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For as long as most doctors can remember, the female ovary was set to expire one day. Indeed, once a woman went through menopause and her fertile years were over, the organ was considered finished—a spent shell that had done its job. In fact, one of the nation’s leading reproductive biologists, Francesca Duncan of Northwestern…Continue reading Second Act: What Happens to the Ovary After Menopause?
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We’ve all seen a dog asleep on the kitchen floor while its owner cooks dinner. This image is one of the most ordinary scenes in American life. According to research, for dogs, it is also a slow, steady exposure to industrial chemicals that we often don’t think about when it comes to our four-legged family. Our beloved…Continue reading The Canary on the Kitchen Floor
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A new structure is popping up across the United States, and most of us have never heard the name of it. The massive compound is called a frontier AI data center, a term coined as a legal category by the Biden administration in January 2025, and it represents nothing less than an unprecedented computer empire.…Continue reading Public Land, Private AI Empires
The Wall Street Journal’s headline reads Bayer Loses Roundup Weedkiller Appeal. While Bloomberg reports Bayer Roundup Verdict Slashed in California After Settlement. The appeals court loss for Bayer AG is yet another failure by the company to overturn a landmark 2018 loss to Dewayne Johnson, a California school groundkeeper alleging Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicide caused his…Continue reading Bayer Loses California Roundup Weedkiller Appeal
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By Jefferey Jaxen Back to school should be around the corner…in a typical year. But in 2020, authorities are insisting upon yet another ‘new normal.’ Definitive answers from officials are elusive, and any semblance of consistency is hard to come by. As it stands, Sunday, July 19, plans are all over the map, if a…Continue reading Fall School Openings Offer Latest Dystopian Twist
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Fox News is reporting: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is banning cities and counties from mandating that masks be worn in public to limit the spread of COVID-19. Kemp’s executive order is a revised extension of guidelines put in place during the start of the pandemic, which encouraged, rather than required, residents to wear masks in public. The governor has called implementing…Continue reading Georgia Gov. Kemp Bans Cities, Counties From Mandating Masks
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Business Insider is reporting: “Top officials with the World Health Organization said that further lockdowns are possible across the world as some regions track surges in coronavirus cases after relaxing quarantine measures. Dr. Michael Ryan, the organization’s Health Emergencies Program executive director, said at a Friday press conference that “there may be situations” in the near future…Continue reading WHO Says Second Wave of Full Lockdowns Possible
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After over a week of rumors from sources inside the White House, an apparent Trump-Fauci rift has spilled over into public view. After being absent from Trump’s coronavirus task force’s public forums, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stated in mid-June during a radio interview that he hadn’t spoken…Continue reading Trump Makes Public Break With Fauci
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By Jefferey Jaxen Recent headlines continue to tell the story: Bayer’s Roundup-Cancer Settlement Plan Hits Snag writes Bloomberg. Bayer’s Roundup Settlement Comes Up Short states the Wall Street Journal. It was widely reported in late June that Bayer AG reached a “$10.1 billion to $10.9 billion” deal to settle its current and future cancer litigation,…Continue reading RoundUp Scandal Still Plaguing Bayer
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