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A black hole shredded a “super sun” — but something strange may have survived

Astronomers have witnessed a black hole violently shredding a massive star, creating one of the most energetic stellar explosions ever observed. The event, nicknamed “the Whippet,” briefly released about 400 billion times the Sun’s energy and sent a shock wave racing outward at one-fifth the speed of light. Months later, scientists spotted unexpectedly fast-moving helium, suggesting that some structure may have survived the destruction.

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Aug 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks

Physicists may have uncovered a hidden feature inside protons that helps preserve one of matter’s most fundamental properties. RHIC collision data suggest baryon number is carried not simply by three quarks, but by a Y-shaped junction of the gluons connecting them. The finding challenges a decades-old textbook picture and could deepen our understanding of why protons—and ultimately matter itself—remain stable.

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Aug 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
iPhone 18 Pro Pricing: Can Apple Protect Its Profit Margins?

Facing higher memory and storage costs for the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple has several options to reduce the price rises while increasing the average revenue per user.

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Aug 15 • 7:27 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Scientists Discover a 245-Million-Year-Old Reptile With Its Organs Still Preserved

An international research team examined a unique fossil from China that, for the first time, preserves the digestive system of a marine reptile with a long neck that lived in the oceans 245 million years ago. Inside an almost complete fossil from China, researchers identified the stomach, liver, and intestines of a marine reptile that

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Aug 15 • 5:52 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Patriots reach injury settlement with running back Terrell Jennings

Terrell Jennings landed on injured reserve before the preseason opener.

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Aug 15 • 5:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Benjamin Nygren: Man of the Match

Benjamin Nygren deservedly earned the Man of the Match award in the 4-0 win over Dundee United on Tayside and was involved in a few of the goals as well.And no more so than in the 63rd minute when he ...

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Aug 15 • 4:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The No. 1 Hobby Most Highly Intelligent People Have, By A Psychologist

Brain games and chess don't build intelligence the way people assume. Here's the one everyday hobby psychology research keeps linking to a sharper mind.

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Aug 15 • 4:15 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Release Date: Discounted Day Re-Enters The September Schedule

As a new report asserts a date for the next Apple keynote. Here’s why I think it’s wrong and what’s really going on (with dates and times down to the second).

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Aug 15 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
‘Am I losing my mind?’: the science behind why psychedelic trips can feel like you’re going insane

Neuroscientist Michal Dubrovinsky studies challenging psychedelic experiences and the moment people fear they are losing control, while exploring how psilocybin may affect brain flexibility and movement learning

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Aug 15 • 6:33 AM EDT • Science • ynetnews.com
AI-Generated Mental Health Advice Gets Uplifted Via A Strong Dose Of Artificial Wisdom

Some claim that AI will be much better at mental health guidance once it includes artificial wisdom. I explain what this is. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

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Aug 15 • 3:15 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Large-Scale Pokémon Eviction Looms With Pokémon Bank Server Shutdown

After the Nintendo 3DS handheld console saw most its online services including the online store (eShop) taken offline not too long ago, it was only a matter of time before the demise of even the re…

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Aug 14 • 10:00 PM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
Essentia Health partners with United Way of Cass-Clay to prepare students for upcoming school year through annual School Supply Drive

Essentia Health was proud to once again support and sponsor the 28th annual United Way of Cass-Clay School Supply Drive and to serve as the drive's

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Aug 14 • 6:47 PM EDT • Health • essentiahealth.org
Who Is Cami Clark? Anthropic CEO’s Wife Asked Epstein To Invest In Porn Business

Clark approached Epstein after he had already been convicted for soliciting prostitution.

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Aug 14 • 4:21 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
3 Mistakes Business Owners Make Before Selling Their Business

Two years sounded like plenty of time. It was not even close. And the moment she realized that, it was almost too late to fix it.

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Aug 14 • 3:29 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
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Idaho must allow abortions to preserve women's health, US judge rules

A U.S. judge has ruled that Idaho's near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional because it provides exceptions when abortions are ​life-saving and not for broader risks to pregnant women's health.

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Aug 14 • 1:49 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
What Do Media Businesses Look Like In 2026 And Beyond

Despite many news desks shrinking, some media companies are continuing to innovate their models to adapt to a modern consumer that wants both offline and online content.

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Aug 14 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Montenegro Wants To Be Europe’s Next Crypto Hub, But Weak Regulation Might Be Costing It Big Business

Montenegro’s crypto market is growing despite regulatory gaps that could deter investors and leave billions in digital-asset transactions beyond effective oversight.

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Aug 14 • 10:51 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
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Choose The Right Platform To Expand Your Real Estate Brokerage Business

Learn how to choose the right commercial real estate brokerage platform to expand your business, serve clients and support long-term growth.

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Aug 14 • 10:40 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Canada Invests $24 Million To Study Impact Of Cannabis On Brain Health

Canada's health ministry this week announced a $24 million investment in research examining how cannabis use affects users' brain health.

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Aug 14 • 10:16 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
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Patriots’ Alabama Product Steps Up After Sudden RB Shakeup

Hours before the New England Patriots opened their preseason against the Indianapolis Colts, their running back depth chart changed in a hurry.Terrell Jennings landed on injured reserve, ending his season, while New England brought back JaMycal Hasty. The moves came one day after the Patriots signed Hassan Haskins, leaving a crowded but unsettled battle behind […] The post Patriots’ Alabama Product Steps Up After Sudden RB Shakeup appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 14 • 10:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
World Humanitarian Day 2026: honouring fallen humanitarians and calling for greater protection of health care

As we mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, WHO pays tribute to humanitarian and health workers who put their duty of care above their own safety and, too often, their own lives as they serve communities affected by conflict and crises.World Humanitarian Day was designated by the UN General Assembly in 2008 to commemorate the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad and honour aid workers worldwide.

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Aug 14 • 9:57 AM EDT • Health • who.int
5 Core Principles To Master Before You Sell Your Business

Learn the five core principles that determine whether your business is truly sellable, from owner independence to knowing your real valuation number.

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Aug 14 • 8:03 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
9 AI Tools Founders Say They Could Not Run A Business Without

Founders were asked to pick one AI tool each, and 3 names took most of the votes. Here are the 9 tools they say they could not run a business without today.

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Aug 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Op-ed | When mental health crises happen, New Yorkers deserve more than one option

On a recent summer morning in Queens, Jordyn encountered a neighbor she knew to be living with a serious mental health condition. He had been pacing the block

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Aug 14 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • amny.com
iPhone 18 Pro Event Tipped As Apple Shifts Key Release Schedule Date

Exactly when the next Apple special event will take place to reveal the iPhone 18 Pro has just become clearer — and there’s a change to a key date.

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Aug 14 • 2:32 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
The 5 AI Scaling Mistakes That Could Derail Your Business

Here are five costly mistakes businesses make when scaling AI, from runaway costs and weak governance to poor accountability plus how leaders can avoid them.

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Aug 14 • 1:55 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
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Jalen Carter Shares Health Update After Enormous Contract Extension

The Philadelphia Eagles took on at least some modicum of risk back in 2023 when they moved up one spot to the ninth overall pick to select Jalen Carter out of Georgia. Whilst phenomenally talented, after a car-incident that resulted in the deaths of two students and saw Carter himself serve 12 months of probation […] The post Jalen Carter Shares Health Update After Enormous Contract Extension appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 13 • 8:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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ESPN reveals College Football studio commentators for 2026

With the 2026 college football season approaching, ESPN has revealed its studio lineup for the upcoming season. For the seventh consecutive season, Kevin Negandhi and Booger McFarland will be in the lead studio for ESPN. For the first time in 2026, the duo will also be joined by Jordan Rodgers. Rodgers previously served as the…

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Aug 13 • 6:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What placing Terrell Jennings on IR means for the Patriots

The third-year running back was moved to the reserve list ahead of Thursday’s preseason opener.

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Aug 13 • 5:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Raleigh staple Adventure Landing abruptly shuts its doors after 38 years

Known for laser tag and go-kart racing, this business will permanently close its doors after decades on Capital Boulevard.

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Aug 13 • 4:42 PM EDT • Business • newsobserver.com
Broncos place offensive lineman on season-ending injured reserve

"I feel bad for him and where he was at," Broncos coach Sean Payton said after center Michael Deiter suffered a season-ending quad injury.

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Aug 13 • 4:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What To Know About Josh Kushner’s Left-Leaning Politics—Amid Speculation Of Trump Role In Lakers Deal

Josh Kushner is a Democrat.

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Aug 13 • 4:19 PM EDT • Politics • forbes.com
How Rocket Science Could Save Pacific Raceways

Aerospace development may provide the financial lifeline the historic Seattle-area racetrack needs to preserve its NHRA dragstrip and road course for generations.

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Aug 13 • 3:50 PM EDT • Science • autoweek.com
Another Ship Reportedly Taking USS Abraham Lincoln’s Place In Middle East After Reports Of Mental Health Crisis

The USS Abraham Lincoln has been supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran for more than 260 days.

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Aug 13 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Record $12.5 Billion Sale Resets The Market For Sports Teams

Less than a year after Mark Walter paid $10 billion for the team, he flipped it like a piece of real estate. But if there is a bubble for professional sports team ownership, it hasn’t shown any signs of popping yet.

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Aug 13 • 12:48 PM EDT • Sports • forbes.com
President Of Law&Crime And Court TV Talks The Business Of True Crime

Rachel Stockman, the president of Law&Crime and Court TV, joined "Forbes True Crime" to discuss the multi-billion-dollar true crime industry.

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Aug 13 • 12:23 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
AI needs science’s search history

“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.

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Aug 13 • 11:16 AM EDT • Science • press.airstreet.com
Should ‘The Downfall Of ARC Raiders’ Be Studied?

'ARC Raiders' has seen a significant player drop in less than a year. Is this nothing to worry about, or a huge problem?

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Aug 13 • 10:30 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Cleveland Fed’s Hammack questions whether U.S. inflation will keep slowing

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president says more needs to be done to get to the Fed's 2% target for inflation.

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Twitch Admits ‘Nobody Would Opt-In’ To AI Training, Here’s How To Opt-Out

Twitch streamers were surprised this week to discover that their streams and content were being used to train Amazon AI models.

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Aug 13 • 10:02 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
How CFOs Keep The Business Running While They Rebuild Finance

Finance transformation cannot stop the monthly close. Learn why sequencing, governance, and control are essential to successful change.

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Aug 13 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Why Trust, Not Tech, Will Determine AI Adoption In Business Travel

Trust will drive AI adoption. In this interview AMEX GBT exec talks about how trust impacts usage.

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Aug 13 • 7:53 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
UVA Health elevates Dr. Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne from interim to permanent Dept. of Psychiatry chair

The UVA Health career provider has led the effort to serve unhoused at The Haven.

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Aug 13 • 6:45 AM EDT • Health • cvillerightnow.com
iPhone 18 Pro Event Tipped As Apple Shifts Key Release Schedule Date

Exactly when the next Apple special event will take place to reveal the iPhone 18 Pro has just become clearer — and there’s a change to a key date.

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Aug 13 • 3:36 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
The US is now using the ‘terrorist’ label to interfere in Brazil’s election

The designation of PCC and CV serves to expand Washington’s reach into the country’s politics and security.

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Aug 13 • 2:33 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
Why Karoline Leavitt might be impossible for Trump to replace

Donald Trump hardly needs anyone else to serve as his mouthpiece.

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Aug 13 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Business Law Section’s AI Task Force helps lawyers navigate a rapidly changing landscape

Business lawyers know artificial intelligence is changing how businesses operate, how lawyers serve clients, how law firms structure their practices, and how courts approach emerging legal questions, and they want to be able to lead their clients and practices in this changing environment, says James Moon, chair of the Business Law Section’s AI Task Force....

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Aug 13 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • floridabar.org
Asia-Pacific parliamentarians urge bolder action for universal health coverage, climate resilience and responsible AI

Parliamentarians representing 16 countries from across the Asia-Pacific region concluded the Ninth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) today, reaffirming their key role in advancing universal health coverage (UHC) amid the risks and opportunities posed by AI and climate change. In adopting the Phnom Penh Communiqué, parliamentarians urged fellow legislators regionwide to strengthen sustainable financing for UHC to widen access to health for all, including the most vulnerable populations; promote responsible governance of AI amid ethical concerns over this fast-evolving technology; and build climate-resilient health systems to anticipate and respond to mounting pressures ranging from rising sea levels in coastal areas to air pollution and other environmental degradation.The National Assembly of Cambodia, with support from Cambodia’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), hosted the Forum in Phnom Penh from 11 to 13 August 2026 – the first time the Forum has convened in a Mekong country.Parliamentarians urge action to close gaps in accessIn the Communiqué, parliamentarians recognized that at-risk and marginalized groups are the ones most severely affected by gaps in access to health services. These groups include people living in poverty, women and children, persons with disabilities, older people, migrants, refugees, and those in rural, remote or island communities. The Communiqué urges fellow parliamentarians and policy-makers to advocate for laws and policies that support sustainable financing to protect people from financial hardship, with a focus on primary health care, prevention and equity. "The Communiqué is a call to action. It sets out ambitious, concrete measures that deliver meaningful impact on the ground. We are all accountable for advancing universal health coverage and translating our commitments into tangible results. Cambodia is fully committed to advancing UHC, including the promotion of ‘healthy people, prosperous country’ campaign,” said Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia.His Excellency Professor Chheang Ra, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia, highlighted the need for collaboration beyond the health sector. “Universal health coverage cannot be achieved by the Ministry of Health alone. It requires support, particularly from parliamentarians, across political, legislative, financial, social protection, education, infrastructure, and environmental domains. While each country follows its own path, one factor is universally critical for success: strong governance and leadership. We all believe in this principle, and in our respective political roles, we remain committed to strengthening these key success factors to ensure that no one is left behind.”Promoting responsible AI adoption Parliamentarians acknowledged that, while AI has already demonstrated its ability to improve access to health services and support delivery, careful and ethical governance is necessary to safeguard quality, safety, privacy and public trust. This underscores the importance of parliamentarians in promoting legal and regulatory frameworks addressing liability, records ownership and data governance, while embracing innovation that protects ethical practice.“Without strong governance, safeguards for privacy and data security, sustainable financing, and attention to those most at risk of exclusion, new technologies may widen existing gaps instead of closing them. This is why parliamentarians matter. We pass laws. We approve budgets. We scrutinize government action. We represent communities. We can ask whether health services are reaching rural, remote, ageing, poor, and marginalized populations. We can ask whether innovation is being guided by equity, evidence, and ethics,” said Hon. Man Hee Lee, President of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health.Building climate-resilient health systemsParliamentarians also reiterated that the climate crisis is a direct threat to people’s health and to achieving UHC more broadly, deepening the same gaps in access already faced by at-risk and marginalized communities. They recognized the need for WHO Member States to ensure sufficient national appropriations and oversight, and for parliamentarians to raise awareness in their constituencies and mobilize local action in building climate-resilient and sustainable health systems.“Universal health coverage, climate change and AI cannot be addressed in isolation. The same communities struggling to access health services today are often the ones most exposed to climate shocks, and most in need of the opportunities AI can offer if this technology is governed responsibly,” said Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific. “Having served previously in this Forum myself as a parliamentarian from Tonga, I recognize how the Phnom Penh Communiqué reflects the shared resolve of legislators across the Asia-Pacific region: the laws parliamentarians pass and the budgets they approve help ensure this progress reaches the people who need it most.”As the Forum drew to a close, delegates reflected on what they would carry back to their own parliaments and constituencies.“I wish to share three points here worth carrying home from Phnom Penh: we need to invest in primary health care as the foundation of coverage; we need to remove the barriers that keep people from care, whether financial, geographic or social; and we need to build systems that are inclusive by design, protecting those most at risk of being left behind,” added Hon. Ouch Borith, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia.###Notes for editors:The Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) is a platform for parliamentarians to exchange ideas, build political will, strengthen capacity and foster collaboration towards sustainable health action. This was the ninth meeting of the APPFGH, with the theme “Universal Health Coverage in the era of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence”. Target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls on countries to achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health services, and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. In the Western Pacific, UHC service coverage index (SDG 3.8.1) rose from 63 in 2000 to 81 in 2023 (figures include Indonesia), and roughly one in four people in the Western Pacific have experienced financial hardship (SDG 3.8.2). Progress towards UHC in the Asia-Pacific region remains uneven, with hundreds of millions of people still lacking access to essential health services or facing financial hardship due to health-related expenses. Strengthening the role of parliaments – through legislation, financing and oversight – is central to closing this gap and accelerating progress towards UHC across the region.Parliamentarians participating in APPFGH in Cambodia this week include: Hon. Pehin Dato Adanan YUSOF, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. Rosmawatty ABDUL MUMIN, Brunei Darussalam; Hon. LORK Kheng, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. YOS Phanita, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOUN Khundy, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. HENG Halim, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. KHOENG Noupheap, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. SENG Nhak, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. LY Sukry, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. NHOEURN Raden, Kingdom of Cambodia; Hon. Dr Ratu Atonio LALABALAVU, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Vijay NATH, Republic of Fiji; Hon. Man Hee LEE, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Jiho CHA, Republic of Korea; Hon. Jonghun BAEK, Republic of Korea; Hon. Youngsuk SEO, Republic of Korea; Hon. Dr Phayvanh KEOPASEUTH, Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Hon. Suhaizan Bin KAIAT, Malaysia; Hon. Dr Perpetua KONMAN, Federated States of Micronesia; Hon. Ganmaa DAVAASAMBUU, Mongolia; Hon. Charmaine SCOTTY, Republic of Naoero; Hon. Vincent Ambance KUMURA, Papua New Guinea; Hon. Dr Edwin CRUZADO, Republic of the Philippines; Hon. AUUAPAAU Mulipola Aloitafua Mulipola, Samoa; Hon. ASIATA TAVUI Tafu Salevao, Samoa; Hon. Dr Alani Petelo TANGITAU, Tonga; Hon. Paul PAOLO, Republic of Vanuatu; Hon. Franklyn Ezra WILLIAM, Republic of Vanuatu.For more information, contact: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific: wprocom@who.int National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia (International Relations Department): ir.nacambodia@gmail.com

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Aug 12 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
How Amanda Janoo, a progressive political outsider, won Vermont’s Democratic primary for governor

“She represented a more authentic version of change, to enough voters, to give her the victory,” one observer said.

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Aug 12 • 7:07 PM EDT • Politics • vtdigger.org
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Elix Brings 5,000 Years Of Chinese Medicine To Modern Women’s Health

Elix founder Lulu Ge brings 5,000 years of Chinese medicine into personalized herbal formulas—helping women treat hormonal imbalance symptoms.

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Aug 12 • 4:43 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Karoline Leavitt exiting as White House press secretary, will serve as outside Trump adviser
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Aug 12 • 3:50 PM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Perez Hilton’s Mother Files For Temporary Custody Of His Children After Hospitalization

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was hospitalized late Tuesday after fans called the police during a disturbing TikTok livestream.

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Aug 12 • 2:56 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Shopify Inc. (SHOP) Soars as Jim Cramer Applauds AI-Driven Business Formation

Software platforms faced selling pressure due to concerns that generative AI tools would replace traditional software architectures. However, Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) broke away from sector headwinds after second-quarter financial results showed AI tools driving business formation rather than displacing its e-commerce infrastructure. Because Shopify serves small and medium-sized businesses requiring turnkey checkout, payment processing, and […]

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Mental Health Crisis Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln—As U.S. Sailors Mark More Than 260 Days At Sea

The USS Abraham Lincoln is supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran.

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Aug 12 • 2:29 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Intermountain Health Names Veteran Leader as New Peaks Region President

Intermountain Health has selected Scott Peek as the new region president to oversee business and clinical operations across the enterprise’s markets in Colorado, Montana, Eastern Wyoming, and New Mexico, known as the Peaks Region. Most recently Peek has served as the operational lead for the region and as the market president for the Colorado ...

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NC’s vaccine requirements won’t change under Trump order, health director says

North Carolina DHHS responds to the president attempting to weaken vaccine requirements through an executive order.

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Aug 12 • 1:44 PM EDT • Health • newsobserver.com
Local legislators and town officials visit URI to learn about environmental and science research in action

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 12, 2026 – The University’s land- and sea-focused work was showcased last month for local legislators and municipal leaders, letting them see and hear up close all the ways URI research can serve their constituents. Many had visited campus before—as speakers, parents or program attendees—but the morning forum in July let […]

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Fans Try To Decipher The Elder Scrolls VI’s Censored Subtitle

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just played 'The Elder Scrols VI' and both she and Bethesda are censoring its subtitle with a specific number of letters.

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‘Crimson Desert’ DLC Is Imminent, Multiplayer Modes Ahead

Crimson Desert is getting DLC very soon, and Pearl Abyss is looking ahead to multiplayer for the smash hit game.

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Aug 12 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
‘Palworld’ Patch Notes: Big Buffs For Way Less Grinding

Here are the Palworld patch notes for its latest update, which significantly nerfs some of the most annoying grinds in the game.

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Aug 12 • 10:43 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Ravens sign UFL's touchdown leader after injury to Skylar Thompson

The Ravens placed Skylar Thompson on injured reserve and signed former Bears and UFL quarterback Austin Reed.

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Aug 12 • 10:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
I On Politics

CEC 26 CALENDAR MEETING AU­GUST 13: Community District Education Council 26 Cal­endar Meeting followed by Working Business Meeting on Thursday, August 13 at 7:00 pm. Meet­ing is in-person with virtual option for community members. Meeting venue: M.S. 67Q, 51-60 Marathon Pkwy, Douglaston. Please email CEC26@schools.nyc.gov to reserve seats and bring photo ID to school

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Joint Statement by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio: United States to Serve as Secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration

Joint statement from HHS Secretary Kennedy and Secretary of State Rubio on the Geneva Consensus Declaration.

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Small Business Spotlight: Specialty dental practice takes root on Market St.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO OPEN BLUE HERON ROOT CANAL SPECIALISTS? OWNER SARAH ERMOSHKIN: “I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. When I was 23 years old, I owned a cafe in Seattle, where I even fought to oppose oppressive sales taxes on espresso drinks. After selling that business, I got married and started a family. Once my children were in school, I attended dental school through the Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which covered my tuition and provided a stipend. From the beginning, my goal was to eventually own my own practice after completing my military service. The work I do is incredibly rewarding and being able to create an environment that puts patients first while helping employees grow professionally makes every day as a business owner meaningful.” WHAT DOES YOUR BUSINESS PROVIDE? ERMOSHKIN: “Endodontists are often called ‘pain doctors’ because our primary mission is to relieve pain and save natural teeth. We specialize in root canal therapy, retreatment of nonhealing root canals, treatment of root resorption, apicoectomies – microsurgical root-end procedures – and vital pulp therapy for children. Our goal is to preserve teeth that might otherwise need to be extracted and replaced with implants. Saving a patient’s natural tooth is almost always the best long-term solution for their oral health.” HOW DOES YOUR MILITARY TRAINING HELP YOUR BUSINESS? ERMOSHKIN: “My military service taught me how to lead, collaborate and make decisions under pressure. I worked closely with senior leadership while treating a large patient population and collaborating with specialists across multiple disciplines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, (I) served a dual role as Navy dentist and as the public affairs officer for Naval Health Clinic Annapolis, where I helped develop medical and dental communications for the midshipmen and support staff, while coordinating with the broader Navy Capital Region. We worked closely with other military treatment facilities to share best practices and deliver consistent public health messaging. Those leadership experiences continue to shape how I lead my team and serve our patients today.” WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU FACING RIGHT NOW IN YOUR BUSINESS? ERMOSHKIN: “One of our biggest challenges is overcoming the misinformation surrounding root canal treatment. Root canals are safe, effective and often the best way to relieve pain while preserving a natural tooth. Unfortunately, many people choose extraction because they believe it’s less expensive or because they’ve seen misleading information online. What they may not realize is that losing a tooth can lead to shifting teeth, changes in the way they bite and chew and significantly higher costs to restore their smile later.”

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Aug 12 • 9:21 AM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com
Arizona's wild horses deserve science, not assumptions

Arizona is reducing its wild horse herds toward targets set without real science. Officials should prove the numbers before removing more.

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Aug 12 • 8:01 AM EDT • Science • azcentral.com
Space tech: an orbiting market opportunity | Investors Lab

While AI models are excellent at parsing massive amounts of data, they struggle to pivot when faced with unprecedented events — the kind that frequently occur in the vacuum of outer space. Space operations are a zero-tolerance environment where the cost of a software miscalculation can be a total loss of assets or human lives. The solution isn't to abandon the technology, but to pivot toward human-assisted systems where an AI algorithm handles the heavy computational lifting while human experts serve as guides on the ground and remain the ultimate decision makers in aerospace technology. SN's Aaron Tremper takes us there.

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Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere

Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites, they reconstructed changes in atmospheric density about 500 kilometers above Earth. The approach could sharpen satellite tracking and help reduce the growing risk of collisions in increasingly crowded orbits.

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Valley Health Supports THRIVE Self-Sufficiency Program Through Community Partnership Grant

Valley Health’s Community Partnership Grant program supports local nonprofit organizations working to improve health and well-being across the communities we serve.

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Aug 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • valleyhealthlink.com
GW Law Professor Barak Richman Selected to Participate on North Carolina Health Care Cost Commission | GW Law

Professor Richman has been selected to serve as the facilitator for a recently created Healthcare Cost Commission for the state of North Carolina.

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Aug 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • law.gwu.edu
Your Business Is Probably Your Largest Asset. Are You Managing It That Way?

Your business is likely your largest asset. Learn why managing it for enterprise value—not just income—can increase wealth, reduce risk and create more options.

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Aug 12 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Skillfully Adding AI To The HHS Pledge On Advancing Best Practices For National Mental Health Care

HHS released a pledge to advance national mental healthcare. I add AI to the six stated principles, since AI will be integral to this. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

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Aug 12 • 3:15 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
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U.S. Businesses No Longer Face Corporate Transparency Act Reporting

A final rule from the U.S. Treasury eliminates reporting requirements for U.S. companies and persons under the Corporate Transparency Act, which remains on the books.

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Astronomers created the largest-ever 2D map of the universe, charting 4 billion objects in the night sky

A new celestial map not only catalogs a variety of cosmic objects but also serves as a pointer for other telescopes on Earth and in space.

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Orlando Magic Team Reporter Kendra Douglas’ Game plan: Dish Assists to Other Women

As a regional sideline reporter, Kendra Douglas serves as the primary bridge between the team and the public, which sometimes means traveling across the coun...

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How The Global Business Community Is Responding To Tariffs & The Strait Of Hormuz Impasse: Expert

When the Supreme Court blocked a large swath of his tariffs, Trump said his administration had "very powerful alternatives." Now we know what those alternatives are.

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Aug 11 • 2:34 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
SGMC Health Welcomes Internal Medicine Residency Faculty

SGMC Health welcomes Anna Ledford, MD, and Mariya Tom, MD, to SGMC Internal Medicine – Park Avenue, where they will serve as attending physicians and teaching faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program.

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Aug 11 • 1:25 PM EDT • Health • sgmc.org
What’s In The $100 ‘GTA VI’ Ultimate Edition, Which Most Fans Are Buying

While most players are upset the price of gaming is going up, a majority of them are willing to pay $100 for the GTA VI Ultimate Edition. Here's what's inside.

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Aug 11 • 10:16 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Sick Kids, Stalled Science: America’s Pediatric Health Funding Crisis

Pediatric health is critically underfunded, despite 1/3 of the global population being kids. But the ROI of investing in kids yields profound health and economic returns.

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Why Family Businesses Lose Control

Family businesses often fail to prepare the next generation for their most important role—not as executives, but as owners. As a result, families can gradually lose the ability to direct the enterprise, not because of a single crisis but because ownership capability erodes across generations through predictable governance and succession mistakes. To preserve long-term control, family businesses must deliberately develop owners who can exercise sound judgment, govern effectively, and hold management accountable.

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Canva’s Former CFO Says AI Cannot Fix A Broken Business

More than half of CEOs report no measurable AI return. The CFO who scaled Canva from $10 million to $2 billion says the problem was never the model you picked.

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Doral bets $738 million on its U.S. renewable energy business

The Israeli company will more than double its stake in Doral LLC to 53.2%, valuing the American subsidiary at about $4.1 billion in the latest transaction and potentially postponing plans for a separate IPO.

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Surprising Lions linebacker Building Legitimate 53-Man Roster Case

The Detroit Lions added a bunch of new faces through free agency this offseason, including Joe Bachie. The veteran linebacker signed a one-year deal with the Lions after the draft in late April. Bachie spent the 2025 campaign in the AFC South, playing five games with the Colts before being placed on injured reserve with a foot injury and eventually being released with an injury settlement. Bachie landed on his feet with the Tennessee Titans but only served as a special teamer in Nashville.

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Why Elephants Will Never Jump: Scientists Reveal the Jaw-Dropping Truth - Futura-Sciences

The Science of Not Jumping It’s an old, thoroughly observed fact: elephants don’t jump. They won’t leap across a ditch, won’t hurdle an obstacle, and never have all four feet off the ground at once. What’s really surprising is that science hasn’t taken a deep dive into this question until...

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Former Lions Veteran Quarterback Officially Announces Retirement

Over the weekend, the Detroit Lions were met with the abrupt departure of veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who was expected to serve as the club’s backup behind starter Jared Goff.Upon Bridgewater’s departure, the expectation was that it was to announce his retirement from the NFL.While no official announcement was made at the time of his […] The post Former Lions Veteran Quarterback Officially Announces Retirement appeared first on HEAVY.

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After GOP stalls confirmation, Gov. Stein moves NC public safety chief to new job

This comes after lawmakers passed a bill adding a way for the Senate to thwart a Cabinet appointee.

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Darline Graham’s Riding With Trump—But Political Views Beyond That Still Unclear As Primary Looms

Trump endorsed Darline Graham to replace her brother for a full term.

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Gencom Divides Into Two Business Lines With Leadership Promotions

Real estate investment firm Gencom is reorganizing into two different business lines, with new hires and promotions to match.

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UNC researchers are using Palantir to build a massive collection of health data

The data collected so far “includes more than 535,000 whole genome sequences.”

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Aug 10 • 1:51 PM EDT • Health • newsobserver.com
Communities Deserve Access to Inclusive and Climate-Conscious Doula Care

Doula care can drastically improve the quality of care and birth experience for pregnant people facing the climate crisis’s increasing incidences of hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat. The changing climate directly affects pregnancy health through discrete environmental disasters (such as wildfires, extreme heat, hurricanes, flooding, and droughts) and indirectly through long-term changes in the natural and social environment (such as air quality and forced migration). Environmental disasters can cause psychological distress for pregnant and post-pregnant people due to financial and personal loss, as well as the disruption of infrastructure that they rely on such as housing, health care, work, communication, and transportation. Potential adverse pregnancy outcomes include low birthweight, preterm birth, miscarriage, and neonatal mortality.

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Reappointment of Senior Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences John Mazziotta - UCLA Office of the Chancellor

Chancellor Julio Frenk shared this message with faculty and staff. Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce that John Mazziotta, M.D., Ph.D., has been reappointed for a five-year term and will now serve as senior vice chancellor of UCLA Health...

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Nintendo Switch Shut Down With No Refunds, as Owners Become The Latest Victims of Gaming's Increasingly Digital Future

Aliens: Fireteam Elite has had its cloud servers shut down, leaving Nintendo Switch owners unable to play the game without any form of refund.

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No-Reserve 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Brings Bandit Style With a 400 V8 and Four-Speed

A no-reserve 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 400 V8, four-speed manual, and Bandit-style black-and-gold graphics is up for bid on Hagerty Marketplace, with Hagerty's valuation tools offering a window into what this second-generation Firebird is really worth.

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Digital Science Connects AI Agents to World-Leading Research Data with New Dimensions MCP Servers

Digital Science has announced the launch of new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for Dimensions, giving enterprise AI agents direct, license-aligned access to one of the world's largest interconnected global research databases.

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Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe

Key Takeaways The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys combined more than 263,000 telescope exposures to make the largest 2D map of the universe in visible and near-infrared light. Astronomers can pair the Legacy Surveys map with their own observations to explore our universe and search for rare phenomena. The 2D map serves as the foundation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey to measure the universe in 3D and investigate dark energy. Hold on to your telescopes: the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. The data is available for all to use and publicly viewable through the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer. Astronomers and citizen scientists can explore the map or combine it with their own observations to better understand our universe. Researchers can search for rare phenomena like gravitational lenses, observe fleeting events like supernovae, and investigate two of physics’ biggest mysteries: dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for most of the mass in our universe, and dark energy, the force driving our universe’s accelerating expansion. The new map builds on earlier versions from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys that have already proved invaluable. To date, more than 1,800 science papers that reference the Legacy Surveys data have been published. “It’s part of the fabric of astronomy research now,” said David Schlegel, a co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “When you’re working with astronomical objects today, you often start by pulling up the Legacy Imaging Viewer to see what you’re looking at.” Covering roughly 75% of the sky in visible and near-infrared light, the updated map provides a deep view of the extragalactic universe not blocked by the dust and stars of our own Milky Way. Researchers expect it will remain the most comprehensive 2D map of our universe for years to come. More than 160 scientists contributed to data collection for the project, and a team of 20 produced the final dataset released today. It was built by combining 263,407 telescope exposures from three ground-based sky surveys: the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS) at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS) at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory, and the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory. That was supplemented by years of data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite mission and additional public data. “For our team, these data are fundamental to our investigation of the expansion history of the universe and the formation of our galaxy,” said Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab. “But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to explore the sky and marvel at its wonders.” Here be galaxies The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys were originally conducted to prepare for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. The Legacy Surveys’ 2D map is essentially a deep photograph of the sky; it records where galaxies and stars appear and how bright they appear. This crucial step enables DESI to select objects and measure their light in different wavelengths to determine their distances, building the largest high-resolution 3D map ever made. Scientists study the way galaxies have clustered at different ages of the universe to track dark energy over time. In April 2026, DESI completed its original five-year survey ahead of schedule and with vastly more objects than expected. The early results have shown surprising hints that dark energy’s impact may be weakening over time — a paradigm shift that could potentially shape the predicted fate of our universe. DESI expects to publish improved results using their first five years of data in 2027 and is continuing observations into 2028. DESI was so efficient at observing galaxies, the Legacy Surveys map needed to expand. Early on, “it became clear we might run out of galaxies to look at and run out of sky, and we better start doing something about that,” said Schlegel, who also works on DESI. The new Legacy Surveys map has been used to select DESI targets since June 2026 and will guide the telescope’s operations over the coming years. Computing the cosmos Merging hundreds of thousands of images taken on 2,285 nights, each with unique atmospheric and telescope conditions, was a massive computational effort. It took about a year to develop the computer code and eight weeks to process all the images at the Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Berkeley Lab. Beyond supporting DESI, the Legacy Surveys will be a foundational reference for the next generation of telescopes. As new observatories like the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (jointly funded by NSF and DOE’s Office of Science) and NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope come online, researchers can compare their observations with one of the deepest and most comprehensive views of the sky ever assembled. The Legacy Surveys data will also help scientists train artificial intelligence tools to analyze petabytes of astronomical data and accelerate new discoveries. It will be among the datasets used in an astrophysics pilot project within the American Science Cloud, part of the DOE’s Genesis Mission. The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics; the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility; the U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Astronomical Sciences; and the partner institutions. DESI is supported by the DOE Office of Science and NERSC. Additional support for DESI is provided by the NSF; the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA); the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI) of Mexico; the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain; and by the DESI member institutions. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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How The House Of Beautiful Business Is Building An Economy For The Post-AI World

The House of Beautiful Business built a 30,000-person community betting connection, not efficiency, is the real edge as AI reshapes work and business.

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Expedia Is Using AI And Sports Tourism To Build A Connected Journey

Expedia is using AI and sports tourism as a path to stay connected to consumers.

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Political Identity Now Drives Billions In Consumer Funding

Wearables, wallets and scanners show political and lifestyle identity now drives billions in venture funding across a 2x2 consumer market map.

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Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe - The new DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map serves as the foundation for the largest-ever 3D map of the Universe, used to investigate dark energy

The newest DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map, 13 years in the making, covers three-quarters of the sky and catalogs nearly four billion objects. This treasure trove is available to all and contains stars, galaxies, supernovae, gravitational lenses, and much more. Two NSF NOIRLab facilities contributed data to the map: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Mayall telescope and the NSF Blanco telescope, equipped with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated DECam.

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UNCW Business School Students Travel to Prague for Real-Life Consulting Experience by David Glew

This article was contributed by Kestrel Smoot, International Programs Coordinator for UNCW’s Cameron School of Business. During the most recent spring semester, 33 upper-level finance and marketing students from the UNCW’s Cameron School of Business traveled to Prague, Czechia, to participate in an intensive international consulting project. Unlike traditional study-abroad programs, the Prague consultancy project focuses on real client engagement. Each year’s project is entirely new, designed through collaboration between faculty and industry partners to identify a current business challenge that students will address. This year, students worked with MAMS-Champi, a Czech non-alcoholic beverage company that is seeking to expand into other global markets. Throughout the first half of the semester, students attend class at UNCW and prepare for their time abroad by conducting preliminary research, developing analytical frameworks, and organizing themselves into specialized teams responsible for tasks such as marketing strategy, industry analysis, consumer segmentation, and competitive evaluation. The course emphasizes independence and teamwork, requiring students to take ownership of their work, manage deadlines, and collaborate across functional groups. Additionally, faculty serve as advisors, allowing students to navigate the complexities of the project much as they would in a professional consulting environment. Once in Prague, students met with company leadership, toured facilities, and refined their recommendations based on real-time feedback. The in-person component is widely regarded as the most transformative aspect of the program because students must synthesize weeks of work into a cohesive presentation and deliver it to the client, demonstrating professionalism, strategic thinking, and adaptability. Beyond the consulting work, students participated in cultural and educational activities that broadened their understanding of global business environments. They explored Prague’s historic districts, learned about Czech culture, and engaged with local professionals. These experiences helped students understand how economic, regulatory, and social factors shape market opportunities. The Prague consultancy project stands as a defining example of the Cameron School of Business’s commitment to experiential learning, consistently strengthening students’ confidence, enhancing their resumes, and serving as a focal point in job interviews. Employers recognize the value of the hands-on experience and transferable skills students gain, underscoring the program’s role in preparing industry-ready graduates for today’s fast-moving business landscape.

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Blue Shield of California Appoints Healthcare Innovation Leader Kedar S. Mate, MD, to Board of Directors

"Kedar has spent his career helping healthcare organizations deliver better outcomes for the people they serve."

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