In an election season of close races and strong emotions, keep this guide handy to understand what polls can't say (even if they seem to).

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The Earth vibrated for 9 days in September last year. Why? wsj.com/science/greenl… Eric Niiler reports

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Neil King was an extraordinarily talented journalist. Working alongside him was the privilege of a lifetime. But his time after leaving a newsroom left me even more awestruck — by his courage, clarity and beautiful writing. A 🧵with some of my favorites washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

Share of personal income that comes from government safety-net programs in 1970, 2000 and 2022, respectively. Counties with 25% or more (gold) goes from 1% in 1970 to 53% in 2022. wsj.com/politics/elect…

A dye that gives Cheetos their orangey color makes the skin of mice transparent, according to Stanford researchers. @nidhisubs reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/biolog… via The Wall Street Journal e

I never met a nerd who loved their database more than David loved TRAC. This guy was a real one.

New from me: Need a new artery? A lab-grown blood vessel might be the solution in the future. wsj.com/health/healthc… via The Wall Street Journal

Labs that test legal marijuana appear to be underreporting dangerous mold contamination, a WSJ analysis found wsj.com/health/healthc… via The Wall Street Journal

Call it Field of Bad Dreams: Harris tried to build it, but they just didn’t come. wsj.com/politics/elect… In every core blue bloc, voters didn’t turn out. The electorate that did shifted toward Trump—an analysis of vote data from me, Kara Dapena, Maureen Linke, and Rob Barry.

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NEW: Ranga Dias, a physics professor who claimed he had discovered a room-temperature superconductor, is out at the University of Rochester wsj.com/science/univer…

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ICYMI from yesterday: Trump admin health officials are attempting to build a case that outbreaks of the measles and tuberculosis justify reviving title 42, Trump's pandemic era border policy that blocked migrants from asking for asylum. W/Liz Essley Whyte wsj.com/politics/polic…

NEW - White House preparing executive order to fire thousands of federal health agency workers With Betsy McKay

Just feel I should document this personal record. Four major @wsj scoops, one week.

NEW: The Trump administration is going to require immigrants in the country illegally to submit their information to a new government registration system. Failure to comply could result in up to $5,000 in fines and up to six months in prison time wsj.com/politics/polic… --

North Platte, Neb., pins its hopes on a slaughterhouse, which promises an economic jolt but represents a risky bet, w/Scott Calvert Patrick Thomas wsj.com/business/meatp… via The Wall Street Journal