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Earlier on Wednesday, President Donald Trump dismissed an Iranian report that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would be jointly controlled by Iran and Oman as part of a peace deal during a cabinet meeting.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The next step will be a large phase III randomized controlled trial designed to determine whether doctors should begin prescribing immunotherapy for depression more broadly.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Geiser argued that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Rioja Acquisition, a company controlled by CVC, sold shares representing an 11.08% stake in Naturgy at 28.55 euros apiece, bookrunner Goldman Sachs Bank Europe said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The mathematics to model a trait controlled by five or seven genes, Fisher discovered, was not all that complex.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee