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Small Business Disaster Loans to Hurricane Victims Are Halted as Cash Runs Out

The Small Business Association has announced that loans to those affected by hurricanes and other disasters have been halted to wait for more money from Congress. But the House speaker says nothing will happen until after the presidential election

Thu Oct 17, 2024 22:20
Don’t Panic. AI Isn’t Coming to End Scientific Exploration

Science is filled with tools that once seemed revolutionary and are now just part of the research tool kit. That time may have come for artificial intelligence

Thu Oct 17, 2024 21:19
Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves

In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia alone often fall through the cracks

Thu Oct 17, 2024 21:19
'Wonder Drug' Explores Thalidomide’s Secret History and Harms in the U.S.

In her book Wonder Drug, Jennifer Vanderbes explores the history of thalidomide’s secret history—and harms—in the U.S.

Thu Oct 17, 2024 19:19
Donald Trump Wants to Make Eugenics Great Again. Let’s Not

Trump’s anti-immigrant good-gene-bad-gene screeds are nothing but factless eugenics for a new era

Thu Oct 17, 2024 19:19
Ancient ‘Age of Dinosaurs’ Seafloor Found beneath Pacific Ocean

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged beneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 million years, a new study suggests

Thu Oct 17, 2024 17:20

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