With SNAP benefits halted by the government shutdown, 42 million Americans now face the threat of hunger as families, food banks, and states scramble for solutions.

Trump continues to flirt with the idea of a third term, blending political showmanship with constitutional brinkmanship. But beneath the bravado lies a hard legal reality: the 22nd Amendment leaves no room for presidents-for-life.

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Japan’s new female prime minister breaks barriers but her far-right stance raises new questions about the country’s future on more accounts than one.

A bold daylight robbery at the Louvre has left France questioning whether its most prized treasures—and its sense of heritage—can ever be fully protected.

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The question is no longer if Trump will weaponize federal power—but how far he will go to secure absolute dominance.

For thousands of years, human societies barely grew. Then something changed. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics recognizes three scholars who've explained this transformation through concepts like "useful knowledge" and "creative destruction"—ideas that shape economic policy worldwide.

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Trump didn’t win the Peace Prize—but his shadow loomed large over it. A look at how the Nobel’s past decisions reveal a prize perpetually torn between diplomacy, politics, and irony.

Silicon Valley has largely overlooked medical imaging, but the physics-meets-AI convergence happening in MRI and CT technology represents one of healthcare's most profound engineering transformations.

Metal-organic frameworks—crystals with empty internal spaces—are transforming science, from water harvesting in deserts to capturing carbon and storing energy.

Three physicists proved quantum mechanics works at visible scales—40 years before quantum computing became an industry. The 2025 Nobel Prize recognizes experiments that showed the impossible: billions of electrons acting as one quantum entity.

A discredited hypothesis, decades of painstaking research, and a discovery that transformed modern medicine.

How AI, gene editing, and twice-yearly injections are transforming the $65 billion fight against humanity's oldest enemies

Stripe hit $106.7B valuation and first-ever profitability in 2024, processing $1.4T in payments. Yet founders say "no near-term IPO." Why the most anticipated tech IPO keeps delaying—and what it means for 150+ zombie unicorns trapped behind it.

Israeli PM dispatches negotiators to Egypt for hostage deal, yet airstrikes continue unabated, undermining trust in ceasefire commitments.

Welfare programs weren't designed to end capitalism—they were created to save it. From Bismarck's 1880s social insurance to Silicon Valley's UBI experiments, the welfare state solves capitalism's demand paradox: maintaining purchasing power when automation concentrates wealth at the top.

Acrylamide forms naturally in coffee, toast, and fried foods during cooking. While it causes tumors in lab animals at high doses, studies of over 1 million people found no cancer link at dietary levels. Simple cooking tips can reduce exposure without giving up your morning brew.

For decades, medical science has treated the male body as the default, leaving women with dangerous drug reactions, misdiagnoses, and treatments that simply don't work.