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Nvidia is rattling markets today after reports surfaced that CEO Jensen Huang could be facing removal from the company he co-founded and has led for decades. Perpetual futures contracts on Hyperliquid dropped seven percent as traders reacted to the news, while Bitcoin held steady in its familiar trading range, seemingly unmoved by the turbulence.
Shifting to science, researchers have found a troubling new mechanism behind how aggressive ovarian cancer spreads. Cancer cells that survive chemotherapy appear to release fructose, which weakens the bonds holding neighboring tumor cells together, essentially giving the cancer a path to break free. The findings raise fresh questions about the role of dietary sugar in treatment outcomes.
And finally, a piece of American maritime history met a carefully planned end this week. The SS United States, all one thousand feet of her, was deliberately sunk roughly twenty nautical miles off Florida's Gulf Coast. Rather than scrapping the retired ocean liner, organizers chose to let her become what will be the world's largest artificial reef.
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