The Ice Bucket Challenge wasn't just for social media. It helped fund a new ALS drug.
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Why it's perfectly normal to see baby puffins thrown off cliffs in Iceland each year
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JK Rowling's new book, about a transphobe who faces wrath online, raises eyebrows
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White House declares mpox a public health emergency
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Axios agrees to sell to Cox for $525 million in cash
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Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills
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Ten dead in Buffalo supermarket shooting
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Netflix alters corporate culture memo to stress the importance of artistic freedom
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NATO troops conducted a routine war exercise in the Arctic. This year felt different.
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A woman faces a murder charge in Texas over an alleged self-induced abortion
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How Russia rescued the ruble
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Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union
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The case for 'Is It Cake?,' Netflix's new game show
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies at 50
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Doctors transplant a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the first time
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Snoop Dogg now owns Death Row Records
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A judge ordered the US to pay $230 million to victims of a Texas church massacre
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A satellite finds massive methane leaks from gas pipelines
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Key excerpts from the Supreme Court ruling on S.B. 8, the Texas abortion case
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Supreme Court weighs mandating public funds for religious schools in Maine
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Recycled Russian warheads fuel US power plants (2013)
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Canada taps into strategic reserves to deal with massive shortage ... of maple syrup
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Scientists used a tiny brain implant to help a blind teacher see letters again
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In a major scientific advance, a pig kidney is successfully transplanted into a human in the US
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Japan's Parliament elects former diplomat Fumio Kishida as new PM
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Is there really a US truck driver shortage?
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African researchers say they face bias in the world of science. Here's one solution.
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Supreme Court upholds new Texas abortion law, for now
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The Sacklers, who made billions from OxyContin, win immunity from US opioid lawsuits
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After data is posted on conspiracy site, Colorado county's voting machines are banned
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Yik Yak, the anonymous app that tested free speech, is back
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Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows
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PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
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Mike Gravel, former Alaska Senator and anti-war advocate dies at age 91
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A 55% majority of US Republicans now support same-sex marriage
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New Zealand weightlifter will be the first openly trans competitor at the Olympics
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Half of all US adults are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
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A letter to my mother — Just in case
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A new, infectious coronavirus is detected in Malaysia – and it's coming from dogs
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How to intervene when someone is harassed or attacked
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When your company is named Covid, you've heard all the jokes
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Meet America's newest Chess Master, 10-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi
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Megan Rohrer elected as first openly transgender bishop in US Lutheran church
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In a grief-filled year, brands from Etsy to Pandora let you skip Mother's Day emails
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William Gibson says today's internet is nothing like what he envisioned
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Maryland to probe cases handled by ex-Medical Examiner who testified in Chauvin trial
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Arkansas Governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
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So how should your favorite restaurant pay its servers? Well, it's complicated
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Chick Corea, jazz fusion pioneer, has died of cancer at 79
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First patients to get CRISPR gene-editing treatment continue to thrive
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