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Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago
30 March 2026 @ 10:32 pm
The water utility highlighted unsubstantiated health concerns.
Judge halts Nexstar/Tegna merger after FCC let firms exceed TV ownership limit
30 March 2026 @ 8:18 pm
"Defendants must immediately cease" actions to integrate and consolidate the firms.
Authors' lucky break in court may help class action over Meta torrenting
30 March 2026 @ 7:04 pm
Judge gave authors an easier attack on Meta’s torrenting. Meta hopes SCOTUS ruling will block it.
F1 in Japan: Oh no, what have they done to all the fast corners?
30 March 2026 @ 5:22 pm
F1 cars don't have enough energy in a lap to attack fast corners, and that's bad.
After 16 years and $8 billion, the military's new GPS software still doesn't work
30 March 2026 @ 5:11 pm
"It's a very stressing program. We are still considering how to ensure we move forward."
Trump convenes "God Squad" to override Endangered Species Act, up oil production
30 March 2026 @ 1:30 pm
Administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections.
What happened to Amelia Earhart? New book takes on the case.
30 March 2026 @ 12:31 pm
Rachel Hartigan on her new book, Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life.
Pints meet prop bets: Polymarket’s “Situation Room” pop-up bar in DC
29 March 2026 @ 11:35 am
Why did a leading prediction market feel the need for an in-person bar in DC?
Polygraphs have major flaws. Are there better options?
29 March 2026 @ 11:01 am
Research proceeds on alternatives, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.
Explanation for why we don't see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails
28 March 2026 @ 12:30 pm
Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen.