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Donald Trump asked what the difference was between the FBI raid in Mar-a-Lago and Watergate. A lot, according to historians and a political scientist.
Former President Donald Trump compared the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home to the Watergate scand…
Lloyd Lee
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UK scientist accuses lawyers arguing for the end of Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court of misinterpreting his research
Giandomenico Iannetti's research is being cited by lawyers in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organ…
Sophia Ankel
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A noted political scientist warned that the US could be under the rule of a right-wing dictator by 2030
In an op-ed, Canadian professor Thomas Homer-Dixon warned that American democracy may collapse if T…
Cheryl Teh
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NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.
There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…
Marianne Guenot
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J. Robert Oppenheimer stifled a petition by 70 scientists beseeching President Truman not to use the atomic bomb. Read it here.
Leo Szilard and other Manhattan Project scientists sent a petition asking President Truman not to d…
Jenny McGrath
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Roman Abramovich asked a scientist 'are we dying?' after apparent poisoning attack, report says
The Russian oligarch was reportedly blinded for a few hours after a suspected poisoning in early Ma…
Sophia Ankel
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Trump's team reportedly poll-tested the idea of expelling all Chinese scientists from the US, and ordering National Guard troops into cities
Donald Trump's own pollster called some of the ideas his team tested "crazy." Other suggestions inc…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Rising inequality risks regional collapse, climate catastrophe: Scientists
The book builds on the common mantra from social movements calling for "Systems Change Not Climate …
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Elon Musk's grandfather belonged to a political party that believed the world should be governed by technology. Newspapers at the time described it as having 'the tone of an incipient Fascist movement.'
Elon Musk's grandfather Joshua Haldeman was a raging racist and anti-semite, per the Atlantic. He a…
Hannah Getahun
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A vaccine scientist says being tag-teamed and dogpiled on by Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, and RFK Jr. all at once has been 'overwhelming'
"I offered to go on Joe Rogan but not to turn it into the Jerry Springer show with having RFK Jr. o…
Cheryl Teh
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AI may be able to predict your political views based on how attractive you are, a recent study found
A new study shows that, the majority of the time, deep learning models can accurately predict someo…
Aaron Mok
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'I don't see any way around it': Former Navy SEAL McRaven says retaliation for assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist all but certain
"The Iranians are going to be in a position where they have to retaliate. I don't see any way aroun…
Ryan Pickrell
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Top COVID-19 doctors and scientists privately asked the Biden administration to scrap its booster shot plan, report says
The experts said current data did not justify a widespread booster campaign, and that those most at…
Sinéad Baker
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Facebook and Twitter scrambled our brains and poisoned our politics. AI poses an even bigger threat.
AI tools like ChatGPT could wind up hypercharging everything from financial scams to government sur…
Hasan Chowdhury
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Ron DeSantis is trailing Trump in the polls because he hasn’t ‘hit him hard enough’ and isn’t a ‘memorable personality,’ political experts say
Donald Trump's indictments and lawsuits haven't hurt his polling numbers because rival Republican R…
Lloyd Lee,Hannah Getahun
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Military scientists are planning experiments on primates involving pulsed microwaves to look for links to Havana Syndrome, report says
Military scientists plan to expose primates to pulsed microwave radiation to study any possible lin…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Want to prevent a civil war? Regulate social media algorithms, says an expert on political violence
Barbara F. Walter, a political scientist and expert on civil wars, said the "single easiest" way to…
Charles R. Davis
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CNN's Jim Acosta said scientists should name COVID-19 variants after Republican governors who've refused to enforce safety measures
One of the Republicans he suggested was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose state is facing record COV…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Pelosi attack suspect says he was motivated by politics, telling police that Democrats had been 'persecuting' Trump
In a jailhouse interview, David DePape echoed former President Donald Trump, falsely claiming Democ…
Charles R. Davis
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European spies are alarmed after a scientist with top security clearance was caught working for China, sources say
Estonia marine scientists Tarmo Kõuts was sentenced to three years in prison this week. He had spie…