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- Under Trump, NIH Funding Opportunity Notices Dropped From 787 To 84
Even though the U.S. Congress gave the National Institutes of Health budget a modest increase, the Trump administration may be using other ways to cut the NIH budget.
- Northern Lights Could Be Visible From 10 States Sunday Night
The aurora borealis could be spotted from states along the U.S.-Canadian border on Sunday night, according to NOAA.
- Mattel Reveals New ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Doll Chosen By Fans
The winner has been selected from a fan poll that wrapped up last week to determine whether Sleeping Bag Mira or Demon Jinu will get a "KPop Demon Hunters" fashion doll made of their character from Mattel Creations.
- ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Blocked From A Return To No. 1 Post-Academy Awards
"Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters almost returns to No. 1 on both of Billboard's global charts, but a new leader blocks the award-winning smash.
- ‘There are a lot more attacks happening that aren’t being reported’: Iran’s cyber response creeps across the globe
While high in volume, most of the cyberattacks linked to the war have been relatively minor when it comes to damage to economic or military networks.
Technology
- Pints meet prop bets: Polymarket’s “Situation Room” pop-up bar in DC
Why did a leading prediction market feel the need for an in-person bar in DC?
- Polygraphs have major flaws. Are there better options?
Research proceeds on alternatives, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.
- Explanation for why we don't see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails
Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen.
- Causality optional? Testing the "indefinite causal order" superposition
A quantum experiment shows that we can formally test if the order of events matters.
- How new fishing tech can reduce bycatch of turtles and other creatures
Specially equipped nets can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others.
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