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Press Pool Protest
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Take a tour of the White House Press Corps, which has existed in the building since the early 1900s.
- 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.08 · Mark Zuckerberg apologized for not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation on Facebook ahead of the 2016 election
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Donald Trump redefined presidential communication in the social media age
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UN General Assembly
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.58 · A look behind the scenes of the UN General Assembly
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.45 · The United Nations was founded in San Francisco in 1945.
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.22 · The formation of the UN elevated the US on the world stage
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.44 · President Harry Truman appointed Roosevelt as one of the first US delegates to the United Nations
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.55 · Roosevelt chaired more than 3,000 hours of debate to produce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.61 · See a gallery of art and architecture at New York City's UN building
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.49 · See a visual record of how Roosevelt helped build the United Nations
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.13 · Experts suggest where the UN should be reformed
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Swallowable Batteries
- 0.59 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Accidental ingestion of batteries can be life-threatening
- 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Solid-state batteries substitute the fluid electrolyte layer with a solid
- 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.71 · The benefits of 3D printing batteries, from safety to sustainability
- 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.73 · Genetically modified viruses can help construct battery electrodes
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.75 · Legacy electronics have prevented significant advancements in alkaline batteries
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.46 · Lithium can store and deliver substantial energy for its cost and weight
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Explore options for recycling batteries
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Lithium-ion batteries are the standard for rechargeable devices
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.71 · Growing EV adoption requires battery management infrastructure
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.56 · How to safely dispose of every kind of battery
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.18 · During manufacturing, lithium-ion and alkaline batteries are tested for short-circuiting
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.82 · Watch how metals are extracted from rechargeable devices during recycling
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Mother stuck in traffic on her way to the hospital delivers her baby on the side of the road with help from a
- 0.45 · longform · keep 0.11 · Good Samaritans help Florida driver experiencing medical emergency
- 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.06 · Dozens of US women in labor turned away from hospital between 2022 and 2024
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Cindy Crawford's son, Presley Gerber, dies in a rehabilitation facility at age 27; police are investigating hi
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Taylor Swift will receive inaugural Artist Director Honors at the MTV Video Music Awards, breaking a tie with
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.14 · In 2023 Taylor Swift made history having the most #1 albums of any female artist
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.71 · Watch Taylor Swift write a song
- 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.20 · Taylor Swift is one of the most successful artists in the world
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.31 · Watch this video to find out how Taylor Swift became a billionaire from her musical empire.
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.49 · Taylor Swift is one of the world's most successful artists
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.44 · Taylor Swift influenced record labels to change the way they write contracts
- 0.44 · longform · keep 0.17 · Taylor Swift's life took a turn after controversies with Kanye West
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.12 · Taylor Swift became more outspoken about her politics in the late 2010s
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.33 · Taylor Swift was the first artist to occupy every one of the top 10 slots on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.43 · The Eras Tour generated $2B in ticket sales, but $5B in consumer spending
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Yu Zidi, a 13-year-old Chinese swimmer, wins two gold medals at the Asian Games, emerging as a potential podiu
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · Ryan Sheckler won X Games gold at only 13 years old
- 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.15 · Interest in the X Games is growing fast among younger teens
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.76 · Becoming an Olympic swimmer costs tens of thousands of dollars
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.18 · The Salt Lake City event marked the X Games’ 30th anniversary
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NASA's Perseverance rover finds rocks showing evidence of ancient lakes, groundwater, and hydrothermal fluids
- 0.59 · curiosity · keep 0.27 · Planetary exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life kicked off with Viking
- 0.59 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · Although Mars does not feature liquid water on its surface, geological features provide evidence that the Martian surface experienced massive flooding in the distant past.
- 0.58 · curiosity · keep 0.35 · The Viking landers were the first spacecraft to conduct experiments on Mars
- 0.57 · experiences · keep 0.77 · View the surface of Mars from NASA's Perseverance
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.19 · Perseverance captures an aurora on Mars
- 0.53 · experiences · keep 0.16 · What is Mars Curiosity rover up to?
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.23 · Launched in 2020, NASA's Perseverance rover was equipped with a deployable helicopter
- 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.15 · Internet sleuths solve secret message on Perseverance rover’s Mars parachute
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.08 · A four-billion-year-old meteorite reignited the debate about life on Mars
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · Ambient sounds on Mars are lower-pitched and more muted than those on Earth
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · Mars once had oceans and a thick atmosphere
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · Some 19th century astronomers thought Mars was inhabited
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Alzheimer's disease is no longer an "untreatable" condition as drugs slow decline and studies reveal promising
- 0.61 · explainers · keep 0.22 · More than 200 drug trials for Alzheimer's have failed or been abandoned since 2010, but two anti-amyloid infusion medications have netted FDA approval in recent years.
- 0.60 · explainers · keep 0.24 · Early-onset Alzheimer's can appear as early as age 30, but estimates of its prevalence remain uncertain.
- 0.59 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Scientists are reevaluating the causes of Alzheimer's beyond the amyloid hypothesis after numerous experimental drugs designed to target that theory have failed.
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.20 · There are two FDA-approved blood tests that may detect early Alzheimer's disease, but people can only use them when they already have symptoms of memory loss.
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.54 · Does our fear of Alzheimer's create stigma around its treatment?
- 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.54 · Recent evidence raises the question of whether conventional wisdom about amyloid plaques and their connection to Alzheimer's is wrong.
- 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.75 · Alzheimer's brain changes may begin years before symptoms appear.
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.63 · Explore this 1440 Original video offering a primer on Alzheimer's disease and what's known about its incidence, causes, and more.
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.55 · "Plaques" and "tangles" are top potential causes of Alzheimer's—but questions remain
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.17 · Genetic blood test offers an estimated clock on when Alzheimer's symptoms may appear
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.26 · Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia and risks rise after age 65
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.68 · Five to ten percent of Alzheimer's cases are early-onset
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Female infants spend more time looking at human faces, while male infants spend more time looking at non-human
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.63 · Newborns have a strong sense of smell
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Exposing fetuses to certain flavors in the womb could lead to children being less picky eaters
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.79 · Shorter, more frequent touches are better than longer, rarer ones
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.82 · Baby monkeys chose a soft, warm doll over a wire one with food
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.53 · An interesting perspective on whether (and how) brain size matters in cognitive ability
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.59 · Why humans evolved single-child pregnancies
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.37 · A pregnant woman's brain sheds gray matter, perhaps explaining 'baby brain.'
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Western babies often lack a gut microbe common elsewhere.
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.25 · Like fingerprints, brain anatomy is unique too
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.29 · The dreaming brain, as understood by scientists
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US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +1.5%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +2.3%) as tech stocks surge ahead of a White House
- 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.65 · See how the S&P 500 performed throughout the first 100 days of each modern presidency.
- 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.51 · Why some say the S&P 500 has effectively become an AI fund
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.40 · A stock index is a group of companies clustered together, often providing a condensed snapshot of a market segment.
- 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.30 · In late 2025, the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 made up more than 40% of the index's total value
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.11 · US IPO issuance—the total dollar amount of new stock sold to the public via IPOs—hit a record high in 2026.
- 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.11 · The Dow now tracks 30 major US companies across various industries
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.45 · How the stock market performed under every US president
- 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.49 · Many of the top companies in the US by market cap began as tech startups
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.20 · Investors rely on the S&P 500 as a benchmark for the state of the economy
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.16 · In 1999, Microsoft and Intel’s addition signaled the information tech era for the Dow
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.36 · 'The stock market' can be loosely defined as a set of exchanges and other places where shares of public companies are bought and sold.
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Paramount settles antitrust lawsuit with 12 states, clearing final major hurdle for $111B Warner Bros. Discove
- 0.56 · explainers · keep 0.28 · A 1948 Supreme Court ruling realigned the film industry
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.12 · The 1948 Supreme Court ruling was overturned in 2020
- 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.09 · In 2024, the league signed a 11-year deal with Disney, Amazon, and NBC Universal
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.58 · See a timeline of the consolidation of the television and film industry, beginning with Vaudeville theatre traditions from the 1880s.
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Novo Nordisk shares fall 8% as the drugmaker outlines plan to launch at least five new obesity and diabetes dr
- 0.64 · explainers · keep 0.16 · Companies developing new weight loss drugs
- 0.58 · news-in-context · keep 0.54 · From Ozempic to Wegovy, see the $58B weight loss drug market visualized in one chart.
- 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.10 · The popularity of new weight loss drugs has led to a diabetes treatment shortage
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.57 · Ozempic parent company Novo Nordisk operates under a 'foundation ownership model'—meaning that a foundation holds the majority of the company's voting power, while most of its equity is owned by public investors.
- 0.54 · news-in-context · keep 0.45 · In 2023, Americans spent more than $50B on weight loss drugs, a number expected to triple or more by the end of the decade.
- 0.51 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · In 2025, Weight Watchers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after reporting revenue and profit losses for multiple consecutive years, with its stock price losing about 99% of its value between 2018 and 2025.
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.21 · How weight loss drugs could reduce obesity costs
- 0.49 · news-in-context · keep 0.50 · See which GLP-1 drugs are currently approved (along with their cost)
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.68 · Research suggests Ozempic has benefits beyond weight loss
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.14 · GLP-1s are linked to reduced worker illness and cost savings—a 2026 economic analysis finds the weight-loss drugs are tied to a 17% drop in worker sick leave days.
- 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.20 · Weight Watchers began offering access to GLP-1 weight-loss medications in 2023 after losing more than 1.5 million members over the previous two years.
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.50 · How self-care led to Ozempic's success
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Equipment failure at Philadelphia air traffic control facility halts flights at Newark and Philadelphia airpor
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.41 · The US air traffic control system is safe but due for major technological updates
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WHO begins testing existing Ebola vaccine against latest strain driving outbreak in Democratic Republic of the
- 0.67 · explainers · keep 0.07 · The 2026 Ebola outbreak is hampered by the lack of a vaccine against the relevant species of the virus, heightening the need for rapid tests to aid in disease control.
- 0.62 · explainers · keep 0.05 · The 2026 Ebola outbreak in the DRC is spurring new Ebola vaccine development for the Bundibugyo species.
- 0.62 · explainers · keep 0.41 · See the evolution of Ebola vaccine and treatment development.
- 0.61 · explainers · keep 0.11 · Ebola virus, with an average fatality rate above 50%, has been responsible for at least 250 confirmed deaths during the 2026 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
- 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Three Ebola species are responsible for most large outbreaks of the disease, yet the only approved Ebola vaccine is known to work against just one of them.
- 0.52 · longform · keep 0.38 · See how Ebola tore through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia in 2014-2016.
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.10 · An Ebola vaccine was developed during the 2018 west African Ebola outbreak, but the 2026 Ebola outbreak is with a different species of the virus, not the one that the vaccine is approved to treat.
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.42 · There have been close to 40 Ebola outbreaks since 1976
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.14 · Ebola species have historically been named after where they were discovered, stigmatizing residents who live there, including Bundibugyo, in Uganda.
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.14 · Marburg virus, related to Ebola, is also extremely deadly, and has no available vaccine.
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.19 · Scientists have struggled to pin down Ebola's natural reservoir species for decades, but the available evidence suggests that it's very likely fruit and insect-eating bats found in Africa.
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Cultural norms about how to handle the bodies of loved ones in communities in West Africa have hampered Ebola responses.
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Vermont man convicted of attempted murder in 2023 shooting of three Palestinian American college students in B
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What is the significance of today's autumnal equinox?
- 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.26 · Five things to know about autumnal equinoxes
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.38 · The difference between solstice and equinox, explained
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · The winter solstice has been celebrated globally for millennia
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The average price of a wedding in your state. ( Share)
- 0.67 · news-in-context · keep 0.64 · At $55K, on average, New Jersey is the most expensive US state to host a wedding
- 0.57 · news-in-context · keep 0.35 · In 2024, the average US wedding cost was around $33K
- 0.54 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · Wedding cost increases have outpaced inflation
- 0.53 · news-in-context · keep 0.64 · Use a calculator that can estimate the cost of your dream wedding.
- 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.76 · The wedding industry is a roughly $200B global market
- 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.26 · Wedding costs have gone up significantly since the 2020 pandemic lockdowns
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.79 · From flowers to venues, seemingly everything gets a price markup when it's for a wedding
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Here's why weddings are so expensive
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.60 · See how much it costs to build a new home in each US state, as homeowners look to new construction in a competitive real estate market—with a national average cost of over $332K for a 2,100-square-foot home.
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.44 · The term 'wedding tax' is often used to refer to the extra money that many wedding industry suppliers charge
- 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.54 · See the annual income required to purchase a typical three-bedroom home in each state as of 2025, based on a 10% down payment, a 6.65% interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage, and a 30% income-to-housing cost threshold.
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.41 · Wedding photographers and other vendors have tailored their services to social media in recent years
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How to make Jackie Kennedy's four-ingredient casserole.
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · Jacqueline Kennedy transformed the White House into a museum of American history
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.84 · Watch someone follow an early American recipe using 19th-century technology
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · James Hemings, Jefferson's cook, popularized mac and cheese in the US
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.49 · You can read First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' will online
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Mississippi wildlife center doubles as a baby raccoon boot camp.
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Why your gas stove might have orange flames.
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Cerulean eruptions result from sulfur being heated by molten rock
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Who invented french fries?
- 0.60 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · McDonald's french fries are, by far, the most popular french fries available at fast food restaurants around the world.
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.51 · Historians believe the first modern restaurant was opened in 1765
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What do sunsets look like on Pluto and some of the planets? (w/video)
- 0.49 · experiences · keep 0.73 · View photographs of solar eclipses on Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn caused by the moons of these planets blocking sunlight.
- 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.80 · Visualize the size of countries on the sun and other planets
- 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.47 · View galleries of images taken by the Voyager spacecraft, including close-ups of Uranus, Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Saturn's ring system, and Neptune's Great Dark Spot.
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.34 · Observations from Hubble contributed to Pluto's demotion from planetary status
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.44 · Gaming out how our solar system might catch a new planet
- 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.23 · View a gallery of photographs of Uranus taken during NASA missions.
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.54 · While published images have suggested that Neptune is much bluer than Uranus, the two ice giants are a similarly pale shade of greenish-blue.
- 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.45 · Listen to samples of 'sounds' produced in the sun's interior, created from the sonification of internal vibrations detected by the Parker Solar Probe.
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Forget Ken. Barbie's new beau is a rock star.
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.44 · The rare 1970s Ken Doll with facial hair
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