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A man in a suit sits in front of American flags, his face partially shadowed and filtered in yellow tones.
Trump may make America great again — just not in the way he had intended.
An astronaut stands proudly on the moon's surface near scientific equipment and a lunar lander, as the American flag waves in the background, symbolizing a pioneering USA nation.
After drastic cuts to the NIH, the FDA, the NSF, and the DOE, NASA science faces down its smallest budget ever. All of society will suffer.
A large black question mark with the words "live the questions" overlaid in cursive font, set against a beige background with red abstract lines.
"Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, like books written in a truly foreign language."
Barry Ritholtz, a man in a suit and tie, stands confidently before a blue zigzag line on a light backdrop.
Barry Ritholtz — market commentator, founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and podcast host — shares what really trips investors up.
Target symbol over a world map with a central orange circle displaying "< 2°", surrounded by numbers on concentric circles.
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“I think the key point is that doesn't mean game over. That doesn't mean we're flipped into a world, and to a point of no return.”
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Perhaps no existential question looms larger than that of our ultimate cosmic origins. At long last, science has provided the answers.