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Death Penalty Pause, Speech Clock, and the Best of September

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Tennessee Execution Failure
  1. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.34 · A Tennessee teacher was put on trial in 1925 for teaching evolution in a public school
  2. 0.40 · longform · keep 0.15 · Elizabeth Holmes has publicly spoken about the 'hell and torture' of prison since she began serving time.
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School Voucher Rules
  1. 0.60 · news-in-context · keep 0.14 · 15 states offer school voucher programs, serving nearly 350,000 students
  2. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.61 · School choice allows families to use public funds for private education
  3. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.44 · School choice vouchers have had mixed results
  4. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.40 · The federal government offers billions in student aid each year in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and more
  5. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.18 · The IRS answers basic questions about 529 savings plans
  6. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.26 · The scope of 529 plans has expanded, but 529s still have some drawbacks
  7. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Explore a guide to 529 college savings plans
  8. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.75 · Watch a breakdown of tax breaks most Americans don't know about
  9. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Connecticut recently became the first state to create and launch a baby bond program, a government-funded savings or investment account that is seeded when a child is born.
  10. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.28 · Federal government supports—but doesn't run—K-12 schools
  11. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Private K-12 schools rely on tuition; colleges rely on funding for research
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How Old Do I Sound?
  1. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.44 · Computer systems create artificial voices by stitching together phonemes—individual sounds that make up speech, such as 't,' 'long a,' and 'k' to say 'take.'
  2. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.35 · See how a novel neurological procedure that employs artificial intelligence restored a woman's speech almost 20 years after a stroke.
  3. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.17 · Genetic blood test offers an estimated clock on when Alzheimer's symptoms may appear
  4. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.74 · Create professional-quality spoken audio from text
  5. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.44 · Chronological versus biological age
  6. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.79 · Doctors use three key physical markers to determine biological aging
  7. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.62 · Studies show AI tools can result in passive learning with less retention
  8. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.66 · Super-agers: seniors 80 and above with the memory ability of people in their 50s
  9. 0.42 · longform · keep 0.58 · The journalist who let AI speak with his voice
  10. 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.70 · Create flute, saxophone, trumpet, or violin reproductions of any 15-second piece of audio using machine learning.
  11. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Brain training game creates long-lasting changes in the brain that may help protect against dementia.
  12. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.26 · How reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%
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Michigan school district launches campaign encouraging people to complete and document 517,000 acts of kindnes
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Pop star Sia sells 50% stake in her catalog to Swedish music investment firm Pophouse for $180M
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Rapper Rick Ross has been arrested on charges related to an alleged domestic violence incident in August, incl
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San Diego State's football team is reportedly facing a mumps outbreak, including 14 confirmed cases; Aztecs ar
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Google launches experimental satellite as part of a long-term plan to deploy AI data centers in space
  1. 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.12 · Google chose Santa Barbara to host its Quantum AI computing project
  2. 0.50 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Research suggests AI data centers may be creating microclimate heat islands
  3. 0.49 · experiences · keep 0.54 · Google began as a Stanford University dorm room project
  4. 0.48 · experiences · keep 0.12 · The next evolution of Google Search: AI Mode
  5. 0.48 · experiences · keep 0.69 · Take a 360-degree tour of a Google data center
  6. 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.66 · Google fired proton beams at its AI chips to see whether they could survive five years of cosmic radiation in orbiting data centers
  7. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.14 · Some scientists propose AI-powered satellites to monitor nuclear weapons in place of arms control treaties
  8. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.36 · Google invented the foundation of the AI movement—but ChatGPT was a shock
  9. 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.07 · Google Search incorporated AI Overviews in 2024 to fight back competitors
  10. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.14 · A lunar 'satellite catapult' revives a 50-year-old idea for launching rockets
  11. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.36 · SpaceX has launched thousands of its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
  12. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.48 · According to the International Energy Agency, hyperscale data centers consume about as much electricity annually as 400,000 electric vehicles to provide 24/7 access to online applications, services, and information.
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Four astronauts participate in SpaceX's quickest flight to the International Space Station yet, at about eight
  1. 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Who’s in space right now?
  2. 0.50 · news-in-context · keep 0.25 · View the docket of future SpaceX launches
  3. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.37 · Read about every visitor to the International Space Station
  4. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · How SpaceX Made Space Affordable
  5. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.20 · Explore a timeline of the International Space Station National Lab
  6. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.25 · The Russian Federal Space Agency enabled the first space tourism journey
  7. 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.61 · Watch how dozens of everyday human tasks are performed in space
  8. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.45 · Astronauts follow strict schedules to mimic Earth days and stay healthy in space
  9. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.76 · See how SpaceX has impacted costs throughout spaceflight history.
  10. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.37 · Orbital spaceflight requires reaching 23 times the speed of sound
  11. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.20 · Overcoming industry skeptics, SpaceX provides low-cost, high-publicity spaceflights
  12. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · Starship is the space travel ship that rides atop the world's largest rocket
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Roughly one in eight cancer cases globally is attributable to infections, including HPV, hepatitis C, and HIV;
  1. 0.73 · explainers · keep 0.75 · Roughly 1 in 5 cancers are caused by viruses
  2. 0.65 · explainers · keep 0.50 · The seven viruses that cause human cancers
  3. 0.59 · explainers · keep 0.56 · Explore global maps of cancer prevalence, with incidences that reflect various risk factors, including smoking rates, HPV infections, sunscreen use, and alcohol consumption.
  4. 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.34 · Scientists now know that Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose 'immortal' cancer cells were nonconsensually sampled and used for research, had been infected with human papillomavirus, a group of pathogens responsible for most cervical cancers.
  5. 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.49 · The HPV vaccine reduces cervical cancer rates by about 90%.
  6. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.41 · About 40% of cancer cases are linked to preventable risk factors
  7. 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.36 · Breast, prostate, and lung cancer are the most common forms of cancer.
  8. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.75 · Alcohol may be responsible for about 5% of cancer cases and 4% of cancer deaths in the US.
  9. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.66 · Many cancers arise from genetic mutations inherited from your parents
  10. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.43 · A scientist successfully treated her own breast cancer by injecting the tumor with lab-grown viruses.
  11. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.75 · How does cancer spread through the body?
  12. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.27 · Timeline of cancer research milestones
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US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +0.0%, Nasdaq +0.0%) as 10-year Treasury yield hits 5.3%, it
  1. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Investors collectively owned $28T in US Treasury securities as of 2025.
  2. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.40 · A stock index is a group of companies clustered together, often providing a condensed snapshot of a market segment.
  3. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.65 · See how the S&P 500 performed throughout the first 100 days of each modern presidency.
  4. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.23 · The S&P 500 yields a roughly 10.5% average annual return
  5. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.34 · Markets have always recovered and hit new highs following crashes
  6. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.20 · Investors rely on the S&P 500 as a benchmark for the state of the economy
  7. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.12 · The S&P 500, managed by the same company, is another major stock index
  8. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Interest rates have historically been an indicator of the US economy's overall health.
  9. 0.44 · experiences · keep 0.34 · Visualizing decades of stock market performance
  10. 0.43 · 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
  11. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Mutual funds in seven broad categories averaged a 13.1% annual return in 2023.
  12. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.61 · Why does the stock market matter?
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Thirty-year mortgage rate surges to 7.3%, marking the largest weekly increase in four years and the rate's hig
  1. 0.57 · explainers · keep 0.62 · See how 30-year fixed mortgage rates have changed over time—from a 1980s peak of roughly 18%, to hovering around 3% during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.21 · Historically, borrowing money from other people to purchase property was common until private financing companies—primarily building and loan associations—stepped in to offer mortgages to buyers.
  3. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.25 · The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is by far the most popular in the US
  4. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Interest rates have historically been an indicator of the US economy's overall health.
  5. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.21 · How interest rates affect homebuying
  6. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.32 · The average monthly mortgage payment in the US costs 38% more than monthly rent
  7. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.15 · 'Floating rate' loans periodically adjust their interest rates in accordance with economic conditions
  8. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.30 · For everyday Americans, a relatively high national debt can lead to higher interest rates on financial products such as mortgages.
  9. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.26 · The private credit industry—which offers nonbank loans directly to businesses, particularly privately held midmarket companies—grew from a $250B asset class in 2010 to around $1.5T in early 2024.
  10. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.40 · See the growth of US consumer debt
  11. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.55 · The rare, so-called 'assumable' mortgage is landing homebuyers a 3% rate.
  12. 0.42 · 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.
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Accenture shares climb 15.8% after the firm's fiscal fourth-quarter report highlighted $18.7B in total revenue
  1. 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.20 · The global consulting industry was worth roughly $710B in 2023
  2. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.37 · In 2025, American tech companies will spend $300B to $400B on AI
  3. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · 87% of the startups in Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 batch were AI companies
  4. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.08 · Global investing in startups hit a record $297B in Q1 2026
  5. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.36 · AI investment may be the next major economic bubble
  6. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.38 · Governments are arguably very dependent on consulting firms like McKinsey and Deloitte
  7. 0.43 · 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
  8. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.71 · Some argue that America has become too dependent on consulting.
  9. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.23 · In 2023, venture capital firms invested $170B in over 15,000 US companies
  10. 0.42 · 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.
  11. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.35 · Visualizing the AI investment wave
  12. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.51 · Why some say the S&P 500 has effectively become an AI fund
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) moves oversight of Cornell University sexual assault investigation to state AG
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Renee Good's family sues US government officials over her killing by an ICE agent in January
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Supreme Court agrees to consider whether Trump administration can detain noncitizens indefinitely without bond
  1. 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.05 · Courts have blocked the Trump administration's 2025 executive order limiting birthright citizenship
  2. 0.50 · news-in-context · keep 0.06 · Experts believe a Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship is likely in 2026
  3. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.08 · The Supreme Court limited federal judges' power to issue nationwide injunctions in 2025
  4. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.17 · The Supreme Court has greatly expanded executive power in recent years
  5. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.07 · The Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 that Trump's emergency tariff powers didn't extend to imposing tariffs
  6. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.06 · The 2025-26 Supreme Court docket is poised to reshape presidential power
  7. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.06 · Trump's 2025 asylum suspension departed from a policy framework in place since 1980
  8. 0.44 · longform · keep 0.53 · An adultery and poisoning case examined whether federal treaty power supersedes state law
  9. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.06 · President Donald Trump signed an executive order in 2025 to restrict birthright citizenship
  10. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.38 · Advocates for restricting birthright citizenship argue that some parents aren't 'fully subject to US jurisdiction'
  11. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.41 · Watch scholars debate Supreme Court term limits
  12. 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.28 · Issues of ICE conduct span multiple Republican and Democratic administrations
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Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties, after Ethiopian officials accuse Eritrea of supporting unrest in nor
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Pakistan launches airstrikes in Afghanistan, killing at least 10 civilians, in strikes it said targeted milita
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