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All hail the new Fat Bear ChampionAll hail the new Fat Bear Champion
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Researchers fertilized human eggs made from skin cells.

The embryos all had chromosomal abnormalities and weren’t meant to lead to a pregnancy. But the results open up questions about potential infertility treatments in the future.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Happy Fat Bear Tuesday! 

Today’s the day to vote for the winner of this year’s Fat Bear Week, the annual March Madness-style popularity contest for Katmai National Park’s famous brown bears. (Personally, my money’s on Chunk.)

Fat Bear Week 2025

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Justine Calma
Justine Calma
An offshore wind farm can start construction again after Trump ordered a halt.

A federal judge lifted the stop-work order the Trump administration issued in August for the Revolution Wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. The project was already permitted and 80 percent complete, but Trump hates wind turbines and his administration claims it’s concerned about potential national security risks with the project.

Robert Hart
Robert Hart
Nothing is safe from AI, not even your ice cream.

Magnum is tapping an AI called Giuseppe to help it develop new products, revamp existing ones, and, of course, cut costs. Giuseppe’s maker NotCo has helped big brands like Shake Shack and Kraft make plant-based versions of products like custard, mac ‘n’ cheese, and mayo.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
The Trump administration plans to update the label on the painkiller acetaminophen to dissuade pregnant people from taking it.

Trump and RFK are blaming the painkiller acetaminophen for autism without conclusive scientific evidence.

RFK also claims that leucovorin, a type of folate, can be used to treat autism. The FDA is also planning to approve prescription leucovorin for the treatment of autism in children. “The evidence that it works is scant,” NPR reports.

Anker’s latest sleep buds can silence snoring

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Verge Score

Good for side sleepers but ANC kills battery life.

Thomas Ricker
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Woohoo!

The Verge received a Covering Climate Now award for this story about a quirky and determined community of scientists and locals bringing forests back to life in Costa Rica, despite new perils brought on by climate change. They were so fun to hang out with, hope this story feels like a trip into the forest with them!

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
The US should stockpile more uranium, says Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Both Trump and Biden have sought to build up a domestic supply chain for uranium to lessen dependency on Russian imports and meet growing data center electricity demand with nuclear energy.

Along with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Wright previously sat on the board of a company called Oklo that’s developing advanced nuclear reactors.