In unprecedented move, giant monkey research center may become a primate sanctuary University votes to consider ending all studies at Oregon National Primate Research Center. But cost and feasibility are still in doubt

Breaking news: One of the largest monkey research centers in the United States has taken the first steps toward converting itself into a primate sanctuary, a seismic change that would affect biomedical research across the country. https://scim.ag/4bH2COV

YouTube video by CrashCourse Introduction to Cognitive Bias: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #1

What is science? And why do we need it? In this episode of Crash Course Scientific Thinking with host @hankgreen.bsky.social, we explore how cognitive bias shapes the way we think about the world, and how scientific thinking can help us overcome it. youtu.be/d2r7Bk1NlgU

CNN’s Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump’s ‘Top 25 Lies of 2025’ CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale recounted 25 of Donald Trump's "top lies of 2025," although the journalist confessed it was hard to choose "only 25."

It would be far less time-consuming to count down the number of times he accidentally told the truth. shorturl.at/j6eU3

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
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From honeycomb curry to blood fry: India’s “untouchable” cooking The hidden joys of a cuisine shaped by cruelty

Generations of Indian Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) have turned wild greens, foraged roots and overlooked ingredients into culinary masterpieces. Dalit cuisine is shunned—yet fabulous

Belarus releases Nobel laureate, former candidate, more than 100 others Belarus freed 123 political prisoners in exchange for relaxed sanctions, according to state news agency Belta and the presidential press service.

Belarus freed 123 political prisoners Saturday, including opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, in exchange for relaxed sanctions on the country’s main export sector, according to state news agency Belta and the presidential press service.

🚨 BREAKING: It’s being reported that the CDC in the US is ending its experiments on monkeys! Approximately 200 macaques currently used in harmful research will be affected; future research on primates will also be discontinued. 🐵 🙌🏼

The African experience of strongmen offers a warning to the world. However promising charismatic leaders may look at the start, big men eventually lead to big trouble econ.st/3IWocTw

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Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91 Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, the institute she founded said.

Tonight I learned that one of my heroes has died. I loved her and colleagues' "adventures" as a child and grew up to admire her scientific work for so many reasons. RIP Jane Goodall.

Jane Goodall, wildlife advocate and primate expert, dies at 91 - www.reuters.com/business/env...

New EHT images show M87*’s magnetic fields changing: turning one way in 2017, settling in 2018, then reversing by 2021.

The flip may result from internal magnetic structure and external effects like a Faraday screen.

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Meet the Travelers Who Visit the World’s Most Dangerous Places Somalia and Afghanistan might not be at the top of your travel list. But for these travelers, the risks are dwarfed by the rewards of getting way off the beaten path.

For these travelers in the world's red zones, the danger is the point

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.

This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

The cover of the September 29, 2025, issue of The New Yorker.

An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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WATCH LIVE: Former CDC head Monarez testifies on agency upheaval under RFK Jr. Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez will tell senators that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to endorse new vaccine recommendations before seein...

“Even under pressure, I could not replace evidence with ideology or compromise my integrity,” former CDC Director Susan Monarez will say in her opening testimony to senators. “Vaccine policy must be guided by credible data, not predetermined outcomes.” www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races.”

There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races.”

Bless all the people who ripped RFK Jr. a new asshole today.

Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Friday that it would shut down next year, effectively ending its half-century role as a backer of NPR, PBS, and local radio and TV stations across the U.S.

Changes in diet drove physical evolution in early humans A Dartmouth-led study shows that early humans developed a taste for grassy carbohydrate-rich plants 700,000 years before they evolved the ideal teeth to chew the tougher plant fibers efficiently. The ...

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has distributed federal funds to both PBS and NPR for decades, announced Friday that it's shutting down.

The news comes after President Donald Trump recently clawed back more than a billion dollars of funding for public broadcasting.

The Criminal Enterprise Run by Monkeys A cabal of furry thieves snatch iPhones and other valuables from visitors to a temple in Bali–and trade them for mangos

They steal your iPhone so they can trade it back to you. For a mango.

Inside the criminal enterprise that's run by monkeys. https://on.wsj.com/457yMzv

Biodiversity conservation requires integration of species-centric and process-based strategies | PNAS Conservation science and policy are geared primarily toward the preservation of species and habitats, with priority often given to the rarest, most...

Conservation has always focused on the most threatened species

But what keeps our planet habitable is functioning ecosystems

Since society refuses to properly fund an ark, and it's an emergency, that needs a rethink

Maybe we need to save the game, not the players

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Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

Breaking News: The EPA is said to have drafted a plan that would end its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

The World Is Entering a Dark New Era of Hydroterrorism International institutions need to start treating water as a national security flashpoint.

Around the globe, from Yemen to Ukraine, water is increasingly being used as a tool of control.

Trump administration ends 988 Lifeline's special service for LGBTQ+ young people Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.

Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.

Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World A rare mosaic death mask made of jadeite and vessels in the shapes of an owl, a monkey and coati-mundi were found with the ruler.

Archeologists discovered a 1,700-year-old tomb of a Maya ruler in Belize. They were thrilled by what they found within.

When she saw that they use twigs as tools, Jane forever changed how we understand the relationship between humans and animals.

Her discovery led her mentor, Dr. Leakey, to say: "Now we must redefine man, redefine tool, or accept chimpanzees as human." 🐵

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