3 h. ago State study says oil and gas projects are fueling job growth in the Arctic

State study says oil and gas projects are fueling job growth in the Arctic  Alaska Public Media

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3 h. ago New Study Links Diabetes During Pregnancy to Greater A.D.H.D. Risk in Children

Researchers reviewed data from more than 56 million pregnancies to examine the connection between diabetes and A.D.H.D., autism and intellectual disability.

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3 h. ago Free: LA County's ‘official science festival' has creative activities galore

Free: LA County's ‘official science festival' has creative activities galore  NBC Los Angeles

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4 h. ago They want America to have more babies. Is this their moment?

Billionaire Elon Musk told Fox News recently that falling birth rates keep him up at night. It's a drum he's been beating for years.Musk is one of the world's most visible individuals to elevate this point of view. Vice President JD Vance also talks about wanting to increase birthrates in the U-S. But it's not just them. There are discussions across the political spectrum about birth rate decline and what it means for the economy. One response to this decline is a cause that's been taken up by the right, and it has a name – Pronatalism. Many of its advocates met up recently in Austin, Texas, at "Natal Con." Pronatalists think they have a friendly audience in the White House. How do they want to use it?For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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5 h. ago Jeremiah Ostriker, Who Plumbed Dark Forces That Shape Universe, Dies at 86

There’s more to the universe than meets the eye, he found. His studies led astronomy to the dark side, changing our view of what’s out there.

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5 h. ago Is AI truly creative? Study shows how visibility of process shapes perception

What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see of the creative act. The findings have implications for how we research and design creative AI systems, and they also raise fundamental questions about how we perceive creativity in other people.

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6 h. ago An uptick of ticks in Washington? Study of trail reports to help track sightings

An uptick of ticks in Washington? Study of trail reports to help track sightings  The Olympian

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7 h. ago Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention

A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.

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7 h. ago 'Due process does look different': DHS official defends deportation of Maryland man

The Trump administration has defended the deportation of Maryland man mistakenly sent to El Salvador.

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8 h. ago Facial expressions could help widen VR and AR accessibility options

A new study on how computers can be accurately controlled using only facial expressions could help make augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies more accessible to people living with disabilities.

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11 h. ago Invasive strep infections have more than doubled in the U.S., CDC study finds

Invasive strep infections have more than doubled in the U.S., CDC study finds  NBC News

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11 h. ago Krea’s founders snubbed postgrad grants from the King of Spain to build their AI startup. Now it’s valued at $500M

Overwhelmed with trying to keep up with the different models you can now use to build your content using AI? A startup called Krea that’s looking to solve this problem specifically for designers and other visual creatives has now raised $83 million for a platform it believes will make the task of working with generative […]

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16 h. ago The AI Race Has Gotten Crowded—and China Is Closing In on the US

New research from Stanford suggests artificial intelligence isn’t ruled by just OpenAI and Google, as competition increases across the US, China, and France.

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17 h. ago How does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it down

NPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps and associated costs of the U.S. deportation process.

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18 h. ago New bombshell study reveals 'assassination culture' spreading on the left under President Trump

More than half of left-leaning Americans say it would be at least “somewhat justified" to assassinate Donald Trump, according to a new study shared exclusively with Fox News Digital.

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28 h. ago How the Trump administration is sidestepping the legal process for deportations

An investigation into the deportation supply chain and its hidden costs

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42 h. ago Amanda Knox gives warning to students wanting to study abroad, 10 years after being acquitted of murder

Amanda Knox, a married mother of two, gives advice to students and their parents on whether study abroad is a safe option in 2025. She has a new book, "Free: My Search for Meaning."

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51 h. ago Geomagnetic storms could make northern lights visible in parts of U.S.

Geomagnetic storms could make northern lights visible in parts of U.S.  CBS News

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56 h. ago Speaker Johnson moves on Senate's Trump budget bill as House GOP rebels threaten to defect

Speaker Mike Johnson is rallying House Republicans around the reconciliation process after the Senate passed its own version of such a bill.

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63 h. ago Cardiac arrest deaths among marathoners have decreased, study finds

Cardiac arrest deaths among marathoners have decreased, study finds  The Washington Post

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