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'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/4/2025 12:00 PM

The CDC's current crisis has been building since Trump's first week in office and boiled over after Kennedy fired the agency's newly appointed director. ... Read full Story

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Asian golden cat: The 'feline of many costumes' that plucks birds before eating them

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 10/4/2025 8:00 AM

The Asian golden cat is an elusive creature endemic to South and Southeast Asia. It is known to take down prey much larger than itself, including buffalo calves, baby deers and small muntjacs. ... Read full Story

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AI voices are now indistinguishable from real human voices

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/4/2025 7:00 AM

Do you think you'd be able to tell the difference between a real human voice and a deepfake? Most people can't. ... Read full Story

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Science news this week: Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dies, Iran sinks at an alarming rate, and scientists create human egg cells from skin

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 10/4/2025 7:00 AM

Oct. 4, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ... Read full Story

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Is Dark Energy Born inside Black Holes?

By Scientific American | | 10/4/2025 6:00 AM

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery ... Read full Story

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Who discovered America?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/4/2025 5:00 AM

Christopher Columbus was far from the first person, and not even the first European, to reach the Americas. ... Read full Story

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Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 10/3/2025 2:00 PM

An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present. ... Read full Story

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Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth's deepest mystery.

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/3/2025 1:37 PM

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life. ... Read full Story

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Scientists could soon create a 'universal antivenom.' But would it save lives?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/3/2025 1:00 PM

A recent study hints that we could make a universal antivenom for snakebites, but some scientists say we need something else instead. ... Read full Story

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Harvest Moon 2025: Watch a rare October supermoon rise amid shooting stars

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/3/2025 11:39 AM

The famous Harvest Moon — the first of three supermoons of 2025 — will be the first full moon of autumn when it rises on Oct. 6-7. ... Read full Story

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Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant

By LIVE SCIENCE | kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 10/3/2025 11:00 AM

Researchers have revealed how adding a handful of live ants to warm milk can create yogurt. ... Read full Story

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Don't use cannabis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, leading OBGYN group says

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/3/2025 11:00 AM

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that mothers abstain from cannabis use during prepregnancy, pregnancy and lactation, as research shows the drug is linked to serious health outcomes in newborns. ... Read full Story

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Our favorite budget electric toothbrush for kids is $3.79 ahead of Prime Day in October

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/3/2025 10:57 AM

The Colgate Kids battery-powered toothbrush with a beloved children's character, Bluey, is 24% off at Walmart and Amazon, now just $3.79 ahead of Prime Day in October. ... Read full Story

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Ocean Acidification Threshold Pushes Earth Past Another Planetary Boundary

By Scientific American | | 10/3/2025 7:30 AM

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods ... Read full Story

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What is Knot Theory? Solve These Puzzles to Find Out

By Scientific American | | 10/3/2025 7:00 AM

Learn the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of knot theory while solving some puzzles along the way ... Read full Story

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How Can Galaxies Recede from Us Faster Than the Speed of Light?

By Scientific American | | 10/3/2025 6:45 AM

When space itself expands, weird things can happen—like galaxies breaking the universe’s ultimate speed limit ... Read full Story

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An Anechoic Chamber at Nokia Bell Labs Reveals the Hidden Sounds of Your Body

By Scientific American | | 10/3/2025 6:00 AM

Step into a room so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat—and your nervous system. ... Read full Story

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Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient

By LIVE SCIENCE | kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 10/3/2025 5:00 AM

Scientists move one step closer to "universal" donor organs with a successful kidney transplant in a brain-dead patient. ... Read full Story

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Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/3/2025 2:00 AM

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing. ... Read full Story

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From tool use to warfare — here are 5 ways Jane Goodall revolutionized our knowledge of chimpanzees

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/2/2025 5:05 PM

Pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall has died at age 91. These are her five biggest contributions to how we understand about our closest living relatives. ... Read full Story

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Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. at Tureen

by Contemporary Art Daily | Oct 03 2025

auto

Old Dominion Connects Country Music and Cars

by Car and Drive | Oct 04 2025

fashion

‘Beauty parlor stroke syndrome’: scary health threat while you get your hair done is more common than you think

by NY Post | Oct 03 2025

FFNEWS

90 million sensors: Walmart’s bold move in logistics

by FreightWaves | Oct 03 2025

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Helldivers 2 Dev Explains Why The Game Takes Up So Much Space On PC

by GameSpot | Oct 03 2025

golf

Ryder Cup: U.S. and European Golfers Face a Challenge at Bethpage Black

by NY Times | Sep 25 2025

health

Listeria Outbreak: Pasta Meals From Trader Joe’s, Walmart Tied to 4 Deaths

by Healthline.com | Oct 03 2025

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Garguilo powers Massapequa past Oceanside in GLI Game of the Week

by greaterlongisland.com | Oct 04 2025

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Pete Hegseth fires U.S. Navy Chief of Staff Jon Harrison

by upi.com | Oct 04 2025

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NJ Spotlight News: October 3, 2025

by NJ Spotlight | Oct 03 2025

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'Bummed' lottery player finds out he was the big jackpot winner

by United Press International, Inc. | Oct 03 2025

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Kayla Nicole fires back after Taylor Swift's "Opalite" lyrics spark speculation

by marca.com | Oct 04 2025

real_estate

America’s top hidden gem housing markets for 2025 revealed — and one of the best is in New York

by NY Post | Oct 04 2025

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'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration

by LIVE SCIENCE | Oct 04 2025

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Canaan woman allegedly hits biker with car, flees in stolen truck

by NEWS10 ABC | Oct 04 2025

Word of the Day

repertoire

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 4, 2025 is:

repertoire • \REP-er-twahr\ • noun

Repertoire typically refers to a list or supply of plays, songs, dances, etc. that a company or person is prepared to perform,. Repertoire may also refer to a supply of skills or devices, or more broadly to an amount or supply.

// The band's repertoire includes both classic and modern jazz.

// The couple enrolled in a cooking class to expand their culinary repertoire.

// His fashion repertoire includes a rotation of vibrant floral tops.

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Examples:

"[Rebecca] Roudman is best known as the frontwoman for Dirty Cello, a hard-working band that has honed a rollicking repertoire of rock anthems, bluegrass standards and Americana originals." — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News (San Jose, California), 21 Aug. 2025

Did you know?

The Late Latin noun repertorium, meaning "list," has given English two words related to the broad range of things that someone or something can do. One is repertory, perhaps most commonly known as a word for a company that presents several different plays, operas, or other works at one theater, as well as the theater where such works are performed. Repertoire, which comes from repertorium via French, once meant the same thing as repertory but later came to refer to the works a company performs, or, in extended use, to a range of skills that a person has, such as the different pitches a baseball pitcher can throw or the particular dishes that are a chef's specialty.

'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration

Asian golden cat: The 'feline of many costumes' that plucks birds before eating them

AI voices are now indistinguishable from real human voices

Science news this week: Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dies, Iran sinks at an alarming rate, and scientists create human egg cells from skin

Is Dark Energy Born inside Black Holes?

Who discovered America?

Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point

Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth's deepest mystery.

Scientists could soon create a 'universal antivenom.' But would it save lives?

Harvest Moon 2025: Watch a rare October supermoon rise amid shooting stars

Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant

Don't use cannabis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, leading OBGYN group says

Our favorite budget electric toothbrush for kids is $3.79 ahead of Prime Day in October

Ocean Acidification Threshold Pushes Earth Past Another Planetary Boundary

What is Knot Theory? Solve These Puzzles to Find Out

How Can Galaxies Recede from Us Faster Than the Speed of Light?

An Anechoic Chamber at Nokia Bell Labs Reveals the Hidden Sounds of Your Body

Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient

Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

From tool use to warfare — here are 5 ways Jane Goodall revolutionized our knowledge of chimpanzees

Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. at Tureen

Old Dominion Connects Country Music and Cars

‘Beauty parlor stroke syndrome’: scary health threat while you get your hair done is more common than you think

90 million sensors: Walmart’s bold move in logistics

Helldivers 2 Dev Explains Why The Game Takes Up So Much Space On PC

Ryder Cup: U.S. and European Golfers Face a Challenge at Bethpage Black

Listeria Outbreak: Pasta Meals From Trader Joe’s, Walmart Tied to 4 Deaths

Garguilo powers Massapequa past Oceanside in GLI Game of the Week

Pete Hegseth fires U.S. Navy Chief of Staff Jon Harrison

NJ Spotlight News: October 3, 2025

'Bummed' lottery player finds out he was the big jackpot winner

Kayla Nicole fires back after Taylor Swift's "Opalite" lyrics spark speculation

America’s top hidden gem housing markets for 2025 revealed — and one of the best is in New York

'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration

Canaan woman allegedly hits biker with car, flees in stolen truck

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.'Bummed' lottery player finds out he was the big jackpot winner

2.Watch: Baby sloth makes public debut at Pennsylvania zoo

3.Watch: Moose stranded in Colorado canal hoisted to safety

4.Look: English town ejects black swan that tried to drown local birds

5.Watch: Entangled squirrel rescued from sports net in Ohio

6.Long-lost Spanish treasure worth $1m discovered off Florida coast

7.Lottery ticket found in closet turns out to be $100,000 winner

8.California woman owns the world's largest Polly Pocket collection

9.Miniature Scottish Highland bull on the loose in Connecticut

10.Alabama man earns world record for 3-foot, 6-inch beard locks