On March 14th, 2026 with 49 comments
Last June Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement that Texans "have a God-given right to know what's on their plate, and for millions of...
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On December 17th, 2025 with 69 comments
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Politico: The Senate on Wednesday approved Jared Isaacman for the top job at NASA -- an unprecedented...
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On September 10th, 2025 with 64 comments
President Trump on Tuesday issued a memorandum directing the FDA and HHS to crack down on misleading direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads, requiring...
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On July 31st, 2025 with 178 comments
fjo3 shares a report from the Associated Press: The Trump administration announced it is launching a new program that will allow Americans to share personal...
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On July 12th, 2025 with 52 comments
Major space industry players -- including SpaceX, Boeing, and Blue Origin -- are urging Congress to maintain funding for the TraCSS space traffic coordination...
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On June 3rd, 2025 with 183 comments
President Trump's 2026 budget proposes over $1 billion for Mars exploration through a new Commercial Mars Payload Services Program, while simultaneously...
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On April 27th, 2025 with 71 comments
A new DARPA project called expMath "aims to jumpstart math innovation with the help of AI," writes The Register. America's "Defense Advanced Research...
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On April 7th, 2025 with 302 comments
Scientists "demonstrated a promising step toward using a person's own immune cells to fight gastrointestinal cancers" at America's National Institutes of...
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On March 31st, 2025 with 28 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The creator of an open source genetic database is shutting it down and deleting all of its data because he...
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On March 23rd, 2025 with 84 comments
NASA is considering "closing its headquarters and scattering responsibilities among the states," reports Politico, citing two people familiar with the plan.
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On January 18th, 2025 with 87 comments
America's Federal Trade Commission has been "raising antitrust concerns" about them for years, reports NBC News.
The latest? America's three largest drug...
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On December 4th, 2024 with 83 comments
America's next president "announced Wednesday he has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire businessman and space enthusiast who twice flew to orbit with...
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On November 30th, 2024 with 144 comments
The Washington Post reports on tens of thousands of Americans "forced to pay for medication" to prevent the HIV infections, "despite federal requirements...
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On November 24th, 2024 with 136 comments
NBC News reports that a newly identified chemical byproduct "may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found."
"Scientists do...
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On September 21st, 2024 with 124 comments
Friday America's Federal Trade Commission brought action against three companies for "anticompetitive and unfair" practices "that have artificially inflated...
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On September 14th, 2024 with 119 comments
More details on that report about NASA from the Washington Post:
NASA is 66 years old and feeling its age. Brilliant engineers are retiring. Others have fled...
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On August 28th, 2024 with 32 comments
ole_timer shares a report from Ars Technica, written by Beth Mole There's more bad news for the company behind an experimental MDMA therapy for post-traumatic...
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On August 22nd, 2024 with 153 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: A U.S. government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at...
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On April 6th, 2024 with 222 comments
Whenever a rocket launch occurs, air traffic controllers ensure the safety of commercial flights by managing airspace closures and monitoring rocket debris,...
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On April 2nd, 2024 with 188 comments
An anonymous reader quotes an opinion piece from the Washington Post, published by the Editorial Board: A just-published investigation by Russian, American and...
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On March 31st, 2024 with 350 comments
As a department of America's federal Health agency, the Food and Drug Administration is responsible for public health rules, including prescription medicines. ...
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On March 11th, 2024 with 43 comments
CNN's national security analyst interviewed a U.S. intelligence officer who worked on the newly-released Defense report debunking UFO sightings —...
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On February 8th, 2024 with 59 comments
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today unveiled new, stricter limits for PM2.5 (particulate smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter), commonly...
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On January 18th, 2024 with 114 comments
With NASA's Artemis moon program now targeting September 2025 for its Artemis 2 mission and September 2026 for Artemis 3, some members of Congress are...
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On December 31st, 2023 with 154 comments
"This year has been a major turning point in American health care," reports USA Today, "and patients can anticipate several major developments in the new...
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On December 16th, 2023 with 23 comments
The Washington Post reports that America's largest pharmacy chains have "handed over Americans' prescription records to police and government investigators...
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On December 10th, 2023 with 129 comments
Every five years America's federal Department of Health updates its dietary guidelines with the latest nutrition science, affecting federal nutrition programs...
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On August 31st, 2023 with 220 comments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, a department spokesperson said on Wednesday, following...
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On August 17th, 2023 with 57 comments
The United States Space Force has activated its first and only unit dedicated to targeting other nations' satellites and the ground stations that support them....
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On August 5th, 2023 with 121 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ProPublica: The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the...
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