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UAPB School of Business and Management celebrates class of 2026
The School of Business and Management (SBM) at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff recognized the achievements of its graduating Class of 2026 during its annual Graduates Banquet recently at the STEM Conference Center. The event, coordinated by Cynthia Sims, SBM project/program specialist, brought together students, faculty, administrators, alumni, family members and supporters to […]
Gracie Abrams understands nepotism discourse about her, admits Hollywood parents provided 'a safety net': 'I get it'
Gracie Abrams understands why she's frequently brought up in conversations about nepotism, and said that her parents' success in Hollywood provided 'a safety net': 'I get it.'
Tackling the Politics of the World Cup
The soccer tournament has brought a flood of political story lines.
Roy Cooper brings 'Make Stuff Cost Less' tour to Asheville, targets health costs, tariffs
Former North Carolina Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper brought his "Make Stuff Cost Less" tour to Asheville on Friday.
Trump Administration Shut Down Climate Website, Former NOAA Employees Have Just Brought It Back
In June 2025, Climate.gov was shut down by an executive order that implied it did not meet the current administration's standards. Climate scientists have just brought the data back.
I own a Turkish restaurant in SF. The World Cup changed my business.
Turkey playing in San Francisco as part of the FIFA World Cup 2026 has brought new customers to one restaurant, Turquaz's owner told Business Insider.
Louisville coaches can't afford to stay sidelined amid NCAA changes
The NCAA has brought college sports into instability, which is why coaches like Louisville's Jeff Brohm and Pat Kelsey have to be activists.
Meet the 'Queen of Magazine,' the retail adviser who's brought over dozen brands to the street
We caught up to Carly Ibach during a recent visit to scout out Magazine Street for another national retailer.
Vance, an admirer of Richard Nixon, says Watergate would be 'a 12-hour news story' today
Vice President JD Vance says the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today’s news cycle
Making Our Own Luck
We are cross-posting a piece that former NIH official Kris Willis wrote for Macroscience. Kris is now the President and Founder of the Woodley Park Institute, for which I’m a board member. Picking winners or hedging bets? Federal science agencies have long wrestled with the question of how to ensure their billions of dollars of grants and contracts result in maximum benefits for Americans. On the surface, it might seem that a goal-oriented, interventionist style of management would be the best policy: prioritize our most pressing problems and distribute funding accordingly.This top-down strategy creates a unique hazard, though: bad choices can send resources in the wrong direction, resulting in slow progress that impedes the delivery of tangible benefits to citizens. Moreover, if decision makers pursue an applied advance when the underlying scientific principles remain poorly understood, they risk costly failures and a loss of support for the research enterprise at large. Examples include Nixon’s 1971 War on Cancer, undertaken on the premise that a cure could be achieved in less than a decade, the drive to build an operational commercial fusion plant by the mid-1990s, and the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, which failed to produce the effective treatments and prevention strategies promised by 2025. The contrasting laissez-faire approach is to hedge your bets. If the path to an advance is impossible to predict, then the wisest choice might be to distribute funding to as widely as possible. The main risk of this strategy is that spreading funding thinly may limit the resources available to the most promising research, resulting in the same negative outcomes as the interventionist approach: limited support for the most promising topics, slow progress, and delayed returns. In reality, at science agencies like the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, program managers navigate between these two extremes, setting some funds aside to target high-priority areas and using the rest to cover the widest possible range of meritorious proposals. This middle path seems like the most rational way to proceed, but it still requires making choices. How much should be set aside for high priority topics? What should those topics be? How should we define merit? Expert opinion can provide a helpful guide, but leading experts can have remarkably different opinions about what matters and what should be prioritized. Moreover, experts and administrators alike can be risk averse, giving an edge to high-profile, well-established concepts. What’s really needed is a data-driven framework to help guide decision-making, one that doesn’t simply repackage prestige or incumbency. Recognizing breakthroughs years in advance Many breakthroughs fail to attract funding or recognition at the earliest stages of development. Katalin Karikó, for example, spent years struggling to win grants for work on mRNA that would eventually win her and Drew Weissman a Nobel Prize. Similar stories can be told about Jim Allison’s groundbreaking studies leading to the development of cancer immunotherapy, Stan Pruisner’s demonstration that prions can self-replicate without DNA, or Robin Warren and Barry Marshall’s proof that Helicobacter pylori, not stress, causes ulcers. Yet at some point, the scientific community recognizes and responds to transformative breakthroughs like these. How does that change happen? And what if science funders could identify the areas that are on the cusp of a breakthrough? Those questions led my collaborators and me to study how scientists responded to past breakthroughs. Based on patterns in that data, we developed a means of predicting future breakthroughs, using biomedicine as a proof of concept. It’s worth taking a moment to describe how our approach works. Briefly, our prediction process begins by grouping the 18 million or so peer-reviewed papers in PubMed, the authoritative database of biomedical research, into roughly 50,000 unique topics. A small subset of these topics are so widely acclaimed as breakthroughs that they have been recognized with a major prize like a Nobel or a Lasker Award. We theorized that studying the development of these outliers over time, especially before they gained acclaim, was the key to identifying future instances of them. After defining topics, we chose 21 representative breakthroughs and asked what they looked like before they won prestigious prizes. To answer that question, we re-ran our topic-mapping algorithm repeatedly, winding back the clock one year each time, stringing together the years to follow the progress of each field as it grew and advanced. We found that in each case, the years leading up to a discovery followed a pattern: a burst of papers on a new, rapidly evolving topic, many of which quickly became influential. These characteristics—the percent of papers that are new, the percentage of papers that are brought in from other topics, and the influence of each individual paper—can all be measured separately for any given topic. Together, they act as a predictive signal that is detectable an average of five years before a transformative discovery is made, and up to thirty years before the discovery receives a major prize. Scanning the current research landscape for topics that display this signal allows us to predict what work will likely produce a future breakthrough. Each year we analyzed includes four or five signals, a number that appears to have remained constant across a twenty year time frame. In their classic work on the sociology of science, Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar established that the desire to participate in a major discovery is an important motivator for scientists as they consider whether they should take up (or abandon) a research problem. Although further work is needed, the simplest explanation for our results is that this behavior is widespread enough to detect at scale. A foundational advance, or something like it, draws the attention of scientists and causes them to change the direction of their research. They vote with their feet, staking their own reputation and careers by publishing on and citing the new idea. That upswell of interest is the foundation of our breakthrough signal. What kind of research does our model identify as a breakthrough? After building a model based on the patterns in our 21 preselected breakthroughs, we tested it by identifying all early signals of discovery from 1994 through 1997. Of the 18 signals we found in that time period, 17 can be traced forward in time to a breakthrough. Examples include super-resolution fluorescence microscopy (see the image above), the directed evolution of proteins and enzymes (Chemistry Nobel, 2018), and sequencing the human genome (National Medal of Science, 2008). The discovery of the role of leptin signaling in obesity is a particularly interesting case study. Around 1950, scientists noticed the existence of a type of lab mouse that suffered from a unique inherited form of obesity. When given the freedom to choose their own diet, these mice ate more than normal and preferred food that was high in fat. Researchers had few clues as to why the animals overate; early experiments pointed to the existence of a soluble ob factor found circulating in the bloodstream that regulated appetite, but its identity was unknown. In 1994, Jeffrey Friedman and colleagues identified and sequenced the ob gene, noting that the protein it encoded appeared to fit the profile of a circulating factor. A year later, a trio of high-profile publications demonstrated that ob was a hormone that regulated body weight and fat deposition by regulating appetite. One of these was co-authored by Friedman, who christened it leptin from the ancient Greek word for thin. Using our model, the data from 1996 make it clear this advance would become a breakthrough. Scientists had flocked to study the biology of the new hormone, generating the flurry of new papers and citations required to produce a signal. One of these demonstrated that serum leptin concentrations reflected the amount of adipose tissue in the human body, providing clinical validation of the earlier mouse studies. Before the identification of leptin, scientists were unable to point to a specific molecule that controlled appetite and adiposity, so that it was impossible to rule out non-physiological causes of obesity; its characterization fundamentally changed our concept of weight gain. In 2010, Friedman and fellow pioneer Douglas Coleman were awarded a Lasker for the discovery. Our work also identifies breakthroughs in clinical practice and behavioral and social sciences, even though these areas are less likely to draw the attention of major prize committees. One example that falls into this category is the introduction of endovascular aneurysm repair, a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, a leading cause of death among Americans over the age of 65. Relative to the previous standard of care, it reduces in-hospital mortality by almost four-fold. In 2017, Timothy Chuter received the American College of Surgeons’ prestigious Jacobsen Innovation award for his multiple refinements to the technique. Another under-recognized breakthrough identified by our model is the development of standardized survey instruments to assess the quality of life for HIV+ patients. The antiretroviral cocktails introduced in the mid-1990s reduced AIDS mortality, but treatment came with serious side effects. The new evaluations showed that patients whose disease progressed had worse physical functioning than Americans with other chronic diseases, while those who were asymptomatic maintained a health-related quality of life on par with the overall US population. This evidence made it possible for patients and activists to argue that even in the absence of a total cure, and in spite of the side effects, alleviation of symptoms was a worthwhile priority for clinicians. My colleagues and I have failed to identify any significant recognition for the physicians and health policy experts who pioneered this advance, although in 2016, researchers called for the World Health Organization to set targets for good health-related quality of life as part of its framework to end the AIDS pandemic. From forecasting to funding How should science funders use our predictions? Any serious discussion of what we should do with this new capability needs to begin with an understanding of its limitations. We can’t (and shouldn’t) invest all of our resources in the small number of topics predicted to produce breakthroughs. Innovative new fields are born from existing ones; they rarely arise de novo. If funders don’t maintain a diverse portfolio, the breakthroughs of tomorrow will have no antecedents. Think of this as eating the seed corn, or killing the goose that lays the golden egg. There are also multiple goals of funding beyond basic scientific discovery, including translating discoveries into clinical practice, developing new technologies, supporting economic development, and training new scientists. The investments needed to accomplish these goals are likely different from those required to support emerging breakthroughs. Finally, we must be aware that we may not capture every instance of a breakthrough. The concept is fuzzy, and not every significant discovery is recognized with a major award. Further, breakthroughs are rare, meaning that our dataset is, by necessity, small. This makes formal estimates of accuracy challenging. Although our overall success rate appears to be high, any one signal may turn out to be a false positive. We found one apparent example: the development of the third generation COX-2 inhibitors, Vioxx and Celebrex, which were much celebrated in the early 2000s as effective but non-addictive pain relievers, meets all the algorithmic criteria of a breakthrough. Five years after it received FDA approval, researchers demonstrated that Vioxx was associated with serious cardiovascular complications, and the manufacturer voluntarily pulled the drug from the market. Celebrex remains available, although like other NSAIDs, it carries an FDA warning for increased cardiovascular risk. Decision makers who were overly focused on the breakthrough potential of this research might have wasted substantial resources nurturing an area that ultimately proved to be a failure—but so would those who relied on expert opinion at the time. That said, the potential benefits of funding the next mRNA vaccine or cancer immunotherapy years earlier than we might have are large. When we can’t assume the outcome of an action, it’s worth conducting an experiment. Can targeted support for areas that are poised to produce a breakthrough increase the return on scientific investment without cannibalizing future advances? With the necessary administrative infrastructure in place, conducting this experiment would be straightforward. First, identify all the breakthrough signals between 2018 and 2023, select half at random, and commit to a decade of investment. For biomedicine, a six year window should yield about 30 topics with the potential to produce a breakthrough. Providing strong support to half of these might be accomplished for $300 million a year. That’s roughly half of the recent annual budget of the NIH Common Fund or around 20% of the fiscal year 2025 budget for ARPA-H. After five years, then again at ten, compare to see which group — the one that was actively managed, or the control — produced more breakthroughs, and on what timescale. Although we used biomedicine as an example, the same experiment could just as well be run for physics, materials science, or any other discipline. Any attempt to undertake such an experiment should keep three points top of mind. First, we can predict the topic of future breakthroughs, but the people and vision for how to move the work forward are still important. In practice, this means success requires active program managers with the expertise to develop the science and the authority to do so, including by recruiting investigators. Second, we would be wise to learn from the failures of past attempts to fund transformative research. High among these are funding modestly repackaged work, confusing the genuinely novel with the merely unfamiliar, and relying too much on incumbent investigators. All of these risks can be mitigated by thoroughly and intelligently integrating high quality data into portfolio management. Finally, we need to have patience. Even with strong funding support, producing a breakthrough takes time. If supporting breakthroughs is the best way to nurture the birth of new fields, we also need to accurately describe and properly manage the other two stages, so that we invest wisely throughout the productive lifetime of ideas and divest once they reach the point of diminishing returns. We would benefit from more study of all of these phases, especially the transition from one to another. More research could answer questions like: When does a breakthrough become an established field? How do the availability of funding, the size and characteristics of the available workforce, and the accumulation of evidence that disagrees with prevailing models affect a field’s decline? Exactly how do old ideas give birth to new ones, and can we speed up the process? The more we understand about the dynamics of scientific progress, the better we can maximize the odds that our curiosity leads to results. I’d call that finding a way to make our own luck.
Teen Entrepreneurs Develop, Pitch T-Shirt Businesses at Neff College of Business
The RISE Into Business summer enrichment camp brought teams of high school students to campus to explore marketing, finance, accounting and other core business skills.
Make/Films opens new Lancaster city studio in Stadium District
Make/Films — the studio that brought a story about a Garden Spot teacher to movie theater screens nationwide — recently tripled its space with a new studio.
FDA-approved drug may finally help immunotherapy defeat rare liver cancer
Researchers found that a rare liver cancer evades immunotherapy by luring immune T cells away from the tumor and trapping them in nearby fibrous tissue. An FDA-approved drug called AMD3100 freed those T cells to attack the cancer, significantly improving the effectiveness of immunotherapy in tumor samples.
Chick-fil-A gets into the home repair and services business
The popular chicken chain has brought its hospitality prowess to a new industry in metro Atlanta — home services.
The NHL Is Considering Bringing More Teams to Texas
The NHL has expanded to new areas in recent years, as the North American hockey league has brought teams to Las Vegas, Utah and Seattle. More expansion could be coming. But while hockey is known for its footprint in northern U.S. states and Canada, the league is considering bringing more of it to ...
PANAM SPORTS CELEBRATES OLYMPIC DAY WITH ITS MIAMI COMMUNITY
On International Olympic Day, Panam Sports brought the spirit of the Olympic […]
The 17 best popular science books of 2026 so far
The first six months of the year have brought us popular science reads on everything from consciousness to cosmology. Liz Else rounds up her favourites
UK Police hosts campus, health care and public safety leaders for Safer Kentucky Symposium
The University of Kentucky Police Department brought together leaders from private colleges, public universities, health care institutions, public safety agencies, emergency management and student affairs for the Safer Kentucky Symposium, a statewide conversation focused on strengthening safety through communication, coordination and shared responsibility.
To age better, we need to rethink health itself
Challenging conventional thinking has historically brought new ways to maximize health and improve quality of life while ageing. Here's what's needed now.
Knicks Fan Who Stole Trash Can Identified, Fired From Job
The New York Knicks fan who went viral last week for appearing to steal a Knicks-themed trash can during the team's NBA Finals parade has reportedly been identified and fired. Last week, as the New York Knicks held their NBA Finals championship parade, the city brought out special orange-and-blue, ...
Who are the new 'Love Island USA' bombshells? 6 stars dumped in major Casa Amor twist.
This year's Casa Amor challenge brought a record number of bombshells to the villa — and a dramatic elimination that sent six hopefuls home.
Mark Lewyn: Treasurer’s $8.65 check for the pope reveals the politics of unclaimed money
When Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, he brought an unusual gift: a check for $8.65. The money came from an old PayPal account that had been turned over to Illinois as unclaimed property before Robert Prevost, an Illinois native, became the pope. The amount
Apple Wallet in iOS 27 adds new feature for tracking your money
Apple Wallet in iOS 27 adds a handful of welcome new features, and today’s beta 2 brought another—Insights—to US users. Here are the details.
Politician behind 'top two' primary has second thoughts
The man who brought California the top-two open primary now thinks it needs a drastic overhaul.
PWHL adds Kilmer Sports Ventures, Ilitch Companies as first outside investors
Kilmer Sports Ventures is led by Larry Tanenbaum, who brought the WNBA to Toronto, while the Illitch family owns the Detroit Red Wings.
Honorees brought science-based blood pressure care home to communities in need
Organizers of “Team Up to Take Down High Blood Pressure” in Philadelphia say collaboration has been crucial to the initiative’s success.
A Love Letter To Régis Le Bris!
“Here’s to Le Bris, the man that’s brought the glory days to back to this magnificent football club!”
2025-26 Anaheim Ducks: By the Numbers, Part 5
Recapping the 2025-26 season for Nathan Gaucher, Tim Washe, Nik Brouillard, Ross Johnston, Beckett Sennecke, Eric Nilson, Noah Warren, Nico Myatovic and Stian Solberg.
ALJ students visit elementary schools for Science Enrichment Days
CLARK — Arthur L. Johnson High School’s Science National Honor Society recently brought energy and excitement to third
Madison’s new Forge Sports Center gives growing futsal community a home
Friday’s event brought together soccer fans watching the World Cup and players taking part in futsal, a fast-paced indoor version of soccer played on a hard court.
Digging deeper: URI workshop explores how soil protects water, public health
A hands-on workshop at URI brought together professionals from across New England to learn how evaluating soil helps ensure septic systems protect groundwater, ecosystems, and public health.
AI session examines the disconnect between health systems and their tech partners
Magna GenAI Consulting CEO Dr. Sahar Hashmi talks about the behind-the-scenes tension when a new vendor is brought on.
Public health professor completes third Fulbright Scholarship
When Dr. Helda Pinzon-Perez traveled to Uruguay and Paraguay this past semester, she brought more than her expertise in health education – she brought a commitment to expanding research, creating meaningful contributions and fostering collaboration between the two South American countries and the Central Valley. “I am just a venue to facilitate these wonderful opportunities […]
Exploring the science of kindness at Grandma’s Casita exhibition
Think about a place that evokes nostalgia. For many, Grandma’s house comes to mind. So, when Explora set out to expand its Science of Kindness Exhibition, Grandma’s Casita of Kindness was brought t…
Juneteenth celebration brings $35,000 in grants to Columbus small businesses
A Juneteenth celebration in Columbus brought people together and put thousands of dollars into local businesses.
Politics: Can Divides Over War Be Bridged At The G7 Summit?
This week, on the southern shores of Lake Geneva, leaders of the Group of Seven countries gathered for their annual summit.There are several pressing issues that require attention including the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran, the resulting economic crisis, the state of the Persian Gulf, and long term questions about the future of relations with Iran.The G7 meeting also notably brought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy face-to-face with President Donald Trump. Trump told reporters that the war Ukraine was not a priority for the United States, saying that his country had “nothing to do” with a war that was “thousands of miles away.”We discuss what this 2026 G7 meeting reveals about the state of the U.S. relationship with its most important allies, especially after months of a war of choice with Iran.Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.
San Diego County Fair brings classic treats, entertainment to Rady Children’s Hospital
The San Diego County Fair brought music, entertainment, and classic fair treats to patients and families at Rady Children’s Hospital, providing a sense of normalcy for those unable to attend …
Yinming Shao named Downsbrough Early Career Professor of Physics
Yinming Shao, assistant professor of physics at Penn State, has been honored with the Downsbrough Early Career Professorship in Physics in recognition of his research contributions, teaching, and service to the Department of Physics and the Eberly College of Science.
Exploring the Current Boundaries of AI for Science at TPC26
Last week’s TPC26 event brought together many of the world’s preeminent experts in using AI for science and engineering. The conference demonstrated that we have come quite far in just […]
Yankees Birthday of the Day: Andy Pettitte
The southpaw was a steady, consistent member of the ‘Core Four’ that brought the Yankees their last five World Series rings.
Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan steps down
The head of Xbox Game Studios Craig Duncan has stepped down after more than 18 months in the role. Duncan replaced former Studios boss Alan Hartman in November 2024, and oversaw Halo Studios, The Coalition, Flight Sim, Turn 10, Playground Games, Rare, Obsidian, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, The Initiative, Double Fine, InXile, Undead Labs, World’s Edge and XGS Publishing. He departs the organization this week. His studios will report to Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty until a replacement is found. Duncan has been part of the Xbox organization since 2011 and is best known for running highly regarded UK developer Rare for nearly 14 years. He oversaw the developer’s Kinect and Sea of Thieves eras. Prior to that, he held various senior roles at Codemasters, Midway and Sumo Digital, and worked cross titles such as Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing, Wheelman and Colin McRae. He's also VP of the charity SpecialEffect. Subscribe Meanwhile, Xbox Game Studios chief of staff Louise O’Connor will also be leaving the company. O’Connor joined Rare in 1999 beginning as an animator on cult favourite N64 game Conker’s Bad Fur Day. She’s worked in numerous art and production roles at the UK studio, and even won an AIAS award for voicing the character Leafos in Viva Piñata. She left Rare following the cancellation of Everwild in 2025, before becoming chief of staff in September that year. In an email to staff, Duncan wrote: “When I stepped into the role of leading XGS 20 months ago, my purpose was to serve our studios, our teams, and the people making our games. Together, we set out to deliver high-quality games, strengthen the cultural fabric across our studios, and help shape the future of the business. I’m proud to say we delivered many flawless launches that drove business success for the company.” On O’Connor, he added: “Louise has been a thoughtful, creative, and trusted partner who has consistently championed the craft and supported our studios with clarity and care. I’m grateful for everything she’s brought to XGS, and I’m sure she’ll be successful in whatever comes next for her.”
Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan steps down
The head of Xbox Game Studios Craig Duncan has stepped down after more than 18 months in the role. Duncan replaced former Studios boss Alan Hartman in November 2024, and oversaw Halo Studios, The Coalition, Flight Sim, Turn 10, Playground Games, Rare, Obsidian, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, The Initiative, Double Fine, InXile, Undead Labs, World’s Edge and XGS Publishing. He departs the organization this week. His studios will report to Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty until a replacement is found. Duncan has been part of the Xbox organization since 2011 and is best known for running highly regarded UK developer Rare for nearly 14 years. He oversaw the developer’s Kinect and Sea of Thieves eras. Prior to that, he held various senior roles at Codemasters, Midway and Sumo Digital, and worked cross titles such as Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing, Wheelman and Colin McRae. He's also VP of the charity SpecialEffect. Subscribe Meanwhile, Xbox Game Studios chief of staff Louise O’Connor will also be leaving the company. O’Connor joined Rare in 1999 beginning as an animator on cult favourite N64 game Conker’s Bad Fur Day. She’s worked in numerous art and production roles at the UK studio, and even won an AIAS award for voicing the character Leafos in Viva Piñata. She left Rare following the cancellation of Everwild in 2025, before becoming chief of staff in September that year. In an email to staff, Duncan wrote: “When I stepped into the role of leading XGS 20 months ago, my purpose was to serve our studios, our teams, and the people making our games. Together, we set out to deliver high-quality games, strengthen the cultural fabric across our studios, and help shape the future of the business. I’m proud to say we delivered many flawless launches that drove business success for the company.” On O’Connor, he added: “Louise has been a thoughtful, creative, and trusted partner who has consistently championed the craft and supported our studios with clarity and care. I’m grateful for everything she’s brought to XGS, and I’m sure she’ll be successful in whatever comes next for her.”
How Serena Williams’ tennis comeback felt as a fan after four years away
Williams' return brought a sense of nostalgia to the grass of Queen's Club in west London.
32-year-old quit teaching and built a fidget-toy business with her dad. It brought in $428,000 last year
Charlie Moreton and Victoria Baumann are the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio, which has seen viral success selling 3D-printed fidget toys.
Resources, networking highlight Laredo Small Business Summit
The 2026 Governor's Small Business Summit brought networking opportunities, business resources and industry insights to Laredo.
Our favorite photos of ecstatic high school sports celebrations
This high school sports postseason brought out some big emotions.
Exploring the Current Boundaries of AI for Science at TPC26
Last week’s TPC26 event brought together many of the world’s preeminent experts in using AI for science and engineering. The conference demonstrated that we have come quite far in just a few years. But it also showed us limits to the use of the technology as it currently exists, as well as possible ways the […]
Opinion | Meet the Political Bosses Who Brought You Graham Platner
The Democratic Party’s New Establishment is less interested in winning than in remaking the party.
907 Sports: Recapping a wild weekend that capped off the spring sports season
In this edition of 907 Sports, the team breaks down the Division I and Division II baseball state championships, both of which brought an unpredictable ending. Then, we head up to Fairbanks for the State Softball Tournaments where Chugiak reclaims the DI title and Palmer rattled off four victories in one day to become the Division II champs.
From Soil Health to Business Resilience: Key Takeaways from the World Living Soils Forum 2026
The World Living Soils Forum 2026, held in Arles on 3–4 June, brought together business leaders, financial institutions, policymakers, scientists and agricul...
Destiny 2's final update causes the biggest jump in players in nearly two years, as Marathon numbers coincidentally drop to near their lowest
Destiny 2's final update has brought back thousands of lapsed players, and the turnout has given people hope that it may not be the end, after all.
Community Days returns with expanded entertainment, parade and biggest fireworks show yet
DuBOIS — For 33 years, DuBois Community Days has brought residents together for a weekend of entertainment, food, family activities and hometown pride.
Big Boy visit brings big business to North East
The Union Pacific’s Big Boy — the world’s largest steam locomotive — brought a significant economic boost along with large crowds to North East on Tuesday. Visitors not only gathered al…
How a Christmas playset sparked a 20-year business — and brought one family home to Idaho
RIGBY — Tyler Ray built a playground for his son as a Christmas present in 2005. More than two decades later, it still sits in his backyard — and the company born from that project is about to celebrate a big anniversary Ray launched Ruffhouse Vinyl Play Systems in Gilbert, Arizona, in 2006. In July, […]
Fire would love to be part of the battle for Chicago’s sporting soul
Sporting director Gregg Broughton has big ambitions for the Chicago Fire to be a major player in the Windy City.
Why the GOP’s voter fraud theories in California don’t make sense
The last week has brought the largest resurgence of election denialism since the aftermath of the 2020 election. Many on the right have cried foul over late shifts toward Democrats in results from California’s June 2 primary.
Richmond art museum brings historic pieces across Virginia
Staff from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts brought historic paintings, photographs and other pieces to downtown Harrisonburg Friday and Saturday in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
Letters: Citizens United upended politics | Uncle Lou and the rule of law | UFC is a step too far
The 2010 court case, which brought corporate influence squarely into the middle of elections, tipped the scales.
iOS 27 code has clear signs that a folding iPhone is coming soon
Code sleuths are diving into iOS 27 and finding hints about the unreleased iPhone Fold, and finding subroutines that report just how open or shut the foldable might be.
Why I’m Finally Considering The Amex Business Gold For The First Time
For years, I mostly ignored the . As someone who has held the consumer version of the Amex Gold for years, I never felt like the Business Gold brought enough value to the table to warrant carrying both. But after recently starting a coffee cart side hustle, both the newer and older credits on the
Pink wows 2026 Tony Awards crowd with a 'Lady Marmalade'-themed opener and surprise guests
Host Pink brought the stunts, celebrity appearances, and vocal range to her 79th annual Tony Awards opening number.
A Science Based Look at Fluorination and PFAS.
Are all fluorinated packaging technologies created equal? Or are we oversimplifying risk? Greif examines how process chemistry, particularly oxygen control, fundamentally shapes PFAS outcomes. Backed by validated data and scientific rigor, this paper reframes barrier selection for regulators, engineers, and decision-makers seeking compliant, high-performance packaging solutions.This Technical Paper is brought to you by Greif.
BOSS Summit Miami Helps Owners Maximize Business Exit Value
BOSS Summit Miami brought business owners together to learn exit planning, tax strategies, wealth preservation, and M&A.
The data center backlash coming to key midterm battlegrounds
Voters are furious about the energy-guzzling behemoths that drive artificial intelligence, but politicians in both parties are cautious about backing all-out bans.
Euro giants confirm what Liverpool already knew about 'special' star
Liverpool are going to go through a lot of changes this summer. The Anfield outfit massively underperformed this season and, without some new faces being brought in, it's hard to see how they'd do any...
Lowell Spinners host Johnny Damon celebration
As the Lowell Spinners continue to celebrate their comeback season, Saturday night they brought in a legend from the comeback Red Sox team, Johnny Damon.
Germany gives USMNT a final reality check before the World Cup
The 2-1 defeat featured defensive frailty and Antonee Robinson’s thunderous tying goal late in the first half. It brought spells of quality play against a quality opponent but also worrying signs about the U.S. capability of making a deep run when teams such as Germany stand in the way.
Travers Food Market celebrates 40 years of serving Delaware County customers
Travers Food Market has brought a family atmosphere to Delaware County for the last four decades.
Stellar Blade Follow-Up Blood Rain Announced, Trailer Has Some Eye-Opening Moments
This year’s Summer Games Fest brought a surprise in the form of a reveal of the next game from Stellar Blade developer Shift Up much sooner than. The game is Stellar Blade: Blood Rain and looks to continue on the high octane action delivered by the highly popular 2024 game. The game revealed in a...
Oceans week 2026
This week is National Oceans week. One of the main events in Washington DC is Capitol Hill Ocean Week (or CHOW). This two-day event, sponsored by the U.S. Government, brought policymakers, scientis…
Iraq: 2026 World Cup Squad, Fixtures and Schedule
Iraq end a 40-year wait at the FIFA World Cup this summer as the Lions of Mesopotamia return to football’s biggest stage for the first time since Mexico 1986.Their last appearance brought three defe...
Philadelphia 76ers draft rewind: Signing undrafted Hollis Thompson
The Philadelphia 76ers brought in Georgetown's Hollis Thompson after going undrafted in 2013.
Business Association official talks changes to downtown Savannah storefronts
If you were to walk down Broughton Street, you may notice new business opening their doors, but some are telling a different story and closing after years.
Caitlin Clark’s sidestep triple vs. Dream is a must-see
Caitlin Clark continues to amaze WNBA fans with her smooth moves on the court. The Indiana Fever superstar once again showcased her elite skill set in the third quarter against the Atlanta Dream on Thursday. She brought the ball toward…
DPH Hosts Fourth Annual Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Conference
DOVER, DEL. (June 4, 2026) — The Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention Program (PANO) of the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) brought together hundreds of leaders, advocates, and practitioners for its fourth annual Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Conference, on June 4, at the Bally’s Dover Casino Resort. It was a full day focused on […]
Would Hackney be an Everton fit?
Middlesbrough fan Tom Green has been speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside's Total Sport show about the Toffees' links with midfielder Hayden Hackney. Hackney is said to have a number of suitors but reports this week have said Everton are one of them. Supporter Green, from The Boro Breakdown podcast, says he would expect a fee of between £15-20m for 23-year-old Hackney, who is out of contract in June of 2027.
Dallas Stars Select Plano Site for New $1B Arena and Entertainment District
The NHL team, which brought home the Stanley Cup to Dallas in its 1999 championship season, aims to leave American Airlines Arena behind for a new arena and entertainment district at Plano's Shops of Willow Bend site. A key Plano City Council vote on the arena project is slated for June 8.
Cannabis companies hid health issues from consumers: Federal lawsuit
The complaint targets companies in 13 states and is brought by consumers who claim the products were deceptively marketed.
Brennan seeks to 'correct matters' over 12-week ban
The solicitor of Dublin senior football manager Ger Brennan says his client has concerns "a consistent and equitable approach is unfortunately not being applied to every team, player and manager" following his well-documented ban and wishes to "correct certain matters now brought into the public domain".
Cannabis companies hid health issues from consumers: Federal lawsuit
The complaint targets companies in 13 states and is brought by consumers who claim the products were deceptively marketed.
Cannabis companies hid health issues from consumers: Federal lawsuit
The complaint targets companies in 13 states and is brought by consumers who claim the products were deceptively marketed.
Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 Is Shaping Up to Be a Dream Remake
Star Fox on Switch 2 is shaping up to be a significantly expanded and surprisingly cinematic retelling of the Lylat Wars, thanks to an overhauled script that’s brought to life by some of the strongest voice acting and cutscene direction I’ve ever seen in a Nintendo game.
Are plants the key to solving energy and food crises worldwide?
Costas Maranas, Robert V. & Gloria H. Waltemeyer Chair and Donald B. Broughton Professor of Chemical Engineering at Penn State, is developing computer models and algorithms to help scientists better understand, analyze and redesign biological organisms, including plants. In this Q&A, Maranas discussed how recent breakthroughs in modeling, artificial intelligence and systems biology are accelerating their work, helping plant scientists better understand and repurpose plants into fuel, plastics and more.
Big Science and industry meet in Copenhagen
Held in Copenhagen on 22–23 October 2025, the RTI Summit brought together leaders from across Europe to shape the future of research and technology infrastructures.
Everton leading the race to sign Middlesbrough’s Hayden Hackney
Everton have emerged as frontrunners to sign Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney. The 23-year-old deep-lying playmaker enjoyed a superb 2025–26 campaign, scoring five goals and providing eight a...
Informal Science Events
Pint of Science Festival - The Pint of Science Festival was an annual three-day public engagement event that brought scientific research into informal community settings, inc...
World’s First 8.1L Big Block C8 Corvette Finally Hits the Freeway
Three and a half years of engineering have brought this beast to life with direct injection, variable valve timing, and way more.
Bridgepoint Group to Acquire Obagi Medical
The UK firm investment firm has agreed to purchase the clinical skincare label from Waldencast for $460 million, with co-founders Michel Brousset and Hind Sebti departing the beauty conglomerate to join Bridgepoint.
TST Best Bets: June 1, 2026
The last couple days of the NBA playoffs have brought plenty of excitement as the San Antonio Spurs prevailed in the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, 111-103, in Game 7 on Saturday.
Kansas City mental health walk highlights healing and community
A community walk focused on mental health awareness brought people together Sunday morning at Bannister Park in Kansas City.
Festa Italiana at Zona Rosa draws thousands and helps Kansas City small businesses
From frozen yogurt and caramel apples to boutique shopping and live entertainment, Festa Italiana brought big crowds to Zona Rosa this weekend. Vendors say the festival is one of the best opportunities of the year to reach new customers.
Mammoth Fest lives up to name with food, rides and entertainment
Markus McGowan brought his family to the carnival-like Mammoth Fest in Mt. Pleasant for the first time Sunday. It won’t be the last, the Jeannette resident said. “I love it,” he said. “The rides, games, food — everything is great.” Sponsored by Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation, the event in
Baby blues or postpartum depression? How new moms can protect their mental health
For many women, it can be hard to differentiate postpartum depression from the much milder and more common "baby blues" brought on by plummeting hormone levels.
Baby blues or postpartum depression? How new moms can protect their mental health
For many women, it can be hard to differentiate postpartum depression from the much milder and more common "baby blues" brought on by plummeting hormone levels.
Business Sense | Arcata recovering from devastating fire
“The Arcata fire relief effort brought together an extraordinary coalition of organizations, local leaders, businesses, and residents determined to help affected businesses recover and return stronger.”
What Florida football's defense will look like under Brad White
New DC Brad White was brought in by Jon Sumrall to fortify the Gators defense, so how much different will the unit look this year?
Vote now for Lebanon County's best performers from May action
The latest month brought some great performances across the board. Make your voice heard today!
Baldanzi to complete permanent move to Genoa this week
Tommaso Baldanzi and Daniele De Rossi, a duo destined to make Genoa’s fortunes. The coach brought the attacking midfielder to the capital, then asked the club to rejoin him just a few months ago as ...
Chiefs News 5/30: Patrick Mahomes calls Kenneth Walker ‘special’
The latest Chiefs news, brought fresh to you every morning!
Ali, Chamberlain Memorabilia Key to Sports Museum Case
Ownership of Muhammad Ali’s 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” World Boxing Council title belt and of a uniform worn by Wilt Chamberlain as a high school player in 1954 are among the 11 high-value memorabilia items at issue in a new federal lawsuit brought by Collectable Sports Assets LLC (CSA) against sports memorabilia museum Sports …