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Disney Names Carol Choi Asia Pacific President as Luke Kang Retires
Disney names Carol Choi Asia Pacific president as Luke Kang retires after 16 years, effective Dec. 1.
Netflix Executive Says AI Has Touched 300 Titles as Director Claims Budget Savings of Up to 40%
Netflix says it has used AI on about 300 titles, while director Kang Yoon-sung told a Busan festival panel that AI workflows can cut film…
China buys time for its young scientists as US rations it
On September 19, Dou Xiankang, who heads the National Natural Science Foundation of China, described a grant that most young scientists anywhere would
🚨 Breaking: Fede Valverde suffers a serious sprain
Real Madrid have announced Fede Valverde’s injury following the tests carried out. The Uruguayan was injured by Kang-in Lee during the derby against Atlético de Madrid and, despite playing through ...
Sanford Health News earns 6 Regional Emmy nominations
Sanford Health News has six new Upper Midwest Emmy nominations in 2026, the most Emmy nominations this team has earned in a single year.
The Literacy Crisis Reaches Dog-Bear Science
“New analysis of more than 300 bear encounters suggests our canine companions often increase odds of conflict and rarely serve as early warning systems many recreationists assume,” reads a subhead in Mountain Journal. The thing is, that study reaches no such conclusion. But you have to read beyond the abstract to understand that. Mountain Journal is not alone. Let’s look at a brief list of takeaways published elsewhere just to establish that none of them seem to know how to read science. Wes Siler’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Here’s CBC: “A new peer-reviewed study, The Canine Conundrum: Is a Dog a Help or Hindrance in Bear Country?, dug into conflicts similar to what the video depicts, by analyzing 326 reported human-bear conflicts from 1901 to 2023 involving dogs.” “The study found 54 per cent of conflicts were started by dogs. In the encounters researchers included in the study, five people and 56 dogs were killed, and 170 people were injured.” “Lana Ciarniello, an independent researcher who co-authored the study, said researchers found when a person goes hiking with at least one other person, the odds of a negative bear encounter decrease by 50 per cent.” “However, when a dog is involved, the chances of a negative bear encounter increase because ‘a dog really adds a chaotic factor into the mix of recreation,’ said Ciarniello.” Again, the study finds no data supporting that conclusion. “Hiking with your pet dog may make you feel safer in bear country—but a hiker’s recent encounter and a new study prove that the numbers don’t add up,” writes Backpacker, which is now part of Outside. The numbers don’t add up to support this take. There’s plenty more examples, but all are equally dumb, so I’ll stop there. How did so many people get this so wrong? Three reasons: 1) the study is published behind a paywall, with only the abstract freely available. 2) the methodology sets out to create work relevant to a hyper-specific audience, not the public. And 3) the dataset studied is almost absurdly limited and doesn’t bear (get it?!) comparison to wider information. Let’s work through all three. The Problem is Money I understand the irony, since I’m writing about this on a subscription-model newsletter, but information wants to be free. The study is published by The Wildlife Society and costs $16 to access. Reprinting it is specifically prohibited by the terms of use, so I can only share snippets and my conclusions with you here. Having worked as a journalist for 24 years, I can report with some authority that journalists are both lazy and cheap. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that much of the material you’re seeing written about this study is drawn from the freely-available abstract (above) only, and not a deep dive into its methodology or data. And that’s a problem, because abstracts are where researchers are able to break from their numbers and editorialize their opinions about conclusions. So what’s getting reported isn’t based on numbers, it’s based on an opinion designed for a specific audience, not the general public. Hell yeah ladies, kick that bear’s ass. The Methodology is Designed to Support a Predetermined Conclusion One of the biggest issues with the science that everyone likes to cite about bear spray’s efficacy is that no one understands that study was designed for a specific audience, looking for a specific answer. And since that audience is not the public, and our safety was not the question being asked, its conclusion is rendered irrelevant to our needs. Yes, I’m talking about Efficacy of Bear Deterrent Spray in Alaska, which was created by Tom Smith and Stephen Herrero, two of the same scientists who put together this dog-bear conflict analysis. In the spray study, the purpose was to present relevant agencies with the information they needed to issue their field workers with bear spray. As such, incidents where people were unable to access the spray or similarly failed to get it deployed in time were excluded from the results, and only incidents they deemed successful were included. Could a ranger roll down their vehicle’s window and scare a bear away from a dumpster by spraying it? Turns out the answer was yes, and that was good enough for the purposes of that study. The sample size of actual bear attacks—the thing you and I would want bear spray to provide a solution to, was too small to draw conclusions from, and didn’t indicate success in that role. Is a Dog a Help or Hindrance in Bear Country? has similar limitations. “Insights provided here are intended to help wildlife managers create effective guidelines regarding the presence of domestic dogs in bear habitat,” is explained clearly by the study’s text. To conduct the study, Smith and Herrero went looking for publicly available reports of dog-bear conflicts: “All incidents included in our analysis involved at least one bear, one dog, and one person who was at immediate risk of injury (e.g., not in a protective structure such as a cabin or vehicle), injured, or killed,” explains the report’s methodology. Why is that a problem? “We recognize that data used in this study are biased in that people generally only report adverse interactions with bears, not benign ones. Consequently, we assume that for the most part, people and their dogs pass through bear country without incident.” As was the problem with the bear spray study, people are drawing conclusions here from a study that was never intended to be relevant to the general public. The Smith-Herrero database famously excludes Alaska’s Defense of Life and Property records, which are elsewhere considered the largest and most authoritative source on human-bear conflict. The Dataset is Absurdly Limited A 2009 study conducted by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife estimates that each year there are at least 43,000 documented complaints of human-bear conflict across North America. Is a Dog a Help or Hindrance in Bear Country? Examined those reports for years ranging from 1901 to 2023, and only managed to find 326 such incidents that met the criteria explained above. Let’s do some quick math, poorly. 43,000 incidents x 122 years = 5,246,000 total incidents of documented human-bear conflict. Smith and Herrero were only able to find 326 incidents that met their criteria for dog+human+bear+risk or occurrence of injury. That means there’s a 0.006 percent chance that the study’s conclusion—that dogs make bear encounters more dangerous—even gets a chance of occurring. And remember, that’s only in documented conflicts. There’s no way to know how many people across North America run into a bear in any given year without any conflict, but it’s probably safe to assume that the total number is well in excess of 43,000. And, dig deeper into the study and you can find further restrictions that skew its conclusions even more. “While the people involved in these incidents did not report the level of training their dogs had received, it is our assumption that most were untrained companion dogs as opposed to well-trained bear dogs, such as Karelians and livestock guardian breeds that have proven to be significant aids in bear country,” the study’s methodology explains. And that’s a problem, because an ongoing study here in Montana is finding that the simple presence of a Kangal like our youngest dog Teddy can reduce visits to private property from grizzly bears by 87.8 percent. In addition to being a badass, Teddy is also a companion animal. And in my admittedly limited sample size of the three dogs currently present in our living room, she’s no more effective than her mutt brothers. Plenty of people own a dog capable of deterring bears, even if they didn’t set out to own a bear dog. The real purpose of this study appears to be a recommendation that leashes are mandated and recreationists pursue training in their deterrent of choice. But that doesn’t make for sensational headlines. Are There Any Real Takeaways Here? Let’s throw some numbers around, just to try and get our hands around what the larger picture might look like for bears and dogs here. The American Veterinary Medical Association estimates that 42.6 percent of American households own a dog. The Canadian Animal Health Institute says roughly 35 percent of households in Canuckistan own a dog. In an attempt to create the worst possible result for dogs, let’s run with that 35 percent number. And given that outdoorsy and rural people are more likely to both own a dog, and have bear encounters, let’s just make a giant assumption and apply that number to those 43,000 conflicts documented annually. If 35 percent of 43,000 human-bear encounters involve a dog, then we can assume that at least 15,050 dog-bear conflicts are occurring annually in North America. 15,050 x 122 = 1,836,100. Smith and Herrero were only able to find 326 incidents that met their human, dog, chance or occurrence of injury criteria across 122 years. And only 170 documented human injuries. So, with all the obvious caveats about these numbers in no way describing reality beyond narrow study parameters, what they actually found is that your risk of injury if your dog tangles with a bear is only 0.009 percent. I’ll take those odds next time I’m hiking my dogs in bear country. Top photo: “Superintendent Horace Albright, eating pancakes with bears, at Lake Lodge, Yellowstone National Park.” NPS. A journalist with more than two decades of experience working around the world, Wes Siler is here to cut through the outrage and disinformation to bring you the factual, insightful, actionable reporting you need to understand what’s going on. Upgrading to a paid subscription supports this reporting, and buys personal access to Wes, who will help you save money on gear, plan outdoor adventures, and prepare for real life, and who promises he’s less salty in real life than he sometimes comes across as on the Internet. Wes Siler’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. 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Qunova Appoints CFO and Two Business Development Executives
Qunova Computing appoints Jake Hwang as CFO and adds Evan Kang and Woomin Kyoung to expand quantum software commercialization.
7 Conversations Defining the Future of Women’s Sports at Sportico RISE
From ownership and investment to collective bargaining and executive leadership, this year’s RISE Women’s Sports agenda brings together the people shaping the business of women’s sports. Hear from Michele Kang, Terri Carmichael Jackson, Janet Evans and more to be announced. RISE will take place Sept. 10 at Second NYC in New York City. Register now! …
🚨 Official: Kang-in Lee leaves PSG!
Great sale for PSG!It was expected, and it is now official: Kang-in Lee is leaving PSG!Eager to get more playing time, the South Korean midfielder signed for Atlético de Madrid this Saturday morning!...
🚨 Official: Kang-in Lee leaves PSG for Atlético de Madrid
Atlético de Madrid have reached an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain for the transfer of Kang In Lee, as confirmed by the club in an official statement. The South Korean has signed until 30 June 203...
'Fit Mom' Maria Kang reveals how stage 4 colon cancer changed her view of health
Maria Kang told Fox News Digital that she thought healthy eating and regular exercise would protect her — until a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis revealed a different reality.
'Fit Mom' did 'everything right' — then a colon cancer diagnosis changed her life
Maria Kang, the viral "No Excuses Mom" fitness influencer, reveals how stage 4 colon cancer blindsided her despite years of healthy living.
‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘Star Trek’ stars join EW’s 2026 San Diego Comic-Con panels
Jamie Campbell Bower, Michelle Hurd, Sung Kang, and more to dish on their careers in EW’s annual San Diego Comic-Con panels. See the full list of stars.
Fall Sports Single Game Tickets Are Now Live!
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The fall sports season is gearing up for action and the Roos are bringing the action to the city as Kansas City's College Team! Single gam...
Atletico Madrid agree deal to sign PSG’s Lee Kang-in
Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain have struck an agreement for the transfer of Lee Kang-in (25), according to a report from RMC Sport. Lee joined PSG from Valencia back in 2023 but has always ...
Kansas City Athletics Partners with Playfly Sports on Sponsorship and Ticketing
NEW YORK, NY/KANSAS CITY, MO (June 16, 2026) Kansas City Athletics officially announced a four-year partnership with Playfly Sports, the sports industry's le...
Washington Spirit Star Trinity Rodman and Owner Michele Kang Named to Inaugural TIME100 Sports List
Rodman and Kang recognized as two of the most influential figures shaping the global sports landscape Washington, D.C. (06/09/2026) – TIME named both Washington Spirit star Trinity Rodman and club owner Michele Kang to the inaugural 2026 TIME100 Sports list, recognizing 100 of the most influential figures shaping the global sports landscape. Since beginning her professional career with […]
A SYMPHONY RISES: LSO strikes a chord with community
From the wings of the Lawrenceville Arts Center Grand Stage, conductor Pyeongkang Park waited as 46 professional musicians tuned and settled into place. The stage set, Park strode to the
New box jellyfish name warns of ‘death from behind’
'Chironex blakangmati' lives in the ocean waters near Singapore.
Watch adorable animals compete for best chewer in 2026 Crunch-a-Thon
The campaign spotlights an endangered marsupial.
Win the Ultimate Car and Game Lover’s Jacket, Built with Forza Horizon 6
Be in with a chance to win a unique Japanese denim racing jacket inspired by Forza Horizon 6, designed in collaboration with actor and car enthusiast Sung Kang.
Rapid City home health nurse awarded for care, compassion
Home health nurse Sally Kangas travels many miles each day to care for her clients in the Rapid City area of South Dakota.
Exercise and sport science professor advances research on female soccer athletes' health - College of Arts and Sciences
Abbie Smith-Ryan, a professor of exercise and sport science, is partnering with U.S. Soccer's Kang Women's Institute on landmark research initiatives designed to transform how female soccer athletes are supported -- advancing health, performance and long-term participation in the game.
Exercise and sport science professor advances research on female soccer athletes' health - College of Arts and Sciences
Abbie Smith-Ryan, a professor of exercise and sport science, is partnering with U.S. Soccer's Kang Women's Institute on landmark research initiatives designed to transform how female soccer athletes are supported -- advancing health, performance and long-term participation in the game.
Kangnam Signs with CP Entertainment, Announces Fresh Leap
Kangnam Signs with CP Entertainment, Announces Fresh Leap Singer and YouTuber, married to speed skater Lee Sang-hwa, joins agency home to top variety stars
Emotions in Motion: How Movement May Signal Mental Health Issues
Biomedical engineering senior Ian Y. Kim wears a motion capture suit during an experiment in the Neuromuscular and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab at UT Dallas. New University of Texas at Dallas research shows the potential for detecting mental health disorders by analyzing the way a person moves. Using 3D motion capture and machine-learning models, researchers were […]
Oscar-Winning Alumnus Returns to Pasadena’s ArtCenter for Entertainment Design Expo
One week after winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, KPop Demon Hunters co-director Chris Appelhans returns today to ArtCenter College of Design, the Pasadena campus where he studied illustration, for the college’s third annual Entertainment Design Expo. The expo, known as ENTX, opens the Hillside Campus to the public for a full day of gallery exhibitions, game playtesting, animation screenings and interactive experiences featuring work from more than 200 ArtCenter students and alumni. General admission is free with advance registration. Two industry panels — including Appelhans’s talk — require $15 tickets. Appelhans, who graduated from ArtCenter with a bachelor of fine arts in 2002, co-directed KPop Demon Hunters with Maggie Kang. The animated film, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released on Netflix, became the streaming platform’s most-watched film in history, according to Netflix, and swept awards season with wins at the Golden Globes, the Annie Awards and the Grammys before taking the Oscar on March 15. His talk and audience Q&A is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in the Ahmanson Auditorium. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The film’s ArtCenter ties extend beyond its co-director. Art director Angela Sung, cinematographer Gary H. Lee, visual development artist Celine Kim and painter Simon Baek are all ArtCenter graduates who worked on the production, according to the college. The free portions of ENTX include a concept design showcase, a production design gallery, a model gallery, a stop motion studio preview, an alumni gallery and a KPop Demon Hunters fan art gallery. Visitors can also playtest games designed by ArtCenter students. An Animation Shorts Showcase runs from 2 to 3 p.m. and includes “Boy, I’m Scared,” a capstone short by ArtCenter graduate Lindsey Tenaglia that was named a semifinalist for the 2025 Student Academy Awards in the animation category. Also screening
UTA and Gold House Celebrate AAPI Awards Season Nominees at Beverly Hills Dinner
'KPop Demon Hunters' creator Maggie Kang, 'No Other Choice' star Lee Byung-hun and Anderson .Paak attended the Celebration of Asian Excellence in Entertainment, sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter.
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.
550-pound Ice Age kangaroos could still hop
Just probably not as far as today’s marsupials.
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
Double-detonating supernova, Roman liquid gypsum burials, biomechanics of kangaroo posture, and more.
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
Double-detonating supernova, Roman liquid gypsum burials, biomechanics of kangaroo posture, and more.
Vehicle drives into taekwondo businesses
Authorities responded to Kang’s Taw Kwon Do Academy in South Charleston early Thursday morning after reports of a vehicle driving into the building.
Donated Christmas trees get a second life at the zoo
The evergreen trees give kangaroos, bison, lions, and more extra shelter and fun.
It's Your Business has Jenica Harwood, Di Kang, Heather Braum and more
News about the latest hires, retirements and more in the Topeka area.
How U.S. Soccer aims to improve physical, mental health of female soccer players
The Kang Institute, announced last week, is committed to researching the major issues affecting women athletes today.
Michele Kang takes on women’s sports’ most neglected need
With a $55 million pledge, Kang is committing to research the women’s sports world has waited decades for.
Michele Kang launches institute with U.S. Soccer to advance women’s sports research
Kang previously announced two separate investments in U.S. Soccer totaling $55 million.
Michele Kang launches Kang Institute with U.S. Soccer
Billionaire Michele Kang is launching the Kang Women's Institute to study the needs of female athletes with U.S. Soccer.