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Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist

Trump falsely claimed the MMR vaccine is "quite lethal" and linked shots to autism.

2026-08-10 · 21:42 UTC
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We are chasing Ebola virus - it is ahead of us, WHO warns

2026-08-10 · 17:50

Infection rates are high, adding to concern that authorities are struggling to get to grips with the disease.

What primates tell us about the evolutionary origins of keeping pets

2026-08-10 · 17:00

Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution.

Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products for Salmonella amid Cyclospora outbreak

2026-08-10 · 16:37

Recall of jalapeño products spans 26 states, major retailers, a variety of foods.

GLP-1 drugs linked to bigger jump in women’s employment than a college degree

2026-08-10 · 16:02

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/articles/harvard-study-links-glp-1-123000637.html Comments URL:…

The Tragedy of the Cognitive Commons

2026-08-10 · 15:55

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.29380 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245359 Points: 11 #…

Midlife Vascular Risk Burden and Dementia-Free Survival Years

2026-08-10 · 15:54

Article URL: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN9.0000000000000152 Comments URL:…

Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake – 5 km S of San José del Palmar, Colombia

2026-08-10 · 15:49

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck 5 kilometers south of San José del Palmar, Colombia.

One of China's workhorse rockets just exploded in flight

2026-08-10 · 15:05

If the failure involved the YF-100 engine, there are broader concerns for China's space program.

Dogs can tell if you're scared or sad

2026-08-10 · 15:00

fMRI scans show happiness, fear, anger, and sadness have distinct brain activity patterns in doggy brains.

The shock revelation that light bulbs are wrecking your metabolism

2026-08-10 · 15:00

Since the 2000s, our light exposure has changed drastically as we make our buildings more energy-efficient.

Your running style changes when you’re short of sleep

2026-08-10 · 14:00

There are measurable changes in the way we run when we are short of sleep, which give us a clearer picture of how a lack…

Earth extremophile can grow in near-Mars-like conditions

2026-08-10 · 13:00

A salt-loving microorganism found in places like the Dead Sea can not just survive but actively grow in conditions close…

Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?

2026-08-10 · 11:00

As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up.

Quantum voting trickery could make elections more secure

2026-08-10 · 11:00

In an election, how can you make sure that everyone's votes are counted but also kept entirely secret?

World's oceans hit record-high July temperatures

2026-08-10 · 10:24

Global oceans recorded their hottest July on record, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions, as wildfires…

The climate benefits of retiring an operational combustion engine vehicle

2026-08-09 · 20:35

Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv5441 Comments URL:…

Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards

2026-08-09 · 18:51

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/energy-environment/plug-in-balcony-solar.html Comments URL:…

I made tinnitus my friend, then it disappeared [video]

2026-08-09 · 18:41

The article appears to be a navigation page or index for a website rather than a traditional news article with…

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's

2026-08-09 · 15:21

A 2024 study found that taxi and ambulance drivers have significantly lower rates of Alzheimer's-related deaths compared…

Tom Stanton's supersonic trebuchet breaks sound barrier with gravity alone

2026-08-09 · 15:08

Tom Stanton has built a gravity-powered trebuchet that launched a 4-gram projectile at 776 miles per hour—breaking the…

Show HN: Today's cities on a globe of Earth's tectonic past and future

2026-08-09 · 14:30

A developer created an interactive globe visualization that shows today's cities and countries positioned on Earth's…

A partial digestion of the HRT counterexample

2026-08-09 · 14:09

Researchers Faulhuber, Petersen, van Velthoven, and Voigtlaeller have disproven the Heil-Ramanathan-Topiwala (HRT)…

Ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Sicily coast

2026-08-09 · 12:27

Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years.

Switching to electric stoves can dramatically cut indoor air pollution

2026-08-09 · 11:19

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Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species

2026-08-09 · 11:00

The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.

There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order

2026-08-09 · 07:19

Magic hexagons are hexagonal grids where numbers in straight lines across three directions all sum to the same value,…

Incentives Are for Losers

2026-08-09 · 01:49

Research psychologist Adam Mastroianni argues that relying on external incentives to motivate behavior is fundamentally…

Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults

2026-08-09 · 00:59

Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A34/7181621 Comments URL:…

Depression has tripled in the last 15 years. Arthur Brooks about the cause

2026-08-08 · 23:09

Article URL: https://bigthink.com/series/full-interview/meaning-crisis-brooks/ Comments URL:…

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