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Is bird flu spreading in people? Without blood test results, officials can't say.

Is there human-to-human spread of H5N1 bird flu? The CDC is awaiting antibody test results from the Missouri patient and close contacts.

2024-10-04 20:17

'Alert but not alarmed': Australian dairy farmers react to fears of deadly strain of bird flu

Everything is bigger in Texas, even bird flu amongst cattle. But while there are concerns for Australian dairy farmers they say things are in a state of alert rather than alarm.

2024-10-04 20:16

President Joe Biden Threatens 2024 Election Won’t Be ‘Peaceful’

Biden’s comments come roughly 24 hours before Trump returns to the site of his first failed assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

2024-10-04 20:08

Advancing Space Technology and Preparing for Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence through Multilateralism

Is it possible that we can account for the Fermi paradox by looking to our own behavior as a species? Some science fiction of the 1950s pointed in that direction, as witness The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). Dr Kelvin F Long addresses the question in term…

2024-10-04 20:03

Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. Takes $107,000 Position in Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA)

Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new position in Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 965 shares of the health services provider’s st…

2024-10-04 19:57

While Women Take the Lead in Mexico’s Government, Here’s How We Elect More Women in the U.S.

Weekend Reading for Women's Representation is a compilation of stories about women's representation.  This week: Feminists from around the world meet in Athens, Greece, to talk women's representation and gender gaps in the European Union; Mexico inaugurated i…

2024-10-04 19:51

U.S. ports strike deal is not close to done: Automation still a big hurdle in ILA/USMX negotiations

The East and Gulf Coast ports strike deal isn't close to done, with a fight over automation between ILA union and USMX ownership group facing Jan. 15 deadline.

2024-10-04 19:51

We should call the Republican justices “Republicans” and not “conservatives”

My more perceptive readers may have noticed that I’ve started referring to the justices of the Supreme Court as “Republicans” and “Democrats,” breaking with the traditional journalistic norm of labeling the justices “conservative” or “liberal.” In the interes…

2024-10-04 19:39

Trump Solved the Puzzle of U.S. Abortion Policy | Opinion

Voters on both sides of today's abortion debate should, in good conscience, support Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

2024-10-04 19:39

Who Owns AI’s Output?

The landscape for AI copyright and patent law looks a lot like the landscape for AI: confusing, chaotic, and changing at lightspeed.

2024-10-04 19:25