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Consequences of the United States rapidly slashing foreign aid are reverberating across the world, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an unidentified illness with Ebola-like symptoms has ravaged several villages. This sickness has killed
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Key points: A ship is safe in a harbor, but that’s not what ships are for[1] Successful educational transformation in contemporary times is like courageously navigating from where you are to where you know you need
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Ukrainian researchers hope that research-funding reforms will revitalize the innovation sector.Credit: Ukrinform/Shutterstock Undaunted by the turmoil of the Russian invasion, the European Union has scaled up its presence in the Ukrainian research sector, establishing funding channels
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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter A startling statistic scrolls across the screen: “25 million parents in the United States rely on child care in order to
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In July, on the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised a crowd of bitcoiners that he would fire previous SEC chair Gary Gensler if reelected. “I didn’t know he was that unpopular,” said Trump, referring to the
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In the US, poultry vaccination would likely focus on egg-laying chickens, as opposed to broiler chickens, which are raised for meat. During the current outbreak, more than 77 percent of the domestic poultry affected have been
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Follow the 10-inch pipeline that stretches south from Minneapolis–St Paul International Airport, and after 13 miles, you’ll find yourself at a potentially major future hub for sustainable aviation fuel in the Upper Midwest. In a deal
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The number of retracted papers has been rising over the past few years.Credit: Priscila Zambotto/Getty Many universities and research institutions around the world prize high productivity. They encourage researchers to publish more articles and accrue more
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The main historical building on the campus of the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.Credit: Grandbrothers/Alamy About a month after Donald Trump took office as the 47th US president, almost all grant-review meetings remain
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Ashley Poprik has never been the model for a video game character. As a writer on projects like Spider-Man 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, they work on games, not as characters within them.
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On 24 February 1975, some 150 people met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds near Monterey on the Californian coast. They were mostly scientists from the United States, together with representatives of various companies and government agencies,
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Donald Trump became the 47th US president on 20 January.Credit: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Since US President Donald Trump took office in January, his team has made major changes to the federal government that have disrupted
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Could a private company create forecasts on its own without NOAA data? It would be difficult for one company to provide comprehensive weather data in a reliable way that is also accessible to the entire public.
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Limited jobs in academia are deterring students from enroling in doctoral degrees in some countries.Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Numbers of people enrolling in PhD programmes have dropped in a handful of countries in the past few
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Amy McCarthy is a reporter at Eater.com, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Almost everything Americans eat — including the food on restaurant menus across the country — has
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Last week, the US federal government froze a national program intended to send $5 billion in funding to efforts at building charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, with the goal being the construction of half a million
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At a press conference in the Oval Office this week, Elon Musk promised the actions of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project would be “maximally transparent,” thanks to information posted to its website. At
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If you search map websites for information about the Gulf of Mexico this week in the United States, you will see that, depending on which service you use, the familiar body of water might have a
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Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the United States. In 2020, the media and technology conglomerate filed an unprecedented AI copyright lawsuit against the legal AI startup Ross Intelligence. In the
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The 2022 report includes an analysis of 82 universities, the indirect cost rate they receive from federal grants, and the indirect cost rate they receive from private funders such as the Sloan Foundation, Gates Foundation, and
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Key points: In light of Donald Trump assuming a second presidential term in 2025, conversations concerning dismantling the United States Department of Education have resurfaced. Supporters argue that federal involvement in education undermines state authority, while
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. The Trump administration has cleared the way for immigration arrests at or near schools, ending a decades-old approach. Republican and Democratic administrations
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This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As part of a broad effort to bypass Congress and unilaterally cut government spending, Donald Trump’s administration has all but shut down
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Jonathon Azzopardi, the president of the auto parts manufacturer Laval Tool, can see clear across the US-Canada border from his desk in Windsor, Ontario, just 4 miles from Detroit. This week, that view started to look
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A number of federal employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US federal agency that monitors and models the oceans and atmosphere for the purpose of predicting changes in climate and weather, have
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Mauricio Lopez Martinez and Caroline Anders are living their dream. After meeting while working as bread bakers at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro, North Carolina, the two married in 2021, and set out to open their
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Google announced Tuesday that it is overhauling the principles governing how it uses artificial intelligence and other advanced technology. The company removed language promising not to pursue “technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall
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DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company, is raising the ire of regulators around the world. DeepSeek’s viral AI models and chatbot apps have been banned by a growing number of countries and government bodies, which have expressed
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Key points: Our district is incredibly diverse, with 33 languages across our 13 schools, according to our latest home language survey data. When we were in the middle of the pandemic and everything in education was
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Researchers have long sought potent, but non-addictive, painkillers as alternatives to opioids.Credit: Getty When Terp Vairin awoke from a 2023 surgery that straightened a bend in her nasal passage, she felt like she’d taken a hard
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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter On Monday afternoon, the Trump administration dropped a public policy bomb: the Office of Budget and Management (OMB) released a memo
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For much of living memory, the United States has been a global leader of scientific research and innovation. From the polio vaccine, to decoding the first human chromosome, to the first heart bypass surgery, American research
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Environmental advocates warned that the order could have immediate and dire consequences for Americans if it takes effect. “From the White House, this is the reckless stroke of a pen,” said Manish Bapna, president of the
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California loves its electric cars. More than 2.1 million battery-powered vehicles are driving around the state, and last fall, over a quarter of new cars sold there were electric. Lawmakers are trying to ensure the future
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Companies spent significantly more lobbying AI issues at the U.S. federal level last year compared to 2023 amid regulatory uncertainty. According to data compiled by OpenSecrets, 648 companies spent on AI lobbying in 2024 versus 458
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This raises fundamental questions. “If they are going to designate traffickers as narco-terrorists, will they also include the Americans who are part of these networks? Because we are not just talking about the famous drug cartels,
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Flipping the Script on Universal Child Care – The 74
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Consider two neighboring towns, Potato and Potahto. Both have collected $1,000 in taxes and their goal is to ensure that all
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