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Edition No. 27
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Updated 03:06 UTC
Stronger verdicts first · Score orders stories within each verdict
In data released at ESMO, the Moderna-Merck personalized mRNA cancer vaccine reduced recurrence-free survival and the time until distant metastasis occurred.
By Joseph, Feuerstein · Oct 23, 2026
Score ████░░░░░░ 3.6
Top stories 01 Verdict: Routine█████░░░░░ 5.3
02 Verdict: Routine█████░░░░░ 5.0
03 Verdict: Routine█████░░░░░ 4.8
More top stories No.04 to No.08
Hacker News
No.04 Oct 24, 2026 Verdict: RoutineScore ████░░░░░░ 4.4
STAT by Joseph, Feuerstein
Moderna and Merck's 'presidential' presentation, and other news from Day 2 of the European Society for Medical Oncology meeting in Madrid.
No.05 Oct 24, 2026 Verdict: RoutineScore ████░░░░░░ 4.3
OpenAI
OpenAI explains how we strengthened containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.
No.06 Oct 23, 2026 Verdict: RoutineScore ████░░░░░░ 4.2
Ars Technica by Tereza Ondráčková
A new model suggests Mars may host ice-forming physics never directly observed before.
No.07 Oct 24, 2026 Verdict: RoutineScore ████░░░░░░ 3.9
Ars Technica by Krywko
The tiny remains of the Laurentide Ice Sheet began getting somewhat less tiny.
No.08 Oct 24, 2026 Verdict: RoutineScore ████░░░░░░ 3.9
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