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In a contentious move that advances our knowledge of how some of the biggest and smartest creatures on the planet view their surroundings, scientists have temporarily trapped baleen whales and tested their hearing for the first time. Researchers caught two young minke whales off the Norwegian coast in 2023, used suction cups to apply gold-plated electrodes to their skin, and then watched their brain waves as various sound frequencies were played. Each baby whale weighed roughly one ton and was at least twelve feet in length. Whale researchers were taken aback by the study's findings, which were released Thursday in the journal Science and indicate that whales are capable of hearing at far higher frequencies than previously thought. According to the research, the mammals' abilities are sign...

Due to what he described as the neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo declared on Friday that communities in the state should refrain from adding fluoride to drinking water. Ladapo recognized in the guidelines that fluoride has long been shown to reduce tooth decay by strengthening teeth. However, he also mentioned that systemic fluoride exposure may also raise safety issues, such as IQ declines. Even though some studies have pointed to possible connections, the findings are still preliminary and far from conclusive. Fluoridated water is one of the top ten public health accomplishments of the last century, according to the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

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At a public event on Thursday, a well-known transgender digital rights activist challenged Representative Nancy Mace, just days after the South Carolina lawmaker presented a resolution to prohibit transgender women from using women's restrooms in the U.S. Capitol. During the opening session at The Summit of the Future of the Internet at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Evan Greer, the director of Fight for the Future, raised his hand and waved an LGBTQ pride flag. Mace was discussing Bipartisan Tech Solutions to Unite a Nation with radio personality Charlamagne tha God and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna. As she was led out of the room, Greer remarked, "To the cheers of the audience, we have had dozens of trans people die this year because of the hate and lies that you are sp...

A charge filed in Minnesota District Court accuses a couple from Connecticut of stealing approximately $1 million worth of products from Lululemon locations nationwide. Charged with organized retail theft on November 14, Jadion Richards, 44, and Akwele Lawes-Richards, 45, were taken into custody inside a Lululemon store in Woodbury, Minnesota. The complaint claims that the couple and an unnamed guy had gone to another Lululemon store in Roseville, Minnesota, the previous day, where they reportedly took about $5,000 worth of merchandise. According to the lawsuit, the pair and the organized crime gang they work for have been stealing from Lululemon stores nationwide since September, according to an investigator for the firm. The theft has cost the company close to $1 million. According to th...

Rep. John Curtis, a Republican from Utah, had only a few weeks to establish himself in the Senate before he would really take the oath of office to succeed retiring Sen. Mitt Romney the following year. Curtis, a senator-elect, was one of at least five Republicans who intended to vote against former Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination to head the Justice Department, as Senate colleagues and those close to President-elect Donald Trump witnessed. The opposition proved to be too much for Gaetz, who withdrew from the race Thursday afternoon, showing Trump and his supporters that there are still red lines in a Republican Party that is mostly swayed in his favor. As an early sign of how the Utahn is getting ready for his future job and a preview of the kind of power he might have once he's there, it als...

WASHINGTON — Following his withdrawal from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general due to allegations of sexual misconduct, former Representative Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., stated on Friday that he had no plans to return to Congress. The battle will still be fought by me, but from a different angle. In an interview with conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, Gaetz stated, "I have no intention of joining the 119th Congress." Many outstanding Floridians have volunteered to run for my seat; these are individuals who have inspired others with their bravery and public service. He went on to say, "I'm really thrilled to see Northwest Florida reach new heights and have excellent representation." Gaetz, who was elected to Florida's state house for the first time at the age of 28, s...

Following a week of increasing threats against the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that a newly built ballistic missile fired into Ukraine earlier in the week could not be intercepted. According to Reuters, Putin stated in broadcast remarks, "There is no countermeasure to such a missile, no means of intercepting it." And let me reiterate that we will keep testing this most recent system. Establishing serial production is essential. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, had earlier claimed that Ukraine's use of the hypersonic Oreshnik missile was a warning to its careless Western partners. In reaction to Ukraine's first use of long-range Western weaponry to strike targets within Russia, Putin claimed on Thursday that he had ordered a strike using the new intermediat...

Maine's Camden After a recount on Thursday, a Republican legislator in Maine who was accused of strangling his wife last month was re-elected by a single vote. Days before the election, state representative Lucas Lanigan turned himself in after being accused of serious assault and domestic abuse, according to WCSH, an NBC affiliate in Maine. A police affidavit that WCSH was able to get claims that Lanigan choked his wife after she confronted him about a supposed affair. At first, it appeared that he and Democratic opponent Patty Kidder were tied in their contest for a state House seat that represented a portion of Southern Maine. Following a manual recount, the secretary of state's office announced on Thursday that Lanigan had won by a single vote, with 2,478 votes to Kidder's 2,477. NBC...

By a slim vote on Friday, the Texas Board of Education approved the use the Bible in elementary school curricula. Although schools are not required to use the curriculum approved by the Texas State Board of Education, which is run by elected Republicans, they will be compensated more if they do. As early as the following academic year, the materials might be used in classrooms. The lesson plans, which were supplied by the state education agency that is in charge of the more than 5 million children in Texas public schools, have received backing from Republican Governor Greg Abbott. 8–7 was the vote's outcome. At Friday's session, Staci Childs, a Democrat lawyer who voted against the Bible curriculum, said she thinks it will be challenged in court. Therefore, based on those factors alone, I ...