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Quad-Cities comedy scene grows with a welcoming crowd of comics

Quad-Cities comedians foster a welcoming, growing scene where newcomers thrive, audiences grow and age cannot prevent reinvention.

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Oct 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • qctimes.com
New York Jets Flight Connections 10/04/26

Happy game day, Jets fans! The Jets look to improve their record to 2-2 today. Their opponent is the Chicago Bears. The Bears are coming off a big Monday night win over the Philadelphia Eagles with third string quarterback Case Keenum. However, reports suggest that Keenum will not make the start for the Bears. Instead, […]

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Oct 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tech job openings rise as AI fuels hardware and software hiring

Tech job openings are climbing as AI spending fuels hardware demand and software hiring stays resilient.

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Oct 4 • 5:15 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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New Orleans' Eiffel Tower building on St. Charles is on the market. Could it be demolished?

The quirky steel structure was built a restaurant that was removed from the Eiffel Tower in Paris and shipped to New Orleans in the 1980s.

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Oct 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
Where to watch 49ers vs. Broncos today: Channel, live stream, time, TV schedule for Week 4 NFL game

Here is everything you need to know to watch 49ers vs. Broncos, including TV and streaming options for the game.

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Oct 4 • 2:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Aryna Sabalenka upset at China Open

WTA World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka exits the China Open early in a straight set loss to Czechia's Nikola Bartunkova.

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Oct 4 • 2:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
People in Business: SLSO appoints; CMIT names; UniGroup adds; Le Meridien appoints

Catch up on local business appointments, awards, and hires.

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Oct 4 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • stltoday.com
One Player Is Emerging as the ‘Favorite’ to Earn Knicks’ Final Roster Spot

An unlikely favorite has emerged to claim the final roster spot on the Knicks' regular-season roster.

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Oct 3 • 7:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Drake football tops Davidson 30-22 in Des Moines

Drake football tops Davidson 30-22 in Des Moines

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Oct 3 • 5:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Elizabeth Berkley pays tribute to television principal Dennis Haskins

DETROIT — Elizabeth Berkley, who played Jessie Spano on TV's "Saved by the Bell," is paying tribute to her television principal, Dennis Haskins. Haskins, who played Mr. Belding on the

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Oct 3 • 5:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
In social post, Trump endorses Cunningham, mispronounces Vasquez’s name and doubles-down on renaming New Mexico

By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — President Donald Trump officially endorsed Republican Greg Cunningham’s bid for Congress in a social media post today where the president once again called on New Mexicans to rename the state “New America” and mispronounced the Hispanic pronunciation of current Democratic Congressman Gabe Vasquez’s name. This story was […]

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Oct 3 • 4:48 PM EDT • Politics • nmpoliticalreport.com
Eagles roster news: 2 moves announced ahead of Rams game

Week 4 updates.

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Oct 3 • 4:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Jim Cramer Likes the Nat-Gas Liquids Business and Highlights This Stock

During the episode aired on September 28, Cramer mentioned Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD), as he was highlighting the disruptions and operational bottlenecks plaguing infrastructure in the Gulf. He remarked: And I like the nat-gas liquids business, which is just crushing it in America because all the problems in the Gulf. It’s Enterprise Product Partners, […]

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Oct 3 • 4:01 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

President Donald Trump is taking his midterm tour to Ohio, a battleground state with a crucial Senate race.

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Oct 3 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • ksat.com
Mormon leader decries explosion in sports gambling, prediction markets

A leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says an explosion in online prediction markets and sports betting is fostering greed among young people.

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Oct 3 • 3:39 PM EDT • Politics • ksat.com
I go to Mexico often: My favorite spot is easy to get to, near Cancún

I enjoy visiting Cancún, but I've been looking for a place that offers the same clear water with fewer crowds. I found it on an island, Isla Mujeres.

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Oct 3 • 1:27 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Exhibition celebrates importance of art education

What are art teachers made of?

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Oct 3 • 11:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • chronicleonline.com
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Elizabeth Holmes dangled 'easy' service hours in front of students to boost her state House campaign

She dangled service hours in front of her students. Her district opened a file.

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Oct 3 • 10:02 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
The surprising real cause of prediabetes (and how to reverse it)

You can reverse the slide towards type 2 diabetes if you catch it early enough and make the right lifestyle changes

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Oct 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencefocus.com
One Jazz Offseason Acquisition That is Has Flown Under Radar

Josh Okogie should be an important piece for Utah.

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Oct 3 • 9:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Rain or shine, Out 4 Business’s picnic goes with the flow

Many students of all identities gathered for a picnic Wednesday, Sept. 30 set up by Out 4 Business (O4B), a Registered Student Organization (RSO) at Western Michigan University dedicated to

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Oct 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • westernherald.com
Sanders helps open Arkansas Forest Health Research Center

MONTICELLO — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman and other state leaders helped the University of Arkansas at Monticello open the Arkansas Forest Health Research Center on Friday (Oct. 2). The center is located next to the Fine Arts Center at the school, which is home to the state’s only college of forestry. […]

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Oct 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • pbcommercial.com
Ferrari News: Leclerc, Hamilton Exclude Fred Vasseur From Criticism

Lewis Hamilton gave his support to team principal Fred Vasseur, but remains critical of Ferrari's leadership structure.

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Oct 3 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NY AG appointment to Cornell rape case ‘reeks of politics’: Defense attorney

Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh voiced concerns on “Elizabeth Vargas Tonight” that politics could taint the investigation.

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Oct 3 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • newsnationnow.com
NY AG appointment to Cornell rape case ‘reeks of politics’: Defense attorney

Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh voiced concerns on “Elizabeth Vargas Tonight” that politics could taint the investigation.

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Oct 3 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • newsnationnow.com
Workers say safety changes at Ward 86 are just scratching the surface

UCSF workers at other sites concerned about safety as well.

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Oct 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • sfexaminer.com
Massive Entertainment: The Next Chapter Begins

Ubisoft’s Creative House 2 is named Massive Entertainment, becoming the global label for Tom Clancy's The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, alongside new original IP including March of Giants.

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Oct 3 • 6:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • ubisoft.com
An evening of acoustic folk and bluegrass

Aitkin County Friends of the Arts will present an evening of acoustic folk, bluegrass and ambient music featuring LaPlant Road, Kelley Smith and Everybird from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

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Oct 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • messagemedia.co
Soulection celebrates 15 years with upcoming L.A. show

Soulection, the radio show, independent label and global music collective is celebrating its 15th anniversary on Saturday at Reframe Studios Outdoors.

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Oct 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
NY Giants news: Malik Nabers, J.J. McCarthy, more

New York Giants headlines for Saturday

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Oct 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
AI video tools like Slopcannon create new competition for Hollywood

AI video tools are getting better fast, giving Hollywood cheaper production -- and a flood of new competition.

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Oct 3 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Nate Bargatze and 4 CEOs gave me the same career advice

At the Ford Accelerate conference, CEOs and one famous comedian spoke about how they built their high-octane careers.

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Oct 3 • 4:49 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Public Health Director Chris Crum honored by KHDA

GREENUP, Ky. — Greenup County Health Department recently announced that Public Health Director Chris Crum was selected as the recipient of the Kentucky Health Departments Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Oct 3 • 4:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • herald-dispatch.com
Santa Fe’s Southwestern College marks 50 years of teaching behavioral health practitioners

The heart of Southwestern College, which is headquartered off Airport Road, is its on-campus Tierra Nueva Counseling Center.

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Oct 3 • 1:00 AM EDT • Health • santafenewmexican.com
More younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer

Learn about the importance of early detection and risk assessment in breast cancer, as shared by Missy Bohan, director of the CAMC Breast Center. Find out why starting mammograms at age 40 is crucial and how the center provides support throughout the process.

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Oct 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • wvgazettemail.com
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The search for life on Mars begins with ‘Charlie’ in Spain’s Almería desert

The European Space Agency and Airbus are testing a prototype of the rover in Tabernas — controlled from Turin — that they plan to send to the Martian surface in 2028

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Oct 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • english.elpais.com
Donna DeHart: Breast cancer awareness is more than a month

Every October, West Virginia turns pink.

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Harold Branam: Talking back to money in politics (Opinion)

At the midterm Republican Convention last month, President Donald Trump promised to send every American adult a $5,000 check if the Republicans retain control of the House and Senate.

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Oct 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • wvgazettemail.com
'Gold Rush': Rick Ness Reveals Dangerous Health Issue in Dramatic Season 17 Premiere

Plus, Parker Schnabel finds himself on Tony Beets' property line while a new face joins the treasure hunt.

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Oct 2 • 10:00 PM EDT • Health • tvinsider.com
Veteran Blackhawks Blueliner Gets Brutally Honest on Team’s Struggles

The Chicago Blackhawks 2026-2027 season has gotten off to a brutal start as the team finds themselves 0-2 right off the bat. Their season opener on Tuesday versus the Vegas Golden Knights featured a 5-2 loss. They followed that up by being shutout 6-0 at the hands of the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night. This […] The post Veteran Blackhawks Blueliner Gets Brutally Honest on Team’s Struggles appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 2 • 8:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump makes rare presidential visit to tribal land for rally

President Donald Trump's campaign rally on the Choctaw Nation puts him in rare company. He's among a handful of presidents who have visited Native American reservations while in office. Trump's

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Oct 2 • 8:04 PM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
Ohtani Cleared Physically for Dodgers Postseason Opener

Despite late-season injury scares, Shohei Ohtani returns to the lineup fully healthy, providing a massive offensive boost as the Los Angeles Dodgers begin the postseason.

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Oct 2 • 7:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
$7.5B plan for California science agency free from Trump’s influence will go to voters

California could create its own multi-billion-dollar science and health research agency under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Oct 2 • 7:00 PM EDT • Science • laist.com
Health department issues warning after testing finds unexpected opioid in tablet marketed as kratom

The St. Louis County Health Department is warning you to check the labels of products you buy, after lab testing found a synthetic opioid in a tablet marketed as a kratom product.

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Oct 2 • 6:45 PM EDT • Health • firstalert4.com
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Cabell-Huntington Health Department hosts drive-thru flu shot clinic

A drive-thru clinic in Huntington gave people a quick way to get their flu shot as flu season approaches.

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Oct 2 • 6:32 PM EDT • Health • wsaz.com
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J.K. Dobbins cleared for Week 4

J.K. Dobbins will be in the lineup for the Broncos in Week 4.

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Oct 2 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chicago expanding mental health crisis response program to double available hours
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Louisville, Kentucky athletes ineligible after Court of Appeals ruling

The group of athletes now ruled ineligible includes two UofL basketball players, two UofL football players and one UK football player.

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Oct 2 • 4:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Midwest Access: The Iceberg Theory and Mental Health with Tim Volz Part II

Have you ever heard of the iceberg theory? Find out what it means for your mental health and why what you see on the surface isn't always the whole story with Tim Volz. Part II

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Oct 2 • 3:51 PM EDT • Health • kttc.com
Portland’s Arts Tax Hike Was Invalid, City Business Group Says

The Portland City Council in Oregon needed to get approval from voters before increasing its arts tax by more than 40% earlier in May and, therefore, the tax hike should be nixed, a city business group said.

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Photos: Florence Pugh's most daring looks to date

Florence Pugh often wears daring looks on red carpets, from totally see-through outfits to skirts with thigh-high slits.

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Dems demanding Venezuela brief face State Dept fury as senators leave town without answers

Senate Democrats challenge the legality of a Pentagon equity stake in Venezuelan oil company NABEP, but the State Department fires back sharply.

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Oct 2 • 3:03 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Small business marketing: Benefits and downsides of AI marketing tools

Small business owners shared how they actually use AI to build and sustain a marketing strategy, as well as where it falls short.

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Oct 2 • 2:52 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time

This Chronicle Review Deep Cut was first published in 2025. By Julianne Werlin Thanks for reading The Chronicle Review! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science had to be understood in its human context — were encountering the funhouse-mirror version of their own views in right-wing critiques of climate scientists. It was enough to give some prominent scholars pause. “Was I wrong to participate in the invention of this field known as science studies?” asked Bruno Latour, the most famous sociologist of science in the world, in 2003. “Should we apologize for having been wrong all along? Or should we rather bring the sword of criticism to criticism itself and do a bit of soul-searching here: What were we really after when we were so intent on showing the social construction of scientific facts?” In response, Latour proposed a change of method and attitude. Science studies, now chastened and contrite, would no longer seek to strip facts of their authority, but to enrich and enhance them. What this meant in practice was never fully clear. But his diagnosis of problems resonated, even if his solutions did not. Latour’s exercise in public hand-wringing signaled a shift in mood. By 2016, with the first election of Donald Trump, the idea that skepticism of science was a right-wing position, not a left-wing one, had become a commonplace, discussed eagerly in The New York Times. For liberals, vaccine denial during the Covid era and Trump’s second-term attacks on the funding of scientific research, covered extensively in these pages, added a new urgency to the defense of science on both practical and principled grounds. There was little appetite for a sociology or philosophy of science that emphasized the messiness and missteps of the scientific process rather than its integrity and triumphs. The distinguished historian of science Peter Dear’s new book, The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science (Princeton University Press, 2025), which seeks to tell the story of 18th- and 19th-century science for a general public, may seem comfortably remote from these bitter contests. In its 16 short chapters, Dear draws swift, sure sketches of major discoveries from Newton to Einstein, ably guiding the reader through debates on stellar nebulae, animal taxonomy, atomic chemistry, evolution, and other flashpoints in the history of science. But though a work of history, Dear’s book must still negotiate our polarized present. In a blurb on its back cover, the historian of biology Lynn K. Nyhart alludes to the “present moment, when scientific knowledge is being swamped by misinformation and its institutions are under siege.” Dear himself, in his conclusion, refers to the “yard signs” and “bumper stickers” that proclaim “Science Is Real.” One antidote to both anti-science propaganda and to reductive slogans in science’s defense is a robust history and philosophy of science: exactly what Dear’s scholarship has long offered. But his new book illustrates how difficult such work has become. Dear, an emeritus professor of history at Cornell University, is best known as a creative and philosophically minded historian of the Scientific Revolution. His edited volume The Literary Structure of Scientific Argument (1991) analyzed the rhetoric of Galileo’s thought experiments to brilliant effect. Discipline and Experience: The Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution (1995) was a major contribution to the analysis of scientific experiments in early modern Europe and beyond, while Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700 (2001), now in its third edition, remains one of the best overviews of the profound epistemological upheavals of 16th- and 17th-century science. But Dear has also ventured into later periods. Nearly two decades ago, in The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (2006), he turned to the 18th and 19th centuries to sketch a history and theory of scientific knowledge. Aimed at a generalist audience, Dear’s simple prose belied serious philosophical ambitions. Science, Dear argued, has two aspects: “natural philosophy,” the quest to understand the true nature of the universe, and “instrumentality,” the applied skills and technologies that allow us to manipulate the world for human advantage. Both strands are ancient, but the innovation of the phenomenon we call “science” was to yoke them together. As Francis Bacon wrote, “Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known, the effect cannot be produced,” an insight typically abridged to “knowledge is power.” Or, in Bertrand Russell’s characteristically blunt phrase, science has two functions, “1. to enable us to know things, and 2., to enable us to do things.” So far, so conventional. But Dear took issue with this familiar story in one respect. Bacon’s formula implied that theory and practice could be fused in a single method. In fact, Dear argued, the quest to understand nature and the desire to manipulate it were coupled only loosely. They could come together, but they could also pull apart. Focusing on natural philosophy, the “knowing” half of the scientific circle, he used a series of case studies from cosmology, taxonomy, chemistry, electromagnetism, and quantum theory to show how theories changed over time, in dialogue with practice, but never reducible to it. Take the case of matter, the basic substrate of the physical world. In the 18th and 19th centuries, scientists not only disagreed about what it was, but also about how well it could be known. In 1789, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier dismissed speculation about the atomic composition of chemicals as “discussions entirely of a metaphysical nature,” as he sought to orient chemistry away from philosophical abstraction and toward laboratory results. But in the 19th century, atoms returned with a vengeance in the atomic chemistry of John Dalton, who wanted to explain the underlying structure of nature. It was not just that Dalton and Lavoisier had a different set of experimental results, or even a different theory, Dear showed. What counted as an explanation had changed. In arguing that scientific theories depended on their intelligibility to human beings with complex arrays of beliefs and commitments, Dear was in sympathy with science studies. Key figures such as the sociologist Steven Shapin emphasized the importance of psychological mechanisms like trust in the formation and acceptance of scientific ideas. But in focusing on the scientific pursuit of knowledge, not its politics or economics, Dear resisted the more cynical perspective of some of his colleagues. The Intelligibility of Nature strikes a very different note than Shapin’s collection of a few years later, Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as If It Was Produced by People With Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority (2010), to name just one example. Walking a very fine line, Dear depicted science as driven at once by complex social dynamics and by the intellectual power of real discoveries. It was a testament not only to his own acumen but also to the vitality of the field that he was able to do so. Nearly two decades later, The World as We Know It returns to the questions broached in The Intelligibility of Nature. Like Dear’s earlier study, it begins with the Newtonian cosmos and ends with debates between Einstein and Bohr on quantum physics. Beyond its terminal figures, many of the same characters appear in both studies, including the naturalists John Ray and the Comte de Buffon; the chemists Étienne François Geoffroy, Antoine Lavoisier, and John Dalton; as well as Charles Darwin and Michael Faraday, among others. Its subject is nearly identical: As in The Intelligibility of Nature, The World as We Know It considers natural philosophy as opposed to instrumentality, here defined as the “desire to create a picture of what the world is really like — the world as God knows it — rather than simply having instrumental or operational control over it.” The two books also overlap in insights — and sometimes even in language. The reader who has learned in The Intelligibility of Nature that Buffon’s method of classifying animals “reflected his belief in the importance of the senses and empiricism in learning about nature (a doctrine associated with Newton and the philosopher John Locke)” will experience a sense of déjà vu on reading, in The World as We Know It, that the classification “reflects Buffon’s commitment to the epistemological stance of Newton and his philosophical underlaborer John Locke, who stressed the role of the senses in creating natural knowledge.” Later in the passage, we read that, “because of its stress on understanding the ways of life of animals in their environments, Buffon’s approach could almost be labeled (anachronistically) as ‘ecological.’” And again, “an anachronistic way of putting it would be to say that Buffon recommends an ecological mode of understanding.” Likewise, in The Intelligibility of Nature we read of Dalton that he was initially drawn to meteorology, and that: He did a bit of experimental work on these things, especially having to do with the water-holding capacity of gases, but his real interest lay in understanding what, at an underlying natural-philosophical level, was really going on physically.” Whereas, in The World as We Know It: He did experimental work on these things, especially concerning the water-holding capacity of gases — although not at a very refined level quantitatively — but he was continually trying to develop a theoretical conception of what was happening physically. The final full chapter of each book closes on the same resigned note. Intelligibility: These days, most serious work on the natural philosophical underpinnings and implications of quantum mechanics is performed not by physicists but by philosophers of science. Among scientific practitioners themselves, Bohr’s attempt to use instrumentality as sufficient grounds for a respectable science has met with a high degree of success. And again, in The World as We Know It: Bohr’s and Einstein’s concerns are now questions that are mostly discussed by philosophers of science rather than by physicists themselves. The marginalization of these sorts of questions amounts to the demise of natural philosophy, at least in physics, in the 20th century. Quantum mechanics “works,” and that’s good enough for most scientists who encounter it. Examples could be multiplied. When handling the same subject matter, some echoes are inevitable. Scholars should not feel that because they have written “Isaac Newton died in 1727” in one book, in the next they must describe him as perishing, expiring, or meeting his maker. But the repetitions of language and arguments (not to mention six reproduced images) threaded throughout The World as We Know It are more extensive than that. They should have been caught by Princeton University Press or its reviewers, and revised. Because the two books have so much in common, it is easy to see where they diverge. The World as We Know It is a less theoretical work than its predecessor. The sociology of knowledge that organized The Intelligibility of Nature has been reduced in scale and folded into readings and examples. The taut interplay between history and theory, which gave the earlier study so much interest, is there, but it is subtle. In the earlier book, the case studies demonstrated theoretical claims about the character and development of science. In the later work, each narrative of discovery is an end in itself. Insights emerge from the history, but they do not control the organization of the study. With the theory muted, it can be hard to understand the logic uniting Dear’s sprawling history of more than two centuries of scientific knowledge. The 16 brisk chapters cover an enormous amount of material. But the closer the volume edges to comprehensiveness, the more obvious the missing elements become. A chapter on “Institutions and Pedagogy,” describing the birth of the research university, illustrates the problem. Inserted roughly halfway through the book, the unnumbered chapter is designed as an “entr’acte,” in acknowledgement that it does not fit the study’s organization around scientific discoveries. Yet as Dear is well aware, no general history of the development of modern science can bracket its 19th-century institutionalization and professionalization. It was the 19th-century university, after all, that gave us the “scientist,” a term coined by the Cambridge philosopher William Whewell. Dear’s history of scientific discoveries implies a wider social and institutional history, but it remains largely subterranean, only occasionally extruded under the pressure of the narrative. It must be said that the balance is not all on the side of the earlier study. There are some advantages to the more historical, less theoretical organization of The World as We Know It. Dear’s accounts of paradigm shifts are remarkably lucid, no small accomplishment given that they span fields and centuries. He makes excellent use of the wealth of new scholarship on Darwin and his influences, to which he has himself contributed. It is satisfying to see puzzle pieces from Buffon’s natural history, Georges Cuvier’s animal taxonomy, Thomas Robert Malthus’s demography, and Charles Lyell’s geology recombined seamlessly in the Darwinian jigsaw. Likewise, Dear’s discussion of stellar nebulae, divided between chapters two and 15, shows vividly how Newton, Kant, Herschel, and Hubble reimagined insights and observations as they sought to discover whether the diffuse light that filtered through early telescopes was a glowing, gaseous substance or discrete but distant stars. Yet despite such pleasures, the book remains a more modest work than The Intelligibility of Nature. Dear has clearly not changed his views about the history of science. But in the two decades that have elapsed, the discipline and the world around it have changed, making it harder to write a sociologically and philosophically ambitious history of science for the general reader. That is a shame, because in the age of Silicon Valley and biotechnology, both the reciprocity and the tensions Dear identified between the epistemological and instrumental ambitions of science are more evident than ever. In recent years, some of the most exciting new books on the history of science in early modernity have focused precisely on this pressure point. Important studies such as Pamela H. Smith’s From Lived Experience to the Written Word (2022), James Poskett’s Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science (2022), and Vera Keller’s The Interlopers: Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge (2023) all shed new light on how early modern science negotiated the relationship between its instrumental and epistemological ambitions, or in Russell’s phrase, knowing and doing. There is every opportunity for a philosophically informed approach to draw new insights from this wealth of material. Dear, unfortunately, has not done so in The World as We Know It. But for future scholars of the history of science, his body of work over nearly four decades may provide just the model. Julianne Werlin is an associate professor of English at Duke University. 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Wynonna Judd calls out Rosie O’Donnell after political comments leave country star ‘in shock’

Wynonna Judd pushed back after longtime friend Rosie O'Donnell labeled her a Trump supporter, calling the claim a "complete assumption."

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Tony Romo out at CBS Sports following his arrest

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will no longer work for CBS Sports, according to reports.

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Tony Romo out at CBS Sports following his arrest

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will no longer work for CBS Sports, according to reports.

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Tony Romo out at CBS Sports following his arrest

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will no longer work for CBS Sports, according to reports.

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What I Want to See From Penn State Against Northwestern

Get up off the mat.

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18 of the most unique new buildings in the world: photos

The World Architecture Festival 2026 spotlights some of the world's most unique buildings. We picked some of the most striking.

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New business records emerge in case of woman accused of stealing ambulance

New federal court documents reveal prosecutors have another category of evidence to turn over to attorneys for Sarah Elizabeth George ahead of her November tria

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How the Instinct AI agent helped an entrepreneur run his new business

A tech entrepreneur put the Instinct AI agent to work on marketing, operations, shipping, tariffs, and more.

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Oct 2 • 10:34 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Lionel Messi becomes majority owner of Spanish club Eldense
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Oct 2 • 10:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Colts Learn Which Commanders QB They'll Face Sunday

The Washington Commanders have determined who their starting quarterback will be this weekend against the Indianapolis Colts.

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Oct 2 • 10:07 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mike Brown’s Knicks preseason plan puts the bench on trial

Mike Brown does not need a preseason game to learn what Jalen Brunson can do. He does need a better […]

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Oct 2 • 9:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A job layoff leads Hispanic family into filling needs in the community with help of the TROY Small Business Development Center

For Gilberto Laines and Jocabet Cortes, entrepreneurship did not begin with a business plan, a loan or even the certainty that they would one day own a business. It began with work.

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Oct 2 • 9:25 AM EDT • Business • today.troy.edu
Gates Gains From Business Strength Amid Persisting Headwinds

GTES sees stronger demand, margin gains and data center growth, but weak agriculture and rising costs remain key headwinds.

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Oct 2 • 8:10 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Browns winning games because of the “And” needed in football

The Cleveland Browns are 3-1 early in the 2026 season because of the collective. The “we” and the “and” of football

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Oct 2 • 7:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
$10M gift helps launch new sports, entertainment, enterprise program

There was just enough room on the oversized check for all the zeroes. Seven of them, marking one of the larger philanthropic commitments in N.C. Wesleyan University's history.

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Oct 2 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • rockymounttelegram.com
9 things I wish flyers would stop doing on planes; ex-flight attendant

I saw far too many people go to the lavatory barefoot or blast music without headphones.

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Oct 2 • 6:48 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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GLP-1s Show Benefit For Kids With Type 2 Diabetes

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Oct 2, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A real-world study finds GLP-1 medications helped kids, teens and young adults with type 2 diabetes lose weight, as well as improve their blood pressure and blood sugar control. “Our results confirm that GLP-1 receptor ...

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Oct 2 • 6:15 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
New York's gambling tax revenue faces prediction market growth

Online sports betting has generated over a billion in tax revenue for New York, but prediction markets could take a bite out of that.

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Oct 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Downtown church’s history follows Madison’s story for 175 years

Christ Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 175th anniversary this weekend, having survived fires, fought segregation and seen pastors tried for heresy.

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Oct 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • captimes.com
Wisconsin tight ends prepare for Michigan State, familiar faces

Emmett Bork and his Badgers teammates are developing a "mess-you-up" mindset and await their next test vs. the Spartans.

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Oct 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • captimes.com
Capitol News Illinois | Optimistic data-center report met with criticism

A new study predicts data centers expected to be built in Illinois over the next decade would create thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in property-tax revenue.

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Oct 2 • 5:40 AM EDT • Politics • news-gazette.com
Serial side hustler shares how to start making money today

Lucy Zheng has been building side businesses since 2012. Not all of them worked, but each venture provided skills she used to inform the next.

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Oct 2 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir’s Mess

A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.

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Oct 2 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • wired.com
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Swindon's Holloway labels himself dead man walking

Swindon manager Ian Holloway calls himself a "dead man walking" if the team's form does not turn around.

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Oct 2 • 5:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dear SEC presidents: You're about to ruin college football for a payday

SEC leaders appear ready to expand the College Football Playoff to 24 teams, chasing revenue while risking the sport's best asset: its season.

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Oct 2 • 5:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Open Machine CEO Allie K. Miller discusses using AI in her daily life

Allie K. Miller, the CEO of Open Machine, shares her daily routine, utilizing AI tools for productivity and personal lifestyle optimization.

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Oct 2 • 5:05 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
L.L. Bean, Super G Mart lead wave of Upstate business growth

Here's a round-up of Upstate business news, including when to expect L.L. Bean, Super G Mart, Tractor Supply, Scout's Doughnuts and more to open.

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Oct 2 • 5:02 AM EDT • Business • greenvilleonline.com
CUDA engineers adapt as AI reshapes Nvidia chip expertise

Engineers who work with CUDA, used for programming Nvidia's chips, are increasingly managing AI coding agents. Demand for CUDA expertise remains high.

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Oct 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
How Julia Letlow, Jamie Davis are running for Senate in Louisiana — and how their styles differ

Why are Jamie Davis and Julia Letlow running different types of campaigns for the Senate?

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Oct 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nola.com
Science and writing SOL pass rates decline in Halifax County

The Virginia Standards of Learning scores are in for the 2025-26 school year.

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Oct 2 • 4:15 AM EDT • Science • yourgv.com
Ochsner Health doubles the number of operating rooms at Ochsner Medical Complex

Patients across the Baton Rouge region now have greater access to specialized surgical care closer to home following an expansion of the surgical center at Ochsner Medical Complex - The Grove.

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Oct 2 • 3:25 AM EDT • Health • newswise.com
Scott's Stumper

The News-Gazette presents “Scott’s Stumper,” a feature by Scott Shaffer that shows zoomed-in photos of various things around Randolph County.

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Oct 2 • 1:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • winchesternewsgazette.com
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High School Sports Scores

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Take a look at the various scores from all the high school sports across South Dakota. Volleyball Aberdeen Central 3, Tea Area 0 Mitchell 3, Pierre 0 Lincoln 3, Brookings 2 Sioux Falls Christian 3, Yankton 0 Harrisburg 3, Huron 0 Washington 3, Roosevelt 2 Sturgis Brown 3, Douglas 1 […]

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Oct 2 • 12:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Eric Schmidt said young programmers should become 'architects'

The former Google CEO said today's AI coding tools surpass his skills and free up programmers to be the architects, not the ones who build the house.

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Oct 2 • 12:02 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Needlepoint shops see surge as Gen Z seeks creative escape

Crafts like knitting and quilting used to be pastimes for gray-haired ladies wiling away the hours, crocheting sweaters for grandchildren or embroidering lacy handkerchiefs. But today, traditional “Granny Crafts” are

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Oct 2 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • floridaweekly.com
Business briefs, 10.02.26

City Manager Regina McDuffie receives

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Oct 2 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • thebrunswicknews.com
Southwest baseball coach Nick Mendez reflects on 25-year career, impact on players
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Oct 1 • 11:14 PM EDT • Sports • ksat.com
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A Hidden Compound in 'Healthy' Plant-Based Foods May Be Fueling Gut Inflammation

You may have never heard of it.

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Oct 1 • 10:30 PM EDT • Health • health.yahoo.com
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3 Major Takeaways From Start of Phoenix Suns Training Camp

Devin Booker embraces a positionless offensive shift as the Suns prioritize continuity and recalibrated aggression, blending veteran playmaking with fresh faces to spark a pursuit for a higher ceiling.

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Oct 1 • 9:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business Briefly

Business-related news and events in Skagit County

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Oct 1 • 7:30 PM EDT • Business • goskagit.com
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Boston Mayor Wu endorses Gov. Maura Healey after past snub

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu endorsed Gov. Maura Healey after hedging just a few months ago on whether she would back the Democratic governor’s bid for a second term.

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Oct 1 • 7:23 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
UC San Diego Health Doctors Earn Top Honors in Peer Recognition Survey

More than 115 UC San Diego Health physicians celebrated as the best on the annual San Diego Magazine Top Docs peer rankings.

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Oct 1 • 7:20 PM EDT • Health • newswise.com
Big Pride Littleton returns for third installment

While spooky season has begun, and many parts of town are decked with ghosts and skeletons, Main Street will don rainbows on Oct. 10 — to celebrate the third Big

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Oct 1 • 6:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • littletonindependent.net
Oregon Students Edge Up in Math, Science and English Proficiency but Still Lag Far Behind Scores of a Decade Ago

Oregon’s public school assessments for math, science and English language arts edged up for the second year in a row.

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Oct 1 • 6:12 PM EDT • Science • nrtoday.com
Many lawfully present immigrants in Georgia to lose health insurance under 'One Big Beautiful Bill' law H.R. 1

At least 2,213 lawfully present immigrant Georgians may lose access to Medicaid coverage as soon as this month. The state continues to work through Medicaid eligibility reviews as new federal immigrant restrictions roll out, a spokesperson for the Dept. of Human Services said.

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Oct 1 • 5:50 PM EDT • Health • wabe.org