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Smoking ban for people born after 2008 agreed as ‘landmark’ Bill clears Parliament The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is designed to ‘create a smoke-free generation’

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UK Parliament passes smoke-free generation law!

Tobacco and Vapes Bill bans sales of cigarettes to anyone born after 1 January 2009

Can we finally agree that burning wood for energy is a terrible idea and won't be carbon neutral, let alone carbon negative, in our lifetimes? BECCS using wood certainly shouldn't qualify as CO₂ removal (CDR).

Old and modern technologies such as mirrors, cameras, lidar, GPS tracking, networking of cars, bikes, phone alerts, smart glasses etc. could easily solve such issues and reduce fatalities and injuries to the absolute minimum. There is no excuse.

The authors of the four Gospels of the New Testament.

DOT Researchers Suggested a Way to Make Big Trucks Safer. After Meeting With Lobbyists, Agency Officials Rejected the Idea. The Department of Transportation allowed trucking lobbyists to review an unpublished report recommending a safety device that could save lives by preventing pedestrians and cyclists from getting crush...

In the US government and industry work together to prevent improvements in safety such as side guards and turn warning systems on trucks that would save the lives of pedestrians and cyclists. There is no excuse and discussing residual risk is moot.

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Though he and his co-recipients Michael Welsh and Jesús González developed a triple-drug therapy that cures 90-95% of patients, the job isn’t done, Paul cautions. “We still have 5-10% of patients who will not respond to these medications. So there’s still work to be done.” 🧪

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ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t.

ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants.

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A commentary on the current implications of academic training & career trajectories of trainees in nicotine and tobacco research in the United States Emily Hackworth, Garrett S Stang, Laura Buckner, Rachel Rosen, Mariel S Bello, Nicholas Felicione, Nancy C Jao; A commentary on the current implications of

A commentary on the current implications of academic training & career trajectories of trainees in nicotine and tobacco research in the United States

Commentary by Emily Hackworth et al.

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Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.

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@baumlab.bsky.social is a renowned professor at @uvic.ca. Her work has examined how climate change and overfishing impact coral reefs and sharks, and has recently been focused on blue carbon as a climate solution.

Eli Lilly Reveals Results of Late-Stage Study for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Eli Lilly’s late-stage study of the efficacy and safety of a treatment for type 2 diabetes has produced positive results.

Eli Lilly’s late-stage study of the efficacy and safety of a treatment for type 2 diabetes has produced positive results. on.wsj.com/4cpqzc3

Opinion | It’s the End of the Internet as We Know It

Oh shit.

A grouped bar chart titled "Europeans Increasingly See the US as a Threat," comparing the percentage of people in six European countries who viewed the USA as unfriendly or hostile in July 2023 (light blue bars) versus January 2026 (red bars). The data, sourced from YouGov, shows a marked increase across all surveyed nations: Italy increased from 17% to 27%, France from 18% to 30%, Germany from 14% to 41%, Great Britain from 6% to 35%, Spain from 15% to 48%, and Denmark saw the largest increase from 6% to 65%.

In July 2023, only 6% of Danes thought the US was unfriendly or hostile towards Europe. In January 2026, that jumped to 65% of Danes.

"#Trump-Anhänger zu sein, ist wie in einer Festung zu leben." Jetzt @spiegel.de:
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Neuroanatomical Variability in Brain Surface Area and Cortical Volumes Associated with Adolescent E-cigarette Use Despite the widespread use of electronic cigarettes among adolescents, evidence on their impact on brain development remains limited. To investigate a…

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“Brain surface area and volume in key cortical regions were significantly smaller in youth e-cigarette users compared to non-users, primarily within frontal, and temporal lobe structures“

Neuroanatomical Variability in Brain Surface Area and Cortical Volumes Associated with Adolescent E-cigarette Use Despite the widespread use of electronic cigarettes among adolescents, evidence on their impact on brain development remains limited. To investigate a…

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“Brain surface area and volume in key cortical regions were significantly smaller in youth e-cigarette users compared to non-users, primarily within frontal, and temporal lobe structures“

When in Bavaria…

When Donald Trump dragged the U.S. into war with Iran, Americans were left stranded in the Middle East.

Why was our government unprepared to respond?

Maybe because Secretary Rubio and DOGE fired hundreds of State Department employees whose job it was to help in a crisis.

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

From childhood to old age, fluoridated water has no negative effect on IQ or cognition, study finds

@timeshighered.bsky.social : Iran ceasefire brings hope after university attacks ‘normalised’

Sales of used EVs surge in US as petrol prices pass $4 a gallon Americans are buying second-hand electric vehicles even as the market for new vehicles slumps

@financialtimes.com Sales of used EVs surge in US as petrol prices pass $4 a gallon

‘Molecular fence’ helps convert carbon dioxide to clean fuel A small molecule traps reaction intermediates on an electrocatalytic surface, making ethylene production more efficient and potentially scalable

Converting carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons could become a cleaner alternative to producing fossil fuels. Now, a team of researchers has envisioned a strategy using “molecular fences” to trap reaction intermediates, increasing the conversion rates and energy efficiency of the process.

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Pediatric Nicotine Exposures Reported to US Poison Centers This cross-sectional study investigates trends in pediatric nicotine exposures by product type and exposure route from 2016 to 2023 in the US.

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Increased nicotine poisonings of small children by inhalation from e-cigarettes compared to ingestion route between 2016-23. Will increased prevalence of nicotine pouches reverse the trend ?

California has led the largest expansion of health coverage in America, bringing the uninsured rate from 17% a decade ago down to a RECORD LOW of 5.9%.

Quite literally the opposite of the health care carnage we're seeing from Republicans in Washington.

Prospect.org homepage, now programmatic ad-free.

Starting today, @prospect.org has removed all programmatic ads, because we believe that respecting you as readers rather than monetizing your attention will earn trust. This is what the site looks like, with all space reserved for stories about ideas, politics and power. prospect.org/2026/04/06/w...

AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalism The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company...

"The news organization is becoming more focused on visual journalism and developing new revenue sources, particularly through companies investing in artificial intelligence, to cope with the economic collapse of many legacy news outlets."

The carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes: a qualitative risk assessment Considering carcinogenic risk for vapers in comparison with never-users, findings 2017–25 from all types of investigation record increasing concern and tak

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The carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes: a qualitative risk assessment

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Science is not neutral: The rubella vaccine and the attack on public health Stanley Plotkin, the virologist whose RA 27/3 rubella vaccine has immunized hundreds of millions of children worldwide, has reacted to the ongoing dismantling of public health with undisguised despair...

Science is not neutral: The rubella vaccine and the attack on public health www.wsws.org/en/articles/... via @benjaminmateus.bsky.social