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Saber CEO Apologizes To Lead Writer Replaced With ChatGPT
Hopefully putting a fork in this embarrassing stitch, Matt Karch delivered a private apology to the lead Rideshare "Simulator" writer subjected to his stinky, snarky rant
The No. 1 Hobby Most Highly Intelligent People Have, By A Psychologist
Brain games and chess don't build intelligence the way people assume. Here's the one everyday hobby psychology research keeps linking to a sharper mind.
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Release Date: Discounted Day Re-Enters The September Schedule
As a new report asserts a date for the next Apple keynote. Here’s why I think it’s wrong and what’s really going on (with dates and times down to the second).
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libby
It’s getting a lot easier to source ebooks for Xteink’s tiny e-readers.
I Can't Tell if I Hate or Love-Hate the #1 Movie on Netflix
It's not often that I watch a film and think 'what the hell am I watching,' especially if it stars powerhouse actors like Greta Lee and Wagner Moura. But 'The Last House' on Netflix was bonkers and confusing, even if it is the number one movie on Netflix. Here, my review.
'X-Men' cast, release date revealed at D23
Maya Boyd, Inde Navarrette, Samara Weaving, Christopher Abbott, Kit Connor, Jake Schreier, Sadie Sink and Kevin Feige, President, Marvel Studios, speak onstage at the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The
COVID-19 awakens dormant viruses — and one is linked to long COVID
COVID-19 can reactivate dormant viruses hiding in the body, including Epstein-Barr, cytomegalovirus, and several herpes viruses. One poorly understood viral family was strongly associated with long COVID and lasting disability, offering a potentially important clue to why some patients struggle to recover.
Reagan’s PATCO Showdown ignited Colorado labor backlash
Forty-five years ago this week: “It’s the old Nixon reaction as far as I’m concerned. He thinks he’s the Great God Almighty and can do no wrong … in the eyes of the public,” said Zelda Bransted, spokesman of the Colorado AFL-CIO. “I sincerely hope it backfires.” Bransted made the comment in response to President […]
T-Mobile is giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free this weekend
Samsung and Google are getting all the attention right now, but won't somebody think about Apple?
Marvel Announces the New X-Men Cast at the D23 Entertainment Showcase
Sadie Sink, Inde Navarrette and Samara Weaving are stepping into iconic mutant roles as Marvel builds its next generation of X-Men
‘X-Men’ movie cast confirmed: Sadie Sink, Kit Connor, and more announced
‘X-Men’ movie cast officially confirmed: Marvel reveals the new mutants coming to the MCU.
Nancy Cartwright, philosopher: ‘People distrust science because they feel the system has abandoned them’
The thinker reflects on evidence-based science and advocates for combining methods to put research to good use in economics or public health
I don’t think the foldable iPhone stands a chance against the Galaxy Z Fold 8
Apple appears so mired in problems that getting ahead of Samsung feels impossible.
New Science Is Forcing Us to Rethink the Moment We Die
On the latest episode of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show,” Andrew Daniels, Shawn Gorman, and John Gilpatrick discuss what it really means to die.
Cardiac CT links air pollution to increased risk of coronary disease
Cardiac CT scans may give clinicians a way to visualize the effects of environmental exposure before cardiovascular events even occur.
Ford Ka, Turbo LS Volvo S90, Lincoln Town Car Ute: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Amber's birthday is coming up, so you could think of this as a shopping list of potential gifts.
FDA upgrades egg recall linked to salmonella to highest health risk level
Netflix plans to close two gaming studios, including one in Hollywood
Netflix said has closed Hollywood-based Night School and plans to close Helsinki-based Moonloot.
More than 3,100 cyclosporiasis infections reported in last week: health officials
The illness is linked to iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico and recalled by Taylor Farms.
FDA in Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak
Senior FDA official confirms that inspectors were on-site at the Taylor Farms processing facility and plan to be in the fields next.
These terrifying (and wacky) birds ruled Earth after the dinosaurs
We tend to think that mammals took over after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but for millions of years, fearsome birds ruled Earth
What Do Media Businesses Look Like In 2026 And Beyond
Despite many news desks shrinking, some media companies are continuing to innovate their models to adapt to a modern consumer that wants both offline and online content.
St. Mary’s Parish Festival brings community together in Shadyside
Shadyside is celebrating the return of a longtime tradition this weekend with the St. Mary’s Parish Festival, bringing food, drinks, live entertainment and acti
'The consortium shared our long-term philosophy'
"Liverpool has always been built by thinking beyond one season," Fenway Sports Group (FSG) president Mike Gordon has said after agreeing to sell around a third of the club to a consortium including billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In a statement, FSG confirmed it had "entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of a minority equity stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings".
One UI 9.5 leaks continue: Samsung eyes a glass UI with shiny edges and 'depth'
Think Liquid Glass.
Predicting which WRs make Cowboys 53-man roster
Which wide receivers do you think are going to make the 53-man roster?
Here’s what that big hospital at the old Sears site in SLC would look like
New renderings of the planned Intermountain Health hospital at the old Sears site in Salt Lake City are here. What do you think of them?
Classroom Learning Meets Community Impact | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
MHS student Mark Poisler helped expand access to safe drinking water and learned how environmental health complements a career in medicine.
Too hot to think? You're not imagining it, heat really affects your brain
Extreme heat can make it harder to concentrate and make decisions.
A New Study Shows 4 Weeks on This Diet Can Start Turning Back Your Biological Clock
Think eating healthier just isn’t worth the effort? This study showing improving your diet slows aging in just a month may change your mind.
UK scientists use a 'gene gun' to grow pig protein in lettuce
Researchers got lettuce and tobacco to make myoglobin — a protein linked to many of meat's appealing traits.
How do we decide what time it is? On the politics of clocks, calendars
Time is a concept that varies across cultures and history. While we often think of it as universal, timekeeping has been shaped by politics, religion, and economics.
Sporting Lisbon Makes Luis Suarez Decision Amid Newcastle Transfer Links
Newcastle United continues to be linked with attacking reinforcements as Matthias Jaissle shapes his squad for the new Premier League season. One of the Magpies’ previously reported targets, Sporting Lisbon striker Luis Suarez, has resurfaced amid uncertainty in Portugal. Following some worrying developments surrounding his situation in the Iberian club, Portuguese outlet A Bola reports […]
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
Alzheimer’s can run but not hide from researchers, policymakers
The war on Alzheimer’s disease has been underway for so long that people can’t help but think it may be unwinnable. Now comes a fresh set of reasons to think again and hope anew.
Drinks to Go: Summerville approves new outdoor entertainment district
Drinks to-go are now a go in downtown Summerville. Town Council approved a new outdoor entertainment district Thursday night.
West Virginia math and English scores top pre-COVID levels as science slips
West Virginia’s 2026 student assessments show math and ELA proficiency above pre-COVID levels, with math rising to 39% and ELA holding at 48%. Science slipped to 29%, while chronic absenteeism remained strongly linked to lower scores.
Advancements and trends in lung transplantation
As U-M Health celebrates its 1,000 lung transplant patient, two lung experts talk about advancements and what to think about when choosing a center to partner with for a lung transplant surgery.
Scientists Overfed a Tiny Worm… And It Started Growing a Chain of Clones
This gives new meaning to the term 'food baby'.
“Taking the Twinkle Out of Stars” presented by Kona Science Cafe at Hawaiʻi Keiki Museum
Join Staff Astronomer Preethi Krishnamoorthy and Adaptive Optics Scientist Avinash Surendran as they explain how Keck Observatory takes the twinkle out of stars at the Hawaiʻi Keiki Museum’s upcoming Kona […]
BREAKING: Netflix to shut down two more game studios
Netflix is sticking with video games but once again reducing the number of studios it owns making games. The streaming giant is closing Los Angeles-based Night School studio, which it acquired in 2021 and plans to close Helsinki-based Moonloot, which was founded in 2022. Just six weeks ago, Night School had released Unhinged, a novel 30-minute first-person horror game, streamable on TVs to Netflix users. The game was hailed by Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters in a call with investors. Six weeks later, Night School is closing. Prior to its Netflix tenure, Night School had developed the award-winning supernatural thriller Oxenfree. A second Oxenfree game followed after the purchase, as well as a mobile game designed to tie in to an episode of the Netflix show Black Mirror. Netflix attributed the studio closures to a prioritization around kids gaming, party games, story-driven fare and games with mainstream hooks, such as a recently released FIFA game. “We see an opportunity to be more focused in our execution, so we are making organizational changes to the business to match those priorities,” a Netflix spokesperson told Game File. Netflix is also cutting jobs from its internal games team. A rep declined to say how many jobs were being lost by these cutbacks. “We are incredibly grateful to the talented colleagues we’re saying goodbye to today. We thank them for all their contributions to Netflix, and wish them the best,” the rep said. Netflix started releasing video games, initially on mobile as a free bonus to subscribers, in 2021. By 2023, Mike Verdu, then the head of Netflix’s game operations, was telling me that the company was committed to growing carefully, as it offered more games and built up internal game studios. At the time, it hadn’t made any gaming job cuts. Since then, Netflix has altered its approach. In 2024, it shut down Team Blue, a start-up studio led by ex-Call of Duty and Halo developers that was exploring making a high-end first-person game for the service. Last October, Netflix shut down another studio, Boss Fight, shortly after Peters praised the team’s Squid Game game to investors. (One of Boss Fight’s main developers now works on the Netflix FIFA game for outside studio Delphi.) And in December, Netflix sold cozy game studio Spry Fox back to its founders. Amid all of this, Netflix has shifted from emphasizing mobile games to offering games through TVs and PCs, via streamed connections, with phones used as controllers. That’s how Night School’s Unhinged worked, along with games such as Boggle and Party Crashers that have collectively helped the Netflix game controller app chart well on mobile app stores. The studio cuts leave Netflix with a central gaming team that works with external developers, and a dedicated first party studio in, Helsinki-based Next Games, which produced many of the company’s couch-centric party games. The move away from having a roster of internal game studios aligns with Netflix’s own approach to shows and movies, which are largely produced externally. The company owns few TV/film production studios of its own. The gaming industry overall is seeing large holders of multiple studios cut back, with Sony, Ubisoft, Embracer, Microsoft and other giants closing or selling off studios. Cuts in California-based studios, where costs often run relatively high, have been particularly acute. Netflix has faced skepticism about its gaming plans for years. The moves today are likely to fuel them, and the company has few upcoming projects to counter the narrative. Among the few hinted, acclaimed independent studio Don’t Nod said last year it was working on a game tied to a major Netflix franchise.
Beer, wine or liquor? Massive study reveals which was linked to lower death risk
Heavy alcohol use raised death risk by 24%, but wine at low levels was linked to lower mortality than beer or spirits in a UK Biobank study.
Cowboys players who might be losing their roster battles
Which Cowboys players do you think need to turn things around right now?
New AI technique helps robots complete tasks twice as fast by letting them 'think ahead'
A new AI system lets robots plan their next move while they're in motion — removing reaction delays and doubling task speeds without any extra computing overhead.
'Call Her Daddy' Host Alex Cooper's Unwell Beverage Business Is Shutting Down
The superstar podcaster launched a line of drinks in 2025 in partnership with Nestlé and sold at Target stores
AI needs science’s search history
“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.
What Americans Want Fixed in Health Care — and Who They Think Should Do It
What Americans Want Fixed in Health Care — and Who They Think Should Do It, New Commonwealth Fund Survey conducted by SSRS
Brent Cooper to step down from NKY Chamber after 10 years 'connecting the dots'
Brent Cooper will step down as NKY Chamber president after his 10th year, ending a tenure focused on small businesses and regional advocacy.
Intermountain Health Brings Perimeter's Claire™ to the Operating Room, a Landmark in Breast Cancer Surgery Using AI
/PRNewswire/ -- Perimeter Medical Imaging AI, Inc. ("Perimeter" or the "Company") (TSXV: PINK) (OTCQX: PYNKF), a commercial-stage medical technology company,...
After this week's Elder Scrolls 6 tease, fans think they've figured out its full name - and it was hidden in Starfield all along
Elder Scrolls fans are putting together clues they say confirms the full name of the series' next instalment.
Review: Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube) - Not What We Expected, But It Still Shines
Water, water everywhere, so let's all have a drink!
KCK abruptly stops key health services. Advocates say it speaks to a bigger need
Local health advocates said they think area collaboration, increased funding could make a difference to health outcomes in Wyandotte.
Energy drinks are more popular than ever. Here’s what we know about the health risks.
Highly caffeinated energy drinks have been linked to heart problems, obesity and anxiety.
These swing voters in Nevada say they are not dismissing socialist candidates
In online focus groups, 10 of 12 Biden-to-Trump voters said they wouldn't automatically think negatively of a politician who identifies with socialism.
What patients actually think about ‘minimally invasive’ brain implants
A new study polled people with treatment-resistant depression about what matters to them when it comes to brain implants for mental health.
Mikel Arteta highlights Arsenal’s one priority in transfer window
Arteta said the bar is high for Arsenal to find players who can improve their starting line-up, amid links with Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez and Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola
Eagles Linked to Interesting QB Trade Proposal With NFC Opponent
The Philadelphia Eagles appear to be a contender in the NFC once again. Even after trading star wide receiver A.J. Brown, the team looks set up for success.With preseason about to begin, the Eagles will have some tough roster decisions coming up soon. One of those decisions will come at the quarterback position.Obviously, Jalen Hurts […] The post Eagles Linked to Interesting QB Trade Proposal With NFC Opponent appeared first on HEAVY.
Weekly Entertainment Report: Live music and lively arts, Aug. 13-16
Music comes from the Greek word for "art of the Muses." Be inspired this weekend, find your muse.
We like life science, industrials, financials and tech sectors as key AI beneficiaries: CIO
Manulife Investment Management's Nathan Thooft says that while people tend to think of AI as a cloud story, in reality it is a lot of infrastructure and goes beyond language models and semiconductors.
Birth order linked to 150 health conditions in study of 10 million American siblings
First-born children showed higher rates of autism, ADHD and food allergies, while second-born siblings faced more substance use disorders and migraines.
Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version Link with Pokémon HOME This October
Complete the Pokédex to partner up with a new Pokémon, encounter new Legendary Pokémon, and more.
Section IV Football Media Day ushers in new season
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – High School football is back and primed for the new season. Wednesday morning, teams from all over Section IV converged for a special media day opportunity at The Links at Hiawatha Landing golf course in Apalachin. The theme was simple, be better this year than the last for players, teams and […]
Local Healthcare Organizations Partner to Bring Free Entertainment to the Darke County Fair
GREENVILLE - Several local healthcare organizations are joining together to present Partners in Care at the Fairgrounds, a collaborative initiative sponsoring
Think your business is too small for Louisiana’s new privacy law? Think again
Businesses have less than six months to prepare for a new law that will change how they collect and use consumers’ personal information.
Elon Musk: SpaceX’s AI Revenue Will Surpass Its Entire Space Business “Next Month”
Elon Musk just told SpaceX employees that a business most people have never heard of will soon dwarf rockets, Starlink, and every other revenue line the company has ever built, and he gave a specific month.
Lazarus Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Gain SYSTEM Access and Deploy Backdoor
Lazarus-linked attacks exploit Windows CVE-2026-68820 as a zero-day to gain SYSTEM access and deploy Troy against defense and aerospace firms.
‘Barbie 2’ in Crisis: Sequel Could Be Shelved Amid Pay Battle and Crumbling Deal Talks
“Do you guys ever think about dying?” Margot Robbie asks at the start of 2023’s “Barbie.” It’s one of many moments of existential dread that her character faces on the journey to becoming a real woman...
Local Business Spotlight: Schroeder Short Stop
A year after opening its bar on the West End of Cook County, the Schroeder Short Stop continues to grow, adding new food and drink options and expanding its staff. Owners Tim Saetre and Emma Sievers opened the Schroeder Short Stop bar just over a year ago, adding to their existing Electric Trails e-bike rental...
Veolia files suit over PFAS compounds
Veolia Water Delaware filed a lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, against nine companies it alleges have contaminated Veolia's drinking water sources with regulated PFAS compounds.
Minkah Fitzpatrick reflects on frustration with Steelers
Former Steeles safety Minkah Fitzpatrick shares his frustrations in final years in Pittsburgh.
VA Warns of National Postcard Scam as Health Care Notices Go Out to 3.8M Veterans
The department said fraudulent postcards had appeared in multiple states over the past year, claiming to be linked to the VA.
Guardian examines how families and small business owners are rethinking strategies for building generational wealth
/PRNewswire/ -- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian) today released its latest publication, Next-Gen Wealth: New opportunities for...
In Venice, it’s not politics as usual as film-makers aim to recapture our attention
As social media shrinks and distorts the EU’s crises, the Venice film festival is delivering politically forthright epics from directors such as Sergei Loznitsa and Alex Gibney
Wednesday Morning Links
Morning, all! Monday marked the first game in a stretch against a couple of cellar dwellers, and the Rangers capitalized by winning 4-1 in extras against the Angels. Unfortunately, the offense was flacid last night despite ample opportunities, so the signs aren’t pointing to a momentum building road trip. Cody Bradford was a bright spot, […]
New fellowships link research, communities, youth purpose
The Purpose Science and Innovation Exchange has received a three-year, $3.5 million grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to launch two new fellowships aimed to help youth develop a sense of purpose.
Small Business Spotlight: Specialty dental practice takes root on Market St.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO OPEN BLUE HERON ROOT CANAL SPECIALISTS? OWNER SARAH ERMOSHKIN: “I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. When I was 23 years old, I owned a cafe in Seattle, where I even fought to oppose oppressive sales taxes on espresso drinks. After selling that business, I got married and started a family. Once my children were in school, I attended dental school through the Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which covered my tuition and provided a stipend. From the beginning, my goal was to eventually own my own practice after completing my military service. The work I do is incredibly rewarding and being able to create an environment that puts patients first while helping employees grow professionally makes every day as a business owner meaningful.” WHAT DOES YOUR BUSINESS PROVIDE? ERMOSHKIN: “Endodontists are often called ‘pain doctors’ because our primary mission is to relieve pain and save natural teeth. We specialize in root canal therapy, retreatment of nonhealing root canals, treatment of root resorption, apicoectomies – microsurgical root-end procedures – and vital pulp therapy for children. Our goal is to preserve teeth that might otherwise need to be extracted and replaced with implants. Saving a patient’s natural tooth is almost always the best long-term solution for their oral health.” HOW DOES YOUR MILITARY TRAINING HELP YOUR BUSINESS? ERMOSHKIN: “My military service taught me how to lead, collaborate and make decisions under pressure. I worked closely with senior leadership while treating a large patient population and collaborating with specialists across multiple disciplines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, (I) served a dual role as Navy dentist and as the public affairs officer for Naval Health Clinic Annapolis, where I helped develop medical and dental communications for the midshipmen and support staff, while coordinating with the broader Navy Capital Region. We worked closely with other military treatment facilities to share best practices and deliver consistent public health messaging. Those leadership experiences continue to shape how I lead my team and serve our patients today.” WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU FACING RIGHT NOW IN YOUR BUSINESS? ERMOSHKIN: “One of our biggest challenges is overcoming the misinformation surrounding root canal treatment. Root canals are safe, effective and often the best way to relieve pain while preserving a natural tooth. Unfortunately, many people choose extraction because they believe it’s less expensive or because they’ve seen misleading information online. What they may not realize is that losing a tooth can lead to shifting teeth, changes in the way they bite and chew and significantly higher costs to restore their smile later.”
Prepare for fall allergies now
There is still plenty of summer left, but we have a long-range warning for allergy sufferers. It’s time to start thinking about fall.
'Second season syndrome is lazy punditry'
"I don't think Sunderland will be anywhere near the relegation zone," says sports journalist Ian Murtagh, despite Regis le Bris' side "entering the unknown" after securing European football. The Black Cats have gone from the third tier of English football to the Premier League, and now the Europa League, in just four years. "Sunderland are entering the unknown in the sense that they won't just be playing 40 to 42 games this season, they will be playing over 50 games," Murtagh explained.
Ozempic may have revealed the brain’s hidden “craving center”
Ozempic-like drugs appear to weaken more than hunger—they may also reduce cravings for alcohol and other addictive substances. Scientists are increasingly tracing this effect to the lateral septum, a brain region that helps connect memories and surroundings with rewarding experiences. Packed with GLP-1 receptors, it may act as a crucial control point between thinking about a reward and feeling compelled to pursue it. The discovery could open new approaches to treating addiction as well as obesity.
Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere
Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites, they reconstructed changes in atmospheric density about 500 kilometers above Earth. The approach could sharpen satellite tracking and help reduce the growing risk of collisions in increasingly crowded orbits.
Valley Health Supports THRIVE Self-Sufficiency Program Through Community Partnership Grant
Valley Health’s Community Partnership Grant program supports local nonprofit organizations working to improve health and well-being across the communities we serve.
Cyberattacks on US water systems raise alarms, but Congress faces hurdles on a fix
After recent cyberattacks targeted water systems, local leaders are urging Congress to boost protections before a more serious breach disrupts drinking water supplies.
Aaron Rodgers: I don't think there's any advantage to playing in the preseason
The Steelers haven't decided if Rodgers will play on Thursday.
How to watch the Made by Google event stream and Pixel 11 announcement
You might think you know everything about Google’s next-gen Pixel 11 lineup, but the company is still hoping to surprise...
Scooters are canceled, plus a sports agent and an unsolved murder
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Hide your best player today. Coming up: 🛴 In MLB, scooter angst 🔍 An unsolved murder 🏈 Minny’s new QB I need to express an old-man sentiment, one that’s festered within me for years: I loathe electric scooters. I recoil every time I travel to a city where they are popular, with sidewalks and plant beds awash in discarded lanky little vehicles. Also, as a new-ish dad, I always think about how dangerous they can be. Anyone,...
Pep Chavarria to Chelsea transfer: Rayo Vallecano left-back is a late bloomer but could his mentality help Xabi Alonso?
Chelsea’s signing Pep Chavarria will have taken many by surprise so what is it about the 28-year-old Rayo Vallecano left-back that Xabi Alonso likes? Adam Bate speaks to Chavarria’s former coach at Zaragoza to find out why Chelsea think he is up to the task...
Nuclear power push ramps up uranium mill
Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy.
What do fans think of potential minority share sale?
Liverpool fans consider the club to have a specific set of values, centred around its working-class roots. When FSG attempted to raise season ticket prices last season, fans' group Spirit of Shankly (SOS) launched a campaign called 'Not a Pound in the Ground'. It urged fans to buy food and drink from local businesses in the Anfield area rather than inside the stadium.
Hollywood goes quiet as stars rethink speaking out on politics
As the midterm elections are heating up, more and more Hollywood stars say they’re putting a freeze on speaking out about politics, perhaps feeling burned by the 2024 White House race. …
‘Someone’s getting their road torn up’: Businesses, city at odds over SoHo flood plan
The design plans for the South Howard Flood Relief Project are at about 60%. But 100% of the business owners 8 On Your Side spoke with at an open house said they want the city to rethink this befor…
Cameron Holmes embracing versatility as Arizona freshman finds his footing
Cameron Holmes is seeing playing time "everywhere" as Tommy Lloyd tinkers with configurations ahead of Arizona's upcoming Lithuania trip.
Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment to Release Makoto Shinkai's Next Movie
Crunchyroll is announcing today that it has acquired the worldwide distribution rights (excluding Asia, but including India) for Makoto Shinkai's next feature film, with Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment to co-distribute.
Drive-through coffee truck opens for business in Manchester
A mother and son have opened a mobile coffee business in Manchester, bringing specialty drinks to Clay County residents. Donna and Jordan Jackson launched the Mountain Mug Coffee Truck on Tuesday.
USC Scientists Are Using Quantum Computing to Rethink Cancer Detection - USC Viterbi
By combining quantum computing with artificial intelligence, USC researchers are laying the groundwork for medical imaging tools that could help doctors diagnose cancer and plan treatments more precisely
Desmond Bane on NIL and NBA Expansion
Desmond Bane on his new TCU role, drink launch, and the Magic's season outlook.
NASA Swift Boost Spacecraft Prepares to Continue Mission
Katalyst Space uploaded a flight software update that reestablished attitude control of its LINK spacecraft, which is set to boost NASA’s Swift observatory.
Jenna Ortega would go ‘all day without eating or drinking’ as a kid on set to ‘not be in the way’
“I was so grateful and so excited to be there that my game face was on.”
Jenna Ortega would go ‘all day without eating or drinking’ as a kid on set to ‘not be in the way’
Jenna Ortega was so desperate to ‘not be in the way of anybody’ on set when she was a child actor that she would ‘go all day without eating or drinking.’
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