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Nevada Tells Kalshi: No, the CFTC Cannot Save YouNevada's attorney general has formally opposed Kalshi's request to pause Ninth Circuit rehearing proceedings while federal regulators rewrite the rules.
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The Happiest Brain in the Room Still Has Nine Things to SayYongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Tibetan monk whose brain scans showed unusual happiness activity, has shared nine small practices he says anyone can try.
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GLP-1 Users Flag a New Side EffectA pharmacovigilance analysis of nearly 2,000 people on GLP-1 medications found a statistically significant association with onycholysis, the detachment of nails from the nail bed.
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Trudie's Tavern Keeps the SchmaltzA third Brooklyn restaurant from the team behind Gertrude's and Gertie extends a line of Ashkenazi-inflected cooking into new territory.
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Czech Finance Ministry Blocks KalshiInternet service providers in the Czech Republic have 15 days from 30 September 2026 to comply with a prohibition order against the US prediction markets platform Kalshi.
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Falling Asleep Too Fast Means SomethingA pharmacist's warning about instant sleep challenges one of the most widespread assumptions about rest.
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Kronthaler Shows Westwood Without WestwoodAndreas Kronthaler presented the Vivienne Westwood spring/summer 2027 collection, his latest as sole creative director of the house she founded.
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Health Records Miss MenopauseNew research finds that a transition affecting every person with ovaries is routinely absent from the clinical data meant to guide their care.
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Viking Gold Found Beneath Danish SoilSix tenth-century gold arm-rings, together weighing more than 750 grams, have been unearthed in Denmark in a find that adds material evidence to Scandinavian power structures of the Viking Age.
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The Tasting Menu's Unspoken Entrance FeeA food columnist argues that the tasting-table ritual has become a performance of cultural capital as much as an act of eating.
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Lottery Fraud Found in a Club's NameDutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit confirmed that a lottery licence was fraudulently obtained using the identity of football club Quick Boys.
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Speech Patterns Signal AgingA new study links 'older' ways of speaking to accelerated biological aging and measurable declines in memory and thinking.
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The Bat's European CradleA study combining 103 genomes and 44 fossils places bat origins in Europe, roughly 65 million years ago.
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Helen Mirren Plays Patricia HighsmithAnton Corbijn's film casts Mirren as the novelist behind Tom Ripley, a figure the director describes as worse in reality than on screen.
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Polymarket Blinks on Player SafetyThe prediction market platform has added deposit limits and self-exclusion tools as U.S. state regulators intensify scrutiny over gambling law compliance.
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De Luca and Abdy Are Out at Warner Bros.Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy will leave Warner Bros. once its $110 billion merger with Paramount Skydance closes, according to Variety.
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Pediatric ER Readiness Dropped. Children Died.A study in JAMA Pediatrics finds that falling emergency-department preparedness for children is associated with thousands of preventable deaths across the United States.
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Anglo-Saxon Coins Found Near the VaticanNew excavations close to the Vatican have produced Anglo-Saxon coins that add material evidence to Rome's medieval English community.
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New Hampshire's Casino Bill Clears One VoteSenate Bill 104 passed a 13-11 committee vote, advancing online casino legalisation in New Hampshire but leaving the proposal well short of enacted law.
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Ultra-Processed Foods Dented DepressionA UCSF study found cutting junk food for four weeks measurably reduced depression symptoms in participants.
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The Happiest Brain in the Room Still Has Nine Things to SayYongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Tibetan monk whose brain scans showed unusual happiness activity, has shared nine small practices he says anyone can try.
PUCKA63
GLP-1 Users Flag a New Side EffectA pharmacovigilance analysis of nearly 2,000 people on GLP-1 medications found a statistically significant association with onycholysis, the detachment of nails from the nail bed.
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Trudie's Tavern Keeps the SchmaltzA third Brooklyn restaurant from the team behind Gertrude's and Gertie extends a line of Ashkenazi-inflected cooking into new territory.
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Czech Finance Ministry Blocks KalshiInternet service providers in the Czech Republic have 15 days from 30 September 2026 to comply with a prohibition order against the US prediction markets platform Kalshi.
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Falling Asleep Too Fast Means SomethingA pharmacist's warning about instant sleep challenges one of the most widespread assumptions about rest.
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Kronthaler Shows Westwood Without WestwoodAndreas Kronthaler presented the Vivienne Westwood spring/summer 2027 collection, his latest as sole creative director of the house she founded.
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Health Records Miss MenopauseNew research finds that a transition affecting every person with ovaries is routinely absent from the clinical data meant to guide their care.
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Viking Gold Found Beneath Danish SoilSix tenth-century gold arm-rings, together weighing more than 750 grams, have been unearthed in Denmark in a find that adds material evidence to Scandinavian power structures of the Viking Age.
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The Tasting Menu's Unspoken Entrance FeeA food columnist argues that the tasting-table ritual has become a performance of cultural capital as much as an act of eating.
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Lottery Fraud Found in a Club's NameDutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit confirmed that a lottery licence was fraudulently obtained using the identity of football club Quick Boys.
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Speech Patterns Signal AgingA new study links 'older' ways of speaking to accelerated biological aging and measurable declines in memory and thinking.
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The Bat's European CradleA study combining 103 genomes and 44 fossils places bat origins in Europe, roughly 65 million years ago.
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Helen Mirren Plays Patricia HighsmithAnton Corbijn's film casts Mirren as the novelist behind Tom Ripley, a figure the director describes as worse in reality than on screen.
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Polymarket Blinks on Player SafetyThe prediction market platform has added deposit limits and self-exclusion tools as U.S. state regulators intensify scrutiny over gambling law compliance.
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De Luca and Abdy Are Out at Warner Bros.Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy will leave Warner Bros. once its $110 billion merger with Paramount Skydance closes, according to Variety.
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Pediatric ER Readiness Dropped. Children Died.A study in JAMA Pediatrics finds that falling emergency-department preparedness for children is associated with thousands of preventable deaths across the United States.
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Anglo-Saxon Coins Found Near the VaticanNew excavations close to the Vatican have produced Anglo-Saxon coins that add material evidence to Rome's medieval English community.
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New Hampshire's Casino Bill Clears One VoteSenate Bill 104 passed a 13-11 committee vote, advancing online casino legalisation in New Hampshire but leaving the proposal well short of enacted law.
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Ultra-Processed Foods Dented DepressionA UCSF study found cutting junk food for four weeks measurably reduced depression symptoms in participants.