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Top Quote of the Day by Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman: What do Nobel Prize-winning economists understand about human behavior and financial freedom? Life lessons on decision-making, mindset, wisdom, success, character, personal growth, and why their economic insights still shape smarter choices today

Today's Top Quote of the Day by Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman: Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz, and Paul Krugman spent decades studying markets, governments, businesses, and human behavior. Their words are not merely academic observations. They are lessons drawn from decades of research, public debate, policy advising, and…

The Economic Times

IBM scientists claim they've achieved 'quantum advantage' — and they've dared others to prove them wrong

Using IBM's quantum computer, scientists say they have shown in three different experiments that quantum computers can outpace classical machines in useful computations.

LiveScience

Schools Closed, Buildings Sat Empty — And Gun Violence Rose, Study Finds

The former Matthew Henson Elementary School in Chicago's North Lawndale has been vacant since it closed in 2013

The Independent UK

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Skipping Rest Days Is Slowing Your Fitness Progress and Overtraining Is Destroying Your Muscle Recovery

What Your Muscles Are Actually Doing When You RestMuscle fibres do not grow during a workout. They tear. The microscopic damage caused by resistance training or high-intensity cardio triggers a repair process called muscle protein synthesis, and that process runs almost entirely during rest, particularly during deep sleep, when growth…

Times Life

University law school bans laptops from classes amid AI backlash

‘We need to ensure that our students actually learn to think critically,’ university administrators say

The Independent UK

What Pets and Animals Actually Dream About: What Brain Science and REM Sleep Research Reveals

The Rat That Ran the Maze TwiceIn 2001, neuroscientists Matthew Wilson and Kenway Louie at MIT wired electrodes into the hippocampi of rats and let them run a maze during the day. At night, while the rats slept, Wilson and Louie watched the same neurons fire, in the same sequence,…

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8 PCOS Symptoms That Go Beyond Periods: Acne, Weight Gain, Hormonal Shifts and More

Excess facial and body hair (hirsutism)Androgens are the driver here. In women with PCOS, elevated androgens, testosterone chief among them, stimulate hair follicles in places that typically respond to male-pattern hormonal signalling: the chin, upper lip, chest, and lower abdomen. A 2023 study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology…

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How Chronic Stress Quietly Destroys Male Fertility, Testosterone, and Sperm Health

The Cortisol-Testosterone Trade-off Nobody ExplainsWhen the body perceives sustained threat, a deadline that never ends, financial pressure, fractured sleep, it prioritises cortisol production above almost everything else. Cortisol and testosterone are both synthesised from the same precursor: cholesterol. Under chronic stress, the body effectively redirects that raw material toward cortisol…

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Trump bashes Chicago over surge in shootings and spars with Illinois Gov. Pritzker. So how dangerous is the Windy City?

IN FOCUS: Donald Trump has long targeted Chicago crime rate in his posts. But, just how bad is it in the Windy City? Bruce Golding digs into the data to find out

The Independent UK

Obama Center opening stirs pride and unease for Chicago’s South Side amid displacement fears

South Siders voice concerns about gentrification, housing and affordability as they celebrate opening of the Obama Presidential Center

The Guardian - US

Why John D. Rockefeller called the University of Chicago his best investment

Industrialist John D. Rockefeller revolutionised philanthropy by making his University of Chicago donation conditional, demanding local financial buy-in. This strategic approach fostered accountability and community engagement, transforming a seed donation into a self-sustaining powerhouse. This model ensured long-term institutional strength and independent governance, proving that investing in human potential creates…

The Times of India

Asian Americans report highest anxiety as U.S. debates identity and immigration

What AAPI anxiety means for U.S. politics.

Axios

Daniel Biss Wins in Illinois Despite Student Dating Scandal

Does this mean the #MeToo era is officially over?

Reason

How fast is the universe actually expanding? Ripples in spacetime could finally solve 'Hubble tension'

Using gravitational waves as a measure of the universe's rate of expansion could solve the biggest headache in physics, the so-called "Hubble tension."

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NASA X-ray spacecraft stares into the 'eye of the storm' swirling around supermassive black holes

The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical "eye of the storm" swirling around supermassive black holes.

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Jupiter has more oxygen than the sun, new simulations reveal

Jupiter harbors more oxygen than the sun, a new study finds, giving astronomers a crucial clue about how our solar system's planets formed.

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IonQ Is Bringing a 100-Qubit System to South Korea. Should You Buy IONQ Stock for 2026?

IonQ will deliver its next-generation Tempo 100 quantum system to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, extending their collaboration.

The Independent UK

One Tech Tip: Do's and don'ts of using AI to help with schoolwork

The rise of ChatGPT and other AI systems has transformed education, changing how students learn and study

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Remains of dinosaur ‘mummies’ found 100 years ago in Wyoming still have skin and hooves, researchers say

The skeletons of the duck-billed dinosaurs, Edmontosaurus Annectens – which lived more than 66 million years ago in the late Cretaceous period – were unearthed in 1908 in a ravine area of east-central Wyoming

The Independent UK

The most ‘pristine’ star in the universe discovered by astronomers

Red giant star J0715-7334 is 20,000 times purer than the Sun

Reason

Fed Governor Lisa Cook's Record Is a Reminder of the Social Justice Insanity of 2020

Trump is attempting to fire a Federal Reserve board governor.

The Independent UK

Ex-wife of Berkeley professor arrested after his shooting death amid custody battle

Przemyslaw Jeziorski was shot dead in Greece while in the country to settle a custody dispute

LiveScience

Who were the Huns, the nomadic horse warriors who invaded ancient Europe?

The Huns were nomadic horse warriors, originally from Asia, who invaded Europe in the late fourth century A.D. and carved out an empire that stretched from Asia to Europe.

The Independent UK

Colleges will soon have to fork over millions of dollars as Trump’s bill extends a tax on their endowments

Universities use their endowments to fund critical operations and to provide services, such as tuition assistance to low-income students

LiveScience

New 'breathalyzer' could detect signs of disease in human breath, scientists say

Scientists have developed a device intended to detect disease markers in human breath, which could someday offer a potential alternative to blood, urine or saliva tests.

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