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After 40 years, plans to deploy a new undersea habitat are in progress

A British engineering and research company is unveiling a "subsea human habitat," a base that four people can live and work in for missions of a week or more. It's the first new underwater habitat developed since the 1980s. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Since at least the time of the science fiction writer Jules Verne, people

CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol in a new study

Patients with high cholesterol often take medicine for years to manage it but a new gene-editing treatment has potential to make a difference. TEK IMAGE/Science Photo Library/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption TEK IMAGE/Science Photo Library/Getty Images A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug appears safe and effective for cutting cholesterol, possibly for life

Opinion: Remembering Bob Trumpy — NFL great, broadcaster, and life-saver

Essay 11-8-25 Announcer Bob Trumpy, circa 1981. Sporting News via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sporting News via Getty Images Bob Trumpy, who died this week at the age of 80, was an All-Pro tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals, then took his booming voice and blunt opinions into broadcasting. He had a show

An Israeli military court considers fate of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing

Israeli soldiers arrested Mohammed Ibrahim in February for allegedly throwing stones in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. An Israeli military court is weighing the fate of the Florida teenager. Muna Ibrahim hide caption toggle caption Muna Ibrahim AL-MAZRAA A-SHARQIYA, Israeli-occupied West Bank — Last February, Mohammed Ibrahim — then 15 — was awoken and pulled from

Freed Kenyan activists allege mistreatment after month in Ugandan detention

NewsFeed Two Kenyan human rights activists have returned home after being secretly detained for 39 days in Uganda where they allege mistreatment. Bob Njagi and Nick Oyoo disappeared while taking part in an event for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. Uganda’s President Museveni alleges the men ‘planned to train youth to riot’. Published On 9

Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people

Two ICE agents film the press using smartphones in the hallway outside the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in New York USA on July 11 2025. The Department of Homeland Security has been acquiring new tools to identify people and monitor them. Madison Swart /Hans Lucas via AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Madison

What to know about the 5 hostages whose remains are still in Gaza

Hamas militants carry a white bag believed to contain a body, after retrieving it from a tunnel during a search for the remains of hostages in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP JERUSALEM — Since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza began on

UPS and FedEx grounding MD-11 planes following deadly Kentucky crash

This photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board shows UPS plane crash scene on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 in Louisville, Ky. AP/National Transportation Safety Board hide caption toggle caption AP/National Transportation Safety Board LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS and FedEx will ground their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution"
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