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Excess weight or obesity boosts risk of death by anywhere from 22% to 91%—significantly more than previously believed—while the mortality risk of being slightly underweight has likely been overestimated, according to new CU Boulder research. The findings, published Feb. 9 in the journal Population Studies, counter prevailing wisdom that excess weight boosts mortality risk only in extreme cases. The statistical analysis of nearly 18,000 people also shines a light on the pitfalls of using body mass index (BMI) to study health outcomes, providing evidence that the go-to metric can potentially bias findings. After accounting for those biases, it estimates that...

Cigdem Boceck, 27, and her husband Servet, 38, fell ill just two days after travelling from Hamburg, Germany to the Turkish city of Istanbul with their two children Masal, three, and Kadir, six, on November 9. Two days later, they left their hotel shortly after midday and took a taxi to Ortakoy, where they ate midye, a popular street snack of stuffed mussels served cold with lemon, from a street vendor. After the midye they each ordered different dishes at a restaurant, including kokorec, a dish made from calf intestines and tavuk tantuni, a type of Turkish chicken wrap. They...

Thousands of posts on Biblical subjects by the grace of God. · 15h · Google AI claims when asked that it was written by people with diverse political opinions. How many of its developers were on the political right versus the left?I cannot say how many of AI claims were written by people with diverse political opinions, but based upon a 2020 report by CNBC[1] on “The most liberal and conservative tech companies, ranked by employees’ political donations,” then, as with most tech companies, we see Google as overwhelming liberal:Alphabet (Google) Democrats - $5,437,048 (88%), Republicans - $766,920 (12%)Some others...

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has reemerged from behind the Sun, allowing astronomers to once again get a glimpse at the rare visitor...and is expected to make its closest pass of the Earth just days before Christmas on its way back out of our star system.... .. judging by the latest data, ...Loeb suggests that if 3I/ATLAS really is a visitor from a technological civilization — a possibility he’s floated repeatedly — then it may be trying to boost its exit from the solar system to a breakneck pace. (Let’s face it: getting away from Earth as rapidly as possible makes...

They describe the system, called Circulatronics, as more of a treatment platform than a one-off brain chip. Working with researchers from Wellesley College and Harvard University, the MIT team recently released a paper on the new technology, which they describe as an autonomous bioelectronic implant.As New Atlas points out, the Circulatronics platform starts with an injectable swarm of sub-cellular sized wireless electronic devices, or “SWEDs,” which can travel into inflamed regions of the patient’s brain after being injected into the bloodstream. They do so by fusing with living immune cells, called monocytes, forming a sort of cellular cyborg.After they’ve been...

Western automotive and green energy executives who visit China are returning humbled — and even terrified.As The Telegraph reports, the executives are warning that the country’s heavily automated manufacturing industry could quickly leave Western nations behind, especially when it comes to electric vehicles.“We are in a global competition with China, and it’s not just EVs,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told The Verge last month. “And if we lose this, we do not have a future at Ford.”“You get this sense of a change, where China’s competitiveness has gone from being about government subsidies and low wages to a tremendous number...

Over the past few years, a huge number of schools in the United States and around the world have banned cell phone use among their students.Gothamist spoke to students about their experience with the ban, and the number one takeaway didn’t have to do with anything to do with hot-button topics like social media addiction or cyberbullying. Instead, it was that kiboshing phones is forcing kids to actually talk to each other in meatspace again — and it’s making schools way noisier, for better or worse.“Sometimes I would take naps in the lunchroom, but now I can’t because of the...

You know, I've stood in front of cameras for most of my life. I've played gunslingers, cops, cowboys, outlaws. I've directed stories about heroes and villains, about redemption and revenge. But I've never been more nervous than I am right now standing here to talk about something that's more real than anything I've ever put on screen. I'm here to tell you about the day I gave my life to Jesus Christ. and more importantly, why he's the only way. Now, I know what some of you might be thinking. Clint Eastwood, the guy who played the man with no...

Our society has only recently come to terms with the fact that maybe placating young children by getting them hooked on touchscreen devices with unfettered access to the internet was bad for their brains. Now, with the rise of human-like AI chatbots, a generation of “iPad babies” could seem almost quaint: some parents are now encouraging their kids to talk with AI models, sometimes for hours on end, The Guardian reports. Others are using the soothing voice of a chatbot to put their kids to bed — all evidence of how this experimental technology has become a part of many...

Since Oct 7, support for the attack persists even as expectations of Hamas victory wane. Gazans are more open to negotiated arrangements;` West Bankers favor armed struggle... These are the results of the latest poll conducted by PCPSR-Polling and Survey Research in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip between 22-25 October 2025... The Trump Plan...almost 60% of Gazans support the framed plan, while the same percentage of West Bankers oppose it... October 7 and the Gaza War:.. Support for Hamas’s decision to launch the offensive, while declining from its peak, remains a majority at more than 50%, with recent...

First Strike - Overview of 1980s Nuclear Retaliatory Response Scenario (Full Version) . Association of Air Force Missileers (AAFM. 1,132 Comments. 327,371 views Jan 5, 2022 Show less Video includes Minuteman ICBM operations, Airborne Launch Control System (Looking Glass) and other Strategic Air Command and U.S. Navy resources that would have been brought to the fight if America was attacked. This is the full version of the video .. Presented from the archives of the Association of Air Force Missileers (AAFM) www.afmissileers.org tonight you will be the victim of a nuclear attack by the russians. we might pay particular notes...

About 41.7 million people during fiscal year (FY) 2024. That’s 12.3% of the US population. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is determined based on household income levels.... The 12.3% of the population receiving SNAP benefits in FY 2023 is more than double the share in FY 2000 when 6.1% of people were recipients... SNAP...is administered primarily by state governments... In FY 2024, New Mexico had the highest share of its population receiving SNAP payments... Qualifying for SNAP benefits is based on how close a household's income level is to the national poverty line. If expenses aren't considered...

Mamdani’s economic proposals do not match the real challenges of today. He has proposed building a network of city-run, subsidized grocery stores... Mamdani, blames grocery stores for running up food costs when in reality, grocery stores are some of the lowest-margin businesses around, with 1-2% profit margins in good times. Mamdani has made “freeze the rent” a rallying cry, even though that would backfire, as rent caps would disincentivize developers to build new housing supply... The Democratic nominee estimates his agenda will cost taxpayers $10 billion annually. His solution for financing the hefty price tag is to increase taxes on...

NEW YORK — Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has catapulted into second place in this year’s New York City mayoral race by promising free buses, no-cost childcare and city-run grocery stores. He’ll have a tough time paying the tab... Standing in his way: Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who ...has expressed steadfast opposition to hiking taxes on high-income earners. She will be facing reelection next year too, just as Mamdani would need her blessing to begin accomplishing his goals... A POLITICO review of his proposals found Mamdani has likely underestimated the cost of his housing construction and school rehab plans by tens...

Friday, October 17, 2025 Perplexity.ai is asked: ...can you provide an extensive list of Zohran Mamdani policies and proposals? Presuming that you have up to date research, can you provide an extensive list of Zohran Mamdani policies and proposals?Zohran Mamdani, a New York City legislator and current mayoral contender, has drawn attention for a platform anchored in affordability, social equity, and progressive transformation. Below is an extensive list of his most prominent policies and proposals as of late 2025, based on campaign platforms, news coverage, and legislative records.Key Policy Areas and Proposals Affordable Living and Social ServicesUniversal Child Care: Proposes...

Zohran Mamdani’s primary win in New York City’s mayoral race and proposal to raise taxes on millionaires have touched off fears of a new wave of wealth flight from the city.... At the center of the economic concern is Mamdani’s so-called “millionaire tax.” He’s proposed an additional 2% tax on New Yorkers earning more than $1 million a year. Added to the city’s current top rate of 3.876%, the tax would bring the combined New York City and state tax to 16.776%, by far the highest in the country. The combined federal, state and city rate would be 53.776%. And...

The now-deceased shooter who targeted a Dallas, Texas ICE facility wrote “anti-ICE” messages on his rounds, according to the FBI. . Three people at an ICE facility were shot by a gunman on the roof of an adjacent building on Wednesday morning... One of the victims died at the scene, and the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound... . “early evidence” shows that there are “anti-ICE” messages “in nature” found on rounds near the shooter..FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo of the rounds to X. .

John Adams, in his retirement, was disheartened. What had his life in politics counted for? he wondered. The renewal in 1805 of a 30-year friendship with Doctor Benjamin Rush reinvigorated him. ... In one conversation about the “perfectibility of man” and religion’s role in making “men and nations happy,” both Rush and Adams lamented the moral decay they witnessed in the world around them. “By renouncing the Bible,” Rush interjected, “philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral Subjects. . . . It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published. It contains a...

Chinese government-backed hackers have reportedly stolen information from critical infrastructure and government computer systems as part of a years-long campaign that includes the well-known Salt Typhoon activity. More than 80 countries were targeted and the Chinese hackers are learnt to have "stolen information from nearly every American", officials said, according to The New York Times. .. During the sweeping yearlong attack, China-backed Salt Typhoon group infiltrated major telecommunications companies and others, and stole data could allow Chinese intelligence services to exploit global communication networks to track targets including politicians, spies and activists, investigators said in a highly unusual joint statement...

My name is Joe Owen. I head up the worldwide languages ministry at Answers in Genesis.That's Charlie Duke. There were nine missions to the moon. I worked on five of them. In 1978, I became a born again Christian.I came to faith on January 19, 1988. I was selected by NASA in 1996, and I flew four times—once on the space shuttle going to the space station and then three expeditions, each about six months long.Many times, I am introduced as an astronaut, but if I were to describe myself, I certainly wouldn't call myself an astronaut, because the way...