform X late Tuesday in response to Trump’s veto, one of the first of his second term. In a statement…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/5668061-boebert-trump-veto-colorado-water-epstein/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T16:30:00+00:00
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Donald Trump’s year of Social Security sabotage
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Donald Trump is attempting to demolish the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which contains the famous Social Security mural, while also enacting policies that threaten the Social Security system itself.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5667459-trump-social-security-threat/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T16:07:33+00:00
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Comer announces hearings on Minnesota fraud
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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced Wednesday that the body will hold hearings on fraud concerns within Minnesota’s social services programs in the new year. The first hearing is set for Jan. 7, with state Reps. Kristin Robbins (R), Walter Hudson (R) and Marion Rarick (R)…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5667903-walz-minnesota-fraud-house-testimony/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T16:06:30+00:00
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George Clooney rips CBS, ABC for settling Trump defamation suits
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Actor George Clooney took a shot at CBS and ABC, two broadcast networks that have both settled high-profile lawsuits brought by President Trump in recent months. “If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, ‘Go f‑‑‑ yourself,’ we wouldn’t be where we are in the country,” Clooney, who recently became a citizen of…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5667986-george-clooney-trump-settlements-cbs-abc/
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519c77825168fbaa320a138e27833d1ce154e3db82b2d24d1193b230e25769f9
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2025-12-31T16:00:00+00:00
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Book recommendations from members of Congress
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Members of Congress have shared their favorite books of the year, ranging from biographies to children's books to books on art and intelligence, showing that books provide a bipartisan connection and that policymakers continue to rely on them for guidance.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5665917-influential-books-congress-2025/
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2025-12-31T15:48:42+00:00
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Will banks be open on New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day?
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Need to cash some checks, exchange some currency or grab a handful of complimentary lollipops before the New Year?
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https://thehill.com/business/5667756-banks-open-new-years-eve-new-years-2026/
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2025-12-31T15:30:02+00:00
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Washington Monument light show planned for NYE in honor of America’s 250 birthday
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For the first time ever, the Washington Monument will be illuminated on all four sides with a large-scale projection light show beginning on New Year’s Eve.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667954-washington-monument-light-show/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T15:30:00+00:00
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AI turns out to be the issue that could break Trump’s movement
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In a rare show of bipartisanship, the states have already begun to push back.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5666446-ai-turns-out-to-be-the-issue-that-could-break-trumps-movement/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T15:20:43+00:00
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Trump claims his ‘real’ approval rating is 64 percent
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President Trump claimed Tuesday that his “real” approval rating is at 64 percent, despite polls showing it is below 50 percent. “The polls are rigged even more than the writers,” Trump said in a late-night Truth Social post. “The real number is 64%, and why not, our Country is ‘hotter’ than ever before.” He added,…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667894-donald-trump-claims-approval-rating-higher/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T15:19:39+00:00
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Trump’s Colorado veto draws Boebert’s ire
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President Trump issued two vetoes this week, the first two of his second term, rejecting a pair of bipartisan bills and drawing pushback from Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). Trump vetoed legislation that aimed to complete a project that would deliver water to southeastern Colorado and another that would give the Miccosukee tribe the authority to manage part of the…
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5667913-trump-vetoes-colorado-water-boebert-florida-tribe/
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2025-12-31T15:00:00+00:00
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Free speech needs a reset in America
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All speech today is filtered. The key difference is what the filters are.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5665255-free-speech-needs-a-reset-in-america/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T14:56:39+00:00
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Trump administration ‘looking at’ revoking citizenship of Somali Americans caught up in fraud scheme: Leavitt
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the Trump administration is reviewing cases for denaturalization of U.S. citizens who came to the country from Somalia and were convicted of fraud in the Minnesota social services controversy.  Leavitt said on “Fox and Friends” that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the State Department…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667727-trump-administration-denaturalization-somali-minnesota/
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2025-12-31T14:30:00+00:00
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Trump is ready to finish the job in Venezuela
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Nicolas Maduro's happy days are over.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5666683-maduro-losing-power-venezuela/
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World & Politics
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bd0c4f29d83b38c41fc0b4684f49dc9df909f2c802eae64d81e30abd3922c11d
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2025-12-31T14:29:32+00:00
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NYPD ramping up security ahead of New Year’s Eve
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Revelers are preparing to pack Times Square ahead of tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations, but the NYPD says they're prepared to keep viewers safe.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/5667855-new-year-eve-nypd-safety/
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2025-12-31T14:02:21+00:00
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Jon Kyl announces dementia diagnosis
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Former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who served in Congress for more than 25 years, announced Tuesday that he has dementia. Kyl, 83, said in a statement that he will retreat from public life in the wake of his diagnosis, The Associated Press reported. “My family and I now head down a path filled with moments…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5667790-jon-kyl-dementia-diagnosis/
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2025-12-31T14:00:00+00:00
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Trump presides over America’s coming-apart
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The aftershocks are simply too numerous to count.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5666723-trump-presides-over-americas-coming-apart/
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5d5693606790908512afa5737a728d95778c79b908fa73eeac771f85d627b8f2
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2025-12-31T13:51:57+00:00
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Political winners and losers of 2025
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President Trump’s return to power dominated 2025. He began his second term with rapid moves aimed at shifting the nation’s political culture — and then just kept going. Trump’s approach cleaved the nation on visceral topics such as immigration. Unauthorized migration across the southern border slowed to a trickle, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5662838-trump-return-power-2025/
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2025-12-31T13:30:00+00:00
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In defense of Mamdani’s much maligned housing plan
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Zohran Mamdani’s housing plan has been critiqued up, down and across the aisle since it was announced in February. These attacks seemingly come from people who have not read his plan, or do not understand its nuances enough to properly critique it.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5662422-mamdani-affordable-housing-reform/
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21a34998cf2ae922f2fede8b6019e343cfc3fa5824bb15802ef3b52351fdf1db
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2025-12-31T13:00:00+00:00
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Trump Derangement Syndrome changed definitions in 2025
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Middle-class and working-class Trump voters are beginning to question their support for the MAGA movement as they face economic hardship and the Trump administration's policies have not delivered the promised benefits.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5667005-maga-voters-wait-see-fallout/
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2025-12-31T12:52:54+00:00
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Walz on frozen federal child care payments: ‘This is Trump’s long game’
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) slammed the Trump administration for pausing child care payments to his state amid increased federal scrutiny of alleged fraud within its social services programs.  “This is Trump’s long game,” Walz wrote Tuesday in a post on the social platform X. “We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667686-tim-walz-trump-administration-frozen-child-care-payments-minnesota/
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c149f6cee84116fc8def71137e760a918b4aff8de766deaf35c4ea0dd420e4cf
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2025-12-31T12:30:00+00:00
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How the US could lose its Diego Garcia military base to China
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After the loss of Bagram air base in Afghanistan, Diego Garcia is a critical lifeline for the American military in the region.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5666569-diego-garcia-chagossians-future/
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2025-12-31T12:25:55+00:00
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Michele and Rob Reiner’s autopsy reports blocked from release
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The Reiners’ bodies were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary.
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https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5667591-michele-rob-reiners-autopsy-reports-blocked/
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World & Politics
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2025-12-31T12:19:49+00:00
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Saving for a down payment now takes 7 years, double prepandemic pace
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In some California cities, a median-income household would need more than 30 years to save for a down payment.
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https://thehill.com/business/5667589-saving-housing-down-payment-seven-years/
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ceade79103979af5237bdaffd3cf86c4cffea9066712bfc6447eb1a05872946f
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2025-12-31T12:14:27+00:00
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Prince William, Kate’s annual salary revealed in financial report
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The income covers the public, private and charitable expenses for Kate, William and their children.
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https://thehill.com/policy/international/5667087-prince-william-kates-annual-salary-revealed/
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2025-12-31T12:00:00+00:00
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Public employee unions facing final showdown
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This year, my organization helped over 50,000 public employees across America exercise their First Amendment rights to opt out of union membership and dues. That single number represents something much bigger than a milestone for us. It means $47.5 million will stay in the pockets of the workers who earned it, rather than funding a political machine…
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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5661143-public-employee-unions-facing-final-showdown/
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2025-12-31T11:00:00+00:00
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5 takeaways from the 2025 elections
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This year’s elections offered early signs of what to expect in next year’s midterms. After much of the country shifted rightward last year, Democrats got a much-needed shot in the arm with a string of impressive victories. The elections have also underscored some of President Trump’s weaknesses as his party looks to retain its majorities…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5662518-redistricting-war-congress-2025/
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2025-12-31T11:00:00+00:00
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New state laws in 2026 target climate change, drunken driving
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A slate of new laws will go into effect in states across the country beginning Jan. 1. From Hawaii imposing a tax on tourists to address conservation, to California raising its minimum wage by $0.40 per hour, 2026 will bring a host of policy changes. Here is what to know about four state laws that…
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666678-new-laws-effective-2026/
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a65550af1c9a543a08bd7b594a2bc5995fa80e17aaba623b240efeebdcc0176f
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2025-12-31T11:09:13
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Real-life experiment shows Niels Bohr was right in a theoretical debate with Einstein
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Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to disprove the quantum mechanical principle of complementarity put forth by Niels Bohr and his school of physicists. Bohr claimed there are properties of particles that cannot simultaneously be measured. The new result backs up the Copenhagen school yet again, with the potential to shed light on other, less settled questions in quantum mechanics.
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-real-life-niels-bohr-theoretical.html
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Space & Physics
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2025-12-31T09:00:01
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Physicists repair flaw of established quantum resource theorem
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Quantum information theory is a field of study that examines how quantum technologies store and process information. Over the past decades, researchers have introduced several new quantum information frameworks and theories that are informing the development of quantum computers and other devices that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects.
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-physicists-flaw-quantum-resource-theorem.html
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Space & Physics
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2025-12-31T10:00:50+00:00
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The quirkiest stories from the world of physics in 2025
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From cutting onions to a LEGO Jodrell Bank, physics has had its fair share of quirky stories this year. Here is our pick of the best, not in any particular order. Researchers in the US this year discovered that a tiny jumping worm uses static electricity to increase its chances of attaching to unsuspecting prey. The parasitic roundworm Steinernema carpocapsae can leap some 25 times its body length by curling into a loop and springing in the air. If the nematode lands successfully on a victim, it releases bacteria that kills the insect within a couple of days upon which the worm feasts and lays its eggs. To investigate whether static electricity aids their flight, a team at Emory University and the University of California, Berkeley, used high-speed microscopy to film the worms as they leapt onto a fruit fly that was tethered with a copper wire connected to a high-voltage power supply. The researchers found that a charge of a few hundred volts – similar to that generated in the wild by an insect’s wings rubbing against ions in the air – fosters a negative charge on the worm, creating an attractive force with the positively charged fly. They discovered that without any electrostatics, only 1 in 19 worm trajectories successfully reached their target. The greater the voltage, however, the greater the chance of landing with 880 V resulting in an 80% probability of success. “We’re helping to pioneer the emerging field of electrostatic ecology,” notes Emory physicist Ranjiangshang Ran. While it is known that volatile chemicals released from onions irritate the nerves in the cornea to produce tears, how such chemical-laden droplets reach the eyes and whether they are influenced by the knife or cutting technique remain less clear. To investigate, Sunghwan Jung from Cornell University and colleagues built a guillotine-like apparatus and used high-speed video to observe the droplets released from onions as they were cut by steel blades. They found that droplets, which can reach up to 60 cm high, were released in two stages – the first being a fast mist-like outburst that was followed by threads of liquid fragmenting into many droplets. The most energetic droplets were released during the initial contact between the blade and the onion’s skin. When they began varying the sharpness of the blade and the cutting speed, they discovered that a greater number of droplets were released by blunter blades and faster cutting speeds. “That was even more surprising,” notes Jung. “Blunter blades and faster cuts – up to 40 m/s – produced significantly more droplets with higher kinetic energy.” Another surprise was that refrigerating the onions prior to cutting also produced an increased number of droplets of similar velocity, compared to room-temperature vegetables. Students at the University of Manchester in the UK created a 30 500-piece LEGO model of the iconic Lovell Telescope to mark the 80th anniversary of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, which was founded in December 1945. Built in 1957, the 76.2 m diameter telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at the time. The LEGO model has been designed by Manchester’s undergraduate physics society and is based on the telescope’s original engineering blueprints. Student James Ruxton spent six months perfecting the design, which even involved producing custom-designed LEGO bricks with a 3D printer. Ruxton and fellow students began construction in April and the end result is a model weighing 30 kg with 30500 pieces and a whopping 4000-page instruction manual. “It’s definitely the biggest and most challenging build I’ve ever done, but also the most fun,” says Ruxton. “I’ve been a big fan of LEGO since I was younger, and I’ve always loved creating my own models, so recreating something as iconic as the Lovell is like taking that to the next level!” The model has gone on display in a “specially modified cabinet” at the university’s Schuster building, taking pride of place alongside a decade-old LEGO model of CERN’s ATLAS detector. The curves and curls of leaves and flower petals arise due to the interplay between their natural growth and geometry. Uneven growth in a flat sheet, in which the edges grow quicker than the interior, gives rise to strain and in plant leaves and petals, for example, this can result in a variety of shapes such as saddle and ripple shapes. Yet when it comes to rose petals, the sharply pointed cusps – a point where two curves meet – that form at the edge of the petals set it apart from soft, wavy patterns seen in many other plants. To investigate this intriguing difference, researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem carried out theoretical modelling and conducted a series of experiments with synthetic disc “petals”. They found that the pointed cusps that form at the edge of rose petals are due to a type of geometric frustration called a Mainardi–Codazzi–Peterson (MCP) incompatibility. This type of mechanism results in stress concentrating in a specific area, which goes on to form cusps to avoid tearing or forming unnatural folding. When the researchers suppressed the formation of cusps, they found that the discs revert to being smooth and concave. The researchers say that the findings could be used for applications in soft robotics and even in the deployment of spacecraft components. The Wild Cards universe is a series of novels set largely during an alternate history of the US following the Second World War. The series follows events after an extraterrestrial virus, known as the Wild Card virus, has spread worldwide. It mutates human DNA causing profound changes in human physiology. The virus follows a fixed statistical distribution in that 90% of those infected die, 9% become physically mutated (referred to as “jokers”) and 1% gain superhuman abilities (known as “aces”). Such capabilities include the ability to fly as well as being able to move between dimensions. George R R Martin, the author who co-edits the Wild Cards series, co-authored a paper examining the complex dynamics of the Wild Card virus together with Los Alamos National Laboratory theoretical physicist Ian Tregillis, who is also a science-fiction author. The model takes into consideration the severity of the changes (for the 10% that don’t instantly die) and the mix of joker/ace traits. The result is a dynamical system in which a carrier’s state vector constantly evolves through the model space – until their “card” turns. At that point the state vector becomes fixed and its permanent location determines the fate of the carrier. “The fictional virus is really just an excuse to justify the world of Wild Cards, the characters who inhabit it, and the plot lines that spin out from their actions,” says Tregillis. And finally, a clear sign of a good brew is a big head of foam at the top of a poured glass. Beer foam is made of many small bubbles of air, separated from each other by thin films of liquid. These thin films must remain stable, or the bubbles will pop, and the foam will collapse. What holds these thin films together is not completely understood and is likely conglomerates of proteins, surface viscosity or the presence of surfactants – molecules that can reduce surface tension and are found in soaps and detergents. To find out more, researchers from ETH Zurich and Eindhoven University of Technology investigated beer-foam stability for different types of beers at varying stages of the fermentation process. They found that for single-fermentation beers, the foams are mostly held together with the surface viscosity of the beer. This is mostly influenced by the proteins in the beer – the more they contain, the more viscous the film and more stable the foam will be. However, for double-fermented beers, the proteins in the beer are slightly denatured by the yeast cells and come together to form a two-dimensional membrane that keeps the foam intact longer. The head was found to be even more stable for triple-fermented beers, which include Trappist beers. The team says that the work could be used to identify ways to increase or decrease the amount of foam so that everyone can pour a perfect glass of beer every time. Cheers! You can be sure that 2026 will throw up its fair share of quirky stories from the world of physics. See you next year! The post The quirkiest stories from the world of physics in 2025 appeared first on Physics World.
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Scientists are getting our robotic explorers ready to help send humans to Mars
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"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and human exploration and how we do these best together."
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Lego Star Wars 2025: A year in review
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From Grogu to the Death Star, we look back over the Lego Star Wars sets released over the course of 2025.
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Upcoming sci-fi movies in 2026: 10 good reasons to head to theaters next year
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The power of Grayskull, Superman's cousin, and the return of a certain galaxy far, far away are among 2026's big-screen wonders.
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https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/upcoming-sci-fi-movies-in-2026-10-good-reasons-to-head-to-theaters-this-year
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Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft review
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An impressive display piece for Lego-loving space fans who want to commemorate the legacy of this iconic post-Space Race vessel.
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https://www.space.com/entertainment/lego-icons-shuttle-carrier-aircraft-review
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NASA chief Jared Isaacman says Texas may get a moonship, not space shuttle Discovery
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NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home in a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacecraft entirely landing in Houston.
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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-chief-jared-isaacman-says-texas-may-get-a-moonship-not-space-shuttle-discovery
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The race to mine the moon is on – and it urgently needs some clear international rules
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There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away.
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https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/the-race-to-mine-the-moon-is-on-and-it-urgently-needs-some-clear-international-rules
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Former United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno joins competitor Blue Origin for national security projects
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Tory Bruno, the longtime chief of the launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) has joined the competition at Blue Origin.
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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/former-united-launch-alliance-ceo-tory-bruno-joins-competitor-blue-origin-for-national-security-projects
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Big Bear glows with big stars | Space photo of the day for Dec. 31, 2025
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Bears, stars, Battlestar Galactica
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SpaceX shatters its rocket launch record yet again — 165 orbital flights in 2025
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SpaceX just set a new annual-launch record for the sixth year in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty silly.
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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/spacex-shatters-its-rocket-launch-record-yet-again-167-orbital-flights-in-2025
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New Year's Eve sky: Here's what to look out for on the final night of 2025
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Constellations, planets, a waxing moon and more grace the night sky this New Year's Eve.
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https://www.space.com/stargazing/new-years-eve-sky-heres-what-to-look-out-for-on-the-final-night-of-2025
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When Galaxies Collide
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Two spiral galaxies locked in a slow motion collision have been captured in stunning detail by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The pair grazed past each other millions of years ago, triggering spectacular waves of star formation and distorting their elegant spiral arms into sweeping silver blue streamers. This celestial dance, playing out over hundreds of millions of years, offers astronomers a rare glimpse into the violent yet creative process that shapes galaxies across the universe.
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When Stars Fail to Explode
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A supernova observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1181 CE didn’t fully explode, instead it sputtered and left behind a rare “zombie star” surrounded by long filaments resembling fireworks. New research by Syracuse University physicist Eric Coughlin explains how these unusual structures formed. After the failed detonation, the surviving white dwarf launched a fast, dense wind that slammed into surrounding gas. The collision created finger-like plumes through a fluid instability, but a second instability that normally tears such structures apart never activated. In some sense, the stars didn’t quite die!
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Tour 15 of the Brightest Stars on New Year's Eve (VIDEO)
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Tour 15 of the sky's brightest stars all in one night on this New Year's Eve! This interactive Worldwide Telescope video will show you the way. The post Tour 15 of the Brightest Stars on New Year's Eve (VIDEO) appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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A missing protein may be aging your immune system
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As we age, our immune system quietly loses its edge, and scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why. A protein called platelet factor 4 naturally declines over time, allowing blood stem cells to multiply too freely and drift toward unhealthy, mutation-prone behavior linked to cancer, inflammation, and heart disease. Researchers found that restoring this protein in older mice — and even in human stem cells in the lab — made aging blood and immune cells behave strikingly younger again.
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Scientists just found the best places to look for ancient life on Mars
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Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the first time. Researchers mapped 16 massive drainage basins where water likely flowed long enough to support life. Even though these areas cover just 5% of ancient Martian terrain, they account for a huge share of erosion and sediment movement. That makes them some of the most promising places to search for ancient life.
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This strange ancient snake was hiding in a museum for decades
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A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was discovered. The newly named Paradoxophidion richardoweni lived around 37 million years ago, during a time when Britain was warmer and teeming with reptiles. Though known only from tiny backbone bones, this “paradox snake” carries a surprising mix of traits seen in modern snakes, placing it near the very roots of today’s most diverse snake group.
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Researchers find ADHD strengths linked to better mental health
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New research reveals a brighter side of ADHD, showing that adults who recognize and use their strengths feel happier, healthier, and less stressed. People with ADHD were more likely to identify traits like creativity, humor, and hyperfocus as personal strengths. Across the board, using these strengths was linked to better quality of life and fewer mental health symptoms. The study suggests that embracing strengths could be a game-changer for ADHD support.
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26 Popular Science stories you loved in 2025
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January stargazing: A supermoon, asteroid, and one very large planet
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The post January stargazing: A supermoon, asteroid, and one very large planet appeared first on Popular Science.
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https://www.popsci.com/science/stargazing-guide-january-2026/
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The corkscrew began as a tool for muskets, not merlot
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The post The corkscrew began as a tool for muskets, not merlot appeared first on Popular Science.
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Stalin Villa in Potsdam, Germany
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The Potsdam conference was perhaps the most important meeting of the last century, deciding about the fate of Germany and Berlin, as well as the repatriation of its expanded borders to neighboring countries. It was attended by the heads of state of all sides, including President Trueman, Churchill, and Stalin. While they were debating about the fate of Germany, they obviously needed to live somewhere. And their houses were convieniently lined up on one street. Stalin lived on the north-west side of the recently dubbed Karl-Marx-Straße (renamed from the KaiserStraße), above the houses of Churchill and Truman (link Truman Vila). His Vila was built in 1911 by Alfred Grenander for the Herpich family who ran a fur trading business. The family was forcibly removed from the vila without compensation, and not allowed back in even after the conference and the house was designated a museum by the DDR. In 1955, two years after Stalin's death, his cult of personality was torn down and his crimes revealed. The musuem closed but the building stayed in DDR hands until the completion of German reunification in 1990. The Herpich got the vila back after nearly 80 years, but decided to sell it to a building lobbying firm which owns it to this day. The building is open to the public once a year on monument day, and not accessible beyond that. Still you can see a plaque on the wall confirming that Stalin lived here in 1945.
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Kifune Shrine in Kyoto, Japan
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Located in a wooded gorge between Mounts Kibune and Kurama, the ancient Kifune Shrine is one of the most revered shrines in Kyoto, dedicated to the water god Taka-okami-no-kami and deeply associated with wish-making. Though it is most famed for its photogenic stairway lined with lanterns and autumn foliage, the shrine is steeped in history and folklore, both auspicious and dark. For one, Kifune Shrine is widely considered the birthplace of ema prayer boards, which are found at almost every Shinto shrine across Japan today. Ema, literally meaning “picture-horse,” was once an actual, live horse offered by the Emperor to pray for the rain here, but was eventually replaced by a wooden horse, and then by a wooden board with a picture of a horse. In the medieval play titled Kanawa, the shrine is featured as the location where the protagonist, a vengeful cuckquean, is advised by the gods to “dress in red, paint her face with cinnabar, wear an iron crown and light a candle” to become a demoness. This story was later fused with the custom of the Ushi-no-toki-mairi, a well-known curse ritual performed at the Hour of the Ox (around 2:30 AM). Due to this, Kifune Shrine grew into a popular spot for those seeking to put a curse upon someone else. Originally, however, the Hour of the Ox ritual was not necessarily a curse, but wish-making in general, inspired by the myth that the God of Kifune manifested himself at the Hour of the Ox on the Day of the Ox in the Year of the Ox. Interestingly, there is also a small sub-shrine in a corner of the shrine grounds dedicated to the Ushioni (“ox demon”), who accompanied the God of Kifune. This demon was so talkative that the God cut off his tongue, exiled him and wouldn’t forgive him for three years. It is said that his descendants took monstrous forms up to the fourth generation, but became humans from then on. This Zetsu (“tongue”) family has survived to this day, serving Kifune Shrine as priests.
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Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?
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Understanding the chemical properties of a molecule is an inherently quantum problem, making quantum computers a good tool for the job – and we may start seeing this take off in 2026
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2025-12-30T16:00:54+00:00
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The emotion you never knew you had, and how to feel more of it
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The warm and fuzzy emotion of kama muta underlies vital feel-good experiences like social connection and feeling part of something bigger. But are you getting enough of it?
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EU carbon border tax will force others to cut emissions from 2026
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In 2026, the European Union will start charging a carbon-emissions-based tax on imported goods such as steel, cement and fertilisers – and countries including the UK are likely to follow
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Three supermassive black holes have been spotted merging into one
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Astronomers have found a system of three supermassive black holes, all actively feeding, that appear to be combining into a single system – a rare event that will help elucidate the physics of complex mergers
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We'll learn about LSD's potential for treating anxiety in 2026
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Two later-stage trials investigating LSD for treating anxiety are due to conclude in 2026, which could lead to the drug being approved for the common mental health condition
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The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarctica for science
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An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will help understand the past and future of the ice sheet
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'The ban assumed the danger was making pigs too human': Why human organs aren't grown in pigs in the US
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As a bioethicist and philosopher explains the ethics of using organs grown in animals for human transplant procedures.
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2025-12-31T17:20:00+00:00
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Full moons of 2026: When to see all 13 moons (including a Blue Moon and a Blood Moon) rise next year
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When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2026, including the full "Wolf Moon" supermoon in January.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/full-moons-of-2026-when-to-see-all-13-moons-including-a-blue-moon-and-a-blood-moon-rise-next-year
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Melting of West Antarctic ice sheet could trigger catastrophic reshaping of the land beneath
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A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.
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2025-12-31T17:00:00+00:00
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From gene therapy breakthroughs to preventable disease outbreaks: The health trends that will shape 2026
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Live Science's health channel editor makes predictions about the medical breakthroughs and public health shifts to come in 2026.
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Quadrantid meteor shower peaks this week: How to see the first 'shooting' stars of the year
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The Quadrantids will be harder to see than usual due to the bright full moon. Here's how to get the best views.
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2025-12-31T14:20:00+00:00
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Should humans colonize other planets?
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As space travel advances, colonization of other planets edges closer to reality. But should we spread to other parts of the galaxy?
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https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/should-humans-colonize-other-planets
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Science
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1160b2ff89a082fa6995f6de8274eeae611096f1d0930b0d578b1fe9117adceb
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2025-12-31T12:45:00+00:00
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Centuries-old 'trophy head' from Peru reveals individual survived to adulthood despite disabling birth defect
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A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/centuries-old-trophy-head-from-peru-reveals-individual-survived-to-adulthood-despite-disabling-birth-defect
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Science
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9327ce3fbc3e10fce94370c434dc03e8701a538874ff7e92314a0a54b494f1b5
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2025-12-31T11:38:00+00:00
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Massive Myanmar earthquake was super smooth and efficient — and it holds lessons for the 'Big One'
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The fault that ruptured in the March quake was simple and mature, which allowed the quake's energy to shoot right to the surface.
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/massive-myanmar-earthquake-was-super-smooth-and-efficient-and-it-holds-lessons-for-the-big-one
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Science
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8d5b9e445bab6506f9a17e988f3460f191be9c50c9d2c70ea6e55fced2395326
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2025-12-31T11:00:00+00:00
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Diagnostic dilemma: A rare condition caused a man to get 'scales' on his hands whenever he washed them
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A man's rare condition caused "excessive wrinkling" in his hands which spread to his wrists and elbows.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/diagnostic-dilemma-a-rare-condition-caused-a-man-to-get-scales-on-his-hands-whenever-he-washed-them
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Science
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7af9e4a5c900c93aad761912f8508208ca4da7e386e77ab674132f82b8f5e765
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2025-12-31T12:31:00+00:00
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Factor Meal Delivery Promo: Free $200 Withings Body-Scan Scale
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Factor meal kits offer a free $200 Withings body-scanning scale after a three-week subscription. I was afraid, then maybe a little motivated?
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https://www.wired.com/story/factor-withings-deal/
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Technology
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c91f9b9eb32cae0f645bc89c1b37a111720c47d5a87894d2e4f73a62fa98830b
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2025-12-31T12:08:00+00:00
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The Best Over-the-Counter Sleep Aids (2025), Tested and Reviewed
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I tested an array of alternative sleep aids, from gummies to wearable patches, to see if they would help my chronic insomnia.
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https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-over-the-counter-sleep-aid/
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Technology
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36d8c28cf0ffe54cddd8f44acd6f8dcd486a33063f6f323224c337f487be89ce
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2025-12-31T12:00:00+00:00
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Poor Sleep Quality Accelerates Brain Aging
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Research shows that people who sleep poorly tend to have brain age that is older than their actual age. Chronic inflammation in the body caused by poor sleep likely plays a part.
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https://www.wired.com/story/poor-sleep-quality-accelerates-brain-aging/
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Technology
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https://media.wired.com/photos/69459059f0bcfce52787f83c/master/pass/2184278007
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903d13b9ac223a18394d6e15601b7532001f5dafc8b4bb37267886b4224e09ee
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2025-12-31T11:00:00+00:00
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Fears Mount That US Federal Cybersecurity Is Stagnating—or Worse
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Government staffing cuts and instability, including this year’s prolonged shutdown, could be hindering US digital defense and creating vulnerabilities.
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https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-federal-cybersecurity/
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Technology
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c525a71370d0fc9a30770d31ec10a57ce5f950d9720d5cc861212aa5c7951f22
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2025-12-31T11:00:00+00:00
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AI-Powered Dating Is All Hype. IRL Cruising Is the Future
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Dating apps and AI companies have been touting bot wingmen for months. But the future might just be good old-fashioned meet-cutes.
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https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-ai-powered-dating/
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Technology
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7f4d7106d10ce917506448d3def3fd3343c641cbb24f6aaf63a35c76c91ba27d
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2025-12-31T10:00:00+00:00
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Discovering the Dimensions of a New Cold War
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The United States’ plan for dealing with Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China remains ill-defined among a shifting global order. That must change.
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https://www.wired.com/story/discovering-the-dimensions-of-a-new-cold-war/
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Technology
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b171edc8b458b3a8e92663fe988a8fa653d2db7f5711607355d89310e5431ad4
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2025-12-31T16:40:00+00:00
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Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026
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The exact impact AI will have on the enterprise labor market is unclear but investors predict trends will start to emerge in 2026.
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/31/investors-predict-ai-is-coming-for-labor-in-2026/
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Technology
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2025-12-31T16:00:00+00:00
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These are the best gadgets for your pet right now
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From AI smart cameras that describe your pet's actions to a smart door that knows when they want to go outside, these are the best pet gadgets of 2025.
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/31/these-are-the-best-gadgets-for-your-pet-right-now/
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Technology
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a3174cca5802a2d8801638614e993aaf53754681decc15e0df26ff6626f9bb3d
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2025-12-31T16:00:00+00:00
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Tade Oyerinde and Teddy Solomon talk about building engaged audiences at TechCrunch Disrupt
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Founders Tade Oyerinde and Teddy Solomon spoke at Disrupt this year about keeping communities engaged.
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/31/tade-oyerinde-and-teddy-solomon-talk-about-building-engaged-audiences-at-techcrunch-disrupt/
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Technology
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dfaac3b60196f58d58ea9d3a2575ac02c2eca9b9a014e6cd462d5580f7b65b30
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2025-12-31T15:05:21+00:00
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Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
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Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/31/every-fusion-startup-that-has-raised-over-100m/
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Technology
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ece3d49b71ae111ef7fb6115788e47d2dd96841d8343d1293899dd9417981d8b
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2025-12-31T15:01:00+00:00
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The 10 top government, legal startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield
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Here is the full list of the government and legal Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/31/the-10-top-government-legal-startups-from-disrupt-startup-battlefield/
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Technology
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2025-12-31T14:00:00+00:00
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The dumbest things that happened in tech this year
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From Sam Altman's olive oil "scandal" to Soham Parekh's viral moment, a lot of silly stuff has gone down in tech this year.
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/31/the-dumbest-things-that-happened-in-tech-this-year/
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Technology
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2025-12-31T16:30:33+00:00
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Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin
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On Tuesday, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued a now familiar order: because of a supposed energy emergency, a coal plant scheduled for closure would be forced to remain open. This time, the order targeted one of the three units present at Craig Station in Colorado, which was scheduled to close at the end of this year. The remaining two units were expected to shut in 2028. The supposed reason for this order is an emergency caused by a shortage of generating capacity. "The reliable supply of power from the coal plant is essential for keeping the region’s electric grid stable," according to a statement issued by the Department of Energy. Yet the Colorado Sun notes that Colorado's Public Utilities Commission had already analyzed the impact of its potential closure, and determined, "Craig Unit 1 is not required for reliability or resource adequacy purposes." The order does not require the plant to actually produce electricity; instead, it is ordered to be available in case a shortfall in production occurs. As noted in the Colorado Sun article, actual operation of the plant would potentially violate Colorado laws, which regulate airborne pollution and set limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The cost of maintaining the plant is likely to fall on the local ratepayers, who had already adjusted to the closure plans. Read full article Comments
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/trump-admin-orders-another-coal-plant-to-stay-open/
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Technology
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e8f79a1333094ba0980b09b538f71030a2bec2ded729a2eb995556a7d25f3402
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2025-12-31T13:15:40+00:00
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Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025
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In a roundup of the top stories of 2024, Ars included a supply-chain attack that came dangerously close to inflicting a catastrophe for thousands—possibly millions—of organizations, which included a large assortment of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Supply-chain attacks played prominently again this year, as a seemingly unending rash of them hit organizations large and small. For threat actors, supply-chain attacks are the gift that keeps on giving—or, if you will, the hack that keeps on hacking. By compromising a single target with a large number of downstream users—say a cloud service or maintainers or developers of widely used open source or proprietary software—attackers can infect potentially millions of the target’s downstream users. That’s exactly what threat actors did in 2025. One such event occurred in December 2024, making it worthy of a ranking for 2025. The hackers behind the campaign pocketed as much as $155,000 from thousands of smart-contract parties on the Solana blockchain. Read full article Comments
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https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/supply-chains-ai-and-the-cloud-the-biggest-failures-and-one-success-of-2025/
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Technology
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3a5e0360015dd7a5f1dcf231dedb308ae58edbbc226432f9728e8c9886ac81b4
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2025-12-31T12:00:31+00:00
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From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025
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Following two years of immense hype in 2023 and 2024, this year felt more like a settling-in period for the LLM-based token prediction industry. After more than two years of public fretting over AI models as future threats to human civilization or the seedlings of future gods, it's starting to look like hype is giving way to pragmatism: Today's AI can be very useful, but it's also clearly imperfect and prone to mistakes. That view isn't universal, of course. There's a lot of money (and rhetoric) betting on a stratospheric, world-rocking trajectory for AI. But the "when" keeps getting pushed back, and that's because nearly everyone agrees that more significant technical breakthroughs are required. The original, lofty claims that we're on the verge of artificial general intelligence (AGI) or superintelligence (ASI) have not disappeared. Still, there's a growing awareness that such proclaimations are perhaps best viewed as venture capital marketing. And every commercial foundational model builder out there has to grapple with the reality that, if they're going to make money now, they have to sell practical AI-powered solutions that perform as reliable tools. This has made 2025 a year of wild juxtapositions. For example, in January, OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, claimed that the company knew how to build AGI, but by November, he was publicly celebrating that GPT-5.1 finally learned to use em dashes correctly when instructed (but not always). Nvidia soared past a $5 trillion valuation, with Wall Street still projecting high price targets for that company's stock while some banks warned of the potential for an AI bubble that might rival the 2000s dotcom crash. Read full article Comments
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https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/from-prophet-to-product-how-ai-came-back-down-to-earth-in-2025/
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Technology
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d01f411807c0d4e268593f62303ea7437d54623a4080cd1e814b1ca8916c3783
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2025-12-31T20:00:50+00:00
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‘Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo’ Is Better Than the OG Manga Series
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Gege Akutami and Yuji Iwasaki's sequel manga remembered to make a worthwhile story the connective tissue of its sorcery fighting series.
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https://gizmodo.com/jujutsu-kaisen-modulo-jjk-gege-akutami-yuji-iwasaki-manga-sequel-culling-game-shonen-jump-2000704291
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Technology
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9084db50916d4551909e100f2547a8809b0b9de783d10535fa81fd9b69d6faff
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2025-12-31T18:00:58+00:00
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Our 10 Most Anticipated Movies of Early 2026
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Sam Raimi, Pixar, Ghostface, and Ryan Gosling all check in with big movies in the next three months.
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https://gizmodo.com/our-10-most-anticipated-movies-of-early-2026-2000702768
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Technology
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cda9b41e98d5d0a88bc3b70c7d9668b7ebc709ca6fb3979cf9e2b428e97a2d51
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2025-12-31T15:00:47+00:00
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All of io9’s Best of 2025 Posts, in One Handy Place
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Take one last look back at the year that was with all of our Year in Review stories.
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https://gizmodo.com/year-in-review-2025-best-movies-tv-2000704337
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Technology
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6d4e09dd8fa7ebede62c367dae4dcd4783096bdbc6f0d5e27a1a5f4727f57488
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2025-12-31T15:00:28+00:00
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NASA Needs A Drone Detector At Kennedy Space Center
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The space agency requested plans for a UAS detection system at its primary rocket launch site.
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https://gizmodo.com/nasa-needs-a-drone-detector-at-kennedy-space-center-2000704323
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Technology
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1860444971b067719c9b6c622f1cc6e4fbc20145e7f38d927021c29320334e80
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2025-12-31T14:00:34+00:00
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The Best Gadgets of December 2025
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The end of the holiday season is a precursor to a weird, wacky, and chaotic 2026.
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https://gizmodo.com/the-best-gadgets-of-december-2025-2000704366
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Technology
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59d74b2a4b85232449255de2489b3ec271f84cc722571d317746bcf9ce5ff8a7
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2025-12-31T13:05:53+00:00
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Behold ‘Dracula’s Chivito,’ the Largest Planet Nursery Astronomers Have Ever Seen
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This enormous protoplanetary disk is confounding astronomers.
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https://gizmodo.com/behold-draculas-chivito-the-largest-planet-nursery-astronomers-have-ever-seen-2000704065
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Technology
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a3ba377c6f4ed2e8df31e9ac6528ec07f67cc15e6f3b778b0ef6f6c6274c661b
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2025-12-31T12:00:22+00:00
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2025 Was the Year AI Slopified All Our Gadgets
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"Slop" was the word of the year, and it's not just AI-generated images we have to groan about.
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https://gizmodo.com/2025-was-the-year-ai-slopified-all-our-gadgets-2000704461
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Technology
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fb35f75ee6abdf25bc78798bd5020f5252361eb57a9aaae39600e80158984b8e
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2025-12-31T17:54:10-05:00
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You can’t trust your eyes to tell you what’s real anymore, says the head of Instagram
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Read the full story at The Verge.
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https://www.theverge.com/news/852124/adam-mosseri-ai-images-video-instagram
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Technology
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svg
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5ebd6f59e64b4081c83527c13faa80baa924c114af9d0aaa9680ef1c8f22d22d
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2025-12-31T10:00:00-05:00
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Net neutrality was back, until it wasn’t
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Read the full story at The Verge.
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https://www.theverge.com/report/851629/net-neutrality-fcc-retrospective-2025
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Technology
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svg
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865eba7f965b87eb8a3e50ef12281ed6c0048d4b998577cc63b0b665e80cf400
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2025-12-31T09:51:29-05:00
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Leaked video shows the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s new camera island
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Read the full story at The Verge.
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https://www.theverge.com/news/851931/samsung-galaxy-236-ultra-video-photo-leak
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