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Scientists discover why some people still can’t taste food after COVID-19
Scientists have uncovered a possible explanation for why some people struggle to taste food more than a year after recovering from COVID-19. By examining taste buds from patients with lingering symptoms, researchers discovered molecular abnormalities that weaken the signals responsible for detecting sweet, bitter, and savory flavors.
How Investors May Respond To Encompass Health (EHC) First Maine Hospital Opening
Encompass Health has opened Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bangor, a 50 bed inpatient facility in Maine that delivers intensive therapy, frequent physician oversight and 24 hour nursing for patients recovering from complex conditions across a 54,000 square foot site with a wide range of on campus clinical amenities. This Bangor facility is Encompass Health's first wholly owned hospital in Maine. It adds owned capacity in a new state alongside its existing joint venture presence...
‘Business as usual’: Rosemary Beach recovering after Hurricane Isaias
Rosemary Beach returns to normal operations after Hurricane Isaias.
Turk Wharton is healthy, relieved, and ready to play
The Panthers defensive tackle had a long and tedious spring and summer, undergoing neck surgery and recovering to get back in football shape. Now, he feels ready to dominate.
Pope Leo is eating and recovering after cancer surgery, doctors say
His post-operative tests are normal following surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung, the Vatican said Wednesday.
Illumina’s (ILMN) Sequencing Business Is Recovering, But Is the Stock Getting Ahead of Itself?
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) has returned 118% over the past six months, compared to a 21.25% return for the Insider Monkey Billionaire Index and 14% for State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust. Illumina has given investors a reason to look at it differently in 2026. After years of dealing with growth challenges and strategic distractions, […]
Chicago-area business owner hit with $2,150 towing bill after stolen trailer recovered
A suburban Chicago landscaping business owner who lost tens of thousands of dollars in equipment to thieves says recovering his stolen trailer came with another unexpected financial blow: a $2,150 towing bill.
How worried should Catholics be about the pope’s health?
Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that he will undergo surgery this week to remove a “nodule” from his lung. The pope made the announcement at the end of his Sunday Angelus address, asking for prayers. “Dear all, recently, during some checkups, the doctors discovered a nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and was well-localized,” Leo said. “The doctors felt it was necessary to intervene, and so, following their advice, I decided to have surgery to remove it. The procedure is already scheduled for the next few days. I thank you for your spiritual support and I entrust myself to your prayers.” The Vatican press office subsequently added that Leo is scheduled to undergo surgery at the Gamelli hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The pope is expected to spend up to a week in the Gamelli recovering, after which, for the moment, he is still expected to undertake his largest and longest to-date Apostolic journey, heading to Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru, beginning Nov. 6. Prayers have, understandably, poured in from dioceses around the world, accompanied by the best wishes of heads of state and international institutions. So how worried should Catholics be for the health of the pope? The Vatican’s messaging around Leo’s pending surgery is, in many ways, a new approach to papal health issues. But, despite the pope’s personal candour, the Holy See’s messaging perhaps raises as many questions as it answers. Subscribe — Leo’s decision to announce his own medical status and pending hospital stay during the Sunday Angelus is, it should be said, already something of a big deal. Traditionally, the health of popes simply hasn’t been discussed publicly or officially, until circumstances made it absolutely necessary. Memorably, in 2023 Pope Francis was rushed to the Gemelli in an ambulance, exhibiting signs of cardiac arrest according to many close to him, only for the Sala Stampa to put out a statement insisting he was merely going in for “pre-scheduled” tests. That Pope Leo has decided to announce his condition himself, with remarkable frankness, is a significant comms policy shift around the Apostolic Palace. This might reflect a deliberately more open posture, as opposed to the traditional, otiose evasiveness, and the first fruits of an American pope and American prefect of the Dicastery for Communications favoring honesty as a baseline. Equally, it must be allowed, it could be that the pope’s situation is serious enough that there would be no keeping it under wraps or playing it off, and the decision was made to be as open as possible to head off speculation about the papal health. Certainly, Leo appeared to make every effort to sound reassuring — stressing that, whatever the diagnosis is, exactly, it is “well-localized” and “early stage.” Of course, for everyone listening, talk of a “nodule” in a lung will immediately send thoughts — and prayers — running to concerns about words not used, like “cancer,” “tumor,” “begnin” or “malignant.” To be clear, none of those words may yet be medically appropriate. And there is every reason to believe and assume that Leo is giving almost as much information as he may have himself at this stage. But the context of the pope’s announcement and the timing of his surgery do reasonably raise reasonably serious concerns for Leo. We don’t know, and this isn’t to say anyone has the right to expect to know, when the routine medical checks made this discovery. It could have been last week, last month, or even earlier. As such, it isn’t really possible to say with what kind of urgency Leo is being brought in for surgery. However, there is clearly some serious urgency to the matter. Leo making the announcement and going into hospital this week, of all weeks, means he is having to miss the balance and conclusion of his global meeting of the heads of the world’s bishops conferences, which he convened in Rome this week. That, as the Vatican has announced, has meant some serious changes to the schedule, with the newly minted dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Tagle, subbing in for the closing Mass on Wednesday, and the meeting’s organizers announcing that the final working document/summary of the meeting being delayed until Leo can read and feed into it. Those changes suggest that the timing of Leo’s surgery isn’t of his own choosing, and he is acting on the best medical advice he can get by moving urgently. Had this issue been discovered weeks ago, it seems reasonable to assume the pope would have seen it dealt with before the meeting began. And were it possible to delay it, even by a few days to allow the meeting to conclude as scheduled, the expectation would surely be he’d have opted for that. It cannot be excluded that Leo is simply having to fit in with the schedules of his medical team, but a man who occupies arguably the most important and prominent role in Italy, if not Western Europe, could generally be assumed to be the one whose calendar others work around. All this points to a very recent medical discovery leading to a “days matter” diagnosis, or at least suspected possible diagnosis. Of course, another factor weighing in the balance is Leo’s upcoming apostolic visit to three South American countries, including a return to Peru, where he spent many years as a priest and bishop. It is entirely possible that the doctors, and the pope himself, are more concerned about the potential knock-on effects of surgery, and the time needed for recovery, for a 71-year-old — even one as physically sound and actively sporty as Leo. The pope is due to depart Rome November 6 for his 10-day three-country trip, returning on Nov. 17. It may be that Leo has simply made the decision to allow maximum time for his own post-op recovery, and even allow for potentially unforeseen circumstances, so that he is at full strength for the landmark trip. While it might be an inconvenience, and clearly a last-minute wrench in the works for the Amoris meeting, it is possible that Leo simply weighs the importance of that conference more lightly in the balance than even the possibility of missing his homecoming trip to Peru, or even having to scale back his itinerary for the trip. If that is the case, it would suggest a real abundance of caution by the pope approaching his Latin American tour, and a sobering indication of where Leo ranks the non-synodal meeting currently underway in Rome. In any event, what can be said for certain is that the pope having to take this, of all weeks, out of his schedule for surgery and an extended hospital stay is extremely unfortunate timing. It is clear that this is a decision Leo has made on the advice of his doctors. Together, they clearly consider that the risks of delaying, even by a little as a few days, represents an unacceptable risk for the pope. Even expecting and allowing for Leo’s full and speedy recovery, that should be a very sobering thought for Catholics everywhere. Subscribe
Could Orioles' Félix Bautista Return to Form?
The 31-year-old reliever posted a 16.20 ERA in two games this season after recovering from a shoulder surgery that sidelined him for 14 months.
Minneapolis shops invite customers for Latino business week as many recover from ICE surge
Minneapolis celebrates its third annual Latino Business Week this week, as many Latino-owned shops around the city continue recovering from losses during the federal immigration enforcement surge.
After devastating fire, what's next for downtown Walhalla?
A fire destroyed six businesses in downtown Walhalla, leaving owners and residents seeking a path forward.
Jordyn Tyson not close to returning
Saints WR Jordyn Tyson recovering but still weeks away from playing
A forgotten 30-year forest experiment just delivered a huge surprise
A 30-year forestry experiment in Australia found that heavily thinned mountain ash forests grew unusually large trees while recovering enough carbon to match or exceed untouched areas. The results suggest carefully managed thinning could support timber production, wildlife habitat, and carbon storage at the same time.
What happened to Joy Behar? Cohost misses 'The View' amid injury
Joy Behar was missing from "The View" this week, with the ABC talk show sharing a health update that the beloved host was recovering from a serious injury.
Chamber, Duke partner to award 26 Small Business Relief Grants across NKY
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Duke Energy Foundation joined forces to support small businesses recovering from this summer’s flooding and severe weather. Through a $100,000…
Ashley Tisdale tried to divorce her husband ‘so many times’ after having first baby
Ashley Tisdale opened up about having postpartum depression on her husband Christopher French’s podcast ‘Recovering.’
Joelinton Returns To Training After Recovering From Foot Injury
The Brazilian powerhouse brings his physical presence back to Tyneside, handing Matthias Jaissle a vital tactical boost as the midfield linchpin nears a return to competitive action.
How recovering addicts may help feds take down Quality Behavioral Health
A lawyer said the government wants to shut down a much-needed drug rehab center, but pretends it wants to help patients who've been left high and dry.
Oil prices fall on signs Middle East crude flows recovering
Oil prices declined as Saudi Arabia resumed crude exports via the East-West pipeline, easing concerns over supply disruptions amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Makhanya price tag soars after Rangers move
Massive jump in value for Rangers summer signing as Celtic midfielder says team still recovering from Champions League exit...
ESPN Offers Notable Kyrie Irving Ranking After Year-Long Absence
Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving returned to ESPN's NBA Rank at No. 39 after missing all of last season while recovering from a torn ACL.
Gasperini schedules team dinner
Gian Piero Gasperini has granted four days of rest to the players who remained at Trigoria: from Svilar to Malen, who is recovering from knee problems. Their return to the field is scheduled for Tuesd...
Baptist Health South Florida and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Celebrate Grand Opening of New Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital in South Miami
Baptist Health South Florida and Lifepoint Rehabilitation recently held a celebratory ribbon cutting to officially open the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital in South Miami. The new 62-bed, state-of-the-art building expands regional access to specialized, patient-centered rehabilitation care for individuals recovering from a decline in function due to an injury or illness. The three-story, 100,000 square-foot […]
EU science policy wonks debate prospect of stronger ties with Canada
Europe’s research and innovation sector has started asking questions on how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s offer to make Canada “the first associate member of the EU” would actually work in practice, and who will get to shape priorities in a transatlantic relationship that is getting stronger. The Commission says it wants “a new model of association” under which the EU and Canada will aim to develop “a shared space” to face ongoing challenges. “Working in close coordination with our member states and the European Parliament, we will aim to create a new form of partnership that has not existed until now, building the closest imaginable form of association with a partner outside Europe,” a spokesperson told Science|Business.Locked in an escalating trade war with US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly talked of annexing Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney has been looking east, but full EU membership was never in play. Taking the floor a day after von der Leyen’s proposal, he agreed to strengthen ties under “an alliance of the future” but reined in enthusiasm on the new label. He also suggested expanding Canada’s involvement in the Erasmus+ student mobility scheme, to which it currently has limited access, and the next iteration of Horizon Europe. Canada joined the present Horizon Europe in 2024, but only contributes to collaborative projects.Neither side has detailed the next practical steps in developing this new relationship. “I think nobody at the moment truly knows how this will work,” said Michael Browne, chief executive and founder of Crowdhelix, a global collaborative network that connects players in research and innovation. “It’s more of a statement of intent for closer collaboration, which requires legislative frameworks and approval processes, which have not started.”Kurt Deketelaere, secretary general of the League of European Research Universities, said von der Leyen’s pitch to Canada is “politically significant, but the legal content still has to be negotiated and constructed.”Mattias Björnmalm, secretary general of the Cesaer university group, agreed that she had only opened “a political door” to Canada, as “associate membership does not come with a predefined set of rights in the EU institutions.”Not only does this status not currently exist as a legal category in the two treaties that set up how the EU functions, but the Commission president cannot unilaterally create a new category of EU membership.According to Deketelaere, Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which allows the bloc to make association deals with non-EU countries involving reciprocal rights and duties, is “the most obvious existing legal basis for building a much deeper EU-Canada relationship.”Getting universities involvedNo matter how this new cooperation takes shape, Liviu Matei, who heads the School of Education, Communication and Society at King’s College London, hopes to see universities involved in discussions from an early stage.“Its primary motivations, entirely justifiably, are political and geopolitical,” he said. “In the area of higher education, however, restricting the initiative to political and geopolitical considerations would limit the scope of cooperation and lead to distorted frameworks and counterproductive implementation.”It is all the more important since academic interests on the two sides of the Atlantic are “neither identical nor fully aligned,” Matei added. “This is not insurmountable; it simply requires work to articulate the details of this privileged cooperation, including its governance and funding frameworks, as well as its substantive content in education and research.”Related articlesCanada looks to deepen research and education links with the EUZaharieva hopes for a Horizon Europe deal in 2026Canada might participate in European Research Council schemes, for example, which was not on offer in the present Horizon Europe association agreement. But “there would have to be something in it for the EU,” Browne said. “They don’t want to be funding projects outside of the EU where intellectual property is going to sit outside of the EU. There has to be some kind of transfer of knowledge.”But access to funding will not by itself resolve all the practical difficulties of working together, said Björnmalm. “For researchers and students, these include visas and residence arrangements, recognition of qualifications and study periods, and the conditions for pursuing a research career across borders,” he said. “For universities, there is scope for more predictable access to shared laboratories, computing and research data, and stronger support for joint doctoral training and long-term institutional partnerships.”Linda Doyle, provost and president of Trinity College Dublin, said Europe should strive for the “closest possible expression” of this new political alliance. “If Europe is serious about recovering its voice and its place in the world, it needs to be strongly allied with countries who share its values and its vision for a stable, rules-based, peaceful world.”
This Yankees’ Prospect Could Be X Factor in October Bullpen
Yankees right-handed pitching prospect and their third-best prospect, Carlos Lagrange, is being considered for possible addition to the postseason roster, reported Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch of MLB.com in a tweet, per Aaron Boone.Lagrange has been recovering from a right shoulder capsular sprain that has kept him out since July. Lagrange returned to Triple-A Scranton […] The post This Yankees’ Prospect Could Be X Factor in October Bullpen appeared first on HEAVY.
‘I just assume someone is being greedy’: Double Fine’s Tim Schafer says he doesn’t know why the industry isn’t recovering
He also says Double Fine’s survival is “worth fighting for” following its split from Xbox…
Carrot Top awake after suicide attempt, reports of turmoil emerge
Comedian Scott Christopher Thompson is conscious and recovering from an apparent suicide attempt that hospitalized the 61-year-old performer known professionally as Carrot Top. Thompson’s publicist Jami Schlicher said the funnyman
Encompass Health Greenville completes hospital expansion
The expansion doubles the hospital's capacity to provide inpatient rehabilitation care for patients recovering from life-changing medical events.
Former RHOBH Fan-Favorite Faces Weeks of Recovery After Freak Accident
Eileen Davidson is recovering after a painful accident left her with a fractured knee. The former RHOBH star revealed the injury in a recent Instagram post. She also shared that surgery recovery will ...
Sam Darnold is "recovering faster than anyone had anticipated"
Carrot Top is ‘recovering’ after being hospitalized in Las Vegas, rep says
Carrot Top was hospitalized in Las Vegas on Friday and was ‘recovering’ on Saturday. His scheduled shows at the Luxor over the weekend were cancelled.
In January 2026, researchers completed a drilling project beneath 1,716 feet of ice in West Antarctica, recovering evidence of an ocean that once lay open to sunlight
The discovery rewrites Antarctica's climate history—and raises urgent questions about how quickly ice sheets can collapse.
Carrot Top hospitalized after alleged suicide attempt: report
Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson is recovering in a Las Vegas hospital as of Sept. 18 after reports of the comedian's alleged suicide attempt.
Sea turtle struck by boat is recovering in a 3D-printed harness
Cebu’s custom rig helps keep them afloat during physical therapy.
Vikings Name Starting QB For Week 2 vs. Bears With Kyler Murray Injured
The Minnesota Vikings are starting Carson Wentz at quarterback in Week 2 with Kyler Murray still recovering from a concussion.
Duke Energy offering grants to small businesses impacted by recent flooding, storms
Small businesses recovering from recent flooding and storm damage could get thousands of dollars in relief through a Duke Energy Foundation grant. Applications are due Sept. 21.
Capitol News Illinois | Illinois asks FEMA for aid after August storms
Illinois is asking the federal government for help recovering from August storms that left a trail of destruction through Chicago’s south suburbs and several central Illinois counties.
Wynne business rebounds three years after tornado
Wynne’s high school is not the only one recovering from the tornado three years ago. Local businesses are also coming back.
Michael Healy-Rae: Irish politician injured after assault in Dublin
Michael Healy-Rae is currently in St Vincent's University Hospital recovering from his injuries.
Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt Expected To Be Activated Wednesday
Yankees Manager Aaron Boone announced that right-handed pitcher Clarke Schmidt should be activated tomorrow as expected, reported by Yankees beat writer Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News in a tweet this evening.Schmidt, 30, has been recovering from Tommy John surgery and an “internal brace” that he had in July of 2025, which resulted […] The post Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt Expected To Be Activated Wednesday appeared first on HEAVY.
Health problem delays sentencing for Gov. Newsom's ex-chief of staff
Dana Williamson, a former top political aide to key Democratic leaders in California, including Gov. Newsom, is recovering from what appears to be an unplanned surgery, and court records show her attorney is asking a federal court to delay her sentencing.
Former LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron Improving From Health Scare
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Former LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron is recovering from a health scare that has sidelined him from the Tigers' practices since mid-August, and he has missed the Tigers' two games so far this season. "He's doing better," LSU coach Lane Kiffin said at his press conference on Monday.
Capacity without new beds: Inside VHC Health’s approach to earlier discharge decisions
Every patient recovering in an inpatient bed who could safely recover at home is a patient in the wrong setting. Meanwhile, a patient in need of acute
50-year-old St. Albans business recovering after storm damages
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WOWK) — A 50-year-old St. Albans business is trying to get back on its feet after storms caused a 19,500-volt power surge, damaging most of its equipment. D & I Carryou…
He fought terrorism as an FBI agent, now he is fighting cancer and for the health of his fellow 9/11 responders
When American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, Jeffrey Miller rushed to the scene, spending weeks on site recovering evidence from the burned wreckage.
He fought terrorism as an FBI agent, now he is fighting cancer and for the health of his fellow 9/11 responders
When American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, Jeffrey Miller rushed to the scene, spending weeks on site recovering evidence from the burned wreckage.
'Kroupi a bums off seats kind of player'
Former Bournemouth defender Joe Partington believes Eli Junior Kroupi has received "rightful recognition" after being nominated for the 2026 Ballon d'Or Men's Young Talent of the Year award. The 20-year-old, who is currently recovering from a broken foot, scored 13 goals in 35 appearances across all competitions last season. "It is just mad, isn't it?" Partington said on BBC Radio Solent's Cherries Unpicked podcast.
Health problem could delay sentencing for Gov. Newsom's ex-chief of staff
Dana Williamson, a former top political aide to key Democratic leaders in California, including Gov. Newsom, is recovering from what appears to be an unplanned surgery and court records show her attorney is asking a federal court to delay her sentencing.
Volusia County business owner recovering after stabbing
Jessica and Count Foreman, co-owners of Saute Kingz in Daytona Beach, have temporarily closed their business following a violent incident involving their 23-year-old son, Jesshuan.
Seahawks Announce Nick Emmanwori’s Final Injury Status for Patriots Rematch
Nick Emmanwori has spent much of the offseason recovering from offseason ankle surgery. Will he be able to suit up for the Seattle Seahawks in Week 1? The post Seahawks Announce Nick Emmanwori’s Final Injury Status for Patriots Rematch appeared first on HEAVY.
Will Toronto Blue Jays Slugger Anthony Santander Return This Season?
The outfielder/DH has missed the entire season after recovering from labrum surgery in the offseason.
Dan Campbell Gives Kerby Joseph Update Ahead of Week 1
Kerby Joseph has returned to the Detroit Lions facility as he continues recovering from the knee injury that ended his 2025 season.
Mark Consuelos injured during “Live With Kelly and Mark ”break as Kelly Ripa recovered from gum surgery
Consuelos revealed a sports-related injury sustained while “Live” was on a between-season break, during which Ripa was recovering from a painful oral procedure.
What Makes Guardant Health (GH) a Compelling Bet?
Artisan Partners, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “Artisan Mid Cap Fund”. The letter can be downloaded here. Global equities rebounded sharply in Q2 2026, recovering from March lows as resilient economic data, strong corporate earnings, and continued AI investment improved investor sentiment despite inflation concerns, delayed rate cuts, and […]
Corewell and healthcare firm to build Sterling Heights rehab hospital
The 84-bed hospital will be dedicated to patients recovering from stroke, spinal cord and brain injuries, amputations and some orthopedic conditions.
49ers announce decision on Nick Bosa amid health concerns
When he’s healthy, San Francisco 49ers star pass rusher Nick Bosa is one of the best pass rushers in the entire league. And despite questions about his health, it sounds like he’ll be ready to go for the team’s season opener. Bosa tore his ACL last season and has been recovering ever since. While he…
‘NFL Is Ridiculous,’ ‘Rigging Things in Favor of the Rams’ — Fans Raise Suspicions, Question League’s Handling of Puka Nacua Situation for Week 1
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua has had a messy offseason. He is recovering from a groin injury.
Rick Harrison of ‘Pawn Stars’ reportedly undergoes emergency bypass surgery
Rick Harrison, of the show “Pawn Stars,” is recovering after emergency bypass surgery, according to several reports.
San Francisco 49ers: Place Rotational Piece on Injured Reserve
The San Francisco 49ers’ EDGE rusher room is very thin heading into Week 1. Nick Bosa recently returned to practice at full capacity after recovering from an ACL tear and knee tendinitis, which later followed. Mykel Williams is on the PUP list while recovering from an ACL tear and meniscus damage and will miss at […] The post San Francisco 49ers: Place Rotational Piece on Injured Reserve appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.
Seahawks’ Jadarian Price Makes Blunt Admission Before Week 1
Jadarian Price will have to hit the ground running to help the Seattle Seahawks‘ running game. The team lost Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III in free agency this past offseason. Moreover, Zach Charbonnet is recovering from a torn ACL and will miss the early part of the 2026 NFL season. Not many rookie […] The post Seahawks’ Jadarian Price Makes Blunt Admission Before Week 1 appeared first on HEAVY.
North Carolina business owner says sales have bounced back after Hurricane Helene
Panelists Brittany Brady and Joe Dinan discuss how North Carolina is economically recovering and rebuilding two years after Hurricane Helene on ‘The Bottom Line.’
Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars” is ‘grateful’ after emergency bypass surgery
The 61-year-old reality TV star’s family says he’s recovering.
Houston Texans: Rework Contract of Receiver Rehabbing from Injury
Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell is not quite ready to play after missing the rest of 2024 and the entire 2025 season while recovering from devastating ACL, MCL, and LCL tears, along with meniscus damage and a dislocated kneecap sustained in December 2024. Dell primarily participated in individual drills during training camp, along with […] The post Houston Texans: Rework Contract of Receiver Rehabbing from Injury appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.
Erin Rae of V-103 has the latest in entertainment headlines
Lionel Richie is recovering in the hospital, Dyson releases a new smart toothbrush, and a man who was pretending to be an NFL player has gone viral.
Night owls experience more mental health issues than early birds and take longer to recover from work
Balancing work and personal life is more challenging for evening types, or "night owls," than for morning types, or "early birds." Evening types have a harder time recovering from work and are more likely ...
Positive and Near-Positive Aspects of Designer Science
In C. W. Howell’s mind, intelligent design is still recovering from the Dover trial, and if there’s evidence to the contrary, he doesn’t want to see it.
Packers place Micah Parsons on injured reserve to start regular season while recovering from ACL tear
Parsons started training camp on the PUP list after tearing his ACL in December, and has been aiming for an October return.
Cortland County reports measles case; health officials track contacts, say public risk low
A person in Cortland County has been diagnosed with measles and is recovering at home, prompting local health officials to work to identify anyone who may have
Milwaukee small business recovering after U-Haul fires destroyed inventory
The first fire destroyed Bandit MKE's storage locker, and the second fire damaged the building where most of their leftover inventory was stored.
Travelers Rest businesses seek community support as Poinsett Highway roadwork ends
Businesses in Travelers Rest are recovering from years of roadwork on Poinsett Highway and are calling on their community to help them bounce back.
Smithsonian Brings Sandy Beach Scientists to Texas A&M Galveston
Scientists from the U.S. and South America are workshopping at Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) this week to expand sandy beach research and broaden collegiate learning opportunities.The Tides of Opportunity Project, co-led by the Smithsonian’s Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO) Program, TAMUG, the Smithsonian Marine Station, the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, and the University of Miami, is a collaborative monitoring project with marine science professors and their students.Tuesday, Aug. 18, through Friday, Aug. 21, 15 professors and marine science professionals from the United States, Brazil, Peru, and Urugay will co-design a sandy beaches monitoring protocol and associated course modules and test the protocol in the field.The goal is to incorporate sandy beach monitoring protocols into marine science courses, which college faculty and students can use to achieve learning goals while providing essential data can help researchers diagnose the health of an understudied critical coastal habitat.Dr. Guilherme Corte, an assistant professor of marine biology in the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies at TAMUG, is a principal investigator for MarineGEO. Texas A&M University at Galveston students and faculty package samples collected on the beach to take to campus for study in the Benthic Ecology Lab. Credit: TAMUG Division of Marketing and Communications“One third of the world’s ice-free coastlines are made of sandy beaches, and they go from pole to pole,” Corte said.However, despite their abundance and place as one of the most accessible coastal ecosystems for college-level education and research, they remain critically understudied.The Tides of Opportunity Project recognized that accessibility makes sandy beaches uniquely suited for engaging professors and students, including those with limited resources.“Any students can do sandy beach research,” Corte said, encouraging instructors to help students take a break from typing questions into artificial intelligence tools and embrace opportunities to do real science. “Providing this hands-on experience is something unique.”Tides of Opportunity Project goals include:Training a cohort of professors from across the Americas in standardized sandy beach monitoring methods; Equipping participating faculty with classroom modules, field tools, and multilingual teaching materials; Expanding MarineGEO with new monitoring sites focused on the implementation of long-term sandy beach monitoring; Strengthening hands-on, college-level learning experiences; And cultivating interest, learning, and efficacy in science among college-level students.By the end of this week, workshop participants plan to have a final version of the protocol and associated course modules that we can share with professors shortly after the workshop ends to then test with their students in courses that take place between September 2026 and February 2027.The scheduleDay 1: Tuesday, Aug. 18Location: Aggie Special Events Center (ASEC), Rooms 102 B and C, Texas A&M University at Galveston 8:30 – 9 a.m. Breakfast9 – 9:30 am Welcome and brief group introductions9:30 – 10 a.m. Introduction to Tides of Opportunity Project, Design Workshop, MarineGEO, and the Connecting Coastlines to Campuses Program (presentation)10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Introduction to workshop participants and project coordination team (presentations by each participant)• Brief lunch break from 12-12:30 p.m.1 – 3 p.m. Discussion about why collaborative science matters (presentation and interactive group discussion)3 – 4:15 p.m. Introduction to sandy beaches (presentation and group discussion)Day 2: Wednesday, Aug.19Location:• Morning sessions: ASEC Rooms 102 B and C, Texas A&M University at Galveston • Afternoon sessions: Corte’s field site (location available upon request)8:30 – 9 a.m. Breakfast9 a.m. – noon Prep for fieldwork (presentation and interactive group discussion)• Finish conversation about importance of studying sandy beaches• Go through sandy beaches monitoring protocol and field sheetsNoon – 12:45 p.m. Lunch12:45 – 1:30 p.m Prep for field (including driving to the field site)1:30 – 5:30 p.m. Fieldwork & bring samples back to TAMUGDay 3: Thursday, Aug. 20Location:• Breakfast: ASEC Rooms 102 B and C, Texas A&M University at Galveston • Fieldwork: Guilherme’s field site (location available upon request)• Lab/afternoon sessions: TAMUG lab (location available upon request) and ASEC Rooms 102 B and C8:30 – 9 a.m . Breakfast9 – 11 a.m. Return to field• Shorter field trip – recovering samples left out overnight11 a.m. – noon Lab work12 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch12:45 – 2:45 p.m. Continue lab work3 – 5 p.m. Discuss with professors the feasibility of implementing protocol in their courses and where might need to make changes (discussion)Day 4: Friday, Aug. 21Location: ASEC Rooms 102 B and C, Texas A&M University at Galveston 8:30 – 9 a.m. Breakfast9 a.m. – noon Group Discussion• How to evaluate student learning and engagement• Course modules• Next steps
Patriots news: Mike Vrabel drops disappointing Christian Gonzalez injury update
Mike Vrabel confirmed Christian Gonzalez remains unavailable as the Patriots cornerback continues recovering from his injury.
Measles case confirmed in Madison County, what health officials are saying
A case of measles has been confirmed in Madison County.The individual is currently recovering at home according to Madison County Public Health.Madison County
Local business leaders rally around Mississippi Mutts following break-in
A business in Cape Girardeau is recovering following a break-in overnight.
John Harbaugh Gives Injury Updates on Cam Skattebo, Malik Nabers
Cam Skattebo and Malik Nabers have been making such great progress, it's easy to forget they are recovering from devastating injuries. Skattebo is, of course, coming off a dislocated ankle, which he sustained against the Eagles last season. Nabers is making progress returning from a torn ACL and meniscus.
McConnell leaves rehab facility, continues recovery from home
Sen. Mitch McConnell says he has been discharged from rehab and will continue recovering at home while staying engaged in Senate business.
Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab after fall in mid-June
Sen. Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a rehabilitation facility and will continue recovering at home after a June fall in Kentucky.
McConnell says he’s been discharged from rehab center and will continue recovery at home
Sen. Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he has been discharged from the rehabilitation center where he had been recovering after a fall and will continue to recover at home.
The Beauty Of Settled Science
Commenters convinced me I made a subtle mis-step in my framing of Psychology Research Is Mostly Fine. My framing emphasized that social priming studies had failed to replicate, but that many other subfields of psychology hadn’t. This naturally led commenters to point to failed replications in other subfields. Although none of these were as bad as social priming, few or none were entirely problem-free. Instead of emphasizing the difference between social priming and other subfields, I should have emphasized the difference between settled science and novel research. Here are some of my favorite psychology findings: The brain is sculpted by reinforcement learning, and a key driver of this learning is a prediction-error-based algorithm located in the nucleus accumbens and implemented through dopamine. Psychedelic drugs exert their effects through 5-HT2A receptors, pointing to a role for these receptors in some sort of construct like the balance between priors and new evidence. Certain cognitive functions are localized to certain brain areas (for example, impulse control to the frontal lobes; linguistic structure to Broca’s area, linguistic meaning to Wernicke’s area. But injure one of these areas, or render a certain function useless (eg a blind person having no more use for their visual cortex), and these mappings can gradually shift - suggesting that neurons are general-purpose compute whose specialization is a contingent fact about convenience and efficiency rather than a necessity. Most personality traits and general capabilities are about 50% genetic and 50% random, with little role for family environment or childhood history, with a few notable exceptions like partisan preference. Recent research complicates this story, but the further you go from this basic picture, the gnarlier the chains of indirect causation you require. Neurons fire together in “brain waves”, whose exact frequency corresponds with the character of consciousness; These divide neurons into natural subpopulations and linked graphs. The gamma rhythm corresponds surprisingly well to items in conscious awareness. GABA receptors seem to be involved in something like relaxation. By hitting different GABA receptors in different ways, you can modulate the exact type of relaxation you produce. Hitting GABA-A directly is too powerful and can cause dangerous levels of sedation, but allosteric modulation of GABA is an incredibly fruitful strategy that underlies drugs from benzos to barbituates to alcohol. If you know your GABA-A subunits, you can target specific subtypes of relaxation; for example, Ambien hits GABA-A1 and induces sleep. Memory divides somewhat fuzzily into bins of immediate-sensory, short-term, and long-term, with separate retrieval and storage functions, and separate systems for declarative vs. procedural learning. These can be harmed selectively, usually by hippocampal injury, so that some patients can remember their life stories but not form new long-term memories, or learn new skills like bike-riding but not new facts. The exact substrate of memory is unclear but seems to involve new synaptic connections between neurons in at least some way. The ability of modern psychology and psychiatry to treat mental illness is real but limited. SSRIs work for half or slightly fewer than half of patients; antipsychotics work with extreme side effects; benzodiazpines work but produce addiction and tolerance in many (not all) people. Most supplements are stuck in Poor Quality Study Replication Crisis Hell, but melatonin and l-theanine stand out as especially promising. Psychotherapy works with moderate effect size, but (with a few exceptions) seems to be more about the relationship with the provider than the details of the therapy itself. Mental hospitalization can sometimes defuse immediate crises but work less well than mental hospitals would like, with some studies showing overall negative effects. Schizophrenia is mostly genetic, but risk also increases with prenatal infection (especially rubella) and obstetric complications; there is suggestive evidence for roles of social stress and drug use (with psychedelics and marijuana making things worse, and nicotine if anything making things better). Bipolar and schizophrenia are so closely linked on a pathophysiological level that it seems like they might be the same disease; on the clinical level, they do seem to follow two separate courses/prognoses but can sometimes surprise clinicians by eg someone who seemed condemned to permanent schizophrenia unexpectedly recovering. The brain’s native reinforcement learning algorithms cash out in the phenomena of classical and operant conditioning; different reinforcement schedules reinforce at different levels, which can be exploited by bad actors to make especially compelling products (eg slot machines). None of these are immune to doubt. A few are speculative; one or two are genuinely unorthodox. But they’re all a step above one p = 0.049 paper that might not replicate. If they get overturned, they’ll be overturned by the same sort of genuine scientific shift that replaced Ptolemy with Copernicus or Lamarck with Darwin, not some sort of sordid discovery about someone entering random numbers into a spreadsheet. In 2008, Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote about The Beauty Of Settled Science: If you only care about scientific issues that are controversial, you will end up with a head stuffed full of garbage. The media thinks that only the cutting edge of science is worth reporting on. How often do you see headlines like “General Relativity still governing planetary orbits” or “Phlogiston theory remains false”? So, by the time anything is solid science, it is no longer a breaking headline. “Newsworthy” science is often based on the thinnest of evidence and wrong half the time—if it were not on the uttermost fringes of the scientific frontier, it would not be breaking news. Scientific controversies are problems so difficult that even people who’ve spent years mastering the field can still fool themselves. That’s what makes for the heated arguments that attract all the media attention. Worse, if you aren’t in the field and part of the game, controversies aren’t even fun. Don’t be embarrassed to read elementary science textbooks, either. If you want to pretend to be sophisticated, go find a play to sneer at. If you just want to have fun, remember that simplicity is at the core of scientific beauty [...] A steady diet of science news is bad for you: You are what you eat, and if you eat only science reporting on fluid situations, without a solid textbook now and then, your brain will turn to liquid. Psychology isn’t centrally the new paper in Annals Of Recently-Breaking News saying that an n=5 study showing that large portion sizes increase support for terrorism. Psychology is centrally ideas like brain waves, GABA receptors, reinforcement learning, twin studies, and connectionism. People who think differently are worrying too much about BREAKING NEWS!!!, and should stop. The key distinction isn’t “recent research in social psychology” vs. “recent research in cognitive/bio/behavioral psychology”, as my essay last week unfortunately implied. It’s recent research in general vs. the deposit of settled science, battle-tested hypotheses, and carefully-earmarked speculation. And part of the reason social priming in particular was such a disaster was that it defied that heuristic, building itself up over hundreds of studies until it approached or even entered the pantheon of settled science - before collapsing (5-HTTLPR was also sort of like this). This isn’t a claim that settled science is always right - Freud was “settled science” for a long time - just that there’s an intuitive distinction between the level of credence you should have in the existence of power posing vs. the existence of Broca’s Area. (I compounded this error by calling the last post “Psychology Research Is Mostly Fine”, which suggested I was talking about the new research rather than the settled science. I actually meant to distinguish between research-psychology-the-field vs. clinical-psychology-aka-therapy, but this framing unintentionally pushed against the point I wanted to make) Some commenters on the previous article understood this point, but challenged its weight. It’s very cool, they said, to know how many neurons are in which brain lobe, but the main way that Psychology affected their lives was through bad clickbait studies used to buttress dumb policies; some p = 0.049 study says that exposure to microaggressions makes minorities’ brains shrivel into raisins, and now their company has to implement punitive DEI or be sued for hazardous work conditions. I won’t dispute this as an accurate description of how the sausage gets made, but it’s worth examining the trains of thought that connect this observation to a campaign against psychology in general: The dumb woke psychology was wrong and bad, and I don’t have good heuristics for distinguishing dumb woke psychology from other psychology, so I’m going to assume it’s all wrong and bad. The dumb woke psychology was wrong and bad; it seems useful to punish/discredit psychology as a whole to assist my campaign against it, so for propaganda purposes I will try to discredit psychology as a whole. To people in the first camp, my response is: come on, your heuristics aren’t that bad. “Microaggressions makes minorities’ brains shrivel up like raisins” is in the woke category; “the hippocampal theta rhythm seems to be associated with both memory and pathfinding, suggesting an unexpected yet surprisingly compelling relationship between the two” is in the not-woke category, don’t play dumb here. To people in the second camp, my response is: deliberately exaggerated propaganda campaigns are bad and this is a confession, not an excuse. Inability to view science through anything but a political lens was what got us into this problem; doubling down on it is a temporary solution but a recipe for permanent disaster. If you pronounce entire fields of science to be acceptable collateral damage in your campaign against bad political actors, you will alienate not just scientists but patients, clinicians, and general lovers of truth. Instead, you can say the thing you mean - that woke partisans shouldn’t try to occupy and exploit the otherwise-noble science of psychology for their own political gain - and wage the same campaign with a halo rather than a comic-book-villain goatee. From the font of oracular wisdom that is Weird Sun Twitter: [ Vessel Of Spirit@VesselOfSpirit i love you all conditionally but i love the good part of you unconditionally. even if it becomes a very small part 2:11 AM · Jan 22, 2015 1 Reply · 5 Reposts · 29 Likes ](https://x.com/VesselOfSpirit/status/558084551772471298) This is how I feel about psychology1, too, but with a touch more optimism. The good part of psychology is enormous, a hoard of endless treasures. You just have to look past the headlines! 1 To play devil’s advocate - should one always be so magnamious? Astrology? Phrenology? These seem different in that their entire orientation was flawed from the start; they didn’t simply fail to find the correct constellation-personality connections, the whole project of searching for connections between constellations and personality was doomed from the start. More difficult might be asking the same question about education research, which is notoriously bad. I don’t know enough about education research to know if there’s some settled science of correct and enlightening results lurking in the background beyond the day-to-day froth of poorly-conducted and politically-motivated studies. I think if it’s 90% bad, 10% good, it’s correct to call it bad as a compact way of communicating a useful truth; I think psychology is better than that, but admit it’s a tough judgment call.
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