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Inside the deepfake Zoom “boardroom” that cost a Singapore businessman S$4.9 million

May 18, 2026 Chris Jeremia

Unlicensed, drug-positive driver charged in Bangkok rail crash that killed eight

May 18, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Hantavirus lives in over 100 mammal species. Most of them are fine. We're not.

May 13, 2026 Chris Jeremia

Fructose isn't acting like a calorie inside the body — and a sweeping new Nature Metabolism review argues that's why cutting soda alone won't reverse the metabolic disease curve

Fructose isn't acting like a calorie inside the body — and a sweeping new Nature Metabolism review argues that's why cutting soda alone won't reverse the metabolic disease curve

May 12, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

LanzaTech just signed a Copenhagen biofoundry deal that sounds like another carbon-capture press release — but the microbes at the centre of it are quietly rewriting where your jet fuel, packaging and protein come from

LanzaTech just signed a Copenhagen biofoundry deal that sounds like another carbon-capture press release — but the microbes at the centre of it are quietly rewriting where your jet fuel, packaging and protein come from

May 12, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

The wellness industry is selling NAD+ infusions for up to $1,000 a session as an anti-aging fix — and the actual human evidence is nowhere near what the price tag implies

The wellness industry is selling NAD+ infusions for up to $1,000 a session as an anti-aging fix — and the actual human evidence is nowhere near what the price tag implies

May 12, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

The EPA just redefined when

The EPA just moved to let gas plants and AI data centers break ground before getting air permits

May 12, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

New Orleans just logged its heaviest Mardi Gras trash haul on record, and the easy explanation about bigger crowds collapses the moment you look at what's actually in the pile

New Orleans just logged its heaviest Mardi Gras trash haul on record, and the easy explanation about bigger crowds collapses the moment you look at what's actually in the pile

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Nonprofit hospitals are quietly turning uninsured patients away from the charity care they're legally required to offer — and the billing departments are getting to collections before anyone mentions the program exists

Nonprofit hospitals face scrutiny over charity care and medical debt

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Roughly 4.6 million Americans live within a half-mile of an abandoned oil well leaking methane into their air and water — and a tiny Montana nonprofit is doing the cleanup the industry walked away from

Roughly 4.6 million Americans live within a half-mile of an abandoned oil well leaking methane into their air and water — and a tiny Montana nonprofit is doing the cleanup the industry walked away from

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Rochester biologists just transplanted a naked mole rat gene into mice and extended their lifespan — and the 4.4% number matters far less than what the method actually proves

Rochester biologists just transplanted a naked mole rat gene into mice and extended their lifespan — and the 4.4% number matters far less than what the method actually proves

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team