Scientists have deliberately turned male mouse embryos into females for the first time. A team based in Japan used a CRISPR-based approach to remove the Y chromosome from male cells and create female clones of male mice. 

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The White House is funneling millions into executive maintenance accounts without oversight or approval from Congress, The Washington Post reports

The American president has never been richer, while at the same time managing to burn through taxpayer cash at a faster rate than Donald Trump. Foreign wars are bleeding the Pentagon dry, expensive vanity projects from Trump’s Cabinet members are sending millions up in smoke, and — as it turns out — almost one billion dollars in White House renovations are available to throw on the pyre. 

The Band Perry used to have sibling “blood harmony,” but now things are just looking bloody between the sister and two brothers who used to make up country music’s foremost contemporary family band. Former member Neil Perry has gone public with his far-from-harmonious feelings about the lineup of the newly reconstituted act — which now consists solely of Kimberly Perry and her husband of five years, Johnny Costello.

During this NFL offseason, Travis Kelce marked one item off his wish list: marry Taylor Swift.

“It was a fun offseason, man,” Kelce told reporters on Wednesday, as he returned to the practice field ahead of his 14th season with the Kansas City Chiefs. “Wedding was the best night of my life, and I appreciate everybody who came out and celebrated and had fun with us.”

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Bethesda may be adding the Switch 2's optimizations to other platforms

Oblivion Remastered's Switch 2 release may finally fix one of the remake's biggest problems

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Ashley Walters alleges Manson sexually assaulted her in 2010, then later whipped her and threw her against a wall

A Los Angeles County judge granted a trial date Wednesday to the woman who claims Marilyn Manson sexually assaulted her at his West Hollywood home studio in 2010 and later subjected her to physical and emotional abuse when she worked as his assistant.

Form Energy, which makes iron-based batteries to hold electricity for days, said it raised $750 million to expand production. That follows a $550 million raise by rival Antora, which snagged the same amount to accelerate production of its thermal batteries made from carbon blocks that also hold power for at least 100 hours. Unsurprisingly, data center power demand underpins the investment spike.