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I’m a food scientist. Here’s what RFK Jr. gets (mostly) right about food dye.
On April 22, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration announced measures designed to phase out all remaining petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the American food supply. Leading the charge is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to Make America Healthy Again as President Donald Trump’s controversial HHS secretary.
We Asked a NASA Scientist: Why Does the Moon Look Larger at the Horizon?
Dramatic moonset behind ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), Chile. As the full Moon sets, the Sun is about to rise on the opposite horizon. Credit: G.Gillet/ESO The Moon’s size on the horizon has puzzled humans for millennia. Despite ancient philosophers and modern scientists tackling the question, there’s still no consensus. Theories range from optical illusions
Good news from the young scientist expo: The children are smarter than us
After two years in virtual Covid wilderness, the BT Young Scientist is back in the RDS...
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Steelers 2026 Training Camp Diary: Day One
Training camp is back. This time, it looks more than a little different. A new head coach, plenty of new players, and heck, even the adjacent Arnold Palmer Regional Airport has had changes: no commercial flights currently fly in or out of Latrobe with Spirit Airlines shut down. What’s the same is us. We’re back
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Biggest question for the Cowboys after start of training camp
The long wait is finally over. The Dallas Cowboys have not only reported to Oxnard, California for training camp, but have now officially kicked things off with their first practice Wednesday afternoon. And for all of us starving for some clarity on some unanswered questions about this year’s team, Day 1 of training camp didn’t
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Principal reaction to FIFA’s private investor plan
FIFA’s plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary has sparked disbelief and outrage globally. AFP Sport highlights the pick of the reaction: Sporting “The soul and governance of football are not assets to trade — especially with zero
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Suicide deaths in South Korea could shift toward older, never-married, tertiary-educated men
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Trump’s pick for US attorney general Todd Blanche in jeopardy as vote postponed
Todd Blanche’s hopes of becoming US attorney general seemed to be in jeopardy on Wednesday after the Department of Justice did not provide written assurances to a key Republican senator that a $1.8bn slush fund was dead. The US Senate judiciary committee postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday on whether to advance Blanche’s nomination. “Chairman