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SCIENCE

Slither, by Stephen S. Hall, Explores Our Fear and Fascination around Snakes

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.  People are funny about snakes. I remember being taught the…

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ENTERTAINMENT

Jennifer Aniston Confesses Extreme Fear of Flying

The We’re the Millers actress admitted that despite her disdain for flying, her love of traveling—preferably to “a white sandy…

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WORLD

Russia’s largest military call-up whips up fear among young men | Russia-Ukraine war News

On April 1, Russia began a new conscription drive with the goal of enlisting 160,000 military-age men between 18 and…

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BUSINESS

Fed’s deepest tariff fear is a price shock that won’t fade away

If President Donald Trump’s tariffs jack up US consumer prices — as pretty much everyone thinks they will, at least…

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TECH

Some Meta insiders fear FAIR is “dying a slow death” as Joelle Pineau exits; Yann LeCun says it’s “a new beginning” focused on “Advanced Machine Intelligence” (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)

Featured Podcasts Techmeme Ride Home: JK, JK, JK The day’s tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and…

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TECH

Investors, founders, and others detail a culture of fear around criticizing Elon Musk or DOGE; some are appalled he is seen as a reflection of the tech industry (Issie Lapowsky/Politico)

Featured Podcasts Techmeme Ride Home: Has Intel Found A Way Out? The day’s tech news, every day at 5pm ET.…

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WORLD

Hungry, scared Darfur civilians fear RSF attack, plead for army help | Sudan war News

Civilians in Sudan’s North Darfur’s capital, el-Fasher, and surrounding towns are starving. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have imposed…

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MOST SHARED

Scientists say Trump policies are causing a ‘climate of fear’ in research : NPR

A lab manager in the molecular diagnostic lab prepares milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at…

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BUSINESS

Meet the 20th-century media tycoon who would have parried Trump’s isolationist thrust—and not cowered in fear of retaliation

 “In its failure to grasp this relationship between America and America’s environment lies the moral and practical bankruptcy of any…

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SCIENCE

Top U.S. Researchers Warn against ‘Climate of Fear’ Threatening Science

Top U.S. Scientists Speak Out against ‘Climate of Fear’ Wrecking U.S. Research Despite fears that speaking out will make them…

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