Caenorhabditis elegans SID-2 is required for intestinal uptake of ingested double-stranded RNA.
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Caenorhabditis elegans SID-2 is required for intestinal uptake of ingested double-stranded RNA.
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Bacterially produced double-stranded RNA triggers target-specific gene knockdown in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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Bacterially produced double-stranded RNA is consumed by Caenorhabditis elegans and enters the endogenous RNA interference pathway to reduce expression of the corresponding target gene.
HARDLY BS
WormBase and WormBook collectively cover gene function, mutant strains, development, and experimental methods.
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WormBase and WormBook provide information on Caenorhabditis elegans gene function, mutant strains, developmental biology, and experimental methodologies.
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Title VII covers employer actions materially adverse to a reasonable employee.
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Under Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, 548 U.S. 53 (2006), Title VII's anti-retaliation provision covers any employer action that a reasonable employee would find materially adverse.
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Language models predict likely next tokens and can produce factual inaccuracies.
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Generative models predict likely word sequences rather than retrieve facts, which can lead to factual inaccuracies.
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AI-driven content growth is straining academic review capacity.
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The volume of AI-generated content is growing faster than editorial teams' capacity to review it.
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Google calls for manual fact-checking of AI-generated content before publication.
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Google now explicitly calls for manual fact-checking before publication.
HARDLY BS
Google's stock fell about 5% to 6% in August 2026.
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Google's stock price dropped significantly in August 2026.
HARDLY BS
Fast4 service lets remain in play after landing in the correct box.
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Under Fast4 tennis rules, service lets are not replayed.
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The Google–BCG survey classified 19% of companies as AI marketing leaders.
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Research by Google and Boston Consulting Group found that 19% of companies have reached the level of true AI leaders in marketing.
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PostNord reports that 80% of Finns bought online from abroad.
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According to PostNord's E-commerce in the Nordics report, about 80% of Finns shop outside Finland's borders.
HARDLY BS
Major contemporary Jewish authorities prohibit smoking because it endangers health.
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Judaism prohibits smoking.
HARDLY BS
Islamic scripture and jurisprudence prohibit consuming intoxicating alcoholic drinks.
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Islam prohibits drinking alcohol.
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Mainstream Islamic jurisprudence forbids recreational marijuana as an intoxicant.
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Islam prohibits the use of recreational marijuana.
HARDLY BS
Minor vandalism affected the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's edge caulking.
Claim:
The Washington Reflection Pool was vandalized.
HARDLY BS
Venn diagrams may use any suitable simple closed curves.
Claim:
The interior regions created by intersections in a Venn diagram do not need to be circular.
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Excess body fat is associated with lower testosterone levels in men.
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Men with excessive body fat mass tend to have insufficient androgen levels.
HARDLY BS
Women who smoke generally have modestly higher levels of some androgens.
Claim:
Smoking increases androgen levels in women.
HARDLY BS
Crystals have long-range ordered arrangements of their microscopic constituent particles.
Claim:
A crystal requires particles to be arranged in a highly regular microscopic pattern.
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The APA published the first DSM edition in 1952.
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The American Psychiatric Association published the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1952.
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