Kyle Nowak

🔥 It’s Thursday, April 17th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

–Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

🎓 On Monday, the Trump administration froze ~$2.3 billion worth of federal grants and contracts to Harvard after the school rejected a list of government demands related to claims of antisemitism and ideological capture.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, April 16th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

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“Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.”

–Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

🐬 Yesterday, Google’s AI research lab DeepMind unveiled a new AI model aimed at helping scientists translate dolphin vocalizations, with an end goal of allowing for basic communication between humans and dolphins.

❓ Our question to you: In general, which of the following best describes your opinion regarding Trump’s tariff policies?

🔥 It’s Tuesday, April 15th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

💊 As ADHD diagnoses continue to hit record highs across the US, many leading researchers are seeing a disconnect between scientists’ evolving knowledge of the condition and the way it’s being treated, per a New York Times Magazine report from child development expert Paul Tough.

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"If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time."

–Zig Ziglar (1926-2012)

❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about the US government’s recent moves to reduce IRS headcount and funding?

🏛️ This weekend, the Trump administration officially exempted smartphones, laptops, and other electronic products from the President’s latest reciprocal tariffs—but also signaled that those products will soon be subject to new tariffs targeting the global semiconductor industry.

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“Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.”

–Richard Bach (b. 1936)

🧠 For decades, scientists have struggled to make sense of the brain due to its mind-boggling complexity. But the purported impossible has now been achieved, according to a new study published in Nature.

🏛️ Tax Day is right around the corner—and it could look a bit different this year on the federal government’s side, amid ongoing plans by the Trump administration to shrink the Internal Revenue Service.