The episode covers escalating U.S.-Iran tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, a major media merger between Warner Brothers Discovery and Paramount Skydance, a water crisis in Corpus Christi, Texas, and new research on how malaria shaped early human migration in Africa. These stories highlight
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