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Middle East war: global economic fallout

Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war: - White House seeks $1.5 tn - US President Donald Trump asked lawmakers on Friday to approve a massive $1.5-trillion defence budget for 2027, as the United States faces rising costs from its war with Iran and mounting

Double Shot of Privacy's Defender in D.C.

You’re invited on a journey inside the privacy battles that shaped the internet. EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn has tangled with the feds, fought for your data security, and argued before judges to protect our access to science and knowledge on the internet. Join Cindy at

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The most pristine star yet found in the known universe

An unusual team of astronomers used Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V (SDSS-V) data and observations on the Magellan telescopes at Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile to discover the most pristine star in the known universe, called SDSS J0715-7334. Their work is

America must not waste an opioid settlement lifeline

The opioid crisis has resulted in over 700,000 overdose deaths since its beginning, and in response, pharmaceutical companies and distributors have agreed to roughly $57 billion in national opioid settlements, but a report has raised concerns about how some jurisdictions are

Earth from space: Eyes on our moon

In an unusual perspective for an Earth-observing satellite, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite. The Sentinel-2 mission acquired this lunar image by rolling one of its satellites sideways to view the moon instead of

Swalwell says Bondi didn't tip him off on report

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Thursday denied a claim that Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired for leaking information to him about a decade-old investigation into his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. “The attorney general did not tip us off. No one in her orbit

Webb eyes a pair of planet-forming disks

This month's NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars—with some potential planets thrown in as well. This visual highlights Webb's views of the protoplanetary disks Tau 042021 (left) and Oph 163131 (right),