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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

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What To Do When You're Feeling Lost

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daunting, but a period of disorder from time to time can be a
beneficial break from stress.

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Editor's Note: Herein lies the paradox: It's counterproductive to
suppress or repress disorientation and disorder. But it's also
counterproductive to romanticize and dwell in them. What is one to do?

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How Pet Parrots Started a War Inside an NYC Apartment Building
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The women quickly developed a friendship, one that started warmly
enough. Together they went to bars and parties and sought a place in
Manhattan’s social whirl, all the while trying to gain traction
professionally. Ms. Kullen was laid off from a public relations firm,
then cycled through a few different jobs before founding her own P.R.
shop and working out of her apartment. Ms. Lesser was briefly a social
worker and eventually started making jewelry, which she sold through
an Etsy store.

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Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back.
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Jules Rodriguez lost his voice in October of last year. His speech had
been deteriorating since a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) in 2020, as the muscles in his head and neck progressively
weakened along with those in the rest of his body.















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Steve Jobs was so dreaded by his employees that they wouldn't even
step into the elevator with him. However, when his secretary was late
for work due to car problems, the Apple co-founder didn't fire her;
instead, he handed her the keys to a brand-new Jaguar
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In the complex tapestry of Steve Jobs' leadership at Apple, stories of
extreme demands and harsh criticism often overshadow moments of
extraordinary generosity.

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Bhutan's dark secret to happiness
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Citizens of one of the happiest countries on Earth are surprisingly
comfortable contemplating a topic many prefer to avoid. Is that the
key to joy? On a visit to Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, I found
myself sitting across from a man named Karma Ura, spilling my guts.














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8 of the Best Vegetables That Are Surprisingly Easy to Grow in
Containers
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No garden plot? No problem!

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Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley
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When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.














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Alzheimer's Disease as Type 3 Diabetes: Evidence for Insulin
Resistance and Metabolic Dysfunction as Drivers of AD Pathogenesis
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is commonly recognized by its hallmark
symptoms--memory loss, cognitive decline, and neurodegeneration.
However, one crucial aspect often goes overlooked: the strong link
between AD and diabetes.

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Uncertainty surrounds US participation in WHO flu strain selection
meeting
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A World Health Organization (WHO)-led advisory committee meeting to
recommend the seasonal flu strains to include in the Northern
Hemisphere's 2025-2026 flu season is slated to meet on February 28,
but it's unclear if US members will participate following an executive
order from President Trump th














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7 Jaw-Dropping Gen Z Interview Statistics (2025)
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The old hiring rulebook is burning--and zoomers hold the match.
Generation Z has a different approach to work, with unique preferences
and expectations.

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Why Can't Coding Be Celebrated Like Art or Sports?
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Art history runs parallel to history because you can view history
through the eyes of the artists that were alive at the time. For a
while now, I've been harboring this envy of sorts.














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Is carbon capture tech more viable than renewable energy? Stanford
study has an answer
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New Delhi: There's a topical study from Stanford University in which
researchers mapped out the functional costs of carbon capture
technologies, which are used to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the
air in a bid to reduce emissions.

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Argentina: Milei faces impeachment threat over crypto post
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The Argentinian president posted about a new cryptocurrency on social
media before deleting the post hours later. In that short period of
time, the cryptocurrency rose in value before tanking.














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Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy
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Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called "fingerprinting",
which allows online advertisers to collect more data about users
including their IP addresses and information about their devices.

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Meditation And Mindfulness Can Have a Dark Side That We Don't Talk
About
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Since mindfulness is something you can practice at home for free, it
often sounds like the perfect tonic for stress and mental health
issues. Mindfulness is a type of Buddhist-based meditation in which
you focus on being aware of what you're sensing, thinking, and feeling
in the present moment.














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JPMorgan employee who questioned Jamie Dimon's RTO mandate says he was
fired--then told he could stay--after testy town hall
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BYTom Williams--CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

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'Hot Potato' Plants Engineered to Flourish in Heat Waves
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When a scorching heat wave struck Illinois in June 2022, crop
physiologist Katherine Meacham-Hensold hoped her team's new
bioengineered potato variety would survive it--but she was astonished
by just how well it thrived.













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Marvel's New 'Captain America' Is No. 1, Despite Poor Reviews
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“Brave New World” stars Anthony Mackie as Captain America, a role
that Chris Evans played in numerous Marvel movies from 2011 to 2019.
Mr. Mackie joined what is known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe in
2014, when he played a winged superhero called the Falcon in
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” In 2021, his character took
over as Captain America in the final episode of the Disney+ series
“Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”

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Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.
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“Since the dawn of the Cold War in the late 1940s, the Kremlin has
dreamed of pushing America out of its role as the cornerstone of
European security,” said Andrew S. Weiss, vice president for studies
at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Putin surely is
savvy enough to pounce on any openings provided by the new
administration.”

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Argentina's Milei Orders Investigation After Promoting Crypto That
Cratered
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A center-left coalition that opposes Mr. Milei’s libertarian
government called his crypto foray “a scandal without precedent.”
Another political bloc said it was seeking to create a commission in
Congress to investigate what occurred.

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Convicted murderer among three members of NZYQ cohort to be resettled
in Nauru under deal struck by Labor
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Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse
issues is available from the following organisations. In Australia,
support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). In the UK, Rape
Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222. In the US, Rainn offers
support on 800-656-4673. Other international helplines can be found at
ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html

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As the US walks away, Europe needs to step up for Ukraine. But does it
have the will?
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Russia is relying on strength of numbers, and Putin may not honour a
peace deal

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Rubio expected to push Trump plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza
on trip to Israel
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The freed hostages – the Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, the
Israeli-Argentinian Iair Horn and the Israeli-Russian Sasha Troufanov
– returned to emotional reunions with their families.

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Death of OpenAI whistleblower deemed suicide in new autopsy report
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Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI employee, was found dead in his San
Francisco apartment on Nov. 26; on Friday, the city's medical examiner
ruled his death a suicide, countering suspicions by his family that
had fueled widespread speculation online.

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Marc Andreessen dreams of making a16z a lasting company, beyond
partnerships
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Many venture industry observers have wondered whether Andreessen
Horowitz, a firm that manages $45 billion, has its sights on
eventually becoming a publicly traded company.

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America Doesn't Have Enough Elevators
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Walkup apartments are more American than they may seem. A recent
report by Stephen Smith, founder of the Center for Building in North
America, highlights the scarcity and high cost of elevators in the
United States and Canada compared with other high-income nations.

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A Google-backed group is trying to prevent extreme wildfires
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“This is going to be transformational,” Olkin said. “This is
going to provide information for first responders — how they can
respond operationally to fires, and also how they can plan things like
evacuation routes.”

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How Trump's One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy
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“It’s potentially a herculean task,” said Ted Murphy, an
international trade expert at Sidley Austin, a law firm in Washington.
“For every widget, every tariff classification, you can have 150
different duty rates. You’ve got Albania to Zimbabwe.”

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Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources
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The request for half of Ukraine’s minerals was made on Wednesday,
when Mr. Bessent met with Mr. Zelensky in Kyiv, the first visit by a
Trump administration official to Ukraine. The Treasury Department
declined to comment about any negotiation.

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On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters
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A veterinarian had recommended that Pebbles be humanely euthanized.
But the Creature Conservancy wasn’t ready to accept that fate for
Pebbles, who had at least another decade of life potentially ahead of
her.

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She's Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer's, in a Race to the Death
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But when Ms. Mekel’s family doctor read the advance directive, she
said that while she supported euthanasia, she could not provide it.
She will not do it for someone who has by definition lost the capacity
to consent.

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New Insights Into Older Hearts
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“Cardiology has been blessed with a lot of progress and research and
drug development,” said Dr. Karen Alexander, who teaches geriatric
cardiology at Duke University. “The medications are better than
ever, and we know how to use them better.”

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Trump Aides to Meet With Russian Officials About Ukraine Next Week
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When asked whether any Ukrainian officials would attend, the person
did not say — a sign that Ukraine will probably not take part in the
talks, despite Mr. Trump saying this week that Ukrainians would
participate in discussions in Saudi Arabia.

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Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He's 'Saving His Country'
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He has brought a far more aggressive attitude toward his use of power
to the White House in his second term than he did at the start of his
first. The powers of the presidency that he returned to were bolstered
by last year’s Supreme Court ruling that he is presumptively immune
from prosecution for any crimes he may commit using his official
powers.

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Rubio Visits Israel as Trump Pushes Plan to Expel Palestinians From
Gaza
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Mr. Trump surprised the world with his Gaza plan during a Feb. 4 news
conference in Washington with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who
has since called it “a revolutionary, creative approach” that
should be studied. Mr. Netanyahu has not explicitly endorsed the idea,
which some Israeli officials consider impractical.

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Israel and Hamas Make 6th Exchange, Keeping Cease-Fire Intact for Now
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Dozens of gun-toting fighters affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian
Islamic Jihad forced Mr. Troufanov, Mr. Horn and Mr. Dekel-Chen to
mount a stage in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis and to give
speeches in Hebrew, with portraits of Hamas leaders on the stage
behind them.

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Adams to Sue Trump Administration Over Clawback of Migrant Shelter
Funds
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Mr. Bove said the move had nothing to do with the case’s legal
strengths, but rather that its prosecution would impede Mr. Adams’s
ability to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration
policies, a highly unusual justification for dropping criminal
charges.

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He Nearly Ended Cuomo's Career. Now He Says His Ex-Rival Should Be
Mayor.
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And it was the latest indication that the once unshakable bond between
the city’s second Black mayor and its Black political establishment
may be crumbling after the prosecutor overseeing the mayor’s case
charged that he had agreed to a quid pro quo with Trump administration
officials. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the State Senate majority leader,
joined the chorus of Black leaders calling for his resignation later
Saturday.

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East Timor's Challenges Two Decades After Independence
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“No country in Southeast Asia or in Africa began as we did, from
ashes, from total destruction,” Mr. Ramos-Horta said. But, he added:
“In 22 years, we should have resolved child poverty, child
malnutrition, mother malnutrition and extreme poverty. So that has
been a failure.”

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A Pro-Ukraine Activist Is Accused by Slovakia's Leader of Trying to
Topple Him
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At a recent news conference, Prime Minister Robert Fico pointed to an
enlarged copy of the photograph that Ms. Stasselova had posted on her
Facebook page. He presented it as evidence that she was a ringleader
in a coup plot aimed at toppling his government.

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Opinion | The Republican Party's NPC Problem ? and Ours
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What happens when ambition no longer checks ambition?

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Knife Attack in Austria Kills One and Injures Four
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The collapse of the Assad regime in December prompted several European
countries to pause legal proceedings on asylum status for Syrians.
Austria has said it would plan to deport Syrians whose claims for
asylum failed.

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Utah Bans Collective Bargaining for Public Workers
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That’s why bargaining rights for public employees vary by state,
with some offering stronger protections for workers and unions and
others restricting the kinds of workers who can unionize. In Texas,
for example, only police and firefighters can collectively bargain.
But only two states, North Carolina and South Carolina, had banned
collective bargaining outright.

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Duke Energy yanks climate language from earnings report with new focus
on natural gas
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As the Trump administration shifts U.S. energy policy away from clean
alternatives, some power companies are following suit by removing the
mention of climate targets in their public reports.

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At least 48 people killed in Mali goldmine collapse
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Rescuers still searching for victims at the illegally operated mine in
the west of the country

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Muhsin Hendricks, world's 'first openly gay imam', shot dead in South
Africa
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Hendricks, who had worked as an Arabic language teacher and fashion
designer, was 29 when he came out to his mother. Born into a Muslim
family, he married a woman, had children, then divorced before
revealing his sexuality to his family, eight years after his father
died.

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Contraception for capybaras: Buenos Aires suburb's rodent plan stirs
debate
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"For years, we have been asking for different, linked green areas that
function as natural reserves connected by biological corridors, to
protect the capybaras and preserve their survival and coexistence in
their own natural space," Soto said, adding that the group's surveys
had "not been taken into account".

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Queensland council denies 'trying to make homelessness illegal' as
residents threatened with $8,000 fines
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The premier, David Crisafulli, said it was important to ensure
individuals had the right to enjoy public spaces, but it was equally
important to "do all we can put a roof over the head of people who are
vulnerable".

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'Work from home if you can': Sydney commuters warned of more public
transport chaos
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"This dispute over time has been about a range of things, at one point
about running trains 24 hours a day and at another point about free
fares, now it is about a $4,500 sign-on bonus. We cannot afford bells
and whistles."

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'People are paying too much': Coalition could break up big insurance
companies, Dutton says
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"This means investing in resilience-enhancing infrastructure,
strengthening building stock and reforming land use planning, and
requires significant investment from and collaboration with
governments," he said.

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Labor to ban foreign investors from buying existing homes for at least
two years, replicating Coalition policy
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“I really don’t care about the politics of this. Everything we do
on housing is about getting more Australians into their own homes, and
this change will play a part in that,” she said.

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