Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear
Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Andruil’s Palmer Luckey had an idea to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military, law enforcement, and other emergency response teams. That idea, on Thursday, announced its emergence from stealth…
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Gilead pays $45 million to settle kickback case filed by Texas AG
Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot…
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Weight-loss drug rollout on the NHS blasted as ‘unambitious’ by MPs
“Some will reach our shores through the black and grey market, outside the safeguards on quality, storage, prescribing and monitoring. The piecemeal and unequal access to weight-loss medicines on the NHS risks compounding the problem, as most…
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Give more people weight loss jabs on the NHS, say MPs
The committee also called for a crackdown on the black market for weight-loss drugs, saying the lack of availability on the NHS had driven people to buy unlicenced products online.It wants a public awareness campaign to warn about the dangers,…
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King Charles urged ‘as human brother’ to support reparations talks at Caribbean summit
The head of the Caribbean’s reparations commission has appealed to King Charles III as a “human brother” whose family he said had benefited from slavery to support reparations talks at next month’s Commonwealth leaders meeting in the…
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Young person knife attacks in London fall by over 50% since Sadiq Khan’s violence reduction unit set up
Hospital admissions for knife assaults among youngsters have more than halved, with London recording a faster fall than the rest of England, according to City Hall figures
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Belfast City Hospital haematology centre for cancer patients at risk over funds move
A plan to build a haematology centre in Belfast for cancer patients has been put at risk after the Department of Health (DoH) withdrew funding, the chief executive of the Belfast Trust has said.The move was described as “disgraceful” during…
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Grid operator says lights will stay on this winter after concerns
Law firm Eversheds Sutherland, which carried out the independent investigation, said there were “high levels of stress and concern” within NESO’s Electricity National Control Centre over the “current state of the energy industry generally” and…
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Spotify says yes, it is busting people for using Family Plan sharing too widely
This is not as much a crackdown as it is actually a routine improvement of our verification methods for our Family Plan. Family Plan has existed for a long while. It has been around for, I think it is now close to 12, 13 years in Spotify history,…
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George Russell calls for F1 track changes after Max Verstappen’s COTA complaints
George Russell believes Formula 1 circuits should be resurfaced every couple of years after Max Verstappen made critical comments about the bumps at the Circuit of the Americas and how they could leave him needing…
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