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Paramount-WBD Merger Is Competition Killer, State Attorneys General Allege In Proposed Blockbuster Antitrust Action
From Sacramento to Albany and several state capitals in between, regional attorneys general are steeled to stop Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery in an antitrust lawsuit that could hit the courts Monday. Coming as barbed threats circulate that the David Ellison-owned PSKY could exit the Golden State in retaliation, the long…
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Work to protect adders, slow worms and lizards in Scots peatland
New shelters are being created at the site near Dumfries, using peat, tree material and brash.
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Conservative groups say Justice Kagan cannot be impartial in upcoming Supreme Court climate litigation
Conservative groups accuse Elena Kagan of failing to recuse from Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, citing her endorsement of a climate science manual.
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Trump officials accused of stacking top chemical safety board with industry ‘mouthpieces’
Public health advocacy groups have accused the Trump administration of filling the Environmental Protection Agency’s science advisory committee on chemicals with scientists they say are closely aligned with industry and have potential conflicts of interest. Critics argue this matters because the committee helps review the science behind federal decisions on toxic chemicals, and they fear…
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Apple and Google suppressed negative Graham Platner stories for months on their news platform, study finds
A Fox News report says a study found Apple News and Google News did not surface negative stories about Graham Platner for months, even as scandals around him grew. The article argues this matters because both platforms are major gateways to news, so decisions about what is shown or omitted can shape public understanding of…
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Sam Neill tributes: actors, directors and leaders remember ‘a true gentleman’
Actors, directors and public figures have paid tribute to Sam Neill after his family announced that he died on Monday aged 78. The responses portray him not only as a widely admired screen actor but also as a generous colleague, loyal friend and important cultural figure, especially in New Zealand. The breadth of the tributes…
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How Indian scientists are mapping the brain’s last frontier
Scientists at the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, say they have created the world’s most detailed three-dimensional atlas of the human brainstem at cellular resolution. Called Anchor (Atlas of Neurochemical Characterisation of the Human Brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), the digital map allows scientists to move seamlessly from whole-brain MRI…
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The Morning Poll: Should we do more to tackle climate change after the heatwaves?
This page is not a substantive news article but a Daily Mail “Morning Poll” feature asking readers whether more should be done to tackle climate change in the wake of recent heatwaves. The captured text contains only the site’s navigation menu, weather strip and a long list of unrelated headline teasers, with none of the…
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Thousands may have died in UK’s exceptional May and June heatwaves
Researchers estimate that more than 2,700 people in the UK may have died from heat-related causes during exceptionally hot weather in May and June, according to modelling by teams at Imperial College London, the Met Office and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Most of these deaths are thought to have occurred during…
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Learning another language may keep your brain younger, study suggests
Research presented at the 2026 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Forum suggests that speaking two or more languages may help slow the ageing of the brain. According to the study, people who were multilingual appeared to have “younger” brains than those who spoke only a single language, adding to a growing body of evidence linking…