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A 'Hubble Crisis'? New Measurement Confirms Universe is Expanding Too Fast for Current Models
"The universe is expanding faster than predicted by theoretical models," writes Phys.org, "and faster than can be explained by our current understanding of physics." There's now been new confirmation of this (published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters) by a team led by Dan Scolnic, an associate ...
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After PFAS Contamination on English Channel Island, Government Panel Recommends Bloodletting for Those Affected
Jersey is an island in the English channel, "a self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of northwest France," according to Wikipedia — population: 103,267.
But now some residents of Jersey "have been recommended bloodletting to reduce high concentrations of 'forever chemicals' ...
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On Eve of TikTok Ban, Chinese App RedNote Surges in Popularity, Delighting Chinese State Media
Chinese social-networking site RedNote became the #1 most-downloaded app in America, reports the Associated Press, with some new users considering it a way to protest America's possible TikTok ban.
So what happened next?
They were met with surprise, curiosity and in-jokes on Xiaohongshu — li...
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NATO Will Deploy Unmanned Vessels to Protect Baltic Sea Cables - Plus Data-Assessing AI
The BBC brings news from the Baltic Sea. After critical undersea cables were damaged or severed last year, "NATO has launched a new mission to increase the surveillance of ships..."
Undersea infrastructure is essential not only for electricity supply but also because more than 95% of internet traff...
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America's Top Three Insurers Reaped $7.3 Billion From Their Drug-Middlemen's Markups, FTC Says
America's Federal Trade Commission has been "raising antitrust concerns" about them for years, reports NBC News.
The latest? America's three largest drug middlemen "inflated the costs of numerous life-saving medications by billions of dollars over the past few years, the FTC said in a report Tues...
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