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		<title>Can Water Be Too Pure? What Ultrapure Water Does to Metal, Skin, and Germs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scientists use extraordinarily pure water to detect neutrinos, yet a famous story claims it hollowed out a metal hammer. The science is more interesting than the myth. Here is what experiments reveal about ultrapure water, corrosion, skin, bacteria, and the difference between deionized and electrolyzed water.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do Data Centers Get Water Priority During Droughts? What the Contracts Actually Say</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Goodheart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A viral claim says data centers have contracts requiring cities to shut off residents' water first during droughts. Signed agreements in Ohio and Virginia show real protections for industrial water service, but the full documents tell a more complicated story about drinking water, reserved capacity, transparency and public costs.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who Controls the Global Grain Trade? The Evidence Behind the 80% Claim</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle Dayan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Five agricultural trading companies are said to control most of the world's grain. The claim is much less settled than it sounds. A recent shipping-data study found considerably lower concentration, while competition authorities warn that shipping shares may miss control of grain elevators, ports and local crop markets. We trace the estimates to their sources, examine the industry's ownership and finances, and test the allegation that traders hoarded grain during the Ukraine war.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is Cancer Increasing in the U.S.? Why Death Rates Are Falling While Diagnoses and Costs Remain High</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherafgan Khan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than 2.1 million Americans are projected to receive a cancer diagnosis in 2026, even as cancer mortality continues to fall. We examine the numbers behind that apparent contradiction, which cancers are increasing in younger adults, what treatment costs really measure, and which patient-navigation strategies have demonstrated results.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Danny Trejo, Ben Shapiro and Pawn Shop: Did He Know It Was Pro-ICE?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katrina Vide]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Danny Trejo says he is not pro-ICE, while his son says he did not know Ben Shapiro was behind Pawn Shop until filming began. The screenplay, crew accounts, contracts and a prior Daily Wire credit reveal what can and cannot be concluded.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Potty Trained at Home but Not at School: Why an Autistic Child May Hold Pee and What Helps</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherafgan Khan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When an autistic child uses the toilet at home but not at preschool, the problem may involve timing, sensory comfort, communication, support, or bladder and bowel health. Here is how to investigate it and build a school routine that can actually work.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Do People Think Their Opinions Are Facts? Naive Realism Explained</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherafgan Khan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some people appear certain that their perspective is reality and that anyone who disagrees must be wrong. Psychology offers a more useful explanation: naive realism, incomplete information, and cognitive bias. The evidence also challenges the popular claim that facts cannot change minds.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MarinaTex: Can Fish Waste Replace Plastic Packaging?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherafgan Khan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MarinaTex began as a film made from fish-processing byproducts and red algae. We trace the claim that one cod could yield 1,400 bags, examine the early performance claims, and check what the company is developing in 2026.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who Will Buy the Baby Boomers&#8217; Homes? Inside America&#8217;s 13.9 Million-Home Housing Handoff</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Goodheart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Millions of homes are projected to leave older owner-occupancy over the next decade, but that does not mean millions of listings will suddenly hit the market. The real housing handoff runs through inheritance, repeat buyers, younger households, investors, rentals, and, where buyers cannot support the asking price, eventual repricing.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can AI Victim Impact Statements Be Used in Court? What State v. Horcasitas Actually Ruled</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle Dayan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arizona did not simply ban AI victim impact statements. In State v. Horcasitas, the Court of Appeals held that a synthetic recreation became constitutionally unreliable when a family's imagined words were presented through a dead victim's face, voice, and apparent emotions. The harder question is whether the problem is AI itself or who the statement is attributed to.]]></description>
		
		
		
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