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INTERACTIVE: Michigan's Midterm Blue Wave Reshapes Metro Detroit's Political Map
Democrats flipped precincts in Oakland and Macomb counties that Republicans had held for years — explore what drove the shift in your corner of Metro Detroit.
2 Takeaways From Grizzlies’ 107-103 Loss to Pacers
Memphis committed 19 turnovers and shot 12-of-44 from 3-point range in a 107-103 loss to Indiana, its second straight defeat.
‘Survivor 51’ star Brady Booker addresses if he was peeing by the tribe camp
‘Survivor 51’ star Brady Booker addresses if he was peeing by the tribe camp: ‘I didn’t know I was getting recorded peeing there.’
Lee Health expert urges screenings during Lung Cancer Awareness Month
A thoracic surgery expert highlighted the importance of screenings in detecting lung cancer early during Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Quin Snyder Praises Corey Kispert’s ‘Incredible’ Mental Toughness
Quin Snyder praised Corey Kispert’s mental toughness after the Hawks wing delivered 9 points off the bench in a 120-105 win over Washington.
Sharks Skid Could Force a Major Move Soon
The San Jose Sharks recent skid may be enough to trigger a major move, one that has been sounding in the mill for a while now. The post Sharks Skid Could Force a Major Move Soon appeared first on HEAVY.
Scientists Have Found a New Way to Control AI's Behavior
A new study, shared exclusively with TIME ahead of publication, reveals a promising technique for discouraging AI models from cheating by changing how they're trained.
Celtics Star Makes Honest Admission About Mitchell Robinson’s Early Struggles
The Boston Celtics gutted out a 109-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum sat with rest. Payton Pritchard left in the third quarter with an eye abrasion. Boston built a 21-point halftime lead, watched it disappear, and had to fight through a fourth quarter where Milwaukee briefly took […] The post Celtics Star Makes Honest Admission About Mitchell Robinson’s Early Struggles appeared first on HEAVY.
Entertainment this week: Jim Norton, Placer Artists Tour and more
Friday, November 6 Afternoon Tea at Osteria Sierra – 1:30-3 p.m., Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, 111 Country Club Drive. Enjoy a refined afternoon tea experience every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1:30pm to 3:00pm, featuring...
Research at School of Medicine and Health Sciences today creates the treatments and prescriptions of tomorrow
Research varies across a spectrum of topics, such as radon increasing the risk ovarian cancer, transport protein variants causing retinal dystrophy and using cell-free DNA to track cancer treatments.
Florida Gators to make QB change ahead of Oklahoma showdown
The Florida Gators will be making a quarterback change ahead of their SEC showdown against the Oklahoma Sooners.
Qualcomm shares slide as smartphone slump puts pressure on its core business
The chipmaker reported a 26% drop in handset revenue and warned that memory costs and Apple's departure will continue to weigh on the market. Qualcomm is betting on data centers, automotive and other businesses to reduce its reliance on smartphones.
Annual Research Conference Honors Student Discoveries in Life Sciences
Students shared their research with the broader academic community and showcased fascinating findings at the 2026 Life Sciences Research Conference.
Mariners News: Jason Kanzler, Cam Castro, and Albert Pujols
Jason Kanzler meets the Seattle press. Plus, Houston is going in a creative direction searching for its next manager.
3 Keys to Victory for Ravens-Jaguars Week 9
Can undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano figure out a way to win his first career start and keep the Ravens’ season alive?
Cleveland Fed’s Hammack says restrictive rates needed to cool inflation
“I expect that monetary policy will need to move to a restrictive stance to bring inflation back to 2% in a timely manner,” Beth Hammack said Thursday, Nov. 5, in remarks prepared for an event in Zurich.
What’s political grief? And did it shape the midterm election?
Do you know the term political grief? Maybe you know what it feels like. It's when you lose trust in institutions and feel heartbreak over politics. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about how grief, anger and distress shaped the midterm election.
Packers Could Land 28-Start OL in Trade Deadline Deal
The Green Bay Packers offensive line has been the biggest thing holding the team back through the first eight weeks of the NFL season. With the Philadelphia Eagles often having their offensive line as a strength, trading for Eagles right guard Tyler Steen makes sense, according to Daniel Popper of The Athletic. Popper notes that […] The post Packers Could Land 28-Start OL in Trade Deadline Deal appeared first on HEAVY.
Henrik Zetterberg Calls Out Red Wings’ Organization
Red Wings legend Henrik Zetterberg criticizes Detroit's decision to remove Steve Yzerman as GM and opens up about the organization's turmoil.
Mystery around 'The Batman: Part II' is growing. Scarlett Johansson has added to the suspense.
The two-time Oscar nominee said she struggled to understand her character in "The Batman: Part II."
WR Pat Bryant Returns From IR
Second-year wideout appears set to miss just four games with ankle injury as the Denver Broncos prepare to face the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
Victor Wembanyama did something only Wilt Chamberlain has done before
An unreal night from The Alien.
Why CVS is breaking up its pharmacy empire now
CVS is splitting off its retail pharmacies as lawmakers intensify scrutiny of vertically integrated insurers, PBMs and pharmacy owners.
Why CVS is breaking up its pharmacy empire now
CVS is splitting off its retail pharmacies as lawmakers intensify scrutiny of vertically integrated insurers, PBMs and pharmacy owners.
Patriots Share Mixed Reactions to Tom Brady’s Return
The New England Patriots will have an all-time great return to Gillette Stadium, and head coach Mike Vrabel and quarterback Drake Maye have made their feelings known about the occasion.Patriots legend Tom Brady will return to Foxborough on Sunday, Nov. 8, to call New England’s matchup against the Green Bay Packers as FOX’s lead color […] The post Patriots Share Mixed Reactions to Tom Brady’s Return appeared first on HEAVY.
Regent raises the curtain on Seven Seas Prestige’s entertainment
Featuring six original productions and Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ most expansive live music offering yet, the brand's new ship debuts next month.
First flu-related death of the season reported in Sacramento County, health officials say
Sacramento County Public Health reported its first flu-related death of the 2026-2027 season, the agency reported Wednesday.
NFL Thursday Night Football preview: Ravens to start rookie Joe Fagnano at QB vs. Jaguars
Who has the edge between the Patriots and Packers?
A head-to-head comparison between the Patriots and Packers ahead of their Sunday meeting.
Veterans Day Celebration and Health Fair happening in D'Iberville
The event is happening at the D'Iberville Community Center.
Luka Doncic’s 3rd Straight 40-Point Game Sparks Lakers Against Kings to Continue 3-Game Winning Streak
Despite getting off to a slow start by his own standards Wednesday night against the Sacramento Kings, the NBA’s leading scorer this season, Luka Doncic, would come alive and lead his team to victory. Facing the injury-ridden and dysfunctional Kings, Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers would shake off a lackluster shooting performance in the …
Russell & Tuipulotu back for Scotland v All Blacks
Captain Sione Tuipulotu and fly-half Finn Russell return to the Scotland side for Saturday's Nations Championship meeting with New Zealand at Murrayfield.
Sen. Gillibrand says Democrats must end Iran war, hold Trump accountable. But how?
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand spoke with Morning Edition about Democrats' priorities, from lowering costs to ending the Iran war. But questions remain about how they'll deliver.
Apple iMac M6 (2026) Review: The Best All-in-One I’ve Encountered, With a Fresh Pop of Performance
The design remains unchanged from 2021, but the updated chip certainly gives you a reason to upgrade.
Bear Hollow Zoo Mourns the Loss of Beloved Black Bear Yonah
Bear Hollow Zoo is mourning the loss of Yonah (16), an American black bear who was humanely euthanized on the evening of November 1 following complications from severe pneumonia. Yonah was surrounded
Confirmed: Devyne Rensch sidelined for 20 days
Bad news for Gian Piero Gasperini’s Roma, who will be without Devyne Rensch for the next three weeks. The Dutch full-back, forced off after just a few minutes of the Champions League match against M...
MBody AI Doubles Deployment at Major Northeast Casino & Entertainment Destination
Nasdaq-listed physical AI company grows it’s support at Mohegan Sun’s Environmental Services (EVS) team after successful pilot program MBody AI Doubles Deployment at Mohegan Sun An extended three-year agreement follows a successful paid pilot and a larger multi-year commitment. Highlights Deployment Doubled: Mohegan Sun has doubled its MBody AI deployment, with expanded operations already underway.Three-Year Agreement: The commercial agreement covers both the previously announced original instal
PENN Entertainment (PENN) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for PENN Entertainment (PENN) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
2026 Week 10 Preview: South Florida Bulls @ East Carolina Pirates
Two powerful defenses meet in Greenville in what should be a low-scoring rock fight.
Henrico Business Watch: Business license filings Oct. 29–Nov. 4, 2026
Henrico County reported the following business license filings with start dates during the week. The filings are listed alphabetically by business or trade name, followed by a registered address and business industry classification. Aulden Salon LLC, 201 Towne Center West Boulevard, Henrico – Hairdressing services. Bita's Borough and Bean LLC,
Alton Brown will serve up food, science, humor at Fargo Theatre
Other weekend highlights include Bounce in the Valley, a Scandinavian chamber concert, art openings and a reading.
Las Vegas tattoo artist builds business by prioritizing art over price
The longtime Las Vegas tattoo artist says customer service, collaboration and a focus on artistic quality help his downtown shop compete with bargain-priced rivals.
Mike Macdonald Scouts Seahawks' Run Game As Two Stars Return
Zach Charbonnet and Jadarian Price returned in the loss to the Bears on Monday night, but what did Macdonald see from his two running backs?
Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (November 5-8)
Presenting your latest batch of weekend freebies!
Thursday BP: Former Giants in free agency
A lot of Giants alumni are hitting the open market.
To better predict destructive hail, these scientists are turning to AI
Current forecasts often give warnings about hailstorms 30 minutes in advance. Researchers at Colorado State University say their models may be able to lead to alerts hours or days ahead of time.
Marvel's Wolverine's Sales Numbers Are Looking Pretty Dreadful
Sony's Q2 2026 earnings report just released, and Logan is currently being outsold by Rhythm Heaven Groove
Lucky Strike Entertainment Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2027
RICHMOND, Va., November 05, 2026--Lucky Strike Entertainment today provided financial results for the first quarter of the 2027 fiscal year, which ended on September 27, 2026.
Sotera Health (SHC) Could Be 28% Below Fair Value As Earnings Beat Lands
Sotera Health (SHC) is back in focus after reporting third quarter 2026 results that topped Wall Street forecasts, reaffirming its full year revenue and earnings outlook, and securing a Moody's credit rating upgrade. Recent trading tells a mixed story, with Sotera Health’s share price up 2.25% on the day of the earnings beat yet down about 12% over the past week and 11% over the last month. At the same time, the 1 year total shareholder return of 3.67% and 3 year total shareholder return of...
HEALTH FIRST: Novant health surgeon highlights warning signs of GERD and when to see a specialist
As the holiday season approaches with larger meals and richer foods, occasional indigestion is common for many people.
Report: Japan's Tashima to stand against Infantino for FIFA presidency
Kozo Tashima, the honorary president of the Japanese Football Association (JFA), will challenge Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency, according to reports. Infantino’s position appeared under threat after a dropped plan for private investment in the World Cup caused consternation, but he has rallied and now looks to be in a strong position to win a fourth term at FIFA Congress in Morocco next year.
Prep talk: Three-sport standout Kai Beary plays role for 27-0 JSerra flag football team
Kai Beary, standout in shotput and soccer, is also a girls' flag football star for unbeaten JSerra High.
PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) reports Q3 2026 in line with expectations
Casino, sports betting and entertainment operator PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 2026, with revenue up 7.1% year on year to $1.84 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.32 per share was significantly above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Former Wisconsin starter drops double digits in South Carolina debut
Former Wisconsin Badgers starter Aleksas Bieliauskas wasted no time making an impact in his South Carolina debut.
This Week in Sports Trivia: Nov. 5, 2026
How closely were you following the sports news this week? Find out and test your knowledge by taking The Athletic's weekly quiz.
Sophia Choukas-Bradley and Longfei Shangguan were named Rising Stars of Science
The ranking by Research.com highlights exceptional early-career researchers.
Full list of Week 9 straight-up picks with confidence levels
David Fucillo makes picks for all 15 NFL games with levels of confidence ahead of Week 9.
Phillies News: Dave Dombrowski, Cristopher Sánchez, Albert Pujols
Will we see some action soon?
Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international football
Ronaldo calls time on his career with Portugal as international football’s all-time top scorer after a dispute with his country’s federation
Vail Resorts facing a proxy fight over its board, business strategy
Oasis Management, which owns 10% of the resort operator’s stock, is calling for a strategic shift, saying “Vail Resorts has gone downhill”.
Save the Date! State of the Science Forum: Community Water Fluoridation (CWF)
The State of the Science Forum: Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) will feature a discussion among experts in the field, residents and Board of Health members on the current evidence and scientific li
Save the Date! State of the Science Forum: Community Water Fluoridation (CWF)
The State of the Science Forum: Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) will feature a discussion among experts in the field, residents and Board of Health members on the current evidence and scientific li
As she debuts on Broadway, Kailey Boyle praises Madison theater scene
Boyle, a Middleton High School grad, makes her debut in “Wanted” on Broadway this fall. The show opens officially Nov. 8 in New York.
Tennessee judge extends block on immigration checks in HIV/AIDS program
A Nashville judge continued to block the Tennessee Department of Health from demanding proof of citizenship from HIV-positive individuals.
Bryan Adams is thinking about war with America (in 1814)
"It's about respect," said Adams, whose new album reflects Canada's conflicts with President Trump. "Have have some respect for the past, and not just decide one day, 'Oh, this is better for America or whatever.'"
LA film students are eager to pick up Hollywood's pieces
Mergers, layoffs, AI and runaway production have shaken Hollywood. Film students at USC, UCLA and LMU explain why they're pursuing the industry anyway.
'Passing Strange' premieres in L.A. at Pasadena Playhouse
'Passing Strange,' a 20-year-old rock musical about a striving musician in downtown L.A. has gone to Broadway and been filmed by Spike Lee — but it has never been produced in SoCal. A highly anticipated revival at Pasadena Playhouse is changing that.
Opinion: Dartmouth Health urges investment in youth mental health in New Hampshire
Youth mental health outcomes improved in New Hampshire since 2021, though levels remain higher than a decade ago despite new service investments.
Schools Crack Down on Energy Drinks as Health Experts Sound the Alarm
High caffeine intake is linked to anxiety and energy crashes later in the day that can interfere with learning.
Just how hard is the rest of the Steelers’ schedule?
The second half of Pittsburgh’s schedule might not be as hard as you think.
The Bear’s Den: Jeffery Simmons is making an impact
Jeffery Simmons is already making a huge impact on the Bears, stepping into a leadership by example role
What the Democratic landslide means for GOP booster Elon Musk and his businesses
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk reportedly spent close to $450 million backing Republican candidates. His companies could have challenging times ahead.
Patrick’s Politics: Enjoy this moment of hope
There is good news in the United States today. After two years of one-party Republican rule, the people fought back.
Kim Kardashian Notes ‘Irony’ of Undergoing Endoscopy at UCLA Health Center, Which She and Her Sisters Funded in Their Dad’s Honor
Kim Kardashian discusses the irony of receiving an endoscopy at the UCLA esophageal health center she and her sisters funded after their dad Robert died of esophageal cancer.
Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from Portugal duty
Cristiano Ronaldo’s career representing Portugal has officially come to an end. The 40-year-old star took to social media to post a video confirming his retirement from the national team.Portugal’...
🚨 BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo announces international retirement
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to his record-breaking career with Portugal.The 41-year-old confirmed the news in a video posted on Instagra...
Rock legend, 81, announces comeback after canceled tour due to health
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
Peoria brunch business looks to add alcohol to its menu
A Peoria brunch business has taken the first step toward adding alcohol to its menu.
Is beef jerky actually healthy for you?
Beef jerky is a tasty, convenient snack for many. But is it healthy? Experts weigh in.
Sports owners bet big on Republicans. What does their defeat mean for US sports?
Sports billionaires backed Republicans, but Democratic victories leave familiar questions over gambling, stadium subsidies and who really holds power.
Arizona Cardinals designate Isaiah Adams to return from injured reserve
Isaiah Adams is coming back from the IR… hopefully.
Four evening games in winter
The next seven matchdays in the Bundesliga have been scheduled. Eintracht play four times at 18:30, while the second half of the season begins on a Sunday.The Bundesliga has confirmed the schedule for...
A tiny chunk of Australia seeded Southeast Asia's tropical forests 50 million years ago, plant fossils preserved in amber reveal
An analysis of plant fossils preserved in amber from Myanmar revealed that the West Burma Block, a chunk of crust that broke off of Australia, seeded Southeast Asia's lush tropical forests.
When papers become currency: a Chinese debate about trust in science
Last Saturday, 31 October, I went to the University of Hong Kong’s Beijing Centre for its Talent Forum. It was the fourth stop in the series this year, following events in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang, Shenzhen’s Qianhai, and on HKU’s main campus. The programme covered a remarkable distance in one afternoon. HKU’s Xiao-Jing Wang discussed computational neuroscience, intelligence, and the prefrontal cortex—before even delivering his inaugural public lecture to students back in Hong Kong. His colleague Bing Zhang took us from the Big Bang to artificial intelligence. Tsinghua’s Xue Lan asked how AI might reshape the institutional infrastructure underpinning higher education. There were lively panels featuring industry leaders from JD.com, Xiaomi, Haier—and Kaiser Y Kuo on the closing panel discussing innovation and international connections. I cannot pretend to have followed every detail of the brain models or the astrophysics. The talk that stayed with me was closer to something we have covered before: Zhou Zhonghe 周忠和 on papers, evaluation, and scientific trust. Zhou is a palaeontologist, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is also editor-in-chief of The Intellectual (知识分子), China’s leading science commentary platform. His subject was uncomfortable enough for a room full of successful academics: what happens when the system for recognising good science starts rewarding something else? Part of my interest came from our sister newsletter, The East is Read, which covered the controversy around “Geng Tongxue” in May. A PhD dropout from Beihang University, Geng has publicly challenged papers by prominent researchers through detailed online allegations of manipulated images and fabricated data. At Tongji University, an investigation into a challenged Nature paper found academic misconduct, and the dean of its life sciences school was removed. The affair brought doubts about academic integrity well beyond laboratories and university committees. How could someone outside the established hierarchy spot problems in papers that had passed through prestigious journals and institutions? And what, exactly, had all that prestige guaranteed? Zhou approached these questions through two essays published in July by The Intellectual: one by Wang Xiaodong, director of the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, and a response by Wang Liming, of Shanghai’s Shangsi Institute of Natural Sciences. Both began with the controversy over Geng. Their arguments deserve a wider audience, so I want to put parts of them alongside what Zhou said on Saturday. Wang Xiaodong’s starting point is evolution. A research system selects for the behaviour it rewards. Grants, jobs, journals, talent programmes, and prizes collectively determine which scientists prosper and which practices get passed down from advisors to students. “Whatever the system rewards is what it will evolve to produce,” he writes, citing the ancient Chinese saying: The King of Chu loved slender waists, and many in the palace starved to death. That is a more demanding diagnosis than saying there are dishonest people in science. Punishing a fraudster does not change the selective environment that made a particular kind of research profitable. His account also gives scientific success an awkward role in the story. As Zhou put it on Saturday, science became a victim of its own success. Once research became central to industry, national power, and economic growth, universities and laboratories expanded, and public money followed. That created an administrative need for rapid decisions: who should get the next grant, the next laboratory, the next appointment? The difficulty is that the true value of a discovery may take years or decades of testing and building to become clear. Resource allocation cannot wait that long. Publication counts, journal prestige, impact factors, and citations therefore become convenient ways to make an instant judgement. “The real problem is not that these indicators have no value,” Wang Xiaodong writes, “but that they are trying to answer a question that only time can answer.” Telling administrators simply to stop counting papers will never be enough. They still have budgets to distribute and appointments to make. Something has to replace the shortcut. Zhou described the consequences inside publishing. Papers acquire ever more requirements: a complete story, polished presentation, extensive datasets, and accessibility to readers beyond the immediate field. Individually, those demands sound reasonable. Together, he warned, they produce formulaic “eight-legged” papers 八股文 and rigid reviewing, while genuinely original or non-consensus work struggles to get past journal editors—some of whom wield immense gatekeeping power despite having limited laboratory experience themselves. Meanwhile, the demands for sprawling, “complete” narratives have fuelled a wider replication crisis. Wang Xiaodong uses a mahjong metaphor to describe the result: put the complex papers published by the exact same lab over several years side by side, and they often look like “Thirteen Orphans” (十三不靠)—every tile completely unrelated to the next, and none of them reproducible by outsiders. Zhou also spoke frankly as an editor who has trouble finding reviewers. Everyone wants someone else to review their work; qualified senior researchers have little time to return the favour. The labour is anonymous, unpaid, and brings almost no institutional recognition, so it increasingly gets passed down to postdocs and graduate students. And while anonymity protects reviewers from rank and personal favours, hyper-specialisation means an author’s most qualified reviewer is often a direct competitor, shielded from accountability. The protection and the problem coexist. Wang Liming takes the argument a step further. The decisive change, in his essay, is the instant conversion of academic honour into material resources. Once a paper can be cashed in for funding, a job, students, commercial investment, or even a company valuation, scientists are alienated from their work: they must keep minting this “research currency” to keep their teams alive. He is careful not to romanticise the past. The old world of gentleman scientists—financially independent figures like Boyle and Darwin who needed nothing from external funders—was also a closed club that excluded people without inherited wealth, women, and much of humanity outside the West. Professional science allowed ordinary people, himself included, to become researchers. Nobody should want to undo that. The problem, in his account, is an exchange system that becomes too uniform and too difficult to correct. His most pointed Chinese example is the “hat” (帽子): the prestigious talent designation that brings continuing access to money, laboratory space, students, and institutional influence. “If papers are the circulating currency of the research system, then a ‘hat’ is a bond that pays interest over the long term,” he writes. A paper at least requires another round of peer review. A title in the Chinese context can lock in a judgement made years ago and turn it into permanent status rent, regardless of whether its holder is still doing good science. Here, official institutions hire, organise, and evaluate scientists. Unlike honours awarded by autonomous academic communities in the West, a Chinese “hat” blends non-scientist administrative power with state authority. Once granted, it turns a past judgement into permanent status rent that is nearly impossible to revoke—because taking a hat off would imply that official authority erred in putting it on. Both Wangs see China as experiencing, at compressed speed, pressures present across global science. Research expansion, rising investment, publication growth, and elaborate evaluation metrics arrived in China within two or three decades rather than two or three centuries. Zhou agreed with that international framing—noting that recent US White House science policy documents and the new president of the US National Academy of Sciences, a fellow palaeontologist who recently visited Zhou’s institute in Beijing, have raised strikingly similar warnings about consensus-bound peer review, short-term project grants, and the replication crisis. Still, Zhou emphasised that China’s traditional hierarchy, personal networks (guanxi), and the ethos that “a good scholar becomes an official” (学而优则仕) amplify those pressures at home. So what would change things? Here Zhou’s tone differed from the call for a revolution in scientific trust in Wang Xiaodong’s essay. As an evolutionary biologist, Zhou favoured patchwork repair (修修补补). Living systems survive through accumulated adjustments; dramatic mutations are usually fatal. Science cannot return to a small, slow-moving pastoral era, especially after the successive accelerations of professionalisation after the Second World War, the internet, and now artificial intelligence. But it can alter the local environment in which researchers work. He pointed to domestic experiments designed to support unconventional research and diversify funding, including Tencent’s New Cornerstone Investigator Program, the Xplorer Prize, and the Future Science Prize. He also mentioned participating in reviews for “major non-consensus projects” under the National Natural Science Foundation of China. One guiding principle he recalled was wonderfully direct: “Failure is allowed; corruption is not” (允许失败，不允许腐败). That distinction would mean quite a lot if taken seriously. An honest attempt that fails should not have to disguise itself as a success to survive an assessment. Wang Liming’s essay adds a sharp caveat to the optimism about new domestic funders. Multiple organisations do not automatically produce multiple ways of judging science. If the same pool of senior domestic scientists makes the decisions through the same two-round review procedures, it is still “fake diversity.” He argues for three distinct kinds of money: broad baseline funding governed by fair procedures; patient funding for questions that take ten years; and non-consensus funding based on individual taste, deliberately empowering a few genuine experts to make biased, contrarian bets on eccentric ideas that would inevitably be averaged out by a committee. Replacing one monopoly with another achieves little; a healthy ecosystem needs variance. Zhou’s proposals for publishing were similarly concrete: strip papers of their resource-allocation burden and return them to recording discoveries and establishing priority; separate dissemination from evaluation, as eLife and Peer Community In do; adopt more modular “micro-publications” and real-name endorsements; recognize the labour of editors and reviewers; and give replication work proper credit rather than treating it as an unpublishable dead end. AI makes every part of this debate more urgent—and Zhou wove it throughout his talk. In his own preparation, he used AI to survey the declining influence of academic monographs, noting how tools are already changing how scholars gather information. More fundamentally, he placed AI as the latest great acceleration in scientific history: just as the internet sped up the pace of research and tightened external resource pressures, AI is compressing the cycle again. In the essays Zhou cited, AI cuts both ways. Wang Xiaodong expects large language models to erase much of the English-writing disadvantage long faced by Chinese scientists, further swelling the flood of papers coming out of Chinese labs. Wang Liming sees AI accelerating both ends of the trust crisis: it lowers the cost of paper mills and fabricated images just as quickly as it lowers the cost of automated image forensics, data auditing, and code reproduction. “Whoever builds the verification layer wins,” Wang Liming writes. His proposed alternative to the static, packaged “story paper” is a continuously versioned “unit of discovery” containing a falsifiable claim, raw data, analysis code, experimental parameters, and an ongoing log of independent checks—where negative results and failed replications are recorded rather than buried. Zhou ended his keynote by bringing AI back to the question of scientific honour and credit. Citing a recent Intellectual discussion on “What AI Means for Mathematics” featuring Fields Medalist Deng Yu 邓煜—at a moment when AI is already batch-solving mathematical conjectures, as HKU Vice-President Lin Chen noted in his opening remarks—Zhou agreed that human researchers must remain the principal agents: AI is a tool that frees scientists from tedious calculation to think about deeper, messier real-world problems. Yet that partnership creates a thorny new evaluation problem. When a breakthrough is made with AI, what is the human contribution and what is the machine’s? And since AI models distil centuries of accumulated human scholarship, is it right that the credit and value flow so heavily to the private AI companies building the tools? The old struggle over how to assign scientific honour is acquiring a whole new layer. What I took away was a serious discussion of how science can remain trustworthy as its scale, incentives, and tools change. These were scientists with real standing inside China’s system questioning how that standing is produced, and proposing changes that would affect their own institutions and peers. That made the afternoon at HKU’s Beijing Centre worthwhile. At the close, Wang Feng, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at HKU, said the value of the forum series—which heads to Hangzhou in December and cities like Chengdu early next year—would lie in the real cooperation it helped bring about. The university has plenty to celebrate: this week it topped the QS Asia rankings for a second consecutive year, alongside its 11th-place position in the QS World University Rankings 2027. For me, bringing this debate to an audience beyond the people who review papers and allocate grants was a useful contribution. 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Business Education Is at a Positive Tipping Point
By Laura Colombo The guest essay in The New York Times—with the title “I Teach at a Business School. It’s Time to Shut Them Down.”—by Academy of Management Scholar Chris Marquis of the University of C...
Ballon d'Or winner Kane extends contract with Bayern Munich
Harry Kane said he felt "right at home" after he signed a two-year extension at Bayern Munich, keeping the Ballon d'Or winner at the club until 2029, the German champions announced on Thursday. Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund said the club were "absolutely delighted" to extend Kane's deal, adding: "With Harry Kane we have the Ballon d'Or winner on the pitch -- a team player, a leader, the best all-round striker in the world.
European Enterprises Face Growing Pressure to Turn AI Investment into Business Value, ISG Says
PARIS, November 05, 2026--The ISG AI Impact Summit will explore operating models and data and governance frameworks to scale AI, November 9–10 at the Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel.
CVS Health split: What it could mean for CT pharmacies
Connecticut had 569 active pharmacies listed in the state’s current license database, down 128 from a peak of 697 in 2021, according to state data.