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No, AI is not the end of the world

In 1964, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke predicted that computers would overtake human evolution.“Present-day electronic brains are complete morons, but this will not be true in another generation,” he told the BBC. “They will start to think, and even…

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By now, Ozempic needs no introduction in America. One in 8 American adults now takes a GLP-1 drug of some kind. But even as millions of people in wealthy countries have benefitted from these drugs, they have remained out of reach for most of the world. But fo…

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Democrats just locked down control of one of the most important courts in America

Wisconsin voters effectively gave Democrats a supermajority on one of the most important state supreme courts in the country on Tuesday. The result was a blowout. Justice-elect Chris Taylor defeated Judge Maria Lazar by a twenty-point margin. Although Wiscons…

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Under normal circumstances, an election in Hungary — a landlocked Central European country of less than 10 million — would not be a major world event. But for the past 16 years, Hungary has not been a normal country. After Prime Minister Viktor Orbán won a ma…

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The soft TACO theory of Trump

President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to accept a ceasefire in Iran — rather than following through on his threats to escalate the war further with massively destructive attacks harming Iranian civilians — is being greeted with what’s become a familiar re…

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We have no idea if Iran can still build a bomb

The focus of the US-Iran war — and now the negotiations over the US-Iran ceasefire — has shifted to Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz, to such an extent that the main original justification for the war (destroying Iran’s nascent nuclear program) can some…

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The surprising truth about logging

The value of forest ecosystems is hard to overstate. Blanketing roughly a third of the US, they supply clean water and air, absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide, and provide homes for imperiled wildlife and a tranquil place for Americans to hunt and fish. It’…

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It should be much easier to remove the president from office

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Is the Iran war turning into Trump’s Iraq?

How closely does President Donald Trump’s war in Iran compare with America’s last conflict in the Middle East? Both the Iran war and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq have paired conventional American military dominance with shifting, ambiguous objectives. And bo…

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Punjab ends motorcycle registration, transfer fees

CM Maryam Nawaz says motorcycle transfer fees have also been waived, and every registered motorcycle will receive a monthly subsidy of 2,000 rupees

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Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”

There was never much doubt how this Supreme Court would decide Chiles v. Salazar, a lawsuit challenging a Colorado law that bars licensed therapists from providing “conversion therapy,” or counseling that seeks to convert LGBTQ+ patients into straight and cis…

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The semaglutide revolution took its next leap forward on Wednesday: The Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 oral pill for sale in the United States. The approval for the drug, which will be sold under the brand name Foundayo, marks an …

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Why Trump betrayed MAGA, according to Tucker Carlson

After five weeks of muddled messaging, President Donald Trump finally addressed the nation on Wednesday night to make the case for his war on Iran. That message was…still muddled. He did not articulate a clear exit plan from the conflict, fobbed the Strait of…

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The Rs2,000 subsidy will amount to Rs100 subsidy on 20 litres petrol a month, as announced by the federal government a day ago, the CM elucidated

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