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Banijay and All3Media Complete $8 Billion Merger, Set London Headquarters

Banijay Entertainment and the Redbird IMI-owned All3Media have completed their $8 billion merger, creating what the two have described as “the world’s largest independent production company.” Despite ...

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Jul 9 • 12:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Banijay & All3Media Complete Merger, Creating $8BN Production-Distribution Giant

Banijay Entertainment and All3Media have completed their merger, creating a new London-based production and distribution giant that makes and sells shows including The Traitors, Big Brother, MasterChe...

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Jul 9 • 11:48 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Meet Biomni

In creating a comprehensive, AI-enabled research agent for the biomedical sciences, Stanford researchers hope to speed innovation by eliminating the tedium of scientific legwork.

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Jul 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • news.stanford.edu
Connecticut reports 23 cases of cyclosporiasis as health officials urge produce washing

Connecticut health officials are urging people to thoroughly wash fresh produce after the state reported 23 cases of cyclosporiasis as of July 1. The parasitic illness spreads through eating contaminated food, according to doctors. The Connecticut Department of Public Health said it has not been able to determine whether the cases are concentrated in one area and is working to…

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Jul 8 • 9:43 PM EDT • Health • nbcconnecticut.com
Athlon Sports Golf Is Building a Bigger Daily Home for Golf Fans

Athlon Sports is expanding its golf footprint, and the next step is built for the way fans follow the game now. The new social channels will extend the growing Athlon Sports golf platform beyond written stories, creating a more immediate home for news, analysis, reactions, player storylines, tournament coverage, instruction, equipment talk and the moments that make golf feel bigger than a scorecard. Athlon Sports Golf is building a bigger daily home for golf fans.

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Jul 8 • 8:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Small Business Spotlight: Business blooms beyond bouquets

BUSINESS: The Busy Bloom OWNERS: Amanda and Walter Adkins ADDRESS: 708 S. 17th St., Wilmington EMAIL: thebusybloomco@gmail.com WEBSITE: thebusybloomco.com PHONE NUMBER: (910) 742-0790 YEAR FOUNDED: 2024 NO. OF EMPLOYEES: 4 WHAT IS THE BUSY BLOOM? AMANDA ADKINS: “The Busy Bloom is a flower shop with a spin – a creative experience shop located in Wilmington’s Cargo District. Founded in 2024 by husband-and-wife team Amanda and Walter Adkins, we offer fresh flowers, botanical teas, a build-your-own bouquet bar, candle-making experiences, gifts, workshops, wedding florals and event services. Our mission is simple: to make flowers accessible, approachable and enjoyable for everyone – not just for special occasions.” WHY DID YOU START THE BUSINESS? AMANDA ADKINS: “The Busy Bloom was born from a lifelong connection to flowers and a desire to create meaningful experiences for people. After doing my own wedding florals and after years of working in healthcare management, I found myself returning to gardening and floral design as a creative outlet and source of healing. The loss of my mother-in-law, who always shared flowers from her garden, inspired me to pursue floristry full-time. My husband encouraged me and built a small flower cart for us to grow, and fast forward to now, two years later, it has grown into a community-centered business focused on bringing joy, connection and creativity through flowers.” WHAT KIND OF GROWTH ARE YOU HOPING FOR? AMANDA ADKINS: “We’re focused on sustainable growth that allows us to continue serving our community while expanding creative experiences. We hope to grow our wedding and event services, expand our educational workshops and creative programming and become a destination where people can gather, create and connect. We’re also passionate about creating opportunities that showcase floral design as an art form, such as our Fleur Couture fashion show and other community collaborations.” WHAT PAST EXPERIENCE HAVE YOU HAD WITH STARTING/WORKING IN BUSINESS? AMANDA ADKINS: “Before opening The Busy Bloom, I worked as a clinical manager in healthcare and spent years building leadership, operations and customer service skills. I’ve also worked in education and nonprofit programming, teaching people about nature and local ecosystems. Along the way, I designed flowers for weddings and events on the side, gradually turning a passion into a business. Walter has years of welding and construction experience, combined with entrepreneurship and a drive to own his own company. …The Busy Bloom has been a journey of combining creativity with entrepreneurship alongside my husband ... learning every step of the way.”

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Jul 8 • 9:28 AM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com
Highly-acclaimed Elvis tribute comes to Paramount Theatre

On July 17, Mason Stone brings the most highly acclaimed Elvis tribute concert in the country to the Paramount Theatre — a full-scale concert production dedicated to recreating the excitement

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Jul 8 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thegazette.com
The Lexington Problem: Beating the Literacy Odds Without the Science of Reading

Aldeman: As Massachusetts implements a new literacy mandate, officials must not lose sight of the ultimate goal: helping more students learn to read

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Jul 8 • 6:30 AM EDT • Science • the74million.org
Opinion: The Lexington Problem: Beating the Literacy Odds Without the Science of Reading

The science of reading has largely won the policy debate. Over the last decade, state after state has embraced evidence-based reading instruction. Legislatures have passed literacy laws, and teacher p...

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Hungary moves to overhaul university models banned from Horizon Europe

Hungary’s new government is aiming to overhaul the governance model of the institutions and universities that lost access to Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ funds “in a short timeframe,” according to Péter Horváth, the new state secretary for science policy and innovation. “As of today, the two non-university foundation-controlled institutions under my remit have been transformed,” he told Science|Business. “We hope the universities will follow and that this will be enough to satisfy the EU’s demands.”Under the previous government, led by Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party, many academic and scientific institutions were restructured and made into special public trust foundations, with members strongly linked to the government given lifelong mandates and significant decision-making powers with little oversight. The European Commission deemed that this undermined academic freedom and transparency in the country, leading to a ban on 34 institutions in 2022, including 21 universities, which saw academics in Hungary lose access to Horizon Europe grants. The new Hungarian government, elected in May and led by Péter Magyar and his Tisza Party, has promised to dismantle this governance model and restore the institutions to EU programmes. As a result, the European Commission has promised to return access to the Erasmus+ education mobility programme, but so far no concrete agreement has been made on the Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation. Hungary has already made legislative changes in June to allow the institutions to be reformed and set a timeline for the implementation.The non-university foundations, which are mainly cultural centres such as the Foundation for Hungarian Culture or the Makovecz Campus Foundation, will all be dissolved by August 31 this year, a date tied to EU-set milestones that Hungary must meet to unlock frozen funds, with control transferred to relevant ministries. Meanwhile, the universities will have until 31 August 2027. For each university foundation, the government will set the dissolution date and the body to take over operations. There is no final decision on a permanent new model for the universities, according to Hungarian MEP Eszter Lakos, who is shadow rapporteur for the Horizon Europe specific programme, a separate piece of legislation detailing implementation rules for the EU’s next research programme, due to start in 2028. “The aim of the transition year is to settle this with [the universities], not to impose a model, and not to put them under state control,” she told Science|Business. “The goal is to give academic independence back to universities.”There are three models that are most likely to be implemented. One would be a return to a traditional, state-run model. Another could be a newer, more self-standing public institution. A third option would be a reformed version of the foundation models that meet EU standards. According to Lakos, the dismantling of the system put in place by the Orbán government is well underway and if all goes according to plan, Hungary could regain access to EU research money by the start of the next academic year in 2027. “I believe that the Hungarian government is doing the necessary changes so the universities could return as beneficiaries to Horizon from the next school year,” she said. In the meantime, “the universities, institutes and cultural assets carry on under proper public stewardship rather than a handful of unaccountable trustees,” said Lakos. The laws passed in June impose new safeguards: board terms are capped at four years and renewable only once, appointments are made through open competitions and sitting politicians cannot join joining these boards.It remains unclear whether a domestic science funding programme set up as a back-up scheme by the former government following the EU funding ban, called HU-rizon, could be continued. “This programme should never have had to have been established in the first place, but it has proven to be quite popular,” he said. “I am considering continuing this programme with a refined focus on helping international collaborations.”Re-organising the research network One of the first priorities for Horváth and his cabinet is to resolve questions over the future of the Hungarian Research Network, Hun-Ren. The network of academic institutes was taken away from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2019 and turned into a quasi-private organisation, with similarities in its governance to the public trust foundations.Horváth and his team have consulted over 5,000 representatives from the network and the conclusion is broad unhappiness with the directors of all the institutes involved. “We have presented the results to the president and the chief executive of the network and this is currently being discussed,” Horváth said. The plan is to re-integrate the network back into the Academy of Sciences but in an improved way, “learning from mistakes of the past,” he added. The government also wants to reintegrate four humanities and social science research centres into the network that the previous government had transferred to Eötvös Loránd University. The transfer brought sharp criticism from the academic community, with a group of Hungarian research heads, including European Research Council grant recipients, sending an open letter to Orbán warning that the transfer would “cause historically significant harm to the entirety of Hungarian scientific life.” The transfer was “one of the biggest shames in Hungarian research in the past 20 years,” Horváth said. “We want to immediately re-integrate them back into the research network and to regain the trust of these institutions, because the way they were treated was really unfair.”Another pressing issue is the Élvonal Excellence Research and Talent Development Foundation, led by Nobel laureate Ferenc Krausz. The foundation signed a financing agreement with the former government earlier this year for a budget of over €730 million over the next five years. The goal is to create a world-class centre to attract top talent from abroad and to develop local researchers. But there was little transparency about this foundation, and news of its huge budget, which is nearly as much as Hungary’s entire research budget, caused a stir in the media following the recent elections. Another issue is that, as with the foundation boards of the institutes banned from Horizon Europe, there was little-to-no oversight of decisions led by Krausz. “It was an excellent idea but an unacceptable execution,” Horváth said of the foundation. “The fact that this is out of the Hungarian funding scheme, mostly concentrating on one person who decides on the budget is unacceptable for us.”The government plans to merge the centre with the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, the country’s R&D funding agency, with a reduced budget. Horváth is hopeful that Krausz will still be involved. The new government’s R&D goalsA phrase that crops up regularly during the discussion with Horváth is “democratic process.” The new state secretary is determined to involve Hungary’s research community in shaping future policies. This marks a departure from the previous government’s approach, and several people in Hungary’s research community have commented on the openness of the new government. In terms of concrete goals, Horváth and his team already have plans. He wants to create a new science fund in Hungary, based on the best practices of other European countries. The fund would not be tied to annual government budgets and would provide long-term, stable financing. “If we were to succeed in creating this fund, then I think it would be one of the biggest achievements for me in this period of government,” Horváth said. On the innovation side, he is looking into how best to bring in the private sector. “We want to make sure that we are working with the private sector to support innovation,” Horváth said. One of his big aims is to introduce entrepreneurship teaching into high schools. Hungary already has a reputable national academy offering research and innovation training in the field of natural sciences, and Horváth wants to expand this to all disciplines and across the whole country. “One of the main ways to elevate our innovative businesses is to teach our children to be innovative,” he said. “This will probably need ten years to pay off, but this is what we should do. Our aim is to make Hungary strong in our region, and this is what is needed.” Related articlesHungary’s Horizon Europe performance in numbersCommission unlocks Erasmus+ cash for Hungary, Horizon could be next‘Academic Huxit.’ Hungarian researchers speak out on impact of EU ban A more difficult task will be funding. The new government is aiming to increase research spending to 2% of the GDP by 2030, and then increase it to 3% in line with EU objectives. Currently, spending sits around 1.3%. But according to Horváth, the current budget, inherited from the previous government, is “heavily in the negative,” so any plans to increase research spending will have to start next year. Achieving 2% by 2030 already needs a big push, almost doubling the research budget. “This is something we’d definitely like to reach, and something I can see us achieving,” he said. “From the 2030s, I’d like to see an innovative generation growing up that can help us reach the 3% target.” Positivity in the new governmentDespite the many challenges facing Horváth and his team, the mood is positive. “It feels a bit like a start-up right now. Everyone is working 24/7, day and night, trying to do as much as they can. There is a lot of energy,” he said. It is a big change for the state secretary who, like many in his cabinet, is coming from a background in research or business, and not in politics. “Six weeks ago, I was sitting with my microscope and my research PhDs, so it’s been a big change for me,” said the computer scientist, who was previously the director of the Institute of Biochemistry at the Hun-Ren Biological Research Centre in Hungary and worked at the Institute for AI for Health at Helmholtz Munich. But he is relishing the task to transform the country’s R&D landscape. “We feel enormous support from the Hungarian people, but also from Europe,” he said. “We’ve received a lot of letters of support from around Europe. There is big trust there, and huge responsibility on our side. We want to get everything back on track, and there’s a lot to do.”

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Jul 8 • 5:47 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Make the Business Case for Your Sustainability Initiative

Sustainability proposals often stall not because they lack merit, but because they are framed in a language that does not match how senior leaders allocate capital. While CSOs tend to emphasize impact, materiality, and disclosure, CFOs and CEOs need to understand cash flow, risk, and return. External reporting frameworks are useful for accountability, but they are poorly suited to internal investment decisions, which require project-level comparisons rather than aggregated enterprise metrics. Sustainability investments should therefore be evaluated like any other investment: by showing how they reduce current costs, avoid future costs, generate new revenue, or protect existing revenue. Strong cases begin with a clear business story that links the proposed action to a specific business impact and cash-flow outcome, then quantify what can credibly be quantified while treating harder-to-measure benefits as either upside or an explicit strategic bet.

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Jul 7 • 8:05 AM EDT • Business • hbr.org
Kansas City lays a Royal beating on Phillies' All-Star Cristopher Sanchez

Cristopher Sanchez’ second-to-last audition to win the starting assignment for the National League in the All-Star Game did not go well on Monday.

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Jul 6 • 5:30 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
Safety Is Everybody's Business

Safe communities don't happen by chance. From business investment to neighborhood design, every sector has a role to play in creating places where people and economies thrive.

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Jul 6 • 3:03 PM EDT • Business • policingequity.org
How Does The MacBook Air Stay Cool Without A Fan?

The MacBook Air doesn't have a built-in fan, yet it still handles heat efficiently. Find out what keeps it cool and how it's designed to avoid overheating.

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Jul 6 • 11:47 AM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Niantic Games Team Now Officially Called Scopely Explore

Today, 6th July 2026, the Niantic games team officially updates its name to Scopely Explore. As part of the rebrand they intend to debut a new look. They have shared that the Pokémon GO team remains the same, as does their commitment to creating the best gameplay experiences for Trainers everywhere. It has been more […]

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Jul 6 • 9:48 AM EDT • Technology • pokemongohub.net
From Wimbledon to World Cup Warm-Ups, These Are the Buzziest Parties of the Summer Sports Season

The summer sports season is officially in session! Wimbledon is heating up as the annual British tennis tournament moves from the qualifiers to the main competition, while this year’s epic FIFA World Cup, taking place across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, continues apace. Here, find Vogue’s roundup of all the starriest—and most stylish—sports parties of the season.

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Jul 6 • 9:43 AM EDT • Sports • vogue.com
Health in a Handbasket: Eating more produce
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Jul 6 • 9:32 AM EDT • Health • 13wham.com
Eating disorders are more than extreme dieting

Eating disorders affect people of all ages, genders and appearances. Your primary care provider can be the first to notice signs and symptoms.

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Jul 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • news.sanfordhealth.org
An anti-inflammatory diet may lower dementia risk, even in people with early signs of Alzheimer’s

Healthy eating may help protect the brain, even after early biological changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease have begun, a study suggests. Dr. Leana Wen explains.

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Jul 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
Rising healthcare costs are straining Texas businesses as the Legislature seeks solutions

Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

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Jul 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • texastribune.org
Rising healthcare costs are straining Texas businesses as the Legislature seeks solutions

Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

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Jul 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • texastribune.org
Next American Sports Pro and QuickBuzz Announce Strategic Partnership to Build a Global Sports & Entertainment Digital Ecosystem

Ten-Year Collaboration Aims to Drive Subscriber Growth, Fan Engagement, and Long-Term Digital InnovationLondon, UK, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Next American Sports Pro (NASP), a rapidly expanding sports media and athlete development organization, today announced the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with QuickBuzz to collaborate on creating one of the world's largest integrated sports and entertainment digital ecosystems. The partnership combines NASP's growing spor

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Jul 6 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • finance.yahoo.com
A scientist built 200 hotels for bees. Three years later, the guests he found changed what we know about pollinators and biodiversity

Hotels are usually built for travellers, but some are designed for creatures no bigger than your thumb. Scientists and conservationists have spent years creating these miniature refuges for wild bees in the form of small nesting structures fitted with narrow tunnels that mimic the hollow stems and cavities many solitary bee species naturally use to lay their eggs.

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Jul 6 • 1:07 AM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Doctors say 8 forgotten habits could help fight stress, obesity and chronic disease

From walking everywhere to eating seasonal foods and sharing community meals, experts say these forgotten American health habits are worth reviving.

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Jul 5 • 8:19 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Meet Leeann Curry: Teacher, business strategist and barista

She doesn’t use textbooks and barely gives tests. Instead, her students participate in real-world activities, such as simulating a coffee shop and creating a resort for a target market.

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Jul 5 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • idahoednews.org
Morocco Return to the World Cup Last Eight

Morocco are going back to the World Cup quarter-finals after defeating Canada in a Round of 16 tie that confirmed their status as one of the most formidable sides in international football outside of Europe and South America. A goal from Amine Ouahbi was enough to separate the teams on Friday in what proved to…

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Jul 5 • 8:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ducks Should Let Leo Carlsson Walk

The Philadelphia Flyers rocked the NHL world on June 3 when the team announced it had signed restricted free agent center Leo Carlsson of the Anaheim Ducks to a five-year offer sheet for $90 million. At $18 million per season, Carlsson is now the highest-paid player in the NHL, beating the ...

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Jul 4 • 9:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why scratching a mosquito bite makes it so much worse, according to science

Scratching activates mast cells that release histamine and substance P, creating a prolonged itch-scratch cycle that worsens skin inflammation.

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Jul 4 • 11:55 AM EDT • Science • foxnews.com
Why scratching a mosquito bite makes it so much worse, according to science

Scratching activates mast cells that release histamine and substance P, creating a prolonged itch-scratch cycle that worsens skin inflammation.

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Jul 4 • 11:55 AM EDT • Science • foxnews.com
3 ‘Bad’ Snacks That Actually Support Heart Health

Not all “bad” snacks are actually bad for your heart. Learn which dietitian-approved picks can support a heart-healthy eating pattern.

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Jul 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • eatingwell.com
Fourth of July fireworks pose hidden health risk for certain Americans, experts warn

Americans release 300 million pounds of fireworks annually, creating smoke that worsens asthma and COPD, experts warn.

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Jul 3 • 11:36 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Happy Birthday America vendors discuss importance of business exposure

Staunton is expected to draw thousands of people to this weekend’s Happy Birthday America celebration. The event isn’t just bringing people together; it’s also creating opportunities for local businesses.

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Jul 3 • 7:16 PM EDT • Business • whsv.com
Healthy Living with Northern Light Health: summer grilling

Summer grilling season is here, and while cookouts are often associated with burgers, hot dogs, and heavy side dishes, the grill can also be a great tool for creating healthy, flavorful meals.

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Jul 3 • 5:55 PM EDT • Health • wabi.tv
Lakers Trade Deandre Ayton, Creating Big Man Questions

The Los Angeles Lakers are trading away center Deandre Ayton, raising questions about who they'll bring in to play alongside Walker Kessler. The post Lakers Trade Deandre Ayton, Creating Big Man Questions appeared first on LA Sports Report.

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Jul 3 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Comparative Analysis of every Water Starter in Pokémon GO

With Sobble Community Day, Pokémon GO trainers will have every single available -type starter in the franchise with their exclusive Community Day moves, obviously until Pokémon Winds and Waves debuts the undeniably cool Gecqua. Sporting the powerful Hydro Cannon, these Pokémon are known for creating waves in the meta, quite literally! But with types being […]

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Jul 3 • 4:33 AM EDT • Technology • pokemongohub.net
Probi celebrates 35 years of science and a new chapter with Symrise

Together, the companies are creating new opportunities to accelerate research, expand innovation and bring new and exciting biotic solutions to customers and consumers around the world

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Jul 3 • 3:31 AM EDT • Science • nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com
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Could Your AI Content Land Your Business In Court?

Generative AI is helping businesses create content faster, but it is also creating new copyright and intellectual property risks that many companies do not understand.

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Jul 3 • 2:12 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Health officials warn beachgoers of flesh-eating bacteria ahead of July 4; What you need to know

From New York to Florida, cases have been recorded.

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Jul 2 • 11:16 PM EDT • Health • al.com
The hardest part of starting a business shouldn't be finding support

When entrepreneurs spend less time searching for help and more time building businesses, creating jobs and investing in their communities, everyone benefits.

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Jul 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • detroitnews.com
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If Your Business Can't Pass This 3-Question Test, Your Customers Probably Feel Scammed

Are you creating value people knowingly want to pay for, or are you just good at collecting money people didn't intend to spend?

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Jul 2 • 3:53 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
Alex Vindman raised $8.5M for Senate run, beating own first quarter totals

The Democrat aims to unseat Ashley Moody in November.

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Jul 2 • 12:58 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Hungry bacteria and a new way to scale up data

Yale researchers present novel strategies for creating computer simulations and providing better emergency care, uncover new information about gut bacteria, and moderate a national discussion about science.

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Jul 2 • 10:33 AM EDT • Science • news.yale.edu
Mendota High juniors win national MESA title with Safe Space mental health tool

Two Mendota High School juniors are bringing a national engineering title back to the Central Valley after creating a mental health tool aimed at helping studen

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Jul 2 • 9:40 AM EDT • Health • kmph.com
Celebrating 250 Years of American Small Businesses

Over the last 250 years, small businesses with big ideas have helped make the United States the largest economy in the world. This infographic shows the contribution that small businesses continue to make today, including creating two out of every th

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Jul 2 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • advocacy.sba.gov
How first-time candidate Melat Kiros upended Denver politics by defeating one of its biggest figures

“To overcome the millions of dollars in dark money, we were able to have real conversations with folks across the city, and I think that made a real difference,” Kiros spokeswoman Annie Orloff said.

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Jul 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • denverpost.com
Tourists down ‘Burgers, 10-8, for second straight night

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Six straight wins. Sole possession of first place in the South Atlantic League Southern Division. And a dominant pitching performance. Wednesday night had everything, and the Asheville Tourists came out on the right side of all of it, beating the Hub City Spartanburgers 10-8 behind a gem from Yeriel Santos and big nights […]

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Jul 2 • 1:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UP libraries host Super Science Fest this week

Kids learned about animals, science, and art while beating the summer heat.

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Jul 1 • 7:27 PM EDT • Science • uppermichiganssource.com
Queen Letizia of Spain Gives Espadrilles a Business-casual Turn

Queen Letizia visited the Zarzuela Palace to speak with professionals working in the field of eating disorders on Wednesday wearing espadrilles.

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Jul 1 • 2:48 PM EDT • Business • wwd.com
Trump Health Cuts Spark Concerns Over ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria

Scientists say deadly beach bacteria are expanding just as the Trump administration scales back disease-monitoring programs.

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Jul 1 • 12:59 PM EDT • Health • thedailybeast.com
WATCH: Obama, Harris advisor warns ‘betrayed’ Black voters could be Texas Senate candidate's kryptonite

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is facing a problem of Black voter enthusiasm in Texas after defeating Rep. Jasmine Crockett, according to party insiders.

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Jul 1 • 12:09 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Protecting Science. Advancing HIV Prevention. Preparing for What's Next

Global health is being reshaped by rapid geopolitical shifts, scientific breakthroughs and the growing role of artificial intelligence — creating both new opportunities and new challenges. Translating scientific breakthroughs into impact requires protecting research, advancing equitable access and ensuring communities are at the center. Explore AVAC’s latest resources to help navigate and shape what comes […]

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Jul 1 • 10:30 AM EDT • Science • avac.org
Scientists propose launching a giant 'airbag' into space to protect us from solar superstorms ‪— and experts say it's 'quite feasible'

A new study suggests creating a satellite constellation, dubbed StormWall, that could reduce the impacts of the worst solar storms by more than 50%. The novel plan, which involves dumping gas into the magnetosphere, could be the only way to directly protect ourselves from dangerous space weather, experts say.

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Jul 1 • 10:13 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
America 250 road trip: A new mom discovers the oldest secret in sports

What makes a sport American? Fans leave clues at a Florida pickleball party, a Charleston crawfish-eating contest and Vince Lombardi's grave.

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America 250 road trip: A new mom discovers the oldest secret in sports

What makes a sport American? Fans leave clues at a Florida pickleball party, a Charleston crawfish-eating contest and Vince Lombardi's grave.

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Jul 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • espn.com
America 250 road trip: A new mom discovers the oldest secret in sports

What makes a sport American? Fans leave clues at a Florida pickleball party, a Charleston crawfish-eating contest and Vince Lombardi's grave.

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Jul 1 • 6:59 AM EDT • Sports • abc11.com
Sweating has some health benefits – but detoxing isn't the main one

Fitness studios have drawn people in for years with the promise of “sweating out” toxins. But what's the truth?

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Jul 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore: How to improve young men’s mental health

“We need to stop treating our young men and boys as problems to be solved, and start treating them as people to be invested in,” writes Gov. Wes Moore.

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Jul 1 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Cut Tom Aspinall?

Josh Hokit has a plan to make Heavyweight great again. “The Incredible Hok” may be a controversial figure, but it’s hard to argue that he’s a welcome presence in the division’s largely stagnate title mix. In less than a year on the UFC roster, Hokit has built up a 4-0 record in the promotion, beating […]

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Jul 1 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
219 Taproom in Chesterton unveils their JULY LINE-UP for Entertainment

Stop by 219 TAPROOM in Chesterton for WONDERFUL Food, Service, Fun and Entertainment. Check out their Family-Friendly Atmosphere and stay up to date with the latest by LIKING their FACEBOOK page. Service options: Outdoor seating · Live music · Trivia night. Their address is 109 S 3rd St, in Chesterton. Call (219) 728-1381. #wims #whfb #chesterton #duneland

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Jul 1 • 1:35 AM EDT • Entertainment • wimsradio.com
Weiser wins Colorado Democratic governor primary race over Bennet

NBC News projects that Weiser will move on to the general election after defeating Bennet, who has served in the Senate for 17 years.

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Phil Weiser defeats Michael Bennet in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary

Attorney General Phil Weiser took an early lead over three-term U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary and held onto it, defeating the state’s longest-serving senator in more than 50 years to win a nomination that’s likely to land him in the governor’s office. Weiser led Bennet 55% to 45% just before 8 […]

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New BioShocking attack manipulates AI browser into data theft

A new prompt injection attack dubbed "BioShocking" could trick AI-powered browsers into treating real-world risky actions as part of a fictional scenario, causing them to ignore any safety guardrails.

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Seven gastrointestinal illness cases linked to Seattle sushi restaurant, health officials say

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Stein creates bipartisan commission to address rising North Carolina health care costs

Gov. Josh Stein signed an executive order Tuesday creating a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to lower health care costs, improve transparency and expand access to care across North Carolina.

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Strengthening Collaboration between Workforce, Health, and Human Services to Meet New Federal Requirements

Human Services Policy Advisors Institute | June 24th, 2026 H.R. 1, or “The One Big Beautiful Bill”, introduced significant changes to work requirements across major health and human services programs. including expanding the populations subject to SNAP time limits, reducing state/territory SNAP waiver flexibility, and creating new work requirements in Medicaid. These changes accelerate the […]

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Connie Cepko: A Life in Science Mapping the Retina — and Working to Save It

Over a five-decade career, HHMI Investigator Connie Cepko has reshaped our understanding of how the retina develops and forged new paths toward treating blindness and inherited retinal disease. This story is part of a series exploring the careers of HHMI scientists.

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Easy tips for healthy eating this summer

Planning a summer cookout? A dietitian offers easy tips for healthy eating this summer and shares some tasty alternatives.

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Ingredion plans global Benicaros prebiotic expansion across gut and immune health applications

Ingredion highlights that its recent acquisition of the Benicaros prebiotic is a strong strategic addition to its Healthful Solutions portfolio, supporting the company’s formulation versatility alongside expansion of health-forward and clean label ingredients. The company purchased the patented prebiotic fiber, made from upcycled carrot pomace, from NutriLeads earlier this month. With the deal, Ingredion obtained full ownership of all intellectual property, trademarks, human clinical trials, and know-how related to manufacturing Benicaros.

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Cassidy, fresh off a blowup with Trump, blasts RFK Jr.’s policies

The GOP senator said a “foundation of lies” had shaped Kennedy's health stances. He also accused Trump of treating Congress as an "appendage."

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France, Argentina top World Cup odds; U.S. puts sportsbooks at risk

Star-powered France and Argentina top the odds board to win the World Cup as the tournament moves into the knockout stage, while the United States' positive momentum will have sportsbooks sweating more with each game it wins.

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Bill Cassidy accuses Trump of treating Congress as ‘merely an appendage’

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UNC Health Talk: Why do I still get pimples?

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The Weird, Disturbing Origins of the Paleo Diet

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Sweden and WHO launch new long-term initiative to transform Ukraine’s health system

WHO and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have launched a new multi-year cooperation project to support the long-term recovery and transformation of Ukraine’s health system. The new project, “Ukraine’s Health System Transformation Initiative: Strengthening Health Governance, Health Financing and Service Delivery for Long-Term Recovery”, was launched at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdansk, Poland on 26 June, and will run from June 2026 to 2029. Sweden will contribute approximately US$ 26 million (240 million Swedish krona) to support this project. This contribution forms part of Sweden’s broader support to Ukraine through the Team Europe approach, which brings together the European Union, its Member States, and key partners such as the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood and Enabel, and WHO as lead health agency, to support Ukraine’s recovery, reform agenda and European integration.“Ukraine’s health recovery cannot be measured only by what is rebuilt, but by whether people can count on the health system when they need it most. The scale of the task is immense, with health reconstruction and modernization needs estimated at US$ 19.4 billion over the next decade. Sweden’s US$ 26 million contribution to Ukraine’s Health System Transformation Initiative is a timely investment in the institutions, financing and services that will support Ukraine’s long-term recovery and European integration. WHO remains a trusted partner of the Government of Ukraine in advancing this process. I am deeply grateful to Sweden for its consistent support and partnership,” said Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. More than 4 years of war have placed unprecedented pressure on Ukraine’s health system, creating 3 interconnected challenges. The first is responding to the immediate consequences of the war and the urgent health needs of the population. The second is recovering and modernizing health services today. The third is continuing reforms and aligning the health system with European standards in the context of Ukraine’s future accession to the European Union. The war has led to large-scale population displacement, an increasing need for trauma care and rehabilitation, and shortages of health workers. High out-of-pocket payments in Ukraine make access to health services more difficult. Around 46% of total health expenditure is paid directly by individuals, placing a significant financial burden on many households and underscoring the need for reforms in health financing. Older people, persons with disabilities, women, children and veterans continue to face the greatest difficulties in accessing health services. “Ukraine is demonstrating that health system transformation can continue even during war. Ukraine is also continuing to align its health system with European norms and standards. WHO is committed to supporting Ukraine on this journey. We provide technical support, help coordinate partners’ efforts and support the institutional changes needed to strengthen the system. We are grateful to Sweden for its support. Through this partnership, we can help Ukraine build a more resilient, accessible and people-centred health system,” said Dr Jarno Habicht, WHO Representative in Ukraine. About the Health System Transformation InitiativeThe new initiative will support Ukraine through 3 interconnected areas: strengthening governance and coordination of health sector reforms through more inclusive coordination platforms and structured policy dialogue; transforming service delivery by reinforcing a primary health care-centred model that integrates family medicine, nursing and midwifery; and improving financial sustainability by supporting reforms that ensure the long-term viability of the national health system and reduce out-of-pocket payments for households. Overall, these reforms are expected to make the health system more coherent and easier to navigate, improve the quality and continuity of care, and ensure more equitable access to services, particularly for those who need them most. They will also support Ukraine’s progress towards a more modern health system aligned with European standards. “We are convinced that long-term recovery is not possible without strong, high-quality, person-centred health services that are accessible to everyone. Our partnership with WHO is designed to support deep and lasting systemic changes. Investments in human capital especially autonomous midwives, whose role for maternal, newborn and adolescent sexual and reproductive health cannot be understated, stronger governance, digital transformation and the financial sustainability of the health system are investments in Ukraine’s future. We are proud to support this process,” said Malin Perhult, the Head of the Ukraine Unit at Sida. Focus throughout implementation will be given to the most vulnerable population groups, including older people, women and children, and persons with disabilities, who have been affected by the war and face greater health-care needs. The initiative will be implemented in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the National Health Service of Ukraine, the Public Health Centre of Ukraine, regional authorities and international partners. This project will help Ukraine move towards a system where everyone can access the health care they need. It will strengthen primary care, make the health finance system more stable and predictable, and reduce the out-of-pocket costs that Ukrainians face when using health services. As a result, the Ukrainian health system will become more aligned with European standards and more sustainable in the long run.

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What could be next for Gakpo?

Following the departure of Mohamed Salah, at least one more attacking signing is expected at Anfield this summer. Liverpool have already signed Victor Munoz from Osasuna for £34.5m and the pursuit of Yan Diomande is heating up. Talented teenager Rio Ngumoha is also set to play a more prominent role, while Florian Wirtz played off the left for Liverpool at times last season and is featuring there for Germany in the World Cup.

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Sephora CEO Guillaume Motte on Creating Demand and Scaling Desire

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Making Our Own Luck

We are cross-posting a piece that former NIH official Kris Willis wrote for Macroscience. Kris is now the President and Founder of the Woodley Park Institute, for which I’m a board member. Picking winners or hedging bets? Federal science agencies have long wrestled with the question of how to ensure their billions of dollars of grants and contracts result in maximum benefits for Americans. On the surface, it might seem that a goal-oriented, interventionist style of management would be the best policy: prioritize our most pressing problems and distribute funding accordingly.This top-down strategy creates a unique hazard, though: bad choices can send resources in the wrong direction, resulting in slow progress that impedes the delivery of tangible benefits to citizens. Moreover, if decision makers pursue an applied advance when the underlying scientific principles remain poorly understood, they risk costly failures and a loss of support for the research enterprise at large. Examples include Nixon’s 1971 War on Cancer, undertaken on the premise that a cure could be achieved in less than a decade, the drive to build an operational commercial fusion plant by the mid-1990s, and the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, which failed to produce the effective treatments and prevention strategies promised by 2025. The contrasting laissez-faire approach is to hedge your bets. If the path to an advance is impossible to predict, then the wisest choice might be to distribute funding to as widely as possible. The main risk of this strategy is that spreading funding thinly may limit the resources available to the most promising research, resulting in the same negative outcomes as the interventionist approach: limited support for the most promising topics, slow progress, and delayed returns. In reality, at science agencies like the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, program managers navigate between these two extremes, setting some funds aside to target high-priority areas and using the rest to cover the widest possible range of meritorious proposals. This middle path seems like the most rational way to proceed, but it still requires making choices. How much should be set aside for high priority topics? What should those topics be? How should we define merit? Expert opinion can provide a helpful guide, but leading experts can have remarkably different opinions about what matters and what should be prioritized. Moreover, experts and administrators alike can be risk averse, giving an edge to high-profile, well-established concepts. What’s really needed is a data-driven framework to help guide decision-making, one that doesn’t simply repackage prestige or incumbency. Recognizing breakthroughs years in advance Many breakthroughs fail to attract funding or recognition at the earliest stages of development. Katalin Karikó, for example, spent years struggling to win grants for work on mRNA that would eventually win her and Drew Weissman a Nobel Prize. Similar stories can be told about Jim Allison’s groundbreaking studies leading to the development of cancer immunotherapy, Stan Pruisner’s demonstration that prions can self-replicate without DNA, or Robin Warren and Barry Marshall’s proof that Helicobacter pylori, not stress, causes ulcers. Yet at some point, the scientific community recognizes and responds to transformative breakthroughs like these. How does that change happen? And what if science funders could identify the areas that are on the cusp of a breakthrough? Those questions led my collaborators and me to study how scientists responded to past breakthroughs. Based on patterns in that data, we developed a means of predicting future breakthroughs, using biomedicine as a proof of concept. It’s worth taking a moment to describe how our approach works. Briefly, our prediction process begins by grouping the 18 million or so peer-reviewed papers in PubMed, the authoritative database of biomedical research, into roughly 50,000 unique topics. A small subset of these topics are so widely acclaimed as breakthroughs that they have been recognized with a major prize like a Nobel or a Lasker Award. We theorized that studying the development of these outliers over time, especially before they gained acclaim, was the key to identifying future instances of them. After defining topics, we chose 21 representative breakthroughs and asked what they looked like before they won prestigious prizes. To answer that question, we re-ran our topic-mapping algorithm repeatedly, winding back the clock one year each time, stringing together the years to follow the progress of each field as it grew and advanced. We found that in each case, the years leading up to a discovery followed a pattern: a burst of papers on a new, rapidly evolving topic, many of which quickly became influential. These characteristics—the percent of papers that are new, the percentage of papers that are brought in from other topics, and the influence of each individual paper—can all be measured separately for any given topic. Together, they act as a predictive signal that is detectable an average of five years before a transformative discovery is made, and up to thirty years before the discovery receives a major prize. Scanning the current research landscape for topics that display this signal allows us to predict what work will likely produce a future breakthrough. Each year we analyzed includes four or five signals, a number that appears to have remained constant across a twenty year time frame. In their classic work on the sociology of science, Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar established that the desire to participate in a major discovery is an important motivator for scientists as they consider whether they should take up (or abandon) a research problem. Although further work is needed, the simplest explanation for our results is that this behavior is widespread enough to detect at scale. A foundational advance, or something like it, draws the attention of scientists and causes them to change the direction of their research. They vote with their feet, staking their own reputation and careers by publishing on and citing the new idea. That upswell of interest is the foundation of our breakthrough signal. What kind of research does our model identify as a breakthrough? After building a model based on the patterns in our 21 preselected breakthroughs, we tested it by identifying all early signals of discovery from 1994 through 1997. Of the 18 signals we found in that time period, 17 can be traced forward in time to a breakthrough. Examples include super-resolution fluorescence microscopy (see the image above), the directed evolution of proteins and enzymes (Chemistry Nobel, 2018), and sequencing the human genome (National Medal of Science, 2008). The discovery of the role of leptin signaling in obesity is a particularly interesting case study. Around 1950, scientists noticed the existence of a type of lab mouse that suffered from a unique inherited form of obesity. When given the freedom to choose their own diet, these mice ate more than normal and preferred food that was high in fat. Researchers had few clues as to why the animals overate; early experiments pointed to the existence of a soluble ob factor found circulating in the bloodstream that regulated appetite, but its identity was unknown. In 1994, Jeffrey Friedman and colleagues identified and sequenced the ob gene, noting that the protein it encoded appeared to fit the profile of a circulating factor. A year later, a trio of high-profile publications demonstrated that ob was a hormone that regulated body weight and fat deposition by regulating appetite. One of these was co-authored by Friedman, who christened it leptin from the ancient Greek word for thin. Using our model, the data from 1996 make it clear this advance would become a breakthrough. Scientists had flocked to study the biology of the new hormone, generating the flurry of new papers and citations required to produce a signal. One of these demonstrated that serum leptin concentrations reflected the amount of adipose tissue in the human body, providing clinical validation of the earlier mouse studies. Before the identification of leptin, scientists were unable to point to a specific molecule that controlled appetite and adiposity, so that it was impossible to rule out non-physiological causes of obesity; its characterization fundamentally changed our concept of weight gain. In 2010, Friedman and fellow pioneer Douglas Coleman were awarded a Lasker for the discovery. Our work also identifies breakthroughs in clinical practice and behavioral and social sciences, even though these areas are less likely to draw the attention of major prize committees. One example that falls into this category is the introduction of endovascular aneurysm repair, a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, a leading cause of death among Americans over the age of 65. Relative to the previous standard of care, it reduces in-hospital mortality by almost four-fold. In 2017, Timothy Chuter received the American College of Surgeons’ prestigious Jacobsen Innovation award for his multiple refinements to the technique. Another under-recognized breakthrough identified by our model is the development of standardized survey instruments to assess the quality of life for HIV+ patients. The antiretroviral cocktails introduced in the mid-1990s reduced AIDS mortality, but treatment came with serious side effects. The new evaluations showed that patients whose disease progressed had worse physical functioning than Americans with other chronic diseases, while those who were asymptomatic maintained a health-related quality of life on par with the overall US population. This evidence made it possible for patients and activists to argue that even in the absence of a total cure, and in spite of the side effects, alleviation of symptoms was a worthwhile priority for clinicians. My colleagues and I have failed to identify any significant recognition for the physicians and health policy experts who pioneered this advance, although in 2016, researchers called for the World Health Organization to set targets for good health-related quality of life as part of its framework to end the AIDS pandemic. From forecasting to funding How should science funders use our predictions? Any serious discussion of what we should do with this new capability needs to begin with an understanding of its limitations. We can’t (and shouldn’t) invest all of our resources in the small number of topics predicted to produce breakthroughs. Innovative new fields are born from existing ones; they rarely arise de novo. If funders don’t maintain a diverse portfolio, the breakthroughs of tomorrow will have no antecedents. Think of this as eating the seed corn, or killing the goose that lays the golden egg. There are also multiple goals of funding beyond basic scientific discovery, including translating discoveries into clinical practice, developing new technologies, supporting economic development, and training new scientists. The investments needed to accomplish these goals are likely different from those required to support emerging breakthroughs. Finally, we must be aware that we may not capture every instance of a breakthrough. The concept is fuzzy, and not every significant discovery is recognized with a major award. Further, breakthroughs are rare, meaning that our dataset is, by necessity, small. This makes formal estimates of accuracy challenging. Although our overall success rate appears to be high, any one signal may turn out to be a false positive. We found one apparent example: the development of the third generation COX-2 inhibitors, Vioxx and Celebrex, which were much celebrated in the early 2000s as effective but non-addictive pain relievers, meets all the algorithmic criteria of a breakthrough. Five years after it received FDA approval, researchers demonstrated that Vioxx was associated with serious cardiovascular complications, and the manufacturer voluntarily pulled the drug from the market. Celebrex remains available, although like other NSAIDs, it carries an FDA warning for increased cardiovascular risk. Decision makers who were overly focused on the breakthrough potential of this research might have wasted substantial resources nurturing an area that ultimately proved to be a failure—but so would those who relied on expert opinion at the time. That said, the potential benefits of funding the next mRNA vaccine or cancer immunotherapy years earlier than we might have are large. When we can’t assume the outcome of an action, it’s worth conducting an experiment. Can targeted support for areas that are poised to produce a breakthrough increase the return on scientific investment without cannibalizing future advances? With the necessary administrative infrastructure in place, conducting this experiment would be straightforward. First, identify all the breakthrough signals between 2018 and 2023, select half at random, and commit to a decade of investment. For biomedicine, a six year window should yield about 30 topics with the potential to produce a breakthrough. Providing strong support to half of these might be accomplished for $300 million a year. That’s roughly half of the recent annual budget of the NIH Common Fund or around 20% of the fiscal year 2025 budget for ARPA-H. After five years, then again at ten, compare to see which group — the one that was actively managed, or the control — produced more breakthroughs, and on what timescale. Although we used biomedicine as an example, the same experiment could just as well be run for physics, materials science, or any other discipline. Any attempt to undertake such an experiment should keep three points top of mind. First, we can predict the topic of future breakthroughs, but the people and vision for how to move the work forward are still important. In practice, this means success requires active program managers with the expertise to develop the science and the authority to do so, including by recruiting investigators. Second, we would be wise to learn from the failures of past attempts to fund transformative research. High among these are funding modestly repackaged work, confusing the genuinely novel with the merely unfamiliar, and relying too much on incumbent investigators. All of these risks can be mitigated by thoroughly and intelligently integrating high quality data into portfolio management. Finally, we need to have patience. Even with strong funding support, producing a breakthrough takes time. If supporting breakthroughs is the best way to nurture the birth of new fields, we also need to accurately describe and properly manage the other two stages, so that we invest wisely throughout the productive lifetime of ideas and divest once they reach the point of diminishing returns. We would benefit from more study of all of these phases, especially the transition from one to another. More research could answer questions like: When does a breakthrough become an established field? How do the availability of funding, the size and characteristics of the available workforce, and the accumulation of evidence that disagrees with prevailing models affect a field’s decline? Exactly how do old ideas give birth to new ones, and can we speed up the process? The more we understand about the dynamics of scientific progress, the better we can maximize the odds that our curiosity leads to results. I’d call that finding a way to make our own luck.

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Another look at carrots and eyesight; how to get more fiber; why mosquitoes bite some people and not others; plus other stories with Vanderbilt Health sources

AARP reporter Stacey Colino interviewed Milam Brantley, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, in 2020 for a story about whether eating carrots can improve vision. Sacramento Bee reporter Samantha Agate has now used Brantley’s comments in an AI-curated story created by content specialists on the same topic that has been picked up by MSN and others. Prevention magazine interviewed Heidi Silver, RD, PhD, Founding Director of the Vanderbilt Diet, Body Composition, and Human Metabolism Core, for a story about the importance of fiber and how people can get more of it in their diet. William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including: Women’s Health (tick bites and alpha-gal syndrome); The Washington Post (tetanus); and Healthline (why mosquitoes prefer to bite some people and leave others alone). A visit to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt by some Banana Ball baseball players was covered by The Tennessean and WZTV Fox 17 News, and The Tennessean’s story was also picked up by Yahoo! Sports. Clarksville Now published a story written by the Montgomery County Economic Development Team, whointerviewed Bradley Stancombe, MD, professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Neonatology, about the new energy of Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital and how the facility is recruiting physicians. Healio Allergy/Asthma group editorial director Richard Gawel interviewed Mark Rolfsen, MD, Clinical Fellow in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, for a story about his presentation at the American Thoracic Society meeting on metal health outcomes following ICU discharge. Nashville Scene reporter Hannah Herner interviewed James Crowe, MD, Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, for a story about his efforts to prepare for the next pandemic by isolating antibodies that can neutralize dangerous viruses. Medscape reporter Kathleen Doheny interviewed Neesha Choma, Associate Chief of Staff of Vanderbilt University Hospital, for a story about how hospitals can reduce readmissions.

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Back door no more: Museum of Science and Industry seeks to reopen its south entrance after a century

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