You've heard of the woolly mammoth. But have you heard of woolly mice? These critters were genetically modified by the Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences to have the same "woolly" and fat appearance as the ancient mammoths. The mice are a key step in the longer journey to de-extinct the woolly mammoth. NPR's Rob Stein takes us to the lab where it all happened.
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CBS News Roundup - 03/04/2025 | World News Roundup
New U-S trade tariffs go into effect. US pauses Ukraine aid. The Pope is stable after new respiratory crisis. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Local Response To Hospital Pausing Gender-Care Surgeries For Trans Youth
On Feb. 28, President Trump issued an executive order that the federal government will not fund gender affirming or “transition” surgeries. In response, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago announced it would pause these surgeries, and not schedule future ones, for patients under 19 years of age. Reset discusses the impact this is having on trans teens and their parents with WBEZ’s Kristen Schorsch and a parent to a trans child, Michelle Vallet.
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Up First from NPR - Ukraine Funds Paused, Trump Addresses Congress, Tariffs Begin
The White House put a pause on military aid to Ukraine after a heated Oval Office exchange with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump will address Congress tonight, outlining his agenda on immigration, tax cuts, and his approach to Ukraine. And, Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China have sparked retaliation, escalating a trade war that could impact the global economy.
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S10 E22: Ayush Agarwal, Dodo Payments
Ayush Agarwal is a techy trying to code his way out of things. He graduated with a degree in Computer Science, but more importantly, he discovered entrepreneurship in college, inspired by his successful classmates. He spent years gathering experience in different startup verticals, including fintech. But outside of tech, he loves to play badminton, cricket, and hangout with friends. He is also big into Chess, which he mentioned enjoying Chess.com, as well as our recent interview with their CTO, Josh Levine.
When Ayush met his now co-founder, they started to think through businesses and how much goes into setting up payments, taxes, etc. They started to dream about building this layer of payments, to enable builders to send and receive global payments easily, so they can focus on their core competencies.
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Headlines From The Times - Trump’s Return: A Speech That Could Redefine Executive Power
Trump returns to Congress, pushing for expanded executive power—while some Democrats protest. Pacific Palisades debates new affordable housing, but not everyone’s on board. More tech layoffs hit HP and Autodesk as companies brace for uncertainty. And Kroger’s CEO resigns after an ethics investigation, leaving the company at a crossroads.
The Intelligence from The Economist - Buck off: US pauses Ukraine aid
In an effort to bring Ukraine to the negotiating table, America has paused military help to the war-torn country. What will this mean on the ground? Our correspondent explores a new cryptocurrency craze, visiting Turkey’s bazaars to meet people trading goods using stablecoins (9:43). And why the Louvre is staging its first fashion gala (16:00).
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 3.4.25
Alabama
- Congressman Aderholt offers bill to make English official language of US
- Sen. Tuberville's bill to protect women's sports fails to move forward in senate
- Tuberville also weighed in on recent exposure of NSA sex chat rooms
- Restructuring bill for VA not on schedule for today's legislative agenda
- Robert McCollum will be running for state auditor in 2026
- The ALGOP says a resolution is not dead but being revised re: tax cuts
- DOGE has cancelled 13 leases for government offices in state of Alabama
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- Trump places hold on military aid being sent to Ukraine
- Trump announces Taiwan semiconductor company investing $100B in US
- Trump says tariffs on Mexico and Canada to go into effect today
- Linda McMahon is confirmed as next Secretary of Education
- FBI field office director in SNY resigned as requested by Kash Patel
- DOJ arrests two men running largest illegal alien smuggling ring into US
- EPA secretary calling for investigation into agency's past reckless spending
- First Lady Melania Trump adovcating for the "Take it Down" Act dealing with revenge porn and AI images
The Daily Signal - Trump Freezes Ukraine Aid, Democrats in Disarray, & Tariffs Bring Mixed Bag | Mar. 4
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- Trump’s latest tariffs & tariff threats impact the economy.
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Honestly with Bari Weiss - The Best Reality TV Is Actually in the Oval Office
It’s been four days since the diplomatic earthquake went down in the Oval Office between President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Ukrainian president Zelensky. The world is still feeling the aftershocks.
In Europe, leaders have been jolted into action. Ukraine’s European allies, including British prime minister Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron, met in London on Sunday to forge their own peace plan and agree on additional support for Kyiv.
In Moscow, officials are celebrating Trump’s approach to the conflict—and his foreign policy more generally. “The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision,” said a Kremlin spokesman. Russian state TV described a new world order with Trump in the White House.
In Washington, administration officials have made it clear that it is up to Zelensky to apologize and patch things up if there is any chance of a U.S.-Ukraine mineral deal. “The president believes Zelensky has to come back to the table and he has to be the one to come and make it right,” one official told NBC News.
The Zelensky-Trump bust-up—and the war in Ukraine in general—is one of those important subjects where people we respect (including inside The Free Press newsroom) passionately disagree. There are plenty of other outlets that will give you only one strongly expressed view. But it is our conviction that the only way we can get to the truth is by seriously considering multiple perspectives.
The differences of opinion start with the question of what, exactly, we all watched on Friday.
Were Trump and Vance bullying a besieged ally in public? Or were we watching the White House finally stand up for American taxpayers?
Then there are the bigger questions: Is Trump’s Ukraine policy a long-overdue acknowledgment of the limits of American power? Or an unforced error that endangers not just America’s allies but America itself? And what are the chances of peace with honor for Ukraine?
Today we’ve brought together a group of people who answer those questions quite differently: Free Press columnist Batya Ungar-Sargon, Democratic fundraiser and strategist Brianna Wu, and special guest Christopher Caldwell, author of multiple books, including The Age of Entitlement.
Both Batya and Christopher have pieces up in The Free Press right now:
“Zelensky’s Trumpian Trick” by Christopher Caldwell, and “What Average Americans Think of Trump’s Showdown with Zelensky” by Batya Ungar-Sargon.
Other must-reads in The Free Press:
"Trump’s Foreign Policy Revolution" by Matthew Continetti
"J.D. Vance’s Fighting Words—Against Me and Ukraine" by Niall Ferguson
"A Fiasco in the Oval Office" by Eli Lake
"Ten Reasons for the Zelensky-Trump Blowup" by Victor Davis Hanson
"What Zelensky Can Learn from Netanyahu" by Michael Oren
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