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The publisher Taylor & Francis is investigating concerns raised on PubPeer about a paper claiming to find DNA contamination in COVID-19 vaccines beyond regulators’ recommended amounts.  The move comes as the U.S. body tasked with making recommendations for vaccine use is scheduled to consider the safety of COVID-19 shots, and two of the study’s authors say their findings will be …

How would you react if your mother admitted to you she was dating Aubrey “Drake” Graham, the rap superstar from Toronto? And that this new boyfriend wasn’t the real flesh-and-blood Drake — oh no — but is instead the AI chatbot version of Champagne Papi. This is an actual situation that was relayed by the Drake-dating mother in question in …

It’s going to be hard for the Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer to explain their way out of the latest evidence against them in the Kawhi Leonard Aspiration scandal. Pablo Torre revealed a letter from the Clippers with their team logo on it confirming a nearly $21 million withdrawal from an escrow account to be used to fund carbon projects …

Earlier this year, Marc Halushka, a pathologist at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio,  came across a review titled simply “MicroRNA,” an unusually short title in a big field. Looking deeper into the review, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2018, Halushka found it had been cited more than 2,000 times. He thought this number “shockingly high,” given …

There’s a problem with that “March of Progress” picture that’s so often used to illustrate our species’ development: it ends. Human evolution, the image implies, began in apehood and finishes here, with us. We’re done. It’s poetic, but it’s wrong. Evolution, famously, has no end goal – and there’s no reason to assume we’re already at the pinnacle of our …

Paper checks going away soon for Social Security, most federal payments  The Washington Post Social Security payments, federal benefits to go electronic this month as paper checks phase out  CNBC Trump’s Executive Order Requiring Electronic Tax Payments and Refunds: What Does It Mean?  CBIZ Social Security Phasing Out Paper Checks  Disability Scoop Fiserv detects profit as gov’t ditches checks  Payments Dive Source link

Lakers star’s piece in People’s Daily was interview, not op-ed PublishedSeptember 10, 2025 1:50 PM EDT•UpdatedSeptember 10, 2025 3:17 PM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link LeBron James is trying to clarify the massive controversy over a recent article in China’s People’s Daily purporting to be written by the NBA star. People’s Daily, which is controlled by the Chinese Communist …

Oscar Nuñez and I are sitting in the outdoor area of a coffee shop in Larchmont Village, when a parking enforcement officer asks if a car whose meter has expired might belong to us. When the oblivious owner of the vehicle comes out, Nuñez is the one to deliver the tragic news. “She was crestfallen, but she recovered quickly,” Nuñez …

LeBron James recently toured China for the 15th time as a signature Nike athlete, promoting his shoes and clothing apparel for the sporting goods conglomerate. And, as is customary when any NBA star goes to the world’s second-largest country, with a population of 1.4 billion, to promote either the game or his shoe, James was complimentary. However, when multiple news …

The Pixel 10 is a noteworthy release for a few reasons, but while Google wants to claim its displays are the best on the market, it only achieves that goal by its own metrics. That’s because, according to Sien Chang, product manager for Pixel Display, Google believes that most of its users are looking for a display that tops the …