• ☝️ A rare fossil that was preserved in iron pyrite – aka fool’s gold – has revealed a newly identified species of arthropod that dates back 450 million years.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed (S&P: +0.2%; Dow: -0.4%; Nasdaq: +0.8%); the Nasdaq ended the day at a record high. | 📊 Trump Media shares rose ~8% in a volatile day that saw trading halted multiple times.
• 🍔 McDonald's posted strong Q3 results; however, the recent E. coli outbreak has dented traffic and sales in recent weeks. | 🌯 Chipotle reported quarterly results that beat expectations on earnings but missed on revenue. | ☁️ Alphabet posted strong quarterly results powered by cloud growth.
• 🤖 Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly in talks to raise capital at a $40 billion valuation.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏀🤝 Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, the projected #1 pick in next year’s NBA Draft, became the first men’s college basketball player to sign an NIL deal with Gatorade.
• 🎶 A lost waltz believed to be written by famed composer Frédéric Chopin was recently discovered in the vault of a New York museum, nearly 200 years after it was first written. | 🤠⛰️ Apple is currently developing an action-comedy movie adaptation of popular video game The Oregon Trail.
• 🚫📰 The Washington Post has lost 250,000+ subscribers, or 10% of its entire base, following its decision to forgo endorsing a presidential candidate in the 2024 election, per NPR’s David Folkenflik.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🐦‍⬛ Crows can hold grudges for up to 17 years, per an experiment from University of Washington professor John Marzluff.
• 🐸 A tiny species of toad that was recently discovered in Brazil is the second-smallest known vertebrate species on Earth; at 0.27 inches in length, the “toadlet” is smaller than several ant species.
• 🌳 More than one-third of the world's known tree species are at risk of going extinct, per a new global analysis.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🗣️ Vice President Harris delivered a campaign speech last night at the Ellipse near the White House, where she drew a contrast between her vision for the country and former President Trump’s. | ⚖️🗳️ The Supreme Court rejected a request from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to have his name removed from the ballot in two key swing states (Wisconsin and Michigan).
• 🪖 The US military is running low on a sought-after type of missile called interceptors, per a Wall Street Journal report.
• 🇮🇱 Israel’s Parliament approved legislation to cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA); the move prevents the agency – which is leading the humanitarian response in Gaza – from operating in Israeli territory, and forbids interaction with Israeli state authorities; Israel has long criticized the UN agency for alleged anti-Israel bias and for having Hamas members on staff. ​​ | ⛪📝 A Vatican commission on sexual abuse by Catholic Church clergymembers issued its first report yesterday; it features a series of findings and recommendations, including a call for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office.

CLICKBAIT

• 🥶😎 Why 60 degrees feels cold in the fall and warm in the spring.