Zantac’s Developer Settles Lawsuits Claiming Cancer Link

GSK, which developed and sold versions of the now-discontinued blockbuster heartburn drug, agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion. Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Liability for Products, Compensation for Damages (Law), Heartburn, GSK PLC GSK, which developed and sold versions of the now-discontinued blockbuster heartburn drug, agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion. NYT > Business

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Physicists Synthesize New Isotope of Plutonium

The newly-discovered isotope, plutonium-227, has a half-life of 0.78 seconds, according to a team of physicists from China. The post Physicists Synthesize New Isotope of Plutonium appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.  The newly-discovered isotope, plutonium-227, has a half-life of 0.78 seconds, according to a team of physicists from China. The post Physicists Synthesize…

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Global Trade Grows but Remains Vulnerable to War and Geopolitics

New reports from the World Trade Organization and a Washington think tank showed how robust global trade could quickly be derailed by violence. International Trade and World Market, International Relations, Canals, Ships and Shipping, Freight (Cargo), Center for Strategic and International Studies, World Trade Organization, Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi, Taiwan Strait New reports from the World Trade Organization and…

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Temporal variability and cell mechanics control robustness in mammalian embryogenesis | Science

How living systems achieve precision in form and function despite their intrinsic stochasticity is a fundamental yet ongoing question in biology. We generated morphomaps of preimplantation embryogenesis in mouse, rabbit, and monkey embryos, and these … How living systems achieve precision in form and function despite their intrinsic stochasticity is a fundamental yet ongoing question in…

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While N.B.A. Plays in Abu Dhabi, Critics Cry Foul

The league has held preseason games in the United Arab Emirates for three years. It says its impact has been positive, but others say it’s helping a repressive regime. Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Basketball, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Corporate Social Responsibility, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, National Basketball Assn,…

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CBS News ‘Made a Mistake’ in Rebuking Anchor, Shari Redstone Says

Tony Dokoupil’s exchange led to a rebuke from executives, but the mogul who controls the network, Shari Redstone, came to his defense. Television, CBS Mornings (TV Program), CBS News, Coates, Ta-Nehisi, Dokoupil, Tony, Redstone, Shari, Paramount Global, News and News Media, Writing and Writers, Books and Literature, The Message (Book), Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), Palestinians Tony Dokoupil’s…

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