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2025.02.19
Feb. 19th, 2025 10:42 amDustin Nelson also reports: “Paul Simon unretired a day after performing with Sabrina Carpenter during the ‘Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special’ and … will bring the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to Minneapolis for three nights at the Orpheum Theatre on April 20, 22, and 23.” Via MinnPost
Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US
President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-nih-funding-scientists
Factchecking Donald Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine
As US-Russia talks continue in Saudi Arabia, we look at the US president’s misleading and outright false statements
Jakub Krupa and Pjotr Sauer
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/factchecking-donald-trump-claims-war-ukraine
DoJ prosecutors ordered to explain Eric Adams corruption indictment dismissal
Federal judge asks prosecutors to explain decision in court as Hochul discusses removing mayor with party leaders
George Joseph
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/eric-adams-doj-prosecutors-hochul
Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for criminal syndicates operating online scam operations and tricking thousands into enslaved work
Leila Goldstein
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/myanmar-scam-call-centre-compound-rescues-thailand-crackdown
Environment more crucial than genes in risk of early death, study suggests
Analysis of UK BioBank data shows importance of factors including living conditions and smoking, say experts
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/19/environment-more-crucial-genetics-explaining-risk-early-death-study
Life and style
‘Gaba is the off switch of the brain’: Is it also the answer to better sleep, sobriety and less anxiety?
Products that enhance the uptake of this neurotransmitter are burgeoning - including drinks that mimic the effects of alcohol, without the hangover. Here’s what happened when I tried them
Steve Rose
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/19/gaba-is-the-off-switch-of-the-brain-is-it-also-the-answer-to-better-sleep-sobriety-and-less-anxiety
The people who can't develop Alzheimer's - but could be key to a cure
A man who was the only member of his blood family to avoid getting Alzheimer's is shedding light on how the disease unfolds
Scientists have long been trying to understand the root cause of Alzheimer’s
Clare Wilson
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/people-cant-develop-alzheimers-cure-3539671
Why is Spain’s economy booming? Thanks to migration – which proves xenophobia doesn’t pay
María Ramírez
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/19/spain-economy-booming-migration-gdp-growth
Why are Americans toasting their fairy bread, and can the New York Times stop them?
The delicacy for kids (and adults alike) requires just three ingredients – so how can people be getting the sacred recipe so wrong?
Rafqa Touma explains it to Caitlin Cassidy
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/20/why-are-americans-toasting-their-fairy-bread-and-can-the-new-york-times-stop-them
Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US
President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-nih-funding-scientists
Factchecking Donald Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine
As US-Russia talks continue in Saudi Arabia, we look at the US president’s misleading and outright false statements
Jakub Krupa and Pjotr Sauer
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/factchecking-donald-trump-claims-war-ukraine
DoJ prosecutors ordered to explain Eric Adams corruption indictment dismissal
Federal judge asks prosecutors to explain decision in court as Hochul discusses removing mayor with party leaders
George Joseph
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/eric-adams-doj-prosecutors-hochul
Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for criminal syndicates operating online scam operations and tricking thousands into enslaved work
Leila Goldstein
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/myanmar-scam-call-centre-compound-rescues-thailand-crackdown
Environment more crucial than genes in risk of early death, study suggests
Analysis of UK BioBank data shows importance of factors including living conditions and smoking, say experts
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/19/environment-more-crucial-genetics-explaining-risk-early-death-study
Life and style
‘Gaba is the off switch of the brain’: Is it also the answer to better sleep, sobriety and less anxiety?
Products that enhance the uptake of this neurotransmitter are burgeoning - including drinks that mimic the effects of alcohol, without the hangover. Here’s what happened when I tried them
Steve Rose
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/19/gaba-is-the-off-switch-of-the-brain-is-it-also-the-answer-to-better-sleep-sobriety-and-less-anxiety
The people who can't develop Alzheimer's - but could be key to a cure
A man who was the only member of his blood family to avoid getting Alzheimer's is shedding light on how the disease unfolds
Scientists have long been trying to understand the root cause of Alzheimer’s
Clare Wilson
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/people-cant-develop-alzheimers-cure-3539671
Why is Spain’s economy booming? Thanks to migration – which proves xenophobia doesn’t pay
María Ramírez
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/19/spain-economy-booming-migration-gdp-growth
Why are Americans toasting their fairy bread, and can the New York Times stop them?
The delicacy for kids (and adults alike) requires just three ingredients – so how can people be getting the sacred recipe so wrong?
Rafqa Touma explains it to Caitlin Cassidy
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/20/why-are-americans-toasting-their-fairy-bread-and-can-the-new-york-times-stop-them
