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Stillborn Calves and a Texas Data Center: What's Actually Known
A viral post says every calf on a Texas farm has been stillborn since a data center was built. The claim traces to one unnamed rancher, and it has shifted.
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VIRAL RESEARCH · INSIGHTS
“A viral post on life after birth is mostly right. Here is what the science says about the healing wound, the shrinking uterus, broken sleep and matres…”
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Public Health·9 MIN READ
Endometriosis Isn't Just a 'Bad Period.' It's a Whole-Body Disease
A viral post says endometriosis has been found in the lungs, brain and heart. Here's what the evidence actually shows, and why 'bad period' badly undersells it.
Human Rights·9 MIN READ
A Top Tokyo Medical School Rigged Its Exams for a Decade to Keep Women Out
For over a decade, Tokyo Medical University secretly cut women's entrance-exam scores to keep them out. The first year it stopped, women beat the men.
Technology·8 MIN READ
OpenAI Promised to Save Humanity. Then It Removed the Profit Cap.
OpenAI began as a nonprofit “for all humanity.” A decade later it's an ~$852B company with no profit cap. Here's what's true — and what's just anger.
Science·8 MIN READ
You Think You’re Resting. Your Brain Might Be Stuck in a Loop.
Losing the urge to go outside isn't laziness — it's a rumination-and-withdrawal loop. Here's the science, and the one small step that actually breaks it.
Science·8 MIN READ
The Science of Staring Into a Fire — and Why the Best Conversations Happen Around One
Watching a fire measurably lowers your blood pressure, and firelight talk is different from daytime talk. Here's the real science of the campfire.
Culture·9 MIN READ
Newspeak: Orwell’s Warning That If You Control Language, You Control Thought
In 1984, Orwell’s Newspeak deletes the word “freedom” to make freedom unthinkable. Here's why that warning about language and thought matters now.
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