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Why Older Fathers Pass on More Harmful Mutations to Their Kids

Why Older Fathers Pass on More Harmful Mutations to Their Kids

Summary: Groundbreaking research has revealed that as men age, harmful genetic mutations in sperm not only accumulate but are also favored during sperm production, giving them a reproductive advantage. Using ultra-accurate DNA sequencing, scientists found that sperm from older men were significantly more likely to carry disease-causing mutations, including those linked to neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer. This phenomenon, known as …

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Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group – The New York Times

Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group  The New York Times Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech  The Washington Post “Move Fast”: From McCarthyism to Authoritarianism, Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group  Democracy Now! Jane Fonda revives her dad’s First Amendment group, enlisting hundreds of supporters  CBS News Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free …

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‘Dangerous Cities,’ the Military, Trump and the Founding Fathers – The New York Times

‘Dangerous Cities,’ the Military, Trump and the Founding Fathers  The New York Times Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.  The New York Times The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay  The Atlantic Trump’s comments on sending troops to American cities were ‘cherry-picked’ from speech, Speaker Johnson says  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos ‘Could have been …

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Jane Fonda relaunches her father’s McCarthy-era free speech initiative

Jane Fonda relaunches her father’s McCarthy-era free speech initiative

Oscar-winning actor and progressive activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech initiative originally spearheaded by her father, Hollywood icon Henry Fonda, in response to the rise of “McCarthyism” during the 1940s. “The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, …

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Beyond the Spider-Verse’ to Open Father’s Day Weekend 2027

Beyond the Spider-Verse’ to Open Father’s Day Weekend 2027

UPDATE: Spider-Man has just spun a big old web around Disney/Pixar’s Italian cat Gatto, with Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse now going head-to-head with the rival animation title on June 18, 2027. When will the Venetian cat jump gondola? Err, meaning move to another date? Sony said Wednesday that Beyond the Spider-Verse is shifting its release date a week earlier to …

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Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for her late father’s House seat in Arizona

Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for her late father’s House seat in Arizona

Democrat Adelita Grijalva won Tuesday’s special election for the Arizona congressional seat held by her late father, NBC News projects. Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and Tucson school board member, captured Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which includes Tucson, over Republican Daniel Butierez. She will serve out the remaining 15 months of Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s term after he died in …

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Cooper Hoffman on The Long Walk, His Father’s Legacy and Acting Challenges

Cooper Hoffman on The Long Walk, His Father’s Legacy and Acting Challenges

“You got your license, and you got handed the keys to a Lamborghini.’” That’s what a friend’s father told Cooper Hoffman when he was cast in 2021’s “Licorice Pizza.” And the joy ride lived up to it. In his debut role, Hoffman was a leading man, starring in a feature directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. He notched a Golden Globe …

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