The glamor.

CMB-S4, a high-priority U.S. science project, is meant to unveil the 1st moments of cosmic history by studying the Big Bang's afterglow. Except now the U.S. govt says it can't support CMB-S4's construction at the South Pole. By Meghan Bartels, for Scientific American.

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In its highest-ever outlook for May, the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 8 to 13 hurricanes and 17 to 25 named storms.
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🟡 SCOOP: South Africa's Afrigen is collaborating with a Nobel Prize-winning scientist to develop mRNA vaccines that target diseases that have plagued Africa for decades, Alexis Akwagyiram reports.
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Nikki Haley says she’ll “be voting for Trump,” telling a Washington, DC audience that her priorities “as a voter” meant she couldn’t support President Biden.
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Microsoft is pointedly going after Apple with their first attempt at reinventing personal computers around AI — but they face challenges in both perception and reality.
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🟡 SCOOP: World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab steps back from executive post
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JUST IN: The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif, and other top officials.
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Fascinating piece by Xiaoying You for @Semafor on how China has a head start on the next big green industry: battery recycling.

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Biden and Trump have agreed to a second televised debate on September 10 on ABC News.
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🟡 SCOOP: New York Times reporters are circulating a draft of an open letter to Joe Kahn, criticizing the paper’s top editor over comments they said were dismissive of young reporters, Max Tani reports.
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Great question. And also inherent here is another: Should we fund such luxuries?