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Chemistry Nobel Honours Kagan and Soai for Taming Molecules’ Mirror Images
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the chemistry Nobel for untangling molecules' mirror images — work behind countless modern medicines.
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Headline of the Day: Panama Reels After 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake
Panama is counting the cost of a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that toppled buildings, split roads and triggered tsunami alerts across the region.
Politics
Bipartisan Backlash Builds Over Hegseth’s Plan to Livestream Firing-Squad Execution
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has drawn rare bipartisan condemnation.
Business
Wall Street Ends Week Near Record Highs as Bank Earnings Take Centre Stage
Wall Street closed the week near record highs as investors bet on a blockbuster third-quarter earnings season led by the big banks.
Technology
BloomX Raises $13 Million to Send Robotic Pollinators Into the Field
Israeli agricultural-technology startup BloomX has raised $13 million to expand its robotic crop-pollination systems, the latest sign that investors see farming’s most biological bottleneck…
Sports
Colts, Dolphins and Chargers Shuffle Rosters in a Busy Week 5 Transaction Round
Three AFC teams spent the week before their Week 5 games rearranging the back end of their rosters, in a flurry of moves reported…
Entertainment
Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Climbs Back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Just when the charts looked ready to move on, Taylor Swift moved back in. Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” climbed from No. 21…
Health
Gut Bacteria May Reveal How Fast the Brain Is Aging, UCLA Study Suggests
How old your brain looks may depend, in part, on what lives in your gut. In a study published in the journal eBioMedicine, UCLA…
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Rare Immune Cells in Abdominal Fluid May Be Shielding Tumors From Attack
When ovarian and other abdominal cancers spread, they often fill the belly with fluid — a malignant ascites that doctors drain for comfort but…
