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UFC Perth ‘Fight of the Night’ loser transported to hospital

Better to be safe than sorry … No. 14-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Shamil Gaziev suffered a second-round knockout loss to surging Australian slugger Brando Pericic on the UFC Perth main card yesterday (Sat., May 2, 2026) inside RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia (watch highlights). Despite the setback, both Heavyweights walked away with […]

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May 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
There’s a Right and Wrong Way to Use Urgent Care

We asked experts when you should use one, and when you’re better off visiting an ER or primary care doctor instead.

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May 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field ‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field A field that once seemed like a direct path to stable, lucrative work is becoming less certain under AI, students and faculty told Spectator. By Ria Vasishtha and Arjun Menon May 3, 2026 Shanying Liu / Deputy Illustrations Editor Asia Genawi, SEAS ’29, first encountered artificial intelligence during her sophomore year at her high school in Indiana. Back in 2023, policies on AI varied widely—even within the same district—and some schools had no guidance at all. As Genawi began to see the effects of AI trickle into her classroom, she turned to guidance from her home state’s Department of Education, which she said she found “outdated and inaccessible.” Genawi spent the rest of her high school career dedicated to the issue, including writing a 15-page memo exploring varying AI policies across Indiana schools, which she sent to every Indiana state senator and representative whose contact information she was able to find. She later helped draft a bill that would have required public high schools to establish and share their own AI policies with students in an accessible format. But with so many other bills already awaiting referral, hers never made it to committee. When Genawi arrived at Columbia to study computer science, she found that the gaps she had spent years trying to address in Indiana had followed her there. Many students and professors were also grappling with what AI meant for the field. Across Columbia’s undergraduate schools, computer science has become the most popular major—accounting for around 11 percent of degrees awarded in Columbia College, 32 percent in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 12 percent in the School of General Studies in 2024. While the number of computer science majors in SEAS grew from 166 to 173 during the 2024-25 academic year, the total number across the three schools fell around 4.5 percent from 393 to 375, driven by declines at Columbia College and General Studies. At Barnard, it has grown to become the second most popular major as of 2025, up from third the year prior. The number of degrees awarded have grown fivefold since 2016. Faculty members and students in the department told Spectator that the surge in the major’s popularity has been driven in large part by its apparent promise of a secure, well-paid career path. However, they noted that the recent rise of generative AI has compromised the sense of stability that once defined the field, even as interest in technical skills among students persists. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2024, out of 74 majors tracked, computer science had the fifth highest unemployment rate among majors at 7 percent, while computer engineering had the second highest at 7.8 percent. “Anecdotally, people are moving away from CS as a major,” Daniel Bauer, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, said. “They’re still taking some of our classes, right, because they think they need that, but they’re instead majoring in other things.” Bauer described a field that had shifted from what he called a “nerdy outlier discipline” to one that “everyone needs,” a sign that technical skills have become a baseline expectation across industries with the emergence of AI. “A lot of people thought, ‘Oh, it’s a guaranteed path to a stable income. You get a six-figure job right out of your undergrad,’” Bauer said. Now, companies may see AI as a way to reduce demand for entry-level programmers, especially in what he calls “code monkey jobs,” roles where a large number of employees are “just writing out code nine-to-five.” Chris Murphy, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, described the current moment as the convergence of two forces: the downturn of the job market and generative AI coming onto the scene. “Things kind of started to really pick up in 2014, 16,” he said, recalling the years after the weaker 2010 market. Murphy added that this was also a period where “students were getting more experience outside of class than they were inside of class” through internships, jobs, and side projects. Murphy suggested that the earlier momentum helped make computer science feel like both an academic program and a reliable pathway into work. That feeling is harder to sustain now as the industry reconfigures, which is a shift that students are seeing firsthand. Rebecca Yu, SEAS ’27, said that during a recent internship in Big Tech, she saw that “every single tech company was racing to integrate” large language models. She added that her manager said her intern class was the first to complete their assigned projects, which she attributed to the increased efficiency that comes with AI. Frank Liu, SEAS ’29, said that with AI lowering the barrier to coding, companies now expect everyone to write code. “A lot of companies outright say if you’re not using coding in your job, you might get fired for not being productive enough,” Liu said. Yu similarly expressed that students increasingly have to accept AI being a part of industry workflow, adding that many also “make use of it to maximize their productivity.” Richard Li, CC ’28, described a “franticness” among his peers as the pace of change accelerates. He explained how “some new tool” is released regularly, noting that tools rise and fall in prominence within weeks. He has come to believe that he doesn’t need to “match that speed all the time” and keep up with every development. Li has learned that AI tools allow him to “take a breath” and “get back into the loop much easier than before” when he needs to. While some companies specifically target Columbia when hiring, sending representatives to campus career fairs and recruiting large numbers from Columbia, a computer science degree cannot be treated as a static credential, Yu described. “You can’t just get your degree and stop learning after that. You have to always be learning,” Yu said. “That is something you basically have to expect for your job.” AI has not only affected students’ decisions to major in computer science, but also reshaped how the subject is taught. Across departments, faculty members no longer treat work done outside the classroom as a reliable measure of understanding, shifting instead toward in-person exams, quizzes, and attendance checks. While homework once made up as much as 60 to 70 percent of a student’s grade in computer science classes, Murphy said that breakdown has since flipped, with exams and quizzes now accounting for the majority. “The assumption—especially among pessimists—is that they’re using it to do their homework,” Murphy said. “They take the homework assignment. They put it into generative AI. Out comes the solution. Submit solution. The end.” Murphy said that faculty members ranged in their responses from fully prohibiting AI use to actively teaching students how to effectively work with AI. He said he shifted his approach this year after his teaching assistants called his belief that students weren’t using the technology “naïve,” and now permits students to use AI on assignments. His surveys of students in his introductory classes have told a more complicated story than the one so-called pessimists offer: Around 60 to 70 percent of students who reported using AI said they used it to have concepts explained to them, to clarify assignment instructions, to generate test cases, or to create practice questions. “Those are all ways that you might have had a tutor in the past to do that, and now you have this AI essentially as your tutor,” he said. Bauer has taken a different approach, teaching students how to use AI productively without sacrificing the core principles of the discipline. “People who are trained to actually use AI tools productively, while being in charge of designing the overall project, will be very much in demand in the next couple of years,” he said. Over the past year, a working group of computer science faculty has been redesigning the introductory and intermediate programming sequence to integrate generative AI as both a subject and a tool, representatives from SEAS wrote in a statement to Spectator. The effort is “coordinated” across the department, “not course-by-course,” with a systematic assessment of how AI integration is affecting student outcomes underway to shape the next round of changes. The goal, the department explained, is for students to be able to “read, verify, and reason about code, whether they or a model wrote it.” Tony Dear, senior lecturer in the computer science department, is piloting individualized AI feedback in a discrete mathematics course, while a machine learning course is also testing a Socratic AI dialogue system designed to “guide inquiry rather than supply answers,” the statement reads. Beyond individual courses, SEAS funded seven cross-departmental faculty projects in generative AI this past academic year, spanning biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science, according to the statement. This phenomenon extends beyond the computer science department. SEAS’ new AI minor, which it announced in November 2025, reflects the University’s attempt to adapt. The minor is specifically designed for noncomputer science majors and aims to provide “essential AI knowledge” while emphasizing practical and responsible use across disciplines, according to the SEAS website. At the center of the minor is AI in Context, a course taught by a team of faculty from the departments of computer science, applied mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and the Writing Center, the representatives told Spectator. Bauer described it as targeted at students who want to bring AI into fields like economics or biology, rather than as a path into software engineering itself. At the graduate level, SEAS announced a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence in February, with the inaugural cohort starting in the fall. While recognizing how AI has helped them navigate coursework, students also described its rise as isolating, even among members of the Application Development Initiative, one of Columbia’s largest computer science clubs. “As people start to ask AI for questions that they would normally ask students and members, it starts to isolate people” Li said. Alexa Kafka, BC ’27, echoed Li’s sentiment, pointing out that computer science has always been a collaborative discipline with code reviews and pull requests, even as AI makes independent work easier. Despite this, Kafka noted that she hasn’t been to office hours “in at least a year.” Bauer added that faculty are exploring long-term solutions to the assessment problem. “One of the things that we’re trying to do at the department or school level is to maybe move towards computerized testing facilities,” Bauer said, referring to ideas in the department to revitalize computer labs as an alternative to pen-and-paper exams. “We have to accept that this is the reality, for better or worse.” But more exams, students say, does not mean better learning, nor does it reflect how computer science is actually done. “Code is so variable and can be approached in so many directions, there’s never just going to be one correct answer. There can be multiple optimal solutions,” Kafka said. Students also expressed concern that the shift toward exam-heavy grading pulls focus away from the applied, project-based work that better reflects both discipline and industry expectations. ADI has tried to respond more quickly than the curriculum can. Through a vibe coding workshop this past semester, club members said they wanted to help students understand not just that AI exists, but how to use it deliberately. “Vibe coding” refers to the practice of prompting AI to write code for a task or project, and has become widespread enough that ADI felt the gap in formal instruction was worth addressing, according to Sophia Huang, BC ’29. The workshop introduced students to the concept of context engineering, which Shaina Sahu, SEAS ’27, described as not just writing a prompt, but optimizing “the rest of the relevant information that you would feed into the model.” Without that, students said that AI-generated code can fail at scale or introduce difficult-to-detect bugs. Genawi said the shift toward AI has changed what it means to be good at computer science. “I think the shift has kind of gone towards what can you create and what can you do, instead of, what do you know,” she said. Indeed, during ADI DevFest, its annual hackathon, Li said more teams are trying to complete their projects than in years past. While sign-ups have historically outpaced submissions, Li said this is beginning to change because teams “have a tool that completes the vision for them.” While many students see AI as an equalizer that lowers the barrier to entry for coding and technical work, Murphy said it also creates new equity concerns inside the classroom around who can afford stronger tools and who already knows how to use them. “The equity issues I worry about are students who have access to paid versions of things versus free versions of things,” he said. Although popular AI models like ChatGPT and Claude have free versions available, both have paid models that can reach over $100 per month, which output different qualities of code. Murphy also pointed to differences in prior exposure to AI literacy itself. “Students who go to high schools or K-12 education, where they’re taught AI literacy, prompt engineering, context engineering, they understand how to do this, as opposed to students who go to schools who don’t teach that,” he said. “Then they come in, and then they’re somehow expected to know how to use these tools.” For Genawi, those disparities begin long before students arrive on campus. “It’s very interesting to consider how lucky you were geographically,” she said. “To be born where you were is influencing your ability to get access to these spaces.” Students like Yu, though broadly apprehensive about the future of computer science, are not without hope. “I’m optimistic, because I think if you’re truly passionate about CS, there will definitely be a place in the field to do something you want to do,” she said. Senior Staff Writer Ria Vasishtha can be contacted at ria.vasishtha@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Staff Writer Arjun Menon can be contacted at arjun.menon@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter and like Spectator on Facebook. Produced with Spectate by Emily Ta

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May 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • columbiaspectator.com
Analysis: Perfect display sets up Champions League test

This match could not have gone any better for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta. With Manchester City having been in FA Cup action last week and not playing until Monday, they made the most of their chance to extend their lead in top spot and ease relieve some of the tension. Boss Arteta has to be given credit for taking what could be perceived as risk by playing left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly in midfield for the first time and leaving out Martin Zubimendi, who has played the most minutes of any outfielder in the Gunners squad.

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May 2 • 3:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
See May Day NYC protestors march for better working conditions

May Day marks International Workers' Day, when workers, unions, students, others, march for better working conditions and other political issues.

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May 2 • 1:57 PM EDT • Politics • lohud.com
Better late than never, Oregon is acting on junk science in the courtroom

SB 1515 helps ensure that Oregonians convicted using the forensic equivalent of haruspicy finally have a remedy.

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May 2 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • lookouteugene-springfield.com
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Mobican expands entertainment line and product mix for U.S market

Mobican broadens its product portfolio with new entertainment units and adjusts designs to capture more u.s. retail buyers from its new Montreal facility.

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May 2 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • designerstoday.com
5 Summer Tires That Outperform Michelin In Price And Performance

Michelin tires frequently dominate just about every tire test you can think of, but nowadays, there are other options that perform better than the French giant.

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May 2 • 5:45 AM EDT • Technology • slashgear.com
What Trump’s post as a Jesus‑like figure tells us about political messianism

In a democracy, it’s dangerous for leaders to see themselves as better than or morally superior to the people they serve.

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May 2 • 5:26 AM EDT • Politics • wmnf.org
Melty Blood: Twi-Lumina Announced For Switch 1 & 2, Out "Early 2027"

"Type Lumina is back and better than ever"

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May 2 • 1:00 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
iPhone Fold: 3 technologies Apple is reportedly using to (finally) kill the crease

It's not reinventing the wheel, but rather, making it better

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May 1 • 3:33 PM EDT • Technology • tomsguide.com
Alight’s new CEO makes more leadership moves

The moves come as new CEO Rohit Verma builds out a leadership team and refines the company’s focus on innovation, operational excellence and getting better benefits outcomes for clients.

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May 1 • 3:05 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Exiles have 'easier game' as five clubs fight for survival

Iwan Roberts says Newport County have the kindest fixture of all the sides in the League Two relegation scrap as they prepare for Saturday's season-defining trip to Barrow (15:00 BST). Newport, in 21st, and 20th-placed Tranmere are a point better off than Harrogate and Crawley.

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May 1 • 7:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
She Was an Architect of Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal. Now She’s Watching Trump’s War in Horror.

Wendy Sherman knows better than almost anyone that this didn’t have to happen, and that a better future was possible.

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May 1 • 5:45 AM EDT • Politics • slate.com
Coffee is complex. Can science standardize it for the better?

Ask any coffee aficionado, and they’ll tell you: A good cup is about more than the beans. The flavor is affected by lots of things – the roast and fermentation of the beans, the coarseness of the grind, the brewing temperature and even the chemicals in the water used to brew it. But there are very few quantitative ways to assess all the flavor variations. Current industry standards measure the concentration of coffee, but they often miss qualities like the acidity, brightness and fruitness. Scientists at the University of Oregon are trying to change that using a tool called a potentiostat that’s often used to measure the charge in batteries.Interested in more food and beverage science? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org and we may turn it into an episode!Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.

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May 1 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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How to Build a Superteam That Keeps Getting Better

In periods of rapid change, the teams that outperform everyone else are not those with the best plans or the most talent but those that learn the fastest. Research across thousands of teams reveals a consistent pattern: High-performing teams—“superteams”—build cultures of continuous improvement. Their leaders encourage experimentation even when things are going well, make curiosity and intellectual humility contagious, surface problems early, stay close to the work, give feedback that supports learning rather than punishing mistakes, and invest in people’s growth even when it doesn’t pay off immediately. When work is tied to shared meaning and progress matters more than perfection, teams become more resilient, adaptable, and capable of sustained success—in business settings and beyond.

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May 1 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • hbr.org
Graduate sees data science as tool for better public health

McKenzie Skrastins ‘26 crafted an individualized major that incorporated her interests and served as president of Binghamton University’s Student Association.

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Apr 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • binghamton.edu
Graduate sees data science as tool for better public health

McKenzie Skrastins ‘26 crafted an individualized major that incorporated her interests and served as president of Binghamton University’s Student Association.

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Apr 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • binghamton.edu
New Jersey Politics (Episode 513)

On New Jersey Politics with Laura Jones, Governor Mikie Sherrill gives NJ Transit a tight deadline to improve rider experience, cleaner stations, better

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Apr 30 • 6:00 PM EDT • Politics • onnj.com
Mobican expands entertainment line and product mix for U.S market

Mobican broadens its product portfolio with new entertainment units and adjusts designs to capture more u.s. retail buyers from its new Montreal facility.

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Apr 30 • 4:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • furnituretoday.com
Women live longer after TAVR than men

Researchers tracked real-world data from 600 TAVR patients, following each one for approximately five years. Survival rates were similar for men and women early on, but then women started experiencing better outcomes after three years.

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Apr 30 • 4:14 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
Millions allocated to support pregnant women in Pennsylvania for better health outcomes

Funds combined with work of various coalitions across the Commonwealth are expanding care and access to care.

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Apr 30 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • wfmz.com
Framing Health Equity Through Community Voices and Partnership

Hofstra University brought community voices to the forefront during National Public Health Week with “Framing Long Island Health Equity: A Journey Toward Strengthening Community-University Engagement,” a culminating event that highlighted a yearlong effort to better understand and address health dis

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Apr 30 • 2:37 PM EDT • Health • news.hofstra.edu
Mark Sanford quits House race after one month, says fighting national debt is better done outside politics

Mark Sanford abandons his run to reclaim his old South Carolina congressional seat, announcing plans to launch a nonprofit focused on reducing U.S. debt.

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Apr 30 • 2:12 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City Review - Go Ninja Go Ninja Go

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City as a whole is better than the sum of its parts, and lives up to its source material.

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Apr 30 • 2:07 PM EDT • Technology • uploadvr.com
What VCU Health’s pollen data means for allergy season

A registered nurse (RN) at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) recently sat down with 8News to explain how they’re working to better predict when allergy seasons start and…

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Apr 30 • 12:10 PM EDT • Health • wric.com
Prescribing Better Health: YSM Formalizes Nutrition Education Throughout MD Curriculum

Starting in 2026, the MD program will launch a longitudinal thread that enhances nutrition content in the curriculum and emphasizes the role physicians play in

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Apr 30 • 10:50 AM EDT • Health • medicine.yale.edu
Dietitians Reveal the 10 Drinks to Never Drink for Better Health

Nutrition experts share the drinks to never drink if you're trying to be proactive about your health. Plus, the better-for-you alternatives to try instead.

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Apr 30 • 8:42 AM EDT • Health • aol.com
Bears banking on health, better coaching to improve pass rush

The Bears say with improved coaching and better health, they have a D-line capable of rushing the passer.

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Apr 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • espn.com
Better Business Bureau: Protect bank account information

BBB of the Mid-South President and CEO Randy Hutchinson discusses weekly how consumers can protect assets and avoid scams.

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Apr 30 • 5:05 AM EDT • Business • commercialappeal.com
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New obesity tool aims to predict risk of 18 serious complications

A new tool, OBSCORE, is meant to better define who's at risk for obesity complications, going beyond BMI to include family history, diet, and more.

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Apr 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Viewpoint: A career in science is possible, and worth it

Starting a career in science is exciting, but also demanding, with researchers often faced with intense competition, long working hours and high levels of stress. A pioneer in the field of mass spectrometry, Carol Robinson has been there. She speaks with Science|Business on the importance of creating a supportive environment, particularly for women.Robinson did not wake up one day thinking that she would become a scientist. It was only late in school that she developed an interest in chemistry. “The more you work at something, the more you think, actually, this is fascinating. So, I went much further and deeper than I ever needed to pass the exam. And then I loved it,” she says. “I thought, I’m going to give it my all. I’m going to enjoy it while I’m here. But I didn’t think this would be my career for 50 odd years.”She left school at 16 to become a lab technician with the drug company Pfizer, which is where she first worked with mass spectrometry. Fascinated, she was encouraged to take a part-time degree and then a PhD. She went on to do pioneering work in native mass spectrometry, a technique that is used to study protein structures in their natural state, paving the way for breakthroughs in drug discovery. She also broke new ground by becoming the first female professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and then the first female professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford, her current home.She now wants to show young researchers that a career in science is worth it. “Sometimes, I believe the culture isn’t very encouraging, and that’s something I have worked on,” Robinson says.In 2021, she launched the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery at Oxford, whose acronym gives a sense of what she hopes it will achieve. “Maybe it is corny,” she says. “It’s just a reminder that I would like it if we could all be kind to each other and supportive, especially for early-career researchers of either gender, because there’s quite a big attrition rate in science, and maybe it just doesn’t feel like a very friendly place to work.”And yet, a career in science comes with a lot of flexibility. “There are few careers where you have that amount of freedom, to go to conferences, to the library. Just because you didn’t see me didn’t mean I wasn’t working,” she says. “And I’m excited to come in every day. So, I don’t want people to think it’s a terrible place.”Gender equality is also important when it comes to the quality of science as a career. “The more women we have, the better it becomes,” Robinson adds.Imposter syndromeAccording to EU data, women outnumber men in university education but account for just about a third of graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem). And while the number of women working as scientists and engineers in the 27-member bloc is on the rise, their representation remains below that of men, at 41%. This discrepancy is even more pronounced in top-tier functions across these fields, where women fill just 20% of positions.Having supervised many young scientists, Robinson sees that women continue to have a greater propensity than men to doubt their abilities, a feeling she once shared. “When I was doing my PhD at the University at Cambridge, I really felt like an imposter,” she says. “I don’t think I ever felt I deserved to be there or owned it and was proud. I just thought I was lucky.” Later on, she adds, “I was always that person who said, I can’t apply yet because my CV is not strong enough.”She has now made it her job to encourage women to break with this imposter syndrome. For example, rather than calling for volunteers to give a lecture in the groups that she mentors or teaches, which nearly always results in men stepping forward, she goes straight to the women, “because I know they won’t push themselves forward.”But the gender gap in science is not just down to imposter syndrome. The “obvious” reason, Robinson says, and the reason that is on everybody’s mind when discussing workplace gender equality, is the balance between work and raising a family. Her own path was to choose between the two, taking an eight-year break after completing a postdoctoral training fellowship to bring up three children. And she continues to advise women not to work part-time while they raise a family. “You’ll just get half the pay and continue to work full-time because you are not able to fit everything in,” she says. “You should be able to have a family and come back to have the career that you want.”The solution is for men to also take career breaks. “That kind of evens it up, so that it’s not such a big thing for women,” Robinson says. “I always encourage men in my groups to do that. I think it’s important to take your share of the duties.”Support produces resultsAccording to the Women in Stem Network, a UK advocacy group, countries with strong childcare systems and equal pay policies retain more women in technical careers. In Europe, these are primarily found in the Nordic region and parts of central Europe.At the EU level, the European Commission asks all Horizon Europe applicant organisations to have a gender action plan in place. Since this criterion was introduced in 2021, the share of women leading consortia has increased to 31%, against 23% in Horizon 2020. Their overall participation, however, has risen just 1%, to 38%. After trying to weaken the requirement for gender action plans in 2025, the Commission now intends to adopt a plan for supporting women in research and innovation.Related articlesCommission scraps plan to water down gender requirements in HorizonHow gender balance can swing who wins Horizon Europe fundingRobinson herself has benefited from three Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. “I was extremely honoured and privileged to get those, because they really allowed me to fuel my passion,” she says. “Without that, it would have been a much harder slog.”Beyond applying gender rules, she says that more work is needed on translational enterprise, where women are, once again, largely underrepresented. The European Patent Office found that only 13.8% of applications were filed by women in 2022. “We have so many more women doing amazing science; why do they feel it’s not a thing to have a company?” she asks.She founded her own spin-out company, OMass Technologies, in 2016, and remains chair of its scientific advisory board now that it trades as OMass Therapeutics. As for research, Robinson is now studying how changes in the brain may be linked to depression, using port-mortem tissue. “We’re hoping to publish soon,” she says. “We had to consult with a lot of people who knew a lot more about the brain than we did. So, we’ve learnt a lot, and that’s always a lot of fun to learn a new thing. That’s what keeps you going.”

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Apr 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Supporting better health through sustainable weight management

Through Weight Engage, Optum Rx is helping people build healthier habits while supporting better outcomes and greater affordability for employers and patients alike

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Apr 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • optum.com
Board Approves Horvath Barger Motion To Reform Mental Health Care in LA County - Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath

The Board unanimously approved a motion by Supervisors Horvath & Barger to reform and better integrate mental health care within the County’s homeless services system.

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Apr 29 • 5:23 PM EDT • Health • lindseyhorvath.lacounty.gov
Elevance Health and 2 More Stocks to Buy. Better Days Are Ahead for Medicaid Providers.

BofA Securities upgrades Elevance Health and gives a rare double upgrade to Centene and Molina Healthcare.

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Apr 29 • 2:06 PM EDT • Health • barrons.com
The history of spatial transcriptomics at Sanger

Our research changes the world for the better, and so should the way we do it. Explore how the Wellcome Sanger Institute embeds sustainability and care for the environment at the heart of its scientific work.

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Apr 29 • 10:17 AM EDT • Science • sangerinstitute.blog
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Collaborative Coding, Better Scaling, Health Tracking: HAI Awards $2.17M to Innovative Research

Seed grants will fund 29 research teams pursuing novel research ideas across disciplines.

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Apr 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • hai.stanford.edu
Alphabet earnings are just around the corner. These are the key numbers for Google.

For the first quarter, Alphabet is expected to generate $76 billion of revenue from Google Ads, a 13.6% increase relative to a year before. In a note earlier this month, Bank of America analyst Justin Post wrote that AI allows for better targeting and query interpretation. Google's AI Max product,

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Apr 29 • 7:16 AM EDT • Business • marketwatch.com
How governor candidates Ramaswamy, Acton want to fix Ohio's mental health crisis

Both frontrunners for governor want to improve Ohio's mental health care system, and each has a vision for a better state, but neither outlined detailed plans for how they would accomplish these goals.

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Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales In Q1 CY2026

Hotel and casino entertainment company Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q1 CY2026, with sales up 2.7% year on yea...

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Apr 28 • 4:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • stockstory.org
Apple Readies Photo-Editing Overhaul With New AI Tools in iOS 27

Apple Inc. is planning a major overhaul of the built-in photo-editing features for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, leaning heavily on artificial intelligence to better compete with Android devices.

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Apr 28 • 2:09 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Better Business Bureau honors 3 Quad Cities businesses with Torch Awards

The Better Business Bureau of the Quad Cities is recognizing three local organizations for their commitment to ethical business practices.

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Apr 28 • 2:09 PM EDT • Business • kwqc.com
Nvidia Is Finally Doing Something About the RAM Apocalypse

Hopefully, it’s the start of better, more affordable GPU options.

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Apr 28 • 1:35 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Run Your Business on Better Software—This Microsoft Bundle Is Now Just $96

Efficiency starts here with Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business.

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Apr 28 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
Don't Buy AMC Entertainment Until This Happens

There are better stock opportunities for investors who are feeling bullish about a box office comeback.

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Apr 28 • 9:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Don't Buy AMC Entertainment Until This Happens

There are better stock opportunities for investors who are feeling bullish about a box office comeback.

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Apr 28 • 9:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • fool.com
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NOAA’s Satellites Detect Blowing Dust Events that Impact Human Health and Safety

Scientists and forecasters are gaining better insights into how hazardous dust storms occur across southwestern North America thanks to NOAA satellites.

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Apr 28 • 8:01 AM EDT • Health • nesdis.noaa.gov
Alabama football moves in USA TODAY Sports post-spring top 25 rankings

Alabama moves in USA TODAY Sports' post-spring rankings. Are Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide in a better or worse position than before?

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Apr 28 • 7:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Better Business Bureau Announces Torch Award Recipients

Better Business Bureau of the Mahoning Valley will once again celebrate leaders and businesses that exemplify BBB standards for trust.

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Apr 28 • 5:01 AM EDT • Business • businessjournaldaily.com
City Council discusses entertainment district, street maintenance project

DeKALB – The City Council presented a rough list of interested businesses for the recently passed entertainment district to better understand the limits of where patrons could carry their alcohol on the open streets. Patrons will be allowed to carry open containers on sidewalks and crossways within the limits of the district. Future discussions will...

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Apr 27 • 11:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • northernstar.info
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City touts long-term rewards of hosting NFL Draft even as some businesses took losses

Although local businesses had been hoping for better sales during the NFL Draft, officials remain optimistic that the success of the event will bring visitors...

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Apr 27 • 6:19 PM EDT • Business • post-gazette.com
Amazon Gaming Week deals are back, and better than ever

Discounted Leon Kennedy

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Apr 27 • 5:12 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Op/Ed: Small Businesses Deserve Better Health Coverage Choices in N.C.

Level Funded plans can bridge the gap between fully insured coverage and traditional self‑funding for small employers:

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Apr 27 • 4:14 PM EDT • Business • businessnc.com
Do you follow Maine high school sports? We want to hear from you.

Help us understand what our audience cares about and what we could be doing better.

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Apr 27 • 2:59 PM EDT • Sports • pressherald.com
Tom Hanks rocks out to son Chet's band Something Out West at Stagecoach Festival

The proud dad could be seen bopping his head and singing along to Something Out West's song, "You Better Run."

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Apr 27 • 12:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • aol.com
I tested ChatGPT Images 2.0 vs. Gemini Nano Banana to see which is better

I put ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Gemini Nano Banana through nine image-generation tests. The winner was clear.

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Apr 27 • 10:26 AM EDT • Technology • zdnet.com
‘Crimson Desert’ Has Better Player Retention Than ‘Elden Ring’ So Far

Just because a game is huge, that doesn’t mean that players will stick around necessarily. But they are for Crimson Desert

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Apr 27 • 10:06 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
A doctor shares 5 tips for a healthy gut, including a cheap supplement

A doctor who specializes in gut health said most people can feel better in weeks by making simple diet changes like adding a cheap fiber supplement.

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Apr 27 • 7:44 AM EDT • Health • businessinsider.com
Letters: Science as a public duty: What Louisiana is getting right

Louisianians deserve the best science their state can produce, research that reaches into their communities, reflects their lives, and gives back longer lives, better health and real hope. Louisiana’s Clinical

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Apr 27 • 1:42 AM EDT • Science • nola.com
American dad raising kids in Korea; questions if US education is better

American dad Derek Laan says that in Korea, he makes less money in exchange for a more interesting life.

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Apr 26 • 8:17 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
2026 NFL Draft Grades: Analyzing All 32 Teams' Classes

Every NFL team just added several players to their rosters, but who really got better? Rob Rang provides his post-draft grade for each club.

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Apr 26 • 2:09 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Why playing is no laughing matter for otters

Play behavior is not all 'marshmallow science,' and more play can equal better health.

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Apr 26 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
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Business Insider launches Valued, a weekly guide to smarter spending

Business Insider is launching Valued, a weekly newsletter to help readers spend smarter, live better, and save more.

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Apr 26 • 8:08 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Canadiens’ Better Halves Soaked In The Atmosphere
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Apr 26 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What is Windows K2? Inside Microsoft’s big plan to SAVE Windows 11 and win back trust from users.

Microsoft has restructured its Windows team to better position Windows 11 as a strong platform that people should want to use. Here's how it's going about that.

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Apr 26 • 6:37 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
New Ohio State, Columbus Chamber partnership aims to broaden NIL access

The university and Chamber have struck a partnership thought to be the first of its kind, intended to better connect student-athletes and local businesses.

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Apr 26 • 6:01 AM EDT • Business • dispatch.com
Five Formula 1 drivers who have taken on extreme sporting challenges

Tomorrow is the London Marathon, so there’s no better time to look at some drivers who’ve taken on some extreme sporting challenges.

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Apr 26 • 2:48 AM EDT • Sports • formula1.com
Struggling Kodai Senga seeks better form during Mets-Rockies doubleheader

No player better symbolizes the topsy-turvy nature of the New York Mets than right-hander Kodai Senga.

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Apr 25 • 9:52 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Why Colts LB Bryce Boettcher chose football over baseball

Bryce Boettcher had better opportunities in baseball coming out of high school but wouldn't give up on football

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Apr 25 • 4:37 PM EDT • Sports • indystar.com
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Better late than never: slug outburst saves San Diego

FriarWatch: April 25 Edition

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Apr 25 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Cut in half: Nike ACG Ultrafly Trail Review (2026)

Nike ACG Ultrafly Trail review: Nike clearly listened to feedback from the first Ultrafly, and the ACG reboot delivers a much better product. We found in the lab that the new dual-plate setup, upgraded ZoomX foam, and lower weight create a true trail super shoe that surprised us right away. It's perfect for flying over gravel roads or easy, flat trails. The premium price is hard to ignore, and the high drop may divide opinions, but in our view, this is an amazing weapon for crushing all your personal bests.

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Apr 25 • 10:34 AM EDT • Technology • runrepeat.com
There’s Something Different About This Version of the Democratic Party

The party—for better or for worse—is finally listening to its base.

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Apr 25 • 5:45 AM EDT • Politics • slate.com
Can Trump do better than Obama's Iran nuclear deal?

The president wants to outdo his predecessor. He faces major hurdles.

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Apr 24 • 11:48 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Nike Just Reissued the Original ACG Sneaker

The running shoes that inspired the Swoosh’s influential outdoors line—and helped two intrepid climbers scale K2—are back and better than ever.

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Apr 24 • 11:37 AM EDT • Technology • gq.com
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate's price cut has gone live at the perfect time

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate's latest price cut couldn't have arrived at a better time, as the subscription service is about to add a lot of brand-new games.

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Apr 24 • 11:33 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Bringing the future of better care to Texas using AI - UT Health San Antonio

UT Health San Antonio recently hosted its inaugural AI Symposium in Clinical Healthcare. More than 100 physicians, nurses, faculty and leaders came together with national experts to explore how AI is making care faster, more connected and more personal.

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Apr 24 • 10:10 AM EDT • Health • news.uthscsa.edu
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Health & Educational Professionals Share Knowledge to Build Cross-Sector Power

Health and educational professionals gathered at NYSUT’s conference to share strategies, strengthen collaboration and build collective power to better support students, schools and communities.

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Apr 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • nysut.org
Why Are PENN Entertainment (PENN) Shares Soaring Today

Shares of casino, sports betting and entertainment operator PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) jumped 15% in the afternoon session after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results, with both revenue and earnings per share surpassing analyst estimates.

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Apr 24 • 7:41 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Women's sports won't save your city's economy. It might do something better.

Thirty years of research says sports mega-events don't drive growth. Newer leagues aren't trying to, and that's the point.

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Apr 24 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • technical.ly
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Marshall Health Network enrolling patients in lung cancer clinical trial evaluating personalized immunotherapy approach

lungllulungHUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Edwards Cancer Institute at Marshall Health Network (MHN) is enrolling eligible patients in a clinical trial evaluating whether a personalized immunotherapy approach can enhance the effectiveness of treatment following lung cancer surgery. The study is investigating the use of an individualized therapy designed with a tumor’s unique biology from a surgical sample to help the immune system better […]

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Apr 23 • 11:14 PM EDT • Health • news.marshallhealth.org
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The Small Changes Readers Made for Better Health

We asked. Over 800 of you answered.

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Apr 23 • 7:00 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
HACC eliminates several sports teams, positions as college continues to navigate budget cuts

HACC coaches and student athletes were informed Thursday that the college will eliminate its basketball, cross country, soccer and volleyball sport programs this fall. “This decision was not made lightly. It reflects both financial realities and the strategic efforts to better align our offerings with long-term student engagement and institutional sustainability,” HACC announced. According to […]

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Apr 23 • 4:43 PM EDT • Sports • theburgnews.com
Considering History: Jackie Robinson, Japanese Americans, and the Best of American Sports and Community | The Saturday Evening Post

Jackie Robinson can help us better remember a largely forgotten teammate and childhood friend, Shigeo “Shig” Takayama, and the connections between African American and Japanese American baseball.

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Apr 23 • 1:18 PM EDT • Sports • saturdayeveningpost.com
Travel makes you happier—here's what the science says

Researchers found a link between new experiences and better moods—here's how it works.

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Apr 23 • 11:47 AM EDT • Science • creators.yahoo.com
Scientists invent artificial neurons that 'talk' to real brain cells, paving way to better brain implants

Engineers have found a way to fine-tune tiny artificial neurons to fire like real brain cells.

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Apr 23 • 10:40 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Brewers top prospect Luis Peña leaves minor-league game in ambulance

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers game April 22 ended early after a medical emergency for top prospect Luis Peña, though he's reportedly doing better.

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Apr 23 • 9:19 AM EDT • Health • jsonline.com
Here's How the iPhone Ultra Compares to Other Apple Devices

With dummy models of Apple's rumored foldable iPhone now circulating, YouTube channel Max Tech's Vadim Yuryev has shared images and video of the book-style form factor compared to existing Apple devices, giving us a better idea of what to expect when it launches later this year. The foldable iPhone's inner display is said to have a 4:3 aspect ratio like an iPad, and it will have an iPad mini-sized OLED display when it's opened up.

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Apr 23 • 6:41 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Santa Monica has hit hard times. Can alcohol and parties lure people back?

Santa Monica is looking at a better economic future

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Apr 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Huge and Highly Praised Crimson Desert PS5 Patch Out Now, Difficulty Options and Better Visuals Included

The game's biggest update yet

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Apr 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
Howie Roseman Very Excited for One Eagles Change This Offseason

The harsh reality of the 2025-26 season for the Philadelphia Eagles is that it didn't go as well as it should have. The Eagles, certainly still one of the better teams in the NFL, didn't do enough on offense to suggest we should feel too confident about them moving forward.

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Apr 22 • 10:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Medical school launches first data science-focused center on immunology

The new center is the first in the Jeffrey Modell Foundation's international network focused specifically on informatics and data science. Its designation signals a shift in how researchers approach immunology, using large-scale data to better understand immune disorders and improve patient care.

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Apr 22 • 1:43 PM EDT • Science • news.vt.edu
Mercy CEO Makes List of Great Leaders in Healthcare

Mercy President and CEO Steve Mackin was named to the Becker’s Hospital Review Great Leaders in Healthcare 2026 list. According to Becker’s, the leaders on the list are proactive changemakers, always looking ahead and striving to be better. They are building the future rather than passively waiting for it to arrive.

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Apr 22 • 1:07 PM EDT • Health • mercy.net
Preparing the next generation to tackle complex environmental challenges

Middle school science classrooms are shifting towards an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to better prepare students to solve complex, real-world problems that require collaboration across fields.

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Apr 22 • 1:01 PM EDT • Science • edsource.org
Your bad habits are destroying your charging cables

Charging cables are the most overlooked technology in your life, until they break and you're stuck with a dying phone. Here's how to take better care of them.

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Apr 22 • 5:07 AM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
Minnesota educators fight for a way to lower skyrocketing health insurance costs

As health insurance premiums continue to rise, Minnesota school districts – especially small, rural ones – struggle to find good, affordable health care coverage for their staff. Minnesota educators across the state want to be able to band together for better coverage and bargaining power in the marketplace.

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Apr 22 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • mprnews.org
Women’s sports win. Why aren’t fan incentives better?

This year has been nothing short of historic for Rice women’s sports. Soccer was ranked No. 25 in the nation, volleyball had a 17-game win streak, basketball had a 22-game win streak and swim and dive won the American Conference Championships, as did the tennis team on Sunday.

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Apr 21 • 9:38 PM EDT • Sports • ricethresher.org
'We have to do better': GOP, Dems say there's a culture problem in Congress

Over the last week, the U.S. House of Representatives has been rocked by resignations.

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Apr 21 • 7:35 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Walz: ‘Next Democratic president better figure out a way to get universal health care’

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) advised the next Democratic president to focus on passing universal healthcare, a policy measure that has been hotly debated within the party in recent years. “We have t…

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Apr 21 • 5:33 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com
SBA administrator speaks to ABC13 on economic uncertainty ahead of midterm elections: 'It's a blip'

With the war in Iran and growing costs creating uncertainty, the economy is atop voters minds heading into the 2026 midterms. While data reveals Texas is faring better economically than much of the country, growth might be slowing.

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Apr 21 • 5:32 PM EDT • Business • abc13.com
OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT's Image Generation Model

The ChatGPT Images 2.0 model is here. Our testing shows it's better at creating more detailed images and rendering text, but it still struggles with languages other than English.

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Apr 21 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • wired.com