A widely used grease remover and dry-cleaning chemical called tetrachloroethylene (PCE) has been linked to liver fibrosis, a condition that causes scarring and loss of liver function even in people who don’t drink alcohol or have obesity.
Category: 9 December 2025
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HAPPINESS IN THE AGE OF ILLUSION: “HAPPINESS IS THE QUIET TRUTH THAT REMAINS WHEN ILLUSION DISSOLVES
There are conversations we must return to again and again, not because they are comfortable, but because they illuminate something essential about the human condition.
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DONALD TRUMP ON A ROLL ALL WEEK
There is always something new and exciting coming out of Washington. Last week’s big story centered on the presumed prerogative of the United States to kill people anywhere in the world without necessarily having to make the legal or moral case that they deserved death.
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THE CONSTITUTION VS. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: THE DUTY TO DISOBEY UNLAWFUL ORDERS
Every military servicemember’s oath is a pledge to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
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3D-PRINTED CORNEA ENABLES BLIND PERSON TO SEE AGAIN
The eye’s outermost protective shield—the cornea—is crucial to focusing our vision. It’s also prone to damage from blows, scratches, and other forms of harm that can render it opaque or otherwise useless.
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THE U.S. ALREADY MINES ALL THE RARE EARTH MINERALS IT NEEDS—AND NOW HAS A POSSIBLE METHOD TO COLLECT SOME OF THEM
Strategic minerals such as cobalt, gallium, lithium, and rare earths are crucial in applications ranging from smartphones and LEDs to electric vehicles and jet fighter planes.
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A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY TO KILL DRONES
Israel is done using conventional weapons against drones. This month, it will deploy its first 100-kilowatt drone-killing laser known as Iron Beam—but the beam was equally effective in its September field tests against missiles, mortar shells, and other airborne threats, according to the country’s defense ministry.
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THE FINAL WINNER OF THE AI ARMS RACE
Right now, there’s much talk about who’s up and who’s down in the AI Arms Race.
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OPENAI PARTNERS AMASS $100 BILLION IN NEW DEBT
Companies partnering with OpenAI to build data centers have taken on about $100 billion in new debt “as the ChatGPT maker benefits from a debt-fueled spending spree without taking on financial risks itself,” the Financial Times noted.
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ALTMAN DECLARES “CODE RED” AT OPENAI
Seeing his company slipping to second place in the West’s race for AI dominance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a company-wide “code red” in a memo to employees.