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Monday, Dec. 8, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
Science history: Female chemist initially barred from research helps develop drug for remarkable-but-short-lived recovery in children with leukemia — Dec. 6, 1954
In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia into remission. It would guide a
“Best practices”: The buzzword that the Trump administration will use to eliminate as many vaccines as RFK Jr. can
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met last week, eliminating the universal recommendation for the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. There was
Major earthquake strikes Japan’s north-east coast
The magnitude 7.6 tremor prompts orders to evacuate residents.
Paramount launches rival bid for Warner Bros Discovery
The Hollywood battle to buy Warner Bros Discovery is shaping up to be a blockbuster.
Ukraine’s European allies press for more security guarantees
Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of France, Germany and the UK held talks in London to discuss the latest US efforts to end the war
About 100 abducted schoolchildren released in Nigeria
Details of the release of the schoolchildren are still unclear and 165 people remain unaccounted for.
Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros
Paramount has launched a $108.4bn (£81bn) hostile bid for Warner Bros, challenging Netflix, which had reached a $72bn (£54bn) takeover deal with the company.
Ukraine firefighters rush to rescue people, pets after Russian strike
Firefighters evacuated residents and their pets from a nine-storey apartment building after a Russian drone strike.
Paramount goes hostile in its bid for Warner Bros Discovery
It is the same bid that Warner Brothers rejected in favour of the offer from Netflix last week.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar sign high-speed rail deal to link capitals
The project, set to be completed in six years, is the first of its kind between the two Gulf nations.
Here’s the Extent of the Fallout From Trump’s HHS Purge
This is a MedPage Today story. Thousands of employees of federal health agencies have been let go in a chaotic and slow-rolling Trump administration purge
F1 in Abu Dhabi: And that’s the championship
The 2025 Formula 1 World Championship drew to a close this past weekend in Abu Dhabi, and with it came the end of the current
A big bike on a budget: Lectric’s XPress 750
Almost every bit of bike testing I’ve done starts out the same way. After assembling the bike, I set the seatpost to its maximum possible