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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

In Defense of Doing Your Own Research
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own research has become a rallying cry in many circles, often
dismissed or criticized by those who believe we should defer to
experts. But this is more than just a slogan—it is a fundamental
shift toward personal empowerment and critical thinking. When we take
the time to explore a topic, study it from multiple angles, and
evaluate the credibility of sources, we not only gain knowledge but
also build the skills to question, challenge, and innovate.

This post isn’t about disregarding expertise or encouraging
mistrust. Instead, it’s about reclaiming the role of active inquiry
in a world where passive consumption of information has become the
norm. By doing your own research, you engage more deeply with the
material, tailor your understanding to your unique needs, and make
more informed decisions. The ability to question, investigate, and
evaluate ideas for ourselves has never been more crucial—and it’s
a skill that can lead to both personal growth and societal progress.

Continued here
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Editor's Note: Let's explore why doing your own research matters, how
it's transformed by modern technology, and how you can approach it
responsibly to gain the most benefit. Whether you're seeking to better
understand health, science, politics, or even day-to-day decisions,
taking research into your own hands is not only valid but essential.

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As the Living Fled, a Race to Save the Dead at an Altadena Cemetery
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In the moment, the employees’ first thought was of the formaldehyde.
They began loading boxes of the flammable embalming chemical into a
van, and an employee drove it to the center of the cemetery, away from
any buildings or people, like getting rid of a grenade.

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Can AWS really fix AI hallucination? We talk to head of Automated
Reasoning Byron Cook
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Interview A notable flaw of AI is its habit of "hallucinating," making
up plausible answers that have no basis in real-world data. AWS is
trying to tackle this by introducing Amazon Bedrock Automated
Reasoning checks.















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How Gen Z Bosses Really Feel About Working With Their Own Generation
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Gen Z has been generating some notable buzz in the workplace, with
recent reports deeming them AI aficionados and happy hour heroes. But
many older professionals also consider them to be unmotivated and,
frankly, fire-able.

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Doctors and Nurses Should Get Ready for Mass Deportations
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It was hardly two weeks after the election when a doctor in our clinic
received a letter from one of her patients, an undocumented immigrant
who feared that Immigration and Customs Enforcement might detain her
under a second Trump term.














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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says This Will Be the No.1 Most Valuable Skill
in the Age of AI
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Ask some of the top minds in the field what the future of artificial
intelligence will look like, and you'll get wildly different answers.
Some talk about super intelligence, AI personal assistants for all,
and a world free of want. Others warn of the robot apocalypse.

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The secret to raising confident children? Quality time with parents. -
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As concerns abound about the mental health of children and
adolescents, parents are getting all sorts of advice. Should we ban
phones or just social media? Try pharmaceuticals or wean kids off
them? Findatherapist orhire a life coach" instead?














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The man making billions from the wildest bitcoin bet - WSJ (No
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Michael Saylors company doesnt market any hot products or services.
What he and MicroStrategy do is sell new shares and debt, at a pace
rarely seen in corporate history. Saylor plows all that money into
bitcoin, vowing to keep doing it, over and over.

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Wall Street Has No Clue What the Fed Will Do in 2025 - Inc (No
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Over the last several weeks, nearly every bank and researcher on Wall
Street has published their outlook for how the Federal Reserve will
adjust interest rates in 2025. Every firm operates with the same data,
yet there is nothing resembling a consensus.














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California Wildfire Updates: Pacific Palisades Fire At 43% Containment
As Firefighters Make Crucial Progress - Forbes (No paywall)
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First responders increased containment on multiple fires burning in
Los Angeles County on Saturday, making progress after more than a
weeks worth of severe red flag weather created some of the worst
wildfires in the regions history.

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How to improve clinical trials - The Economist (No paywall)
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Last year Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical firm, published a review of
the clinical trials on neurological drugs it had held between 2016 and
2021. It found that black people were under-represented in all but
one. Surprisingly, that news represents progress, because it shows
that trial organisers are becoming more aware of a dangerous bias that
sets back the safety and efficacy of medical treatments.














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LVMH overtakes Novo Nordisk as Europes most valuable company - FT (No
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Luxury bellwether regains crown as drugmaker slips on concerns it will
have to cut weight loss medication prices in US

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Democrats Search for Policy Lessons As Trump Takes Office - Bloomberg
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US inflation surge helped drive Trump, Republicans to victory
Economists warn officials may provide too little aid next time














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The first electric minivan will change the way you think about EVs
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Fearless journalism is more important than ever. When news breaks, you
need to understand what actually matters and what to do about it. At
Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been
more vital. But we cant do it on our own.

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Trump Deportations Could Start In Chicago Tuesday, Reports Say. The
City's Immigrants Are Preparing
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LITTLE VILLAGE - The incoming Trump administration is planning
large-scale deportations in Chicago starting next week, according to
the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times -- and the city's
immigrants are preparing.














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'Most Headaches Are Harmless', But Neuro Warns Not To Ignore These 3
Signs
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We've all been there: feeling a random headache and googling brain
tumor symptoms in a panic. Well, often this only makes things worse,
escalating stress and discomfort. But how can you tell if your
headache is harmless?

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Trump's family circle has a different look as he returns to the White
House
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Donald Trump returns to the White House on
Monday, his family circle will look a little different than it did
when he first arrived eight years ago. His youngest son, Barron, was
in fifth grade back then. He's now a college freshman who towers over
his 6-foot-plus (1.













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Swedish man dies in South Korea after being denied urgent treatment at
21 hospitals
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A Swedish national suffering from necrosis died in South Korea due to
sepsis after being denied urgent medical treatment by 21 hospitals.

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Wildfires set Los Angeles's memories ablaze
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Like all Angelenos, fire is familiar to Spangle. He remembered
watching his parents prep the house and pack essentials while knowing
that if the mountains did catch fire, his father would stay behind,
despite evacuation orders, to defend their property. Spangle called it
"the Malibu way.

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The bros' new clothes: How Big Tech lurched to the right
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The sight of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg sitting
together at Donald Trump's inauguration -- as they reportedly will do
Monday -- would be a shock for their 2016 selves.

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Two Iranian Supreme Court justices killed in shooting attack in Tehran
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Two senior justices in the Iranian Supreme Court have been killed in a
shooting attack outside the tribunal building in central Tehran,
according to the judiciary and state media.

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Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine quickly but Moscow and Kyiv are
digging in before any talks
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President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in
Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as
ever. Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen
their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the
3-year-old war.

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'Dark Oxygen' Mission Takes Aim at Other Worlds
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Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be
found in the oceans of other planets.

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This blood test screens for 50 different types of cancer. Is it worth
the $949 price tag?
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How does a blood test detect so many cancers and who should get one?
Here's what experts want you to know.

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New York Proposes Doing Background Checks on Anyone Buying a 3D
Printer
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The New York legislature is in the early stages of considering a bill
that would require people buying certain kinds of 3D printers to pass
a background check.

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Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire deal as PM says first hostages
could be released on Sunday
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Israel's security cabinet recommends the Israeli government "approve
the proposed outline" of the ceasefire deal, according to a statement
from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

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Volkswagen CFO delivers broadside to unproductive workers as China
emerges as a potential buyer of factories
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BYArno Antlitz wants his workers to boost their productivity.

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How a little-known Finnish co became one of the worlds hottest gadget
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In the startup world, smart-ring pioneer Oura is a rare beast. It isnt
just a unicorn valued at more than $5 billion, but also profitable in
a uniquely unforgiving realm: consumer electronics.

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Exclusive: How U.S. forces and NASA could inadvertently be spying for
China
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A Chinese-made action camera used by NASA, the U.S. Air Force and many
other Americans is collecting data and communicating with servers in
China and Russia, posing a potential national security threat,
according to a study obtained exclusively by Newsweek.

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The Next Generation of Startup Unicorns Will Come from Corporations In
Lieu of the Traditional Startup Path
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Praveen Arivazhagan, chief venture builder and EY-Parthenon Americas
venture building leader, joins the show to discuss research about
startups taking a non-traditional approach to growing their companies.

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State Republicans Propose New Limits on Transgender Identity
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Republicans were able to make transgender issues “central to this
victory,” said May Mailman, director of the Independent Women’s
Law Center, a conservative legal group, because “most Americans know
that some sex differences are meaningful.” Given Republican gains in
November, Ms. Mailman said she hoped that Democrats would see that
“bills like this are not controversial.”

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Thousands Protest Trump's Return to White House Days Before His
Inauguration
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With signs that called Mr. Trump a felon, an oligarch and a danger to
democracy — one read, “such a disaster that even grandmoms have to
take to the streets to resist” — protesters yelled chants such as,
“Stand up! Fight back!” and “No justice, no peace, no Trump,”
at times injecting an expletive into the chant.

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When does the US TikTok ban start
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Craig Atkinson, CEO of digital marketing agency Code3, said there was
no direct competitor that people could easily switch to - and notes
his agency was signing new contracts with clients to build TikTok Shop
campaigns as late as December.

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What Border Crisis? Mexican Migrant Shelters Are Quiet Ahead of Trump
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Migrants used to gather by the hundreds in encampments in Ciudad
Juarez, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, waiting for a chance to
cross into the United States. But as President-elect Donald J.

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Where will it snow in the US? See where the polar vortex is set to
make an icy impact
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A polar vortex is forecasted to blanket most of the continental United
States in the coming week, with parts of the Deep South expected to
see freezing temperatures.

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In TikTok's Final Hours, Users React to a Nationwide Ban of the App
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On Friday, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the law that
effectively bans TikTok in the United States. After the ruling,
emotions on the app began to shift. While some users were still
laughing, others started posting more earnestly.

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US accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate
prescriptions, including for opioids
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The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of
filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over the last decade
and more without a legitimate purpose, including for dangerous amounts
of opioids DEERFIELD, Ill. -- The U.S.

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Elon Musk and Peter Thiel's Party Pal Is Tasked With Buying Greenland
for Trump
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A founding member of the "PayPal Mafia" is the man that Donald Trump
has chosen to help America take over Greenland.

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EV startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy and stopped all operations
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Canoo made a few electric vans for NASA and a prototype for the US
Army, and had deals for larger fleets with the likes of USPS and
Walmart, but only a small number of its vans appear to have ever
materialized.

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Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted an 11th-hour bid to save TikTok
in the US
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“We have laid out our position clearly and straightforwardly:
actions to implement this law will fall to the next administration,”
Jean-Pierre said, according to MSNBC. “So TikTok and other companies
should take up any concerns with them.”

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Trump says he will likely grant TikTok a 90-day reprieve from US ban
when he takes office
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“I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us
to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United
States,” he said. “This is a strong stand for the first amendment
and against arbitrary censorship.”

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Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok | TechCrunch
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Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as
a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local
government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of
content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City.

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Once high-flying proptech startups Divvy Homes and EasyKnock are the
latest to struggle | TechCrunch
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And with interest rates still relatively high, and funding still
difficult to come by, we can likely expect more of this type of news
from the real estate fintech space in the coming months and perhaps
for all of 2025.

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Progressives are frustrated by Biden's final-days warning of
billionaire influence
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Democratic Party's left wing has warned for
decades that America is moving toward an oligarchy in which a handful
of billionaires controls much of the nation's wealth and political
power.

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Shutdown at Mexico toxic waste plant after Guardian investigation
revealed pollution in nearby homes
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“No one showed us any data; they just limited themselves to telling
us, ‘It’s not true, everything is fine,’” said Torre Zavala.
“We need certainty, transparency – we need extra studies.”

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Health Secretary Defends Biden's Covid Vaccine Mandates and Social
Media Efforts
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“People put their attention where they need to — their family,
their work, getting ahead,” he said, reflecting on the election.
“They see the price of eggs. They see the price of gas. They don’t
like it.”

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Who Is Coming to Trump's Inauguration -- and Who Isn't
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Seating for other high-dollar donors from the business world was
already highly competitive even before the last-minute move indoors.
Some offered donations to Mr. Trump’s inaugural committee as high as
$1 million without receiving any access to the inauguration or
accompanying receptions in return.

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Losing Homes, and the Dream of One
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These fires will bring new consequences for our unaffordable city, for
those whose homes were destroyed and for those, like us, trying to
find a square foot to call our own. Still, I was struck by the words
of a mother I met in the fire zone as she sifted through memories of
her Palisades house. “After this experience,” she told me, home
was redefined. “You can build that little nest anywhere.”

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Trump Begins Selling New Meme Coin Days Ahead of Inauguration
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A disclosure on the website selling the tokens says that CIC Digital
and its affiliates own 80 percent of the supply of the new Trump
tokens that will be released gradually over the coming three years and
that they will be paid “trading revenue” as the tokens are sold.

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A List of Those Who Could Be in Line for Trump's 'Retribution'
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Mr. Trump called General Milley a “woke train wreck” who committed
a treasonous act for calls he made to his Chinese counterpart as Mr.
Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election. “This is an act so
egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been
DEATH!” Mr. Trump said in September 2023.

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Trump's Targets Fear 'Retribution' He Promised in Second Presidency
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“I’m most concerned about the potential for violence and acts of
violence that will continue not just against me but members of my
family,” he said. “My concern is that people are going to believe
that if they attack me or members of my family physically that Donald
Trump will absolve them of their acts, and who is to say he
wouldn’t.”

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