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• Rep. Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor, won’t seek reelection to House - PBS

  19-12-2025 23:50
  Rep. Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor, won’t seek reelection to House  PBSElise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.  The New York TimesTrump endorses in New York governor race the day after Stefanik drops out  PoliticoStefanik drops bid for N.Y. gov, retiring from Congress  AxiosStefanik suspends campaign for New York governor, won't run for reelection to House  ABC News
  
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• Whale Breath May Reveal a Deadly Virus Circulating in Arctic Waters

  19-12-2025 23:10 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how drone-based sampling is opening a new window into whale health in remote Arctic regions.
  
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• A Long-Standing Spintronics Mystery May Finally Be Solved

  19-12-2025 22:32 via scitechdaily.com
  A long-standing explanation for magnetoresistance may be incomplete. New evidence suggests a universal interfacial mechanism is at play. A major advance in spintronics came with the discovery of unusual magnetoresistance (UMR). In this effect, the electrical resistance of a heavy metal changes when it is placed next to a magnetic insulator and the magnetization rotates [...]
  
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• Ants Make Individuals Weaker to Build Bigger Societies

  19-12-2025 22:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how ants traded individual protection for collective power — and what it reveals about how complex societies evolve.
  
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• Einstein in a Chip: Hidden Geometry Bends Electrons Like Gravity

  19-12-2025 21:57 via scitechdaily.com
  A team at UNIGE has uncovered a geometric structure once thought to be purely theoretical at the core of quantum materials, opening the door to major advances in future electronics. How can information be processed almost instantly, or electrical current flow without energy loss? To reach these goals, researchers in both academia and industry are [...]
  
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• 5 “High-Yield Dividend” Stocks Poised for Growth in 2026 - TipRanks

  19-12-2025 21:40
  5 “High-Yield Dividend” Stocks Poised for Growth in 2026  TipRanks3 Top Dividend Stocks I Plan to Buy Hand Over Fist in 2026  Yahoo Finance6 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks for Safe Income in 2026 and Beyond  The Motley FoolOur Top 10 High-Growth Dividend Stocks - December 2025  Seeking Alpha5 Dividend Powerhouses That Could Transform Your Portfolio Into a Wealth-Building Machine  24/7 Wall St.
  
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• What the deal between TikTok and US investors means for users - ABC News

  19-12-2025 21:39
  What the deal between TikTok and US investors means for users  ABC NewsTikTok has signed the deal to spin off its US entity with American investor group  CNNOracle stock jumps 7% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok's U.S. business  CNBCExplainer: What is so special about TikTok's algorithm?  ReutersTikTok creators welcome deal to keep app in the U.S.  Los Angeles Times
  
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• Scientists Solve a Hidden Battery Cracking Mystery That Shortens Lifespan and Raises Fire Risk

  19-12-2025 21:22 via scitechdaily.com
  A new study shows that promising single-crystal battery materials degrade for reasons scientists hadn’t fully recognized before. Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have identified the source of a long-standing problem in battery performance that has been linked to fading capacity, reduced lifespan, and, in rare [...]
  
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• Scientists Find Bizarre, Lemon-Shaped World Orbiting City-Size Star - CNET

  19-12-2025 20:50
  Scientists Find Bizarre, Lemon-Shaped World Orbiting City-Size Star  CNETNASA Webb Telescope Discovers Lemon-Shaped Planet, the ‘Stretchiest’ Ever Seen  The New York TimesNASA’s Webb telescope finds bizarre atmosphere on a lemon-shaped exoplanet  University of Chicago NewsJames Webb Space Telescope discovers a lemon-shaped exoplanet unlike anything seen before: 'What the heck is this?'  SpaceExoplanet PSR J2322-2650b and Pulsar (Artist&rs
  
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• Fresh Icelandic Lava Reveals How Life Takes It’s First Footsteps — On Earth and Beyond

  19-12-2025 20:50 via discovermagazine.com
  
  DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth and volcanic worlds like Mars.
  
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• Saying Goodbye to Comet 3I/ATLAS, the Interstellar Visitor That Briefly Called Our Solar System Home

  19-12-2025 20:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how you can say farewell to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by Earth on Dec. 19, 2025, and what we have learned during its brief visit near Earth.
  
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• Ants Traded Strength for Numbers and It Worked

  19-12-2025 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real dilemma: do you go for a few high-quality options, or many lower-quality ones? A new study suggests evolution has been running a version of this choice for millions of years, and ants offer one [...]
  
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• New Genetic Map Reveals How Thousands of Genes Drive Disease

  19-12-2025 19:16 via scitechdaily.com
  A new genome-wide mapping method finally shows how thousands of genes connect to drive disease. Biomedical researchers are working intensively to identify the genes that contribute to disease, with the long-term aim of developing treatments that precisely target those genes and help restore normal health. When illness can be traced back to a single faulty [...]
  
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• New Immunotherapy Strategy Could Treat Many Types of Cancer

  19-12-2025 18:41 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers demonstrated that newly developed molecules designed to block an immune checkpoint can trigger a powerful immune response against tumors. Scientists at MIT and Stanford University have introduced a new method for activating the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells, offering a potential way to expand the benefits of immunotherapy to a larger [...]
  
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• The Reality Of George Orwell’s 1984

  19-12-2025 18:30 via technocracy.news
  Scholarly analysis explicitly describes Nineteen Eighty-Four as a “technocratic dystopia,” as a counterpoint to H.G. Wells’ concept of benevolent scientific planners. Wells directly referenced “Technocracy” in The Shape of Things to Come, describing it as an attempt to restate economics on a physical-energy basis and imagining scientific elites governing a rationally ordered world, a vision very close to technocratic ideology. Orwell said that Wells &ldquo
  
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• Tech The Halls This Holiday Season With These Fun Gifts

  19-12-2025 18:26 via today.com
  From audio lollipops to air fryers, tech expert Katie Linendoll joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Willie Geist to share some of the hottest tech gifts.
  
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• Holiday travel: Storms, wind and fire danger slam US coast to coast - ABC News

  19-12-2025 18:26
  Holiday travel: Storms, wind and fire danger slam US coast to coast  ABC News72 million at risk as strong winds and snow showers impact holiday weekend travel  NBC NewsCalifornia Storms and Snow in the Northeast: Christmas Travel Forecast  The New York Times7,600 Flight Delays On Friday, Busiest Travel Day Of Holidays  ForbesTravel nightmare unfolds at major East Coast airports as powerful storm unleashes vicious winds, rain  FOX Weather
  
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• Non-Opioid “Pain Sponge” Therapy Stops Cartilage Loss and Eases Chronic Pain

  19-12-2025 18:06 via scitechdaily.com
  A new stem cell–based therapy challenges traditional pain treatment by using pain-sensing neurons to reduce inflammation and protect joints. Newly released preclinical data describes an unconventional strategy for managing chronic pain while helping preserve joint tissue. The findings focus on SN101, a first-in-class therapy developed from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), and outline a biological [...]
  
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• 2 of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena captured simultaneously in once-in-a-lifetime photo - Yahoo

  19-12-2025 18:00
  2 of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena captured simultaneously in once-in-a-lifetime photo  YahooPhotographer captures mysterious lights over Italian town for second time  valleyvanguardonline.comA photographer captures two very rare phenomena in the sky at the same time  Notebookcheck
  
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• Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 quietly upgrades Pixel phones where it counts - Android Central

  19-12-2025 17:49
  Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 quietly upgrades Pixel phones where it counts  Android CentralHere’s everything new in Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 [Gallery]  9to5GoogleGoogle Warns Android Users—These Apps Are Tracking Your Location  ForbesSubtle Android 16 QPR3 Privacy Feature Tells You Which App Is Using Your Location  extremetech.comGoogle Introduces New Android Features in Pixel Beta Update  CNET
  
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• This Simple Chemistry Fix Could Revolutionize Flow Batteries

  19-12-2025 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  A new twist on bromine-based flow batteries could make large-scale energy storage cheaper, safer, and far longer-lasting. Bromine-based flow batteries store and release energy through a chemical reaction involving bromide ions and elemental bromine. This approach offers several advantages, including widely available raw materials, strong electrochemical potential, and good solubility in liquid electrolytes. The challenge [...]
  
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• Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments

  19-12-2025 15:37 via abcnews.go.com
  Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways
  
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• CRISPR Turns a Little-Known Fruit Into a Big Farming Opportunity

  19-12-2025 13:44 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists are using CRISPR to fast-track the domestication of a wild fruit. For roughly 10,000 years, farming communities have improved crops by saving seeds from plants that produced better harvests. By repeatedly choosing varieties with desirable traits such as larger size, better flavor, and greater resilience, people gradually shaped the fruits and vegetables that are [...]
  
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• AI Helped Scientists Stop a Virus With One Tiny Change

  19-12-2025 13:09 via scitechdaily.com
  Using AI, researchers identified one tiny molecular interaction that viruses need to infect cells. Disrupting it stopped the virus before infection could begin. Washington State University scientists have uncovered a method to interfere with a key viral protein, stopping viruses from getting inside cells where they can cause disease. The discovery points toward a possible [...]
  
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• Bay Area storm: This timeline shows when heaviest rain will hit this weekend - San Francisco Chronicle

  19-12-2025 13:01
  Bay Area storm: This timeline shows when heaviest rain will hit this weekend  San Francisco ChronicleSouthern California's Christmas weather forecast keeps getting worse. What you need to know  Los Angeles TimesCalifornia Faces a Weeklong Lashing of Rain, Wind and Some Snow  The New York TimesPineapple express Bay Area: How parade of storms might impact holiday travel plans across Northern California  ABC7 San FranciscoChristmas forecast warns of an onslau
  
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• Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Xmas Song

  19-12-2025 13:00 via nytimes.com
  “We were roadkill,” says Colin Angle, former chief executive of iRobot, maker of the robot vacuum.
  
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• This Little-Known Plant Could Help Save Chocolate From Climate Change

  19-12-2025 12:34 via scitechdaily.com
  A research team developed two flavor-enhancing techniques that transform carob pulp into a delicious, sustainable alternative to cocoa. Rising temperatures and the spread of crop diseases are placing increasing pressure on the global supply of cocoa. In response to these challenges, researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) began investigating ways to improve the [...]
  
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• Deadly Hospital Fungus May Finally Have a Weakness

  19-12-2025 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  A deadly, drug-resistant hospital fungus may finally have a weakness—and scientists think they’ve found it. Researchers have identified a genetic process that could open the door to new treatments for a dangerous fungal infection that has repeatedly forced hospital intensive care units to close. The discovery offers fresh hope against a pathogen that has been [...]
  
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• Brown University and MIT shooting suspect found dead; identified as former grad student - ABC News

  19-12-2025 06:15
  Brown University and MIT shooting suspect found dead; identified as former grad student  ABC NewsBrown campus shooter harbored resentment from time as a PhD student in the early 2000s, friend says  The Boston GlobeAs officials uncover more information about the Brown and MIT professor shooting suspect, key questions remain  CNNSuspect in Brown and M.I.T. Killings Died 2 Days Before He Was Found, Autopsy Shows  The New York TimesClaudio Neves Valente: What
  
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• Dangerous fire situation looming for parts of Colorado's Front Range, as another day of strong winds lies ahead - CBS News

  19-12-2025 04:54
  Dangerous fire situation looming for parts of Colorado's Front Range, as another day of strong winds lies ahead  CBS NewsHigh Winds in Denver Prompt Warnings About Dangerous Fire Risk  The New York TimesColorado Gov. Jared Polis calls for transparency from Xcel as over 57,000 customers still without power  CBS NewsColorado power outages still impacting over 40,000, restorations expected Saturday night  The Denver Post'Particularly Dangerous Situation' Fire
  
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• NYT Connections hints and answers for December 19, Tips to solve 'Connections' #922. - Mashable

  19-12-2025 04:04
  NYT Connections hints and answers for December 19, Tips to solve 'Connections' #922.  MashableToday's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 20, #923  CNETConnections hints, clues and answers on Saturday, December 20 2025  USA TodayNYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for Saturday, December 20, 2025  Yahoo SportsNYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, December 21 (game #924)  TechRadar
  
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• TikTok owner signs deal to create U.S. joint venture

  19-12-2025 02:57 via nbcnews.com
  TikTok CEO Shou Chew told employees of the app that its owner, China’s ByteDance, has signed binding agreements to create a joint venture for the app in the United States, as agreed to in a deal with the Trump administration. NBC News' Savannah Sellers has more on the latest announcement. 
  
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• TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors

  19-12-2025 01:14 via abcnews.go.com
  TikTok has signed a deal to form a new U.S. unit with three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — holding a majority stake
  
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• Ancient Sewers Reveal Intestinal Parasites Sickened Roman Soldiers Near Hadrian’s Wall

  19-12-2025 01:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how parasites preserved in an ancient sewer reveal how disease spread among Roman soldiers.
  
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• TikTok owner ByteDance signs binding deal to create U.S. joint venture

  19-12-2025 00:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok CEO Shou Chew told employeesthat owner ByteDance had signed binding agreements to create a new joint venture for the app in the United States.
  
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