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Groundhog Day: Light on science, heavy on fun

If ever central Pennsylvania desired an early spring, it might be this year. Learn about the history and science behind Groundhog Day.

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Jan 30 • 8:00 AM EST • Science • susqu.edu
How liberals lost the internet

In the first part of our series on digital politics, we look at how centrists have lost ground fighting disinformation – when the real battle is over emotion and attention, says digital media academic Robert Topinka

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Jan 30 • 3:00 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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States are the next vaccine battleground

This is the web edition of STAT's D.C. Diagnosis newsletter.

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The Nex Playground is everything Xbox Kinect wanted to be

The Nex Playground brings motion-tracked games to the entire family. Consider it the best of the Xbox Kinect in a tiny box.

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Jan 29 • 8:30 AM EST • Technology • engadget.com
Google Chrome Gets Gemini Side Panel and Agentic Browsing Features

AI-powered browsing features have become a battleground among browser makers in recent months. OpenAI launched its Atlas browser in October, while Microsoft Edge and Opera have also introduced AI assistants and automated browsing capabilities. And now Google is upping the ante. The company has announced a slew of new AI features fro Chrome, including a persistent sidebar for the Gemini chatbot and "auto browse" capabilities that can perform web tasks on your behalf.

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Jan 29 • 5:44 AM EST • Technology • macrumors.com
Xavier 68-86 Seton Hall: What was that?

My first job in high school was cleaning bathrooms at a state park campground. Camping is a foul enough activity, but what people did in those bathrooms defies explanation. I say this to let you know I have stared into the dark heart of a man experiencing a bowel emergency and apparently the desire to […]

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Jan 29 • 12:55 AM EST • Sports • bannersontheparkway.com
Health officials report new measles exposure in Mesa

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health says there was an exposure at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa on Jan. 23 and Jan. 24.

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Jan 28 • 11:11 PM EST • Health • fox10phoenix.com
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Manu Ginobili among backers of new planned sports performance project in South Florida

Manu Ginobili is investing in South Florida’s potential with a new venture. The former San Antonio Spurs star is part of a group building the Sports Performance Hub in Homestead, Florida. It’ll be a next-generation sports, education and community development project. It will feature a 10,000-seat stadium for Miami FC, sports training facilities, a basketball facility, a boarding school and more. Groundbreaking is set for March, with plans to open in 2028. Ginobili, along with partners like Riccardo Silva and Juan Sebastian Veron, aims to connect sports training with academics. They believe Miami’s multicultural environment makes it an ideal location.

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Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)­—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices­—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash

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Jan 28 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • gjia.georgetown.edu
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Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar attacked during town hall meeting

Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance during the attack by man who was tackled to the ground.

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Jan 27 • 8:29 PM EST • Politics • aljazeera.com
In Wyoming, campus politics sparks a push for deep budget cuts

It’s a familiar scenario: Republican legislators in a cash-rich Western state are looking to slash higher education funding. In this case, though, Idaho is not the battleground.

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Jan 27 • 4:42 PM EST • Politics • idahoednews.org
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Trump has a new problem in Minneapolis — a GOP-appointed judge

The Trump administration on Monday bowed to increasing pressure to change up its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, after a second person was killed by federal agents. The White House replaced Greg Bovino with Tom Homan on the ground and signaled a more cooperative tone with local Democrats.

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Jan 27 • 2:57 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Grounded 2 Update: The Toxic Tangle – Available Now

The Toxic Tangle update is available now, expanding Grounded 2 with a massive new Garden biome,, new creatures and gear including a new mount, the mysterious Tang effect, and much more.

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Jan 27 • 1:00 PM EST • Technology • news.xbox.com
34.4.2 Patch Notes

Check out the latest balance changes for Hearthstone, Arena, and Battlegrounds.

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Jan 27 • 11:55 AM EST • Technology • playhearthstone.com
Exclusive: CIA moves to establish foothold in Venezuela following Maduro’s capture

The CIA is quietly working to establish a permanent US presence on the ground in Venezuela, spearheading the Trump administration’s plans to exert its new-found influence over the country’s future, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning.

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Jan 27 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Bruins put home win streak on line vs. Predators

With two feet of snow on the ground and bitter cold in the air outside, the Boston Bruins look to keep turning up the heat inside TD Garden as they go for their eighth straight home win on Tuesday night against the Nashville Predators.

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Jan 27 • 4:02 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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EU car sales grow 1.8% in 2025 with electric cars surging but Tesla loses market share

Sales at Elon Musk’s carmaker plummet nearly 38% in 2025 as it loses ground to China’s BYD; gold continues to rise

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Finding spiritual grounding in an unstable political climate

Four out of five first-year college students now report having an interest in spirituality, as modern day politics fail to provide stability.

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Jan 27 • 12:01 AM EST • Politics • ctmirror.org
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White House shows first signs of retreat as backlash grows over Minnesota killing

President Donald Trump on Monday showed his first signs of retreat since surging federal immigration agents in Minnesota late last year — replacing the leader of the crackdown on the ground and signaling new willingness to cooperate with the state’s Democratic elected officials.

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Jan 26 • 8:15 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Sundance beguiles with sex comedies as distributors circle

Movies such as Olivia Wilde's "The Invite" and the Iliza Shlesinger-starring "Chasing Summer" steer the fest toward chucklesome ground as news of deals build.

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Jan 26 • 7:37 PM EST • Entertainment • latimes.com
UC San Diego’s Mobile Health Units Deliver Care and Bring Cutting-Edge Research to Local Communities

From screening children for vision problems and adults for cardiovascular disease to groundbreaking research on the effects of cannabis on driving performance, UC San Diego’s mobile health units promote well-being across the region.

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Jan 26 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • today.ucsd.edu
University of Tampa to break ground on five-story science center

The University of Tampa will start building a 153,000-square-foot science center this spring, opening in 2029 as its largest academic investment.

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Jan 26 • 12:09 PM EST • Science • bizjournals.com
PaleyFest L.A. 2026 to reunite 'Charlie's Angels' actors for 50th anniversary

The 2026 PaleyFest lineup includes a 50th anniversary celebration of the groundbreaking series 'Charlie's Angels,' along with panels on hit shows like 'The Pitt' and 'Pluribus.'

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Jan 26 • 10:30 AM EST • Entertainment • latimes.com
2026 Hill Prizes for Texas science, technology, health announced

The seven $500,000 awards from Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies will support top researchers to drive groundbreaking innovations across the state....

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Jan 26 • 12:01 AM EST • Science • philanthropynewsdigest.org
Slick roads, sleet force closures at Austin-area businesses

Many Central Texans woke up to sleet coating the ground and icy roads Sunday morning.

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Jan 25 • 10:53 AM EST • Business • mysanantonio.com
Are Xbox and Playground making the right move sticking so closely to Fable's history?

Can you believe it's been over a decade and a half since the last proper Fable? That's a long wait for anything, but in…

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Jan 25 • 6:09 AM EST • Technology • eurogamer.net
Fable lets you enter and even buy any building in its world because that was one of the "requirements that we took from the original games," dev says

Playground Games had to think about every building's interior and exterior

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Jan 24 • 12:17 PM EST • Technology • gamesradar.com
The Politics of Raw Power

On Wednesday a group of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis pinned a man to the ground and, while he was immobilized, blasted pepper spray into his face

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Jan 24 • 10:30 AM EST • Politics • nybooks.com
How women’s sports became a battleground over trans rights

Riley Gaines turns a fifth-place tie in college swimming into a career in anti-trans activism. Soon, she’s sharing the stage with the president.

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Jan 24 • 3:01 AM EST • Sports • motherjones.com
How Sports Became a Battleground Over Trans Rights

Riley Gaines turns a fifth-place tie in college swimming into a career in anti-trans activism. Soon, she’s sharing the stage with the president.

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Jan 24 • 3:01 AM EST • Sports • revealnews.org
Offshore drilling proposal draws strong opposition from politicians, business owners, environmental activists

Politicians, business owners and environmental activists are finding common ground in opposition to an offshore drilling proposal.

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Jan 23 • 4:25 PM EST • Business • fox13news.com
Nichols N1A Drive: 1960s Sports-Racer Looks, Modern Supercar Performance

The 600-plus-hp N1A is built by a team with an impressive background in Formula 1.

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Jan 23 • 12:16 PM EST • Sports • caranddriver.com
Ancient giant kangaroos could hop after all

Giant kangaroos that lived during the Ice Age may not have been as slow and grounded as once believed. A new study finds their leg bones and tendons were likely strong enough to support hopping, despite their massive size. Rather than traveling this way all the time, these animals may have relied on short bursts of hopping. This ability could have played a key role in escaping predators.

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Jan 23 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
'Is Microsoft Down?' Outlook and Teams Go Dark in Widespread Outage

It's not just you: Numerous Microsoft services weren't working most of Thursday, and the outage is continuing.

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Jan 22 • 8:54 PM EST • Technology • cnet.com
NFC South coaching carousel: Tracking latest moves and rumors

The New Orleans Saints have returned to the office and begun self-scouting. Have they truly lost ground in the NFC South coaching carousel?

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Jan 22 • 3:05 PM EST • Sports • saintswire.usatoday.com
Microsoft finally reveals Fable in full — A new quality bar for Xbox

Playground Games "Fable" is the first RPG from the iconic racing game studio, and dare I say it, it seems like the studio absolutely cooked.

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Jan 22 • 2:19 PM EST • Technology • windowscentral.com
Video: Why Climate Isn’t a Top Business Priority at Davos

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was once ground zero for an unofficial climate movement in the business community. David Gelles, a climate reporter for The Times, describes why climate is no longer a key focus in Davos today.

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Jan 22 • 2:16 PM EST • Business • nytimes.com
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'We've Been Working on This Game for a Really, Really Long Time' — the Big Fable Interview With Microsoft Developer Playground

IGN interviews Playground Games' founder and general manager, Ralph Fulton, on Microsoft's upcoming Fable reboot.

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Jan 22 • 1:52 PM EST • Technology • ign.com
Forza Horizon 6: More Details on The Country, The Culture and The Cars of Playground Games’ Japan

Forza Horizon 6 is coming on May 19 - find out more about the cars and culture of Playground Games' Japan in our huge Developer_Direct interview.

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Jan 22 • 1:13 PM EST • Technology • news.xbox.com
ACOG Holding Ground on Maternal Health

Join experts, ob-gyn community members, and partners on January 23 at 1 p.m. ET for ACOG’s 2026 Maternal Health Awareness Day live webinar, Holding Ground on Maternal Health, featuring keynote speaker Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, PhD, MPH, and guest speaker Keith Reisinger-Kindle, DO, MPH, MS, FACOG.

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Duke is suing its star quarterback as college football’s transfer portal shuffle breaks new ground

There is a new Mendoza line in sports and unlike the one in baseball, which signifies lousy offense, this one is all about winning: Everyone wants the next Fernando Mendoza.

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Jan 21 • 1:40 PM EST • Sports • cnn.com
Miraculous Corp partners with Ground Control Entertainment to launch world’s first Miraculous Family Entertainment Center

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Miraculous Corp — the groundbreaking joint venture between Mediawan and ZAG and home to the beloved global franchise Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir—has officially s…

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TikTok Courts Hollywood at Sundance as Deal for U.S. Operations Is Set to Close This Week

The tech platform is debuting new ad format geared specifically toward entertainment advertisers, with creators on the ground in Park City.

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Jan 21 • 10:00 AM EST • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
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Scientists destroy 99% of cancer cells in the lab using “vibrating molecules” - Futura-Sciences

A groundbreaking advance in the fight against cancer has just been made. Scientists have developed a revolutionary technique that uses vibrating molecules to kill malignant cells. This innovative method showed a remarkable 99 percent success ... Read more

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Jan 21 • 7:30 AM EST • Science • futura-sciences.com
The Game Awards' weirdest "and finally" game, Highguard, is showing signs of life, less than one week out from launch

Following a lukewarm reception at The Game Awards, hero shooter Highguard appears to be readying things in the background for its January launch.

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Jan 21 • 6:36 AM EST • Technology • eurogamer.net
World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions

Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of global ...

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Jan 20 • 1:00 PM EST • Science • phys.org
Miraculous Corp Opens First Family Entertainment Center in Qatar

Miraculous Corp partners with Ground Control Entertainment to launch world's first Ladybug & Cat Noir center at Mall of Qatar in 2026.

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Jan 20 • 12:00 PM EST • Entertainment • licenseglobal.com
Educational background key indicator of immigration views in UK, study finds

Research comparing UK and US finds people with fewer qualifications more likely to support rightwing movements

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Jan 20 • 8:10 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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American Battleground: The peace president’s busy year of gunboat diplomacy

Before the stealth bombers streaked through the Middle Eastern night, or the missiles rained down on suspected terrorists in Africa, or commandos snatched a South American president from his bedroom, or the icy slopes of Greenland braced for the threat of invasion, there was an idea at the White House.

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Jan 20 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Penguins ground Seattle for defensive struggle win

The Pittsburgh Penguins (23-14-11) did just enough to stay ahead of the Seattle Kraken (21-18-9) in a defensive grind Monday.

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Jan 19 • 7:51 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Here's the age when strength and fitness begin fading, long-term data shows

Fitness decline starts at 35, not old age, according to a groundbreaking 47-year study. Swedish researchers tracked people since 1971 to make this discovery.

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Jan 19 • 1:03 PM EST • Health • foxnews.com
TechPowerUp Best of CES 2026

The 2026 International CES was an extravaganza of new technology and previously unseen innovation with existing tech. We sift through our exhaustive, on-ground coverage of the show to pick our Best of CES winners.

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Jan 19 • 9:00 AM EST • Technology • techpowerup.com
Nuclear Science Committee Bureau reflects on achievements and future directions

The meeting took place on 14-16 January 2026 in Paris, France.

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Jan 19 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • oecd-nea.org
A new serif in town: Trump’s font culture war

Is the State Department shift from Calibri to Times New Roman just a ‘typographic dispute’, or the ‘latest battleground’ in the culture war?

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Jan 19 • 6:47 AM EST • Politics • theweek.com
The playground politicking around Robert Jenrick’s jump

Letters: Madhan Street reflects on the language used to talk about Robert Jenrick’s defection and Dr Anthony Isaacs calls for cooperation to counter a Conservative/Reform alliance

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Jan 18 • 12:44 PM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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Minimalist phones are finally worth buying, and it's all thanks to this one change

You can de-Google your life without making hard sacrifices

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Jan 18 • 8:00 AM EST • Technology • androidpolice.com
Newcastle United Reportedly Settle on Site for New Training Ground

Newcastle United have identified the site for a new training ground and are targeting progress on the project in 2026, according to a report by The Athletic’s Chris Waugh. Waugh reported that Newcastle “have identified the site for their new state-of-the-art training ground” and are aiming to make “substantive progress” on the major infrastructure project […]

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Jan 18 • 4:00 AM EST • Sports • cominghomenewcastle.sbnation.com
Hochul or Trump country? Political sparks fly at Micron groundbreaking

Central New York was flooded with elected officials and appointees Friday

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Jan 16 • 7:22 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Polk State’s Media Relations Manager earns national recognition as Sports Information Director of the Month

From his roots as a Polk County native and Florida State University alum, to his seasoned background in sports journalism and media relations, Mike Ferguson has built an award-winning reputation that is now national. College…

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When a credit report can hurt your chances of being hired

A background check can sink a job offer if prospective employers don’t like what they see. While they can request to have a lot of information about a job candidate’s past included in such a report, increasingly they are no longer allowed to request people’s credit history.

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Jan 16 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • cnn.com
Family champions business education in Coles College

Driven by the desire to give back, Doug Jones and his wife, Anna, recently established the $100,000 Anna and Doug Jones Master of Business Administration Scholarship. The scholarship is designed to support students pursuing an MBA, especially those coming from non-business undergraduate backgrounds.

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Jan 16 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • kennesaw.edu
Milwaukee residents' health affected by housing, income, education

The health department will focus on five priority health concerns – chronic disease, maternal and child health, mental health, substance use disorder, and violence and injury prevention – in the coming years.

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Jan 16 • 6:03 AM EST • Health • jsonline.com
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Two Cheers for Abundance: Tech Policy and the Politics of Growth

While President Trump has largely failed to fulfill that promise, Abundance can help lay the groundwork for a moderate coalition to remove government barriers to future growth. There’s much that Klein and Thompson get wrong. But they are absolutely correct that we shouldn’t settle for a political class obsessed with fighting over the scraps of a decayed American empire.

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Jan 16 • 5:40 AM EST • Politics • aei.org
Analysis: Minneapolis is becoming a critical testing ground for Trump’s strongman project

Bleak omens point to something horrible building in Minneapolis.

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Jan 16 • 12:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Casting is dead. Long live casting!

Fifteen years after laying the groundwork for casting, Netflix has pulled the plug on the technology, but there’s still life left in second-screen playback control.

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Jan 15 • 11:30 PM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Sutter Health breaks ground on advanced cancer center and care complex in Modesto
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Jan 15 • 8:41 PM EST • Health • cbsnews.com
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Is the U.S. Losing Ground in Science?

Concern is growing that the U.S. is losing ground in scientific achievements compared to other countries, according to a new poll from Pew Research Center. The vast majority of Americans said it is important for the U.S. to be a leader in scientific achievements, but Republicans and Democrats were ...

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Jan 15 • 12:27 PM EST • Science • usnews.com
Ron, Casey DeSantis herald groundbreaking carbon-ion therapy investment at Jacksonville's Mayo Clinic

'The first one in the United States.'

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Jan 15 • 11:10 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
The Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans' trust in science is on a down trend

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ground than Republicans.

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Jan 15 • 10:00 AM EST • Science • latimes.com
Do Americans Think the Country Is Losing or Gaining Ground in Science?

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S. is faring.

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Jan 15 • 9:55 AM EST • Science • pewresearch.org
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How scientists are using Claude to accelerate research and discovery

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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Jan 15 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • anthropic.com
How Bournemouth's shootout loss 'completed a circle of sorts'

Bournemouth's exit from the FA Cup on penalties at Newcastle United completed a circle of sorts, as the two sides had contested the first televised FA Cup penalty shootout in January 1992. Before the 1991-92 season, drawn FA Cup ties were replayed, again and again, until a winner was found. For Bournemouth's part, they played Torquay at Bristol City's Ashton Gate (1932), Ipswich at Arsenal's Highbury (1952), Watford at Swindon's County Ground (1967), Blackpool at Aston Villa's Villa Park (1972), Gillingham at Brentford's Griffin Park (1974) and Colchester at Watford's Vicarage Road (1977) in cup competitions.

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Jan 15 • 3:24 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
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Manassas Park Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony for B&B Theatres Entertainment

The City of Manassas Park held a Groundbreaking Ceremony celebrating the arrival of B&B Theatres Entertainment, marking a major milestone in the City’s continued city center development. The ceremony was held on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 100 Park Central Plaza, Manassas Park.

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Jan 14 • 2:49 PM EST • Entertainment • princewilliamliving.com
The high street: Britain’s next political battleground?

Mass closure of shops and influx of organised crime are fuelling voter anger, and offer an opening for Reform UK

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Jan 14 • 9:54 AM EST • Politics • theweek.com
Dr. Nannette C. Turner appointed interim dean of College of Health Professions

Dr. Nannette C. Turner has been appointed interim dean of Mercer University’s College of Health Professions, effective immediately, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost Lisa…

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Jan 14 • 6:00 AM EST • Health • den.mercer.edu
The science of workforce design: how to build the talent engine for healthcare

With multiple forces disrupting the world of work, healthcare must also redesign its systems from the ground up and define a new operating model.

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Jan 14 • 3:00 AM EST • Science • weforum.org
One UI 8.5 LockStar introduces new unlock animations, manual AOD brightness and more

Samsung quietly introduced a new LockStar version, which brings support for One UI 8.5 and adds new unlock animations, manual AOD brightness control, and more. This update is not flashy in the keynote sense; it is practical. LockStar has always been the playground for Galaxy users who hate being boxed in. One UI 8.0 polished […]

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Jan 14 • 12:18 AM EST • Technology • sammyfans.com
Scientists study 100 possible alien radio signals from collapsed Arecibo Observatory, ending groundbreaking 21-year search

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 'signals of interest' with the world's largest radio telescope.

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Jan 13 • 4:58 PM EST • Science • livescience.com
Purdue professor stirs up groundbreaking food science research

Lavanya Reddivari, associate professor of food science, finds that blueberries may be the key to fighting gut disease.

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Jan 13 • 1:55 PM EST • Science • purdueexponent.org
iOS 26.3 Hints at Improved iPhone-to-Android Texting Coming Soon

Starting with the iOS 26.3 beta, Apple appears to be laying the groundwork for carriers to be able to support end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, and that news could actually have even bigger implications for the Messages app on the iPhone.

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Jan 13 • 12:09 PM EST • Technology • macrumors.com
Climate-Resilient Health Systems for Sustained Value Chains, Healthcare Access and Services - Global Center on Adaptation

Climate-Resilient Health Systems for Sustained Value Chains, Healthcare Access and Services GCA Webinar Series on Adaptation Insights Zoom VIRTUAL 22 January 2026, 15:00 CET Register here nbs-for-infrastructure Share this post: Source: Background Climate change poses unprecedented threats to health systems globally, particularly in vulnerable regions across Africa and beyond. The cascading impacts of extreme weather events, rising temperatures, and shifting disease patterns are disrupting healthcare delivery and access, infrastructure integrity, and supply chains essential for maintaining public health. Event DescriptionThe Climate-Resilient Health Systems for Sustained Value Chains, Healthcare Access and Services webinar will convene a panel discussion on the upcoming Climate Adaptation Insights on Health report and engage key stakeholders across government, development partners, private sector, and civil society in understanding the critical intersections between climate change adaptation and health system strengthening. By sharing insights on systemic vulnerabilities, interdependencies across the health system and supporting systems, and innovative adaptation approaches, this event will catalyze dialogue and action toward building climate-resilient health systems that can sustain healthcare access and services under changing climate conditions. The webinar will bring together participants from healthcare practitioners, multilateral development banks, international health organizations, climate finance institutions, research institutions, and civil society organizations globally. nbs-for-infrastructure Share this post:

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Jan 13 • 8:05 AM EST • Health • gca.org
The biggest global risk in 2026? Eurasia Group points to the U.S.

Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer says political instability in the United States now poses a greater global risk than China or Russia.

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Jan 13 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • marketplace.org
Circinus Galaxy Zoom

This zoom-in video shows the location of the Circinus galaxy on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo of the constellation Circinus by the late astrophotographer Akira Fujii. The video closes in on the Circinus galaxy, using views from the Digitized Sky Survey and the Dark...

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Jan 13 • 4:58 AM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
Google Home just unlocked a whole new level of automation

20 new triggers and actions

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Jan 13 • 1:11 AM EST • Technology • androidpolice.com
‘Smearing the victim’: Minnesota’s attorney general accuses federal investigators of maligning Renee good

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reacts to reports that the DOJ is investigating Renee Good’s possible ties to activist groups following her death. He says her background is “irrelevant” to the case and that it is an attempt to smear the victim.

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Jan 12 • 11:40 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Decoding the perfect steak: The hidden DNA behind Wagyu’s legendary marbling

A groundbreaking cattle genome has given researchers their clearest look yet at what makes Wagyu beef so special. By uncovering hundreds of new genes and hidden genetic variations, scientists can now pinpoint traits linked to marbling, health, and productivity with far greater accuracy. The advance could boost profits for beef producers while improving breeding outcomes across many cattle breeds. It also sets the stage for even more comprehensive livestock genomes in the future.

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Jan 11 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Advancing Claude in healthcare and the life sciences

Introducing Claude for Healthcare with HIPAA-ready infrastructure, plus expanded Life Sciences tools for clinical trials and regulatory submissions. New connectors to CMS, Medidata, and ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Jan 11 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • anthropic.com
Advancing Claude in healthcare and the life sciences

Introducing Claude for Healthcare with HIPAA-ready infrastructure, plus expanded Life Sciences tools for clinical trials and regulatory submissions. New connectors to CMS, Medidata, and ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Jan 11 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • anthropic.com
GYESME: A New Design-Led Downstream Of GNOME Being Explored

A new project trying to get off the ground and currently in an 'exploratory phase' is GYESME that describes itself as a 'design-led' downstream of GNOME with plans ot only fork when needed that is 'minimal by default.'

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Jan 11 • 6:18 AM EST • Technology • phoronix.com
Gmail has a note-taking app hiding in plain sight — and now I use it daily

It’s easy to miss, yet it’s far more useful than it has any right to be

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Jan 11 • 6:00 AM EST • Technology • androidpolice.com
Gov. DeSantis names his appointments and reappointments to FAMU Trustees panel

All four names picked by DeSantis have steep backgrounds in public service.

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Jan 10 • 3:48 PM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
5 ground-breaking — and quirky — products from the 2026 CES

From a lollipop that lets you taste sound to a Tamagotchi style AI pet that physically grows, here are the coolest tech you could get your hands on.

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Jan 10 • 6:06 AM EST • Technology • businessinsider.com
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5 ground-breaking — and quirky — products from the 2026 CES

From a lollipop that lets you taste sound to a Tamagotchi style AI pet that physically grows, here are the coolest tech you could get your hands on.

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Jan 10 • 6:06 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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New science center groundbreaking | FOX 13 Tampa Bay

After closing its doors more than a decade ago, the Science Center in St. Petersburg saw physical steps towards its new life Friday. FOX 13's Kailey Tracy reports.

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Jan 9 • 8:44 PM EST • Science • fox13news.com
Dignitaries celebrate St. Pete Science Center’s rebirth

“It’s about our future.”…

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Jan 9 • 7:39 PM EST • Science • stpetecatalyst.com
Pinellas, state leaders break ground on new Science Center in St. Pete

After closing its doors more than a decade ago, the Science Center in St. Petersburg saw physical steps towards its new life Friday.

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Jan 9 • 7:03 PM EST • Science • fox13news.com
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Groundbreaking for St. Pete's Science Center reimagined

After years of debates and advocacy from local residents, on Friday shovels went in the ground for the reimagined Science Center.

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Jan 9 • 5:21 PM EST • Science • baynews9.com
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The Business of Food Is Also a Playground

It’s filled with Aldi’s deals and oddities, Dutch Bros’ crazy concoctions and Wonder’s takeout-optimized robots.

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Jan 9 • 12:11 PM EST • Business • bloomberg.com
Blog takes deeper look into hospital and health system contributions to their communities

An AHA blog published Jan. 8 highlights an EY analysis prepared for the AHA on the ways nonprofit hospitals and health systems contribute to their communities and deliver community benefits, as reported in the IRS Schedule H, that far outweigh the value of their tax exemption.

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Jan 9 • 9:55 AM EST • Health • aha.org
Google’s Ex-CEO Backs Start-Up Approach to Big Telescopes for Space and Astronomy

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories.

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Jan 9 • 9:54 AM EST • Science • nytimes.com