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Ukraine Talks Advance as Orbán Courts Moscow; Record Thanksgiving Travel and Turkey Pardon; Foot Locker Closures; Stretchy Gel Battery and ULTRARAM Near Production; Mother and 4-Year-Old Diagnosed With Cancer Same Day
Stretchable, Gelatin-Based Battery Aims to Cut E-Waste
Researchers at McGill’s Trottier Institute have built a flexible battery that swaps toxic materials for citric or lactic acid and gelatin, making it bendable and potentially implant friendly. It promises greener power for wearables and less electronic waste. Look at that, innovation behaving itself for once.
Ukraine Peace Plan Pushes Forward, Plus Washington's Seasonal Poultry Pageant
Kyiv has agreed to core components of a U.S.-backed framework, with security chief Rustem Umerev signaling President Volodymyr Zelensky plans a White House visit before month’s end for further talks. Meanwhile, in a ritual of bipartisan symbolism, President Trump will pardon turkeys Gobble and Waddle, because nothing says geostrategic resolve like ceremonial clemency for birds.
Foot Locker Closures Coming Under New Owner
Foot Locker will close some stores in 2026 under its new parent, Dick’s Sporting Goods, which says it plans to clean out the garbage in a post merger purge. Finally, a corporate strategy statement that skips the buzzwords and heads straight for the broom.
Mother and 4-Year-Old Son Diagnosed With Cancer the Same Day
A mother and her young son received separate cancer diagnoses on the same day and are now undergoing treatment on parallel paths. It is a profound hardship that demands immense strength, and their resolve deserves attention and support, not spectacle.
Orbán Courts Moscow as Ukraine Talks Advance
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is reportedly seeking a sit down with Vladimir Putin while urging the EU to back a U.S.-led plan and open direct talks with Russia. He is casting himself as Europe’s self appointed envoy, also known as the Kremlin’s most punctual plus one inside the bloc.
O’Hare Braces for Record Thanksgiving Rush
Chicago expects more than 1.63 million passengers over the seven day holiday window, a 9.5 percent jump from last year and the busiest Thanksgiving week in the hub’s 70 year history. The city says it is ready, and travelers should be too, with patience, portable chargers, and expectations set to standing room only.
ULTRARAM Faces the Factory Test
In a University of Adelaide analysis, Dr. Dominic Lane examines whether the much hyped III–V memory concept ULTRARAM, billed as DRAM fast and flash persistent, can leap from elegant physics to scalable, reliable, economically sane production. Translation, can it survive anywhere beyond a press release.
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