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  • Anti-Science Bills Are Being Considered In State Legislatures

    Anti-Science Bills Are Being Considered In State Legislatures
    2025/10/29
    More than 400 bills challenging longstanding public health practices, including vaccines and milk safety, are making their way through statehouses across the country.

    According to an Associated Press investigation that tracked said legislation, these bills would do everything from ban certain types of immunizations to making the sale and consumption of unpasteurized milk more accessible.

    Anti-vaccine bills are by far the most common. At least 350 of the 420 bills were related to vaccines. Some 11 states have already adopted more than two dozen laws restricting vaccine access.

    Who are the highly organized groups behind this wave of anti-science legislation? And how do these bills fit into the broader dismantling of the country’s public health system?

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  • ICYMI: Hurricane Melissa Is Set To Make Landfall In Jamaica

    ICYMI: Hurricane Melissa Is Set To Make Landfall In Jamaica
    2025/10/28
    Hurricane Melissa is on track to make a direct hit on Jamaica today, with rains and winds already lashing the island.

    Melissa is a category five storm, with winds clocked at up to 175 miles per hour. It’s the strongest storm on the planet this year and one of the most devastating on record.

    Authorities in Jamaica and Cuba have issued evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people.

    For years, scientists have been telling us that climate change will make hurricanes more dangerous.

    What does this mean for the people of Jamaica? And what does a climate-change fueled future of hurricanes look like?

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  • 'If You Can Keep It': Trump, Hate Speech, And Free Speech

    'If You Can Keep It': Trump, Hate Speech, And Free Speech
    2025/10/27
    A Hitler-praising group chat. A government official with a self-proclaimed “Nazi-streak.” A swastika flag in a sitting U.S. representative’s office.

    Those are a few of the racist, antisemitic forms of speech and expression tied to notable Republicans in recent weeks. Vice President JD Vance downplayed outrage over some of these incidents as “pearl clutching.”

    Meanwhile, President Donald Trump signed a memo designating groups like “Antifa” and Black Lives Matter as terrorist organizations. It’s part of the administration’s larger effort to crack down on what it calls a widespread left-wing conspiracy to carry out acts of political violence.

    In this installment of “If You Can Keep It,” our weekly series on the state of our democracy, we talk about the Trump administration and the fine lines between hate speech, violence, and political dissent.

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  • The News Roundup For October 24, 2025

    The News Roundup For October 24, 2025
    2025/10/24
    The government shutdown is now the second longest in the nation’s history, and federal workers missed their first full paycheck this week. Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats seem to be going nowhere.

    Following a federal court’s approval, the Trump administration is one legal hurdle away from getting the green light to send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon. And Trump reversed his decision to send troops to San Francisco after a conversation with the city’s mayor.

    Plus, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in newly-elected Arizona congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.

    And, in global news, Israel returned the bodies of several hundred Palestinian prisoners this week. And the fragile ceasefire holds between Israel and Hamas holds; despite Israel killing more than 100 Palestinians and injuring at least 230 over the last two weeks.

    Donald Trump says a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine has been called off.

    And, days before President Trump is set to visit the country, Japan swears in its first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.

    We cover the most important stories from around the world on the News Roundup.

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  • RFK Jr., The FDA, And Supplement Regulations

    RFK Jr., The FDA, And Supplement Regulations
    2025/10/23

    A stroll down the supplement aisle is a walk filled with hope. One pill offers stronger hair and nails. Another promises better memory (which will help when you have to remember to take all these pills). And if you added just one more, you might be able to finally recapture the energy of your teenage years.

    But how true are these claims? Currently, the Food and Drug Administration does not approve the contents or the labeling dietary supplements before they hit the shelves.

    Around 75 percent of Americans take a supplement, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He once said he took so many vitamins he couldn’t remember them all. But RFK Jr., who champions supplements and other alternative medicines, is now pushing the FDA for stronger regulations.

    What could that mean for the supplement industry? And why are so many Americans turning to health alternatives today?

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  • The End Of The International Space Station

    The End Of The International Space Station
    2025/10/22
    The ISS has been in low orbit above the earth for almost 25 years.

    It’s played host to astronauts from around the world. But that’s about to come to an end.

    NASA is gearing up to deorbit the ISS in 2030 and it’s working with private companies to begin development of commercial space stations to take its place.

    What will that transition look like? And what does the commercialization of space hold for humanity in the near and far futures?

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  • The Map Men On Missing Islands And The Meaning Of Mistakes

    The Map Men On Missing Islands And The Meaning Of Mistakes
    2025/10/21
    Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.

    The GPS systems in our pockets have come a long way from the first known map, carved into a mammoth tusk 30,000 years ago.

    But even with satellites tracking us and the ever-changing Earth from the skies – digital maps aren’t fact. Errors can show up and are sometimes as old as maps themselves. The phantom island of Sandy Island appeared on Google Maps until 2012, when Australian scientists sailed to its supposed location and found only open ocean.

    Mistakes on maps were sometimes intentional, sometimes not – but every single one tells a bigger story.

    How and why did it get there? What does it reveal about the creator of the map and the world around them?

    We sit down with Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, better known as the Map Men on YouTube, to talk through these questions and more.

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  • 'If You Can Keep It': Trump Takes Aim At Academic Freedom

    'If You Can Keep It': Trump Takes Aim At Academic Freedom
    2025/10/20
    The Trump administration has cut federal funding to colleges and universities it says don’t align with conservative priorities. And now, the White House says it will reward schools that follow in its ideological footsteps.

    Earlier this month, the administration sent a list of demands to nine schools. Officials are calling it the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” Its stipulations include ending considerations of race and sex in admissions and hiring, capping international student enrollment, and limiting what faculty can say about certain issues.

    Five institutions — Brown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia — have rejected the proposal. The others have yet to comment.

    Trump’s compact is the latest chapter in the story of how his administration is trying to exert influence over higher education. In March, the White House canceled $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University over allegations of antisemitism.

    In this edition of “If You Can Keep It,” our weekly series on the state of democracy, we talk about higher education and what’s at stake if academic freedom is compromised.


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    28 分