SCROLL NEWS / DISCOVERY
Search headlines
Find the stories shaping the conversation.
Results for " lab " 8,368 found 🔀 AI-powered Shuffle
‘No Labels’ Arizona Wants to Rebrand as the Independent Party
Both the Democratic and Republican parties in Arizona have been locked in a legal battle with a chapter of the group “No Labels” as it tries to rechristen itself.
When I get abused just for dancing, it shows how far hatred of politicians has gone
Concern over MPs’ competence is one thing, but this is silencing opponents’ voices by character assassination, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
State’s first Health Learning Lab opens at Waianae High School
The lab provides students with hands-on clinical skills training in a modern setting and supports certificate programs designed to lead directly to entry-level healthcare jobs.
The Business of Euphoria
From Nate Jacobs in Bottega to a Balenciaga fashion show collab, luxury is front and center in Euphoria season three.
Work begins on major expansion of Cambridgeshire science campus
It will cover an area two and a half times its current size, with new laboratories and homes.
Will the Iran war reshape Keir Starmer’s political future?
Labour figures point to Gordon Brown’s response to financial crash as a template for embattled prime minister
Copying Farage and Polanski Is the Road to Political Oblivion
As John Major came to the lectern to deliver the annual Attlee Foundation Lecture in London recently, he acknowledged the incongruity of a Conservative ex-prime minister offering up a paean to the man whose legacy is honored at the event. Clement Attlee is considered Labour’s greatest occupant of 10 Downing Street.
Upcoming Tech and Sourcing Webinar on Digital Health
Join partner Ben Klaber and of counsels Ariel Seeley and Eric Pennesi on Thursday, April 9, 2026 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET for a discussion on innovations and trends in digital health. Topics will include artificial intelligence and connected devices, as well as data governance and regulatory developments.
Former Birmingham sportscaster indicted in Alabama Motor Sports Hall of Fame probe
A longtime Birmingham sports anchor has been indicted for allegedly using his position for personal gain while leading the Alabama Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
Zhou earns CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation
Through the early-career grant, Peipei Zhou will advance the scalable, verifiable co-design of heterogeneous reconfigurable computing systems, enabling domain experts to efficiently build next-generation customized AI and data-intensive applications, such as autonomous physical systems, adaptive intelligent agents, and advanced healthcare technologies.
WHO calls for science-led action and stronger One Health approach to address evolving health risks
The World Health Organization today called for urgent scale-up of research, innovation, and collaboration to accelerate momentum towards ending tuberculosis in the WHO South-East Asia Region, which continues to bear nearly half of the global TB burden, accounting for the highest share of cases and deaths worldwide. To build momentum, experts, national TB programme managers, researchers, along with partners and members of civil society, began a three-day virtual workshop organized by WHO for ‘Advancing research and Innovation to accelerate momentum towards ending TB in the WHO South-East Asia Region.’
World Health Day 2026
World Health Day 2026 promotes One Health and scientific collaboration. Join #TogetherForScience to advance global health research and science partnerships.
World Health Day 2026
World Health Day 2026 promotes One Health and scientific collaboration. Join #TogetherForScience to advance global health research and science partnerships.
World Health Day 2026: Together for health. Stand with science
On World Health Day 2026, celebrated on 7 April, WHO unites and mobilizes the world under the theme “Together for health. Stand with science.” celebrating the power of scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants, and the planet. The year‑long campaign spotlights both scientific achievements and the multilateral cooperation needed to turn evidence into action.
University of Alabama President Voices Support for Trump College Sports Order
The University of Alabama President Peter J. Mohler expressed support for Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at reforming collegiate athletics
Kissel Entertainment premieres the Alabama Fair & Fiesta at Pelham
Kissel Entertainment announces the Alabama Fair & Fiesta is coming to Pelham April 9-19, 2026.
Auraria Health Center offers same-day appointments and free services for faculty and staff
Same-day medical appointments and no-cost health services are available to faculty and staff members through the Health Center at Auraria, offering a convenient alternative to long wait times for primary care. The center offers a broad range of clinical services, including primary care, psychiatric support and telehealth appointments. Faculty and staff can also be seen for sick visits, including infections, […]
UA Professors Honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Two University of Alabama professors were named 2025 AAAS fellows for their contributions to scientific research.
Research retreat focuses on community health, maternal mental health
Researchers, healthcare providers, and community organizations gathered last week in Fayetteville for the inaugural Maternal and Reproductive Community Health, or MaRCH, Research Retreat. The event focused on collaboration and sharing research aimed at improving maternal health outcomes in Arkansas.
How Forests Start to Fail, One Leaf at a Time
In a Swiss forest lab, scientists tracked how beech and oak leaves cool themselves and pinpointed the moment heat and drought push them past their limits.
THE WEEK OF APRIL 6, 2026
- Trump budget repeats call for science cuts - NIH and NSF issue fewer grants - Jefferson Lab contract winner announced
Former Alabama sports anchor Mike Raita arrested following investigation into International Motorsports Hall of Fame
TALLADEGA, Ala. (WIAT) — A longtime sports anchor who was a regular presence in Alabama sports for decades has been arrested and charged with using his position on a local board for personal gain. …
Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing
LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside.
Gene Editing Institute Receives $500K Federal Grant to Expand CRISPR Learning Lab
ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute has received a $500,000 federal grant secured by Delaware’s congressional delegation to expand its Learning Lab, a hands-on program that introduces high school and college students to gene editing. The Learning Lab is powered by CRISPR in a Box™, a teaching toolkit developed by Institute scientists that lets students try gene […]
LG killed its smartphones 5 years ago, but the ‘Rollable’ feels more real than ever [Video]
This past weekend was the 5-year anniversary of the death of LG’s smartphone business, and yet, we’re just now seeing...
She was in active labor and refused a C-section. The hospital took her to court.
In a recording of the hearing obtained by ProPublica, the laboring patient Cherise Doyley called it “the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.\
Samsung's Music Studio speakers and two of its 2026 soundbars are available now
Samsung's home theater lineup this year includes two new speakers and four new soundbars.
Classical Music Chicago: splendid performances available on demand
Access to a computer gives you incredible access to a vast collection of material, and classical music enthusiasts know that this includes high-quality recorded musical performances (as well as live
NFIB: Small business hiring slows, worker shortages persist
In March, 32 percent of small business owners reported unfilled job openings as employers continued to struggle with labor costs and applicant quality.
Alaska Park Science: USGS and National Park Service Partners in Research
The latest issue of Alaska Park Science features articles on collaborative research between USGS and NPS scientists in park units across Alaska, building a body of science that informs a variety of disciplines as well as park management.
Argonne National Laboratory kicks off 80th anniversary celebrations with first OutLoud Public Lecture of 2026
Argonne hosted its first OutLoud Public Lecture event of the year, kicking off 80th anniversary celebrations for the lab. The event featured presentations by researchers who work at the lab’s busiest user facilities, a quiz game involving audience members and giveaways.
Politics made Alabama power bills high. Politics can lower them.
The Alabama Legislature's attempt to protect state utilities from public outrage over high power bills has a notable weakness.
City’s 2025/26 Premier League run-in
After an extended hiatus, City are back in Premier League action this Sunday when we face Chelsea. Men's Team City Magazine: April issue available to read now! Pep Guardiola’s side go to Stamford Br...
Breaking a sweat isn’t easy: Mental health barriers to physical activity
Exercise has long been referenced as a way to clear the mind, take away stress or combat mental health disorders, according to postdoctoral scholar and research associate in the University of Wisconsin Wellbeing and Exercise Laboratory Madeleine Connolly. Practices such as yoga in India and tai chi in China have connected the mind and body through...
Why are popcorn buckets popular? Inside the collectibles rage
Struggling movie theaters have turned to selling increasingly elaborate novelty popcorn buckets to increase fans' concessions spending.
14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" Will Continue to be "Abundantly Available," Says Intel
Intel will continue to ensure production of its 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" desktop processors, 700-series motherboard chipset, and ensure continued availability of the Socket LGA1700 platform. In an interview with Club386, Intel's VP and GM of client segment technical marketing, Robert Hall...
How a Diabetes Drug May Echo the Benefits of Exercise in Prostate Cancer Care
Researchers found that metformin raises an exercise‑linked metabolic molecule in prostate cancer patients, offering insight into cancer care.
Bordonaro: Legislature’s labor agenda risks hurting business competitiveness
With the Labor Committee approving 48 bills in six weeks, the cumulative weight of new scheduling rules, striking worker benefits and operational mandates risks making Connecticut a harder place to do business at exactly the wrong time.
Microsoft Labels Copilot “Entertainment Only” While Selling It as a Business Tool
Microsoft is currently facing criticism on social media over the wording in Copilot's terms of service. The company heavily markets its AI services to
Ohio’s First Forensic Toxicology Master’s Program Opens for Enrollment at UToledo
The online program, which now has state approval, is built on UToledo’s “deep toxicology and pharmacology foundation.”
Protein is personal. Here's how to calculate your optimal intake
Protein is having a moment. Coffee chains are adding it into lattes. Many snack companies are labeling their products as high-protein. But how much protein do you really need? Host Marielle Segarra talks with NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey about the different factors to consider when planning your protein intake.Follow us on Instagram: @nprlifekitSign up for our newsletter here.Have an episode idea or feedback you want to share? Email us at lifekit@npr.orgSupport the show and listen to it sponsor-free by signing up for Life Kit+ at plus.npr.org/lifekit
Suncoast Science Center Fab Lab Opens Registration for 2026 Summer STEAM Camps and New High School Trade W ...
The Suncoast Science Center Fab Lab opens registration for 35+ weeklong 2026 summer STEAM camps for grades 2-8, plus a new Skill Lab Trade Series for high schoolers in Sarasota.
On plant health and embracing new plant-breeding techniques in South Africa
The major challenge currently confronting South Africa’s agriculture is the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. For many farmers across the country, the most urgent tasks are both securing sufficient vaccines and rolling them out quickly in the coming months, particularly as the beef and dairy industries continue to suffer big losses. There is also pressure on sheep, goats, and other livestock to prevent the disease from spreading. As efforts to get the country through this monumental challenge continue, I believe it is important to sharpen our focus on the broader task at hand: strengthening biosecurity. This covers both animal and plant health. In recent years, we haven’t focused much on plant health, except a few times, such as when we had a goss’s wilt scare in the maize industry, a few cases of citrus black spot, or cases of sclerotinia in sunflower seeds. But the fact that South Africa managed to control the outbreaks of these particular diseases when they occurred a few years ago was due to organized agricultural and government scientific capabilities, and, most importantly, the availability of crop protection or agrochemicals necessary to address some of them. Therefore, as the animal health division in the Department of Agriculture focuses on the pressing challenge of the day, the foot-and-mouth disease, there is an opportunity for the plant health division to assess if they have all the requirements to tackle any outbreak that may occur on fruits, vegetables or crops in future. The challenge with crop diseases is that they can spread quickly and cause much more rapid damage in the field than we typically see with livestock. Therefore, speed is everything in ensuring the appropriate controls are available. I raise this as an important area, particularly given the drastic climate variation we observe across the country. The production conditions in some areas have changed noticeably over time, which may introduce new risks. The other essential part is ensuring that South Africa has access to the best crop protection technology available in the market. Many technology developers worldwide have operations in South Africa. Therefore, the Department of Agriculture, along with the Agricultural Research Council, must continuously interact with technology developers to assess the various crop protection technologies they are releasing globally and determine their suitability and need in South Africa. This will require a proactive approach from the government, unlike the current approach, in which technology developers typically approach regulators with new technologies. The government, recognising the food security risks, must take a proactive approach to ensure that South African farmers have access to the latest crop protection technologies, thereby safeguarding the country’s food security. Beyond crop protection, we must never forget that South Africa’s agriculture is key to ensuring that the country is the most food-secure country at the national level in sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa is also the only African country in the top-40 global agricultural exporters, having more than doubled since 1994 on the back of the adoption of high-yielding seed cultivars. South Africa has been the only African country to adopt a bold approach to embracing science and adopting genetically engineered seeds for grains and oilseeds in the early 2000s. Since then, we have seen crop yields improve noticeably, contributing to the gains we mentioned above. But ensuring that South Africa improves further is not a given. The key lies in South African regulators’ attitudes towards new technologies. We have to maintain a progressive approach and not give in to the politics of non-food and non-scientific voices that shout on the sidelines. Food security is national security, and the government must ensure we progress, leaning on science. Therefore, the registration of high-yielding new genomic techniques is required. South Africa cannot afford to fall behind the EU, the USA, South America, and many of its competitors in global agriculture. The Department of Agriculture’s crop science division must adopt a progress-and-science-embracing approach for the good of the country. Thanks for reading AgriView! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe Share
LG's canceled rollable just embarrassed 2026 phones in a teardown video
JerryRigEverything tore down LG's scrapped rollable, and it hurts to watch what could've been.
Every Alabama State player drafted by the Golden State Warriors
Let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Warriors out of Alabama State.
AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy
AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to 100× while actually improving accuracy. By combining neural networks with human-like symbolic reasoning, their system helps robots think more logically instead of relying on brute-force trial and error.
Elementary Science Olympiad exposes Alabama students to high-level science competition
Nearly 250 elementary students gathered at Auburn University for the Elementary Science Olympiad, a day of hands-on competition and discovery. Through fast-paced challenges and collaborative problem-solving, students experienced what it means to think and work like scientists.
WHO calls for action: “Together for health. Stand with science.” to mark World Health Day
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on people everywhere to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as the twin engines driving better health, under the World Health Day 2026 theme: “Together for health. Stand with science.” The campaign marks the anniversary of WHO’s founding on 7 April 1948, launching a year-long public health campaign.
WHO calls for action: “Together for health. Stand with science.” to mark World Health Day
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on people everywhere to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as the twin engines driving better health, under the World Health Day 2026 theme: “Together for health. Stand with science.” The campaign marks the anniversary of WHO’s founding on 7 April 1948, launching a year-long public health campaign.
Opinion: Why Alaska may point to the future of independent politics
Rather than labeling themselves as independents in protest of dysfunctional Republicans and Democrats, the title now stands for pragmatism and common-sense.
Penguins/Panthers Recap: Pens take care of business, beat Florida 5-2, close in on playoff spot
Pregame The Penguins use the same lineup from yesterday — including in net with Arturs Silovs playing. Taylor Gauthier got the quick call up from Wheeling last minute to serve as backup, Stuart Skinner was unavailable with an upper body injury. The visiting Panthers are using this lineup, including starting Daniil Tarasov after he mopped […]
GMB Management Software for Multi Location Business
GBPPromote GBPPromote Indore, Madhya Pradesh, April 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GBPPromote, a fast-growing Google Business Profile (GBP) management software, is gaining strong traction among agencies, franchises, enterprises, and individual businesses looking for a simpler and more scalable way to manage their local presence on Google. Adopted widely by franchises, agencies, and enterprise teams for multi-location GMB management, the platform is built to handle the kind of operational work that
Vivo X300 Ultra vs Sony Alpha A7 full-frame camera: Who wins?
200MP photos from what is currently probably the best camera flagship phone on the market go up against 24MP shots from a Sony Alpha A7 III setup with a Sony 24-70 lens. Which one comes out ahead in which areas can be judged by anyone based on the available original images.
Screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement
f a e n activism strikes information-technology health-care-industry labor-unions business u-s-news general-news entertainment | KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM
Why are people turning to at-home blood testing? Meet SiPhox Health
SiPhox Health makes at‑home blood testing easy with up to 60 biomarkers starting at $99 — no needles, no lab visits, just clear health insights.
Screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement
f a e n activism strikes information-technology health-care-industry labor-unions business u-s-news general-news entertainment | Talk 1370
Women’s health trainings help reach unreached in remote villages
In remote villages of the Himalayan mountains, women’s health trainings are opening doors for believers to build relationships and share the gospel.
Scientists find hidden brain cells helping deadly cancer grow
Scientists in Canada have uncovered a surprising weakness in glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. They found that certain brain cells—once believed to only support healthy nerves—can actually help tumors grow by sending signals that strengthen cancer cells. When researchers blocked this communication, tumor growth slowed dramatically in lab models.
FULL SHOW: Inside INdiana Business 4/5/26
.video-js, .video-js .vjs-tech { position: relative; width: 100%; height: auto; z-index: 0; } var player = videojs('player_block_c8de8a67db97cc5ced3a7646403487eb'); player.nuevo({ contextMenu: false }); var vast = { started: false, paused: false, resumed: false, ended: false, }; var video = { started: false, paused: false, resumed: false, ended: false, } var event_label = 'Video: 200319 - Article: FULL SHOW: Inside INdiana Business 4/5/26'; var post_id = 200330; var post_url = "https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/videos/full-show-inside-indiana-business-4-5-26"; player.vastAds({ tagURL: "https://servedbyadbutler.com/vast.spark?setID=13487&ID=177008&pid=117129", id: "PreRoll" }); player.on('vast.adStart', function() { vast.started = true; }); player.on('vast.adError', function() { vast = { started: true, ended: true }; }); player.on('play', function() { if (vast.ended && !video.paused) { video.started = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Played", eventLabel: event_label }); var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_played", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } if (video.started && video.paused) { video.resumed = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Resumed", eventLabel: event_label }); var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_resumed", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } }); player.on('pause', function() { if (vast.ended) { video.paused = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Paused", eventLabel: event_label }); var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_paused", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } }); player.on('ended', function() { //vast.adEnd fires after ended, pointless to use. vast.ended = true; if (video.started && !video.ended) { video.ended = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Ended", eventLabel: event_label }); } var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_completed", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url, percentage: 100, }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); }); player.on('fullscreenchange', function() { window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Fullscreen Toggled", eventLabel: event_label }); }); player.on('enterpictureinpicture', function() { window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Picture-in-Picture Opened", eventLabel: event_label }); }); player.on('leavepictureinpicture', function() { window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Picture-in-Picture Closed", eventLabel: event_label }); }); let lastReportedPercentage = 0; player.on('timeupdate', function() { const currentTime = player.currentTime(); const duration = player.duration(); if (duration) { const progressPercentage = Math.floor((currentTime / duration) * 100); if (progressPercentage % 5 === 0 && progressPercentage !== lastReportedPercentage) { lastReportedPercentage = progressPercentage; var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_completed", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url, percentage: progressPercentage, }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } } });
🚨Breaking: Good and bad news at Barça
Marc Bernal will be unavailable for this Wednesday’s Champions League clash against Atlético de Madrid, but Araujo, for his part, will be fit. Yesterday, both Araujo and Marc Bernal had to come off...
Microsoft calls Copilot ‘entertainment only’ while charging $30 a month for it
Microsoft's Copilot Terms of Use label it "for entertainment purposes only", yet the company charges up to $30/user/month and has spent $80bn on AI. Only 3.3% of users are paying.
Microplastics have been found everywhere. That's a problem for research
Microplastics scientists are finding the tiny particles everywhere, even in their own research laboratories. So how do they know if what they're finding is in the sample or contamination from plastic fibers floating in the air?
How to strengthen collaboration to tackle infectious disease
A trans-disciplinary, multisectoral approach that includes environmental health, can help manage the threat of infectious disease in a globalized world.
Single-session therapy can help address gaps in mental health care
Can a single therapy session make a difference? Experts say yes, but only with the right mindset. Jessica Schleider is a Northwestern University psychology professor and founding director of the Lab for Scalable Mental Health.
University of Nebraska State Museum hosts monthly science lab on climate change
The University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall hosted its monthly Investigate Saturday Science Lab, with this month’s topic focused on climate change.
How the loneliness of working from home can affect mental health: ‘The lab coat mentality is dangerous’
If the office is the place where friendships most often arise, people who work remotely, especially freelancers, are the most vulnerable to isolation, with all that this implies for their wellbeing
Nearly launched LG Rollable smartphone reveals its innovative internals in teardown video
Even Samsung’s 2026 foldables pale in comparison. If LG had not decided to exit the smartphone business, we could have seen a first rollable smartphone as early as 2021, one that was already more innovative five years ago than anything the foldable phone segment has produced recently, as a teardown shows.
Every Alabama player drafted by the Golden State Warriors
Let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Warriors out of Alabama.
Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them
Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be “recognized” by databases and automated platforms to be transported, sold, or even released, meaning that if systems go down, food can effectively become unusable—even when it’s physically available.
Siemens Healthineers Diagnostics Review Puts Valuation And Business Mix In Focus
Siemens Healthineers (XTRA:SHL) is reviewing options for its Diagnostics business, including a possible sale. The review follows moves by Siemens AG to reduce its majority stake in Siemens Healthineers. Any decision could reshape the company’s business mix within the global healthcare diagnostics market. Siemens Healthineers operates across imaging, diagnostics and related healthcare technologies, giving it a broad role in hospital and lab workflows. A potential change in the Diagnostics...
University of Nebraska State Museum hosts monthly science lab on climate change
The University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall hosted its monthly Investigate Saturday Science Lab, with this month’s topic focused on climate change.
Crimson Desert patch now available
Pearl Abyss has rolled out another patch for Crimson Desert, adding in the Headgear Visibility option to give you a bet…
Apple iOS 26.5 public beta is now available
Apple has released the first public beta for iOS 26.5, just a few days after the beta for developers came out.
Apple CarPlay Just Got Three Popular iPhone Apps
Apple's CarPlay system for accessing iPhone apps on a vehicle's dashboard screen received three popular apps this week: ChatGPT, Google Meet, and Audiomack. CarPlay Ultra in an Aston Martin In addition, WhatsApp is beta testing a revamped CarPlay app that will improve upon the basic Siri-based functionality that was previously available. Make sure you have the latest version of each app and they will automatically appear on CarPlay.
The brutal truth about NBA health and how it can end playoff dreams
The Wine and Gold Talk podcast breaks down why availability — not talent — determines championship runs, and the Cavs are walking a dangerous tightrope heading into the playoffs.
Starfield PS5 Pro Specs Revealed: PSSR Supported, DualSense’s Adaptive Triggers Available
Bethesda has revealed the PS5 specs for Starfield. The DualSense's Adaptive Triggers are supported, and so is PSSR on PS5 Pro.
Citizen science trail camera project studies winter tick impacts on moose in northeast Minnesota
Winter ticks continue to pose a significant threat to moose in northeastern Minnesota, and a newly launched citizen science project is now using trail camera photos to document their impact. On April 2, the Northern Moose Alliance, a collaborative initiative of tribal and state agencies to study moose, particularly juvenile moose, launched a website, and...
NICK STROBEL: Don't miss last shows of spring
Tickets are still available for this Thursday's showing of "Incoming!" and the April 23 showing of "Supervolcanoes" (the last show of the spring season of shows) at the William M.
Body parts wow life science students at pathology lab
If you want to capture the attention of seventh-graders, show them body parts, specifically internal organs.
Black Stripe Alert: Alabama transfer sheds black stripe
An Alabama Crimson Tide transfer becomes the fifth player to lose his black stripe this spring.
Trump mulls more Cabinet changes — but wants to avoid ‘massive shake-up’
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer are vulnerable, officials said. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appears more secure.
Player Availability Report: #RSLvSKC
Player Availability Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest status updates around the team ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by Saint Luke’s. All details listed are from the league’s official Player Status Report that is submitted the day prior to the match. Sporting Kansas City is preparing to
'Everybody Loses': Reporter says he was shocked by sports betting's grip on leagues, media
Reporter Danny Funt says even with the increase in the availability of legal sports betting, and noted increases in people doing it, it’s even more prevalent in our society than we think it is.
Meta's superintelligence labs taps leader for hardware role
Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang, is hiring a new leader to spearhead its AI hardware division, hinting at new AI devices.
Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed
Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:
NHL Playoff Race: What the Penguins need to do
The Penguins lost to Tampa last night but still remain incredibly well-positioned to secure a playoff spot this season. Here’s the relevant standings for them as of now. While there could be other avenues with a Wild Card spot, for now we’ll keep it simple on the most straight-forward path available to Pittsburgh: finishing in […]
JSU launches Bachelor of Science in Aviation
Submitted by JSU Jacksonville State University (JSU) announced the launch of its newest academic program — a Bachelor of Science in Aviation, set to begin in Fall. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education approved the aviation program on Friday, March 13, during its meeting in Montgomery. JSU’s Bachelor of Science in Aviation is designed to […]
CrainCo honored with Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award for collaboration with Southeastern | Southeastern Oklahoma State University
OKLAHOMA CITY – Southeastern Oklahoma State University alumni-owned local business CrainCo has been honored with the 2026 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award (RBPEA) as announced Friday. The RBPEA is designed to highlight successful partners
State of Decay 3 alpha tests to begin in May
Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Undead Labs will begin hosting a series of alpha tests for the 2020-announced State of Decay 3, which we last saw in 2024, starting in May, the companies a…
What are Joleans? What to know about Dolly Parton clothing line
Dolly Parton partners with Good American for a new 'Joleans' denim collection, available now, featuring sparkle and rhinestones. Shop it today
Pure entertainment now streaming in Women’s Storytelling Festival
The annual celebration of diverse spoken-word artists is available online until April 28, and ticket sales close April 8.
Microsoft releases new AI models: competition with OpenAI ramps up
Microsoft AI has made its in-house models for transcription, speech recognition, and image generation available on Foundry.
US economy added 178,000 jobs in March, well above expectations
The Labor Department released the March jobs report on Friday which showed the economy added jobs at a solid pace last month after an unanticipated decline in February.
Player availability report, presented by Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute: Orlando Pride vs Angel City FC
Here is this week's player availability report, presented by Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, for Friday's home match vs Angel City FC
Kutak Rock Advises Earth Science Laboratories in Strategic Merger with SePRO Corporation | News and Publications
Kutak Rock is pleased to have represented Earth Science Laboratories, Inc. (ESL), based in Rogers, A...
Clock is ticking on law's billable hour, says Cleary Gottlieb lawyer
For decades, elite corporate law firms have relied on the billable hour to fuel profits. Can the model survive the age of AI?
Labour challenges Farage over cost of private jet trip to Maldives
Anna Turley questions Reform UK leader’s revised £25,000 figure for failed attempt to reach Chagos Islands on plane linked to billionaire donor
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
UC San Diego School of Medicine Ranked No. 4 Nationally for NIH Funding Among Public Institutions
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine ranked No. 4 among public institutions and No. 14 overall nationwide for NIH funding in 2025 as reported by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR).