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Let’s do science: Share your wild turkey sightings

MAINE—All good wildlife management starts with science, and all good science starts with data. That’s where you come in. Maine’s Wild Turkey August Production Survey invites community scientists to play a direct role in monitoring our state’s wild turkey population. Whether you enjoy watching wildlife from your window, spend time hiking, hunting, or exploring the outdoors, or just need an excuse to get outside, you can help. Each summer, Maine’s wild turkey hens are busy raising the next generation of birds. By reporting your sightings and observations, you’ll help our biologists monitor annual reproduction rates, track population trends, and make informed management decisions that support healthy, sustainable turkey populations for generations to come. The information collected helps ensure there are abundant opportunities for both wildlife watchers and hunters to enjoy Maine’s wild turkeys. It’s easy to participate! Whenever you see wild turkeys anywhere in Maine during August, simply report: Date and location of your observation Number of adult females (hens) Number of adult males (gobblers) Number of poults (young turkeys) Estimated poult size relative to the adult hens Every observation counts, even if you don’t see poults. Together, these reports provide a clearer picture of turkey productivity across the state and are an important part of Maine’s wildlife management. Ready to help? Report your turkey sightings online using the Wild Turkey August Production Survey. Submit an Observation Subscribe Share Leave a comment

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Aug 2 • 4:11 PM EDT • Science • barharborstory.substack.com
Fantasy Baseball Trade Deadline Tracker: Freddy Peralta, Luis Castillo on the move; Kade Anderson on the way?

Curtis Mead gains Fantasy value after a trade to the Red Sox at the deadline

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Aug 2 • 3:11 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Sentara announces possible contract terminations with Anthem health insurance

That potential termination, which includes Medicare and Medicaid contracts, could affect close to 380,000 Anthem members in Virginia around the start of next year.

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Aug 2 • 11:41 AM EDT • Health • pilotonline.com
Tony Romo's CBS Contract Named 'Worst' In Sports Media History

Tony Romo will not begin the 2026 NFL season as CBS's No. 1 NFL analyst. CBS announced earlier this week that Romo is being put on indefinite leave at the company. Romo, 46, was arrested on suspicion of OWI in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last week. He was pulled over on a highway and taken in for a field ...

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Aug 2 • 9:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
XBAND, the health tracker to wear with your own watch

Are you wearing a health-tracking device like a Woop, a Hume band, or an Oura ring? I am, and I’m not too happy with that strap with a health tracker on my right-hand wrist; hence, I chose a ring. However, XBAND has a solution with a health tracker tucked into the clasp of a rubber […]

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Aug 2 • 8:54 AM EDT • Health • monochrome-watches.com
I almost returned my Google Fitbit Air for broken sleep tracking until I changed one setting

A single tweak in Google Health revived the sleep points I'd been missing

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Aug 2 • 8:30 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
I tracked sleep with Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, Fitbit Air, and Oura Ring 5. This is the one I'd buy

Which one should you share your bed with?

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Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected

Dark matter particles may exert a hidden force on one another, but its effects are stranger than expected. An extra attraction helps the particles cluster, yet it also makes dark matter effectively lighter as the Universe expands. That weakens its gravitational impact and usually slows the growth of cosmic structure rather than accelerating it.

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Aug 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Yankees potential trade target: Pete Fairbanks

Might the Yankees overlook Pete Fairbanks’ down year, banking they can extract the best from this talented arm?

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Aug 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
US officials focus on identification and rapid action as measles cases rise

Authorities in Delaware tackle cluster with vaccination and contract tracing – but field has been weakened by cuts

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Aug 2 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Vinicius Junior hesitates on Real Madrid renewal amid Arsenal push

Vinicius Junior is reportedly not particularly keen on renewing his contract with Real Madrid, with Arsenal fully aligned on trying to lure him to north London.Photo by Judit Cartiel/Getty ImagesAt th...

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Aug 2 • 6:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Microsoft's most-underrated gaming feature is steadily gaining traction, but big gaps remain — Xbox Play Anywhere report card

New data shows Xbox Game Pass adoption has improved in recent months, but big app gaps remain. Can Microsoft do more to boost it?

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Aug 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Vikings Get Strong Baker Mayfield Take Amid Contract Drama

The Minnesota Vikings are holding a quarterback competition between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy to decide who will start in the 2026 season. The hope is that one of them seizes the job and gives Minnesota a long-term answer at the position.Still, there’s also a chance neither quarterback proves to be the solution. If that […] The post Vikings Get Strong Baker Mayfield Take Amid Contract Drama appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 2 • 3:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jaylon Johnson: 2026 is definitely a contract year for me
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Aug 1 • 4:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Solo Reload Victory Cup in NA West: Day 1 Day 1 Round 1

Battle your way to Gold, Diamond and Champion in Reload Ranked to be eligible for the first,second and final respectively Event of the Season! Compete for the opportunity to win a cash prize! Reach Round 2 (top 1600 in EU; top 800 in NAC; top 320 in OCE, ASIA, ME, BR, NAW) where every player who earns a Victory Royale will earn $100 USD - good luck and have fun!

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Aug 1 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • fortnitetracker.com
Cowboys’ George Pickens Eyeing Record-Breaking WR Contracts

Cowboys star George Pickens is on a one-year franchise tag contract. He's been paying attention to the big money other WRs are getting. The post Cowboys’ George Pickens Eyeing Record-Breaking WR Contracts appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 1 • 2:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Sophie Cunningham says protests over transgender sports stance are not distracting Fever

Sophie Cunningham said rallies backing her stance on transgender participation in women’s sports have not affected the Fever’s focus as demonstrations continued on the road

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Aug 1 • 10:38 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
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In deal for reliable arm Dean Kremer, Twins, Orioles both get what they need: MLB Trade Grades

Dean Kremer has had an awful season, but a long track record says he should bounce back to being reliably average.

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Aug 1 • 9:18 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’ prompts activists to turn up the volume

Nationwide actions seek to counter view that talking about climate crisis distracts from affordability messaging

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Aug 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Solo Reload Victory Cup in Europe: Day 1 Day 1 Round 1

Battle your way to Gold, Diamond and Champion in Reload Ranked to be eligible for the first,second and final respectively Event of the Season! Compete for the opportunity to win a cash prize! Reach Round 2 (top 1600 in EU; top 800 in NAC; top 320 in OCE, ASIA, ME, BR, NAW) where every player who earns a Victory Royale will earn $100 USD - good luck and have fun!

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Aug 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • fortnitetracker.com
Solo Reload Victory Cup in Europe: Day 1 Day 1 Round 1

Battle your way to Gold, Diamond and Champion in Reload Ranked to be eligible for the first,second and final respectively Event of the Season! Compete for the opportunity to win a cash prize! Reach Round 2 (top 1600 in EU; top 800 in NAC; top 320 in OCE, ASIA, ME, BR, NAW) where every player who earns a Victory Royale will earn $100 USD - good luck and have fun!

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Aug 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • fortnitetracker.com
Musk funds GOP midterms after SpaceX contract. Coincidence?

Republicans eager for Elon Musk's money to win an edge in the midterm elections would be wise to show some caution.

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Aug 1 • 4:02 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
How Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles responded to Baker Mayfield’s contract extension comments

Todd Bowles addressed Baker Mayfield's pointed contract comments, and his response made clear he isn't losing sleep over it.

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Aug 1 • 2:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Solo Reload Victory Cup in Oceania: Day 1 Day 1 Round 1

Battle your way to Gold, Diamond and Champion in Reload Ranked to be eligible for the first,second and final respectively Event of the Season! Compete for the opportunity to win a cash prize! Reach Round 2 (top 1600 in EU; top 800 in NAC; top 320 in OCE, ASIA, ME, BR, NAW) where every player who earns a Victory Royale will earn $100 USD - good luck and have fun!

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Jul 31 • 11:00 PM EDT • Technology • fortnitetracker.com
Sophie Cunningham says she's not concerned about being a distraction for the Fever

Sophie Cunningham says she’s unconcerned that the rallies against transgender participation in women's sports that have accompanied the Indiana’s Fever’s recent games are a distraction for the team.

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Jul 31 • 10:55 PM EDT • Sports • ksat.com
Warriors’ Stephen Curry ‘Absolutely’ Open to $40 Million Contract Sacrifice

The Warriors are heading into extension talks with Stephen Curry, and he could take less on his next deal--under some conditions. The post Warriors’ Stephen Curry ‘Absolutely’ Open to $40 Million Contract Sacrifice appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 31 • 10:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sentara Health ends contract with Anthem over reimbursement rates

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Sentara Health has terminated its contract with insurer Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield following a dispute over reimbursement rates. While Sentara Health requested a 6.2%…

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Jul 31 • 9:01 PM EDT • Health • wavy.com
Judge strikes down Houston minority contracting rule, leaving business owners uncertain

For more than four decades, Houston’s Minority, Women and Small Business Enterprise (MWSBE) Program has helped connect certified businesses with city contracting opportunities. Now, a federal judge’s ruling is changing part of that process.

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Jul 31 • 7:32 PM EDT • Business • click2houston.com
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Champion Aphrodite FNCS Cup Battle Royale in NA Central: Session 1

Drop into the Champion Aphrodite FNCS Cup! Duo up and compete for a chance to earn Aphrodite cosmetic rewards before they hit the shop. Good luck and have fun!

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Jul 31 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • fortnitetracker.com
Prosecutors drop Reflecting Pool damage charge against former Olympian

Trump has claimed vandals deliberated damaged the pool, but prosecutors say internal documents show it was likely contractor error.

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Jul 31 • 6:46 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Google Earth releases, swiftly retracts AI feature to make fake satellite images

“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.

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Jul 31 • 4:21 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Brazil uses forensic science to trace gold's origin and tackle illegal mining in the Amazon

Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon, a top threat to the rainforest, Indigenous groups and other communities there that has accelerated deforestation and driven mercury contamination to dangerous levels. The work takes place at the National Institute of Criminalistics in Brasilia, the country's…

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Jul 31 • 4:10 PM EDT • Science • japantoday.com
Google is about to launch its version of the Apple AirTag

The Pixel Tag might become Android's default item tracker.

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Jul 31 • 3:55 PM EDT • Technology • howtogeek.com
Carlie Irsay-Gordon on Jonathan Taylor's contract situation with Colts

Colts' owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon discussed Jonathan Taylor's contract situation as he enters the final year of his deal.

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Jul 31 • 3:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How scientists are trying to repair the body from within: Regenerative medicine and anti-aging

At Scripps Research and its drug discovery arm, the Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, scientists are developing regenerative medicine therapies designed to help the body repair itself from within. Unlike traditional medicines that primarily manage symptoms or slow disease progression, regenerative medicine aims to restore damaged tissues and rebuild function lost to aging and disease. Researchers are advancing programs focused on the heart, lungs, digestive tract and eyes, including investigational therapies for heart failure, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease, age-related macular degeneration and other chronic conditions that become more common as we age. Learn how scientists are activating the body’s natural repair mechanisms to explore a future where medicine may not only treat disease, but help reverse its damage.

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Jul 31 • 3:06 PM EDT • Science • scripps.edu
Memphis-based company on track for major business segment spinout

International Paper CEO Andy Silvernail says the EMEA spinout remains on track for completion between January and April 2027.

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Jul 31 • 2:59 PM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com
Tony Romo, CBS at a breaking point after leave: ‘Worst contract in media history’

With Romo on leave and J.J. Watt in CBS's No. 1 NFL booth to replace him, what happens next?

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Jul 31 • 2:52 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
The Streaming Bubble Keeps Popping

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) One of my rules is “never bet against PE [private equity]”. This isn’t to say that I agree with their methods or tactics or strategies or financial innovations (aka shenanigans). Just that in the long arc of financial history, they’ve tended to return very good returns to their shareholders. That said, their forays into entertainment have left me...skeptical. I’ve written before about PE’s production company/celebrity production company roll ups, and those haven’t really worked out. Some PE groups tried to “roll up” an industry that isn’t “roll-up-able” for lack of a better term—since the barrier to entry for starting a production company is very low—often paying top dollar for celebrity production companies at the height of streaming valuations. So yeah maybe we can bet against PE when they venture into filmed entertainment. I’ve also noted that studio lots seemed to be a bubble back in 2022. Sure enough… Yikes! That sure sounds like some private equity guys lost some money. The only caveat being that holding a lot of land in Los Angeles is always valuable. But that wasn’t the pitch and likely real estate investment companies overpaid for said land. I mean, Goldman Sachs had to repossess it after all. (Technically, I’m not sure these buyers were traditional private equity, but PE was buying LA studio lots earlier this decade.) All to say: I call out bubbles when I see them, and they often pop. Anywho, my most famous bubble call was the “streaming bubble”, specifically that the major streamers were making too many shows and films. And that it could all come crashing down. Notably, I made this call before the strikes of 2023, but those strikes potentially accelerated the popping. And now it has indeed popped. One of my most popular articles of last year made that exact case. A year later, it’s time to update that analysis. The bottom line is that the streaming contraction continues. Credit where credit is due, Luminate—an analytics company whose data I use weekly in my streaming ratings report—called this out in a recent report I saw highlighted in both Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter. But I’m adding my data to their look, including streaming films and kids TV shows. I’ll also provide some other data that all tells the same picture. Let’s dive in! Subscribe The Number of Streaming TV Shows, Films and Specials Is Declining AGAIN in 2026 Let’s get right to the data, starting with my dataset. Specifically, each week I track every “notable” title to come out on streaming. I try to grab every title on every major streamer, meaning if it’s a first run or original or exclusive, I track it. This helps me call out the “dogs not barking” and the misses/flops each week. So that will be our first series of charts, my weekly collection data. Let’s start with the raw TV show, film and special data, by week. Note: As the years have gone by, I have actually added more sources (going from just one source to five sources) to find new titles, meaning that this data collection is, likely, more accurate now than in the past. Which means my team and I are more likely to have undercounted titles in the past rather than today. I like to cut the data several different ways. Here’s that same look, by quarter, to more sharply show the trends: And here’s the data just looking at the first half of each year. That’s the same data, just cut three different ways with three different time periods. Note that films, TV shows, and specials are all down by 25%, 42% and 17%, respectively, from 2022. The good news is that the number of films and specials actually increased year-over-year from 2025 to 2026, but not enough to offset the 25% decline in TV shows. Now, I also look at kids shows, and here they are pulled out on their own: And here’s that by quarter: This really seems to be a notable area of pullback by the streamers. Kids shows are down 80% from 2022. This reflects some formerly Disney+ shows going to cable TV first, but also pullbacks from HBO Max, Prime Video and Netflix. I also categorize the TV shows by English language and non-English language, and that also reveals a lot of where the drop comes from: And here is by the half-year: In this look, the good news is the drop for English language shows seems to have stabilized in the last year. But the bad news is the long term decline from the 2022 peak. Other Data So I wasn’t the only person to notice this decline in the number of shows. I have a few other data sources for this, though most only go through the end of 2025. As I said, Luminate beat me to the punch, so let’s look at their data. We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… What TV loss streaming didn’t make up for... How Netflix has changed their programming slate over time… Ten more images charting the decline of production... What type of films aren’t being made anymore... The good news (for movie theaters)… And more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.

Meet the Pixel Tag, Google's answer to the AirTag

Google has its Find Hub tracking network, but has never introduced its own tracking fob. Now that could change with the Pixel Tag.

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Jul 31 • 2:01 PM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Shasta County, Kings View end behavioral health contracts, halting wellness center revival

Plans to bring back a clubhouse-style wellness center in Redding are not moving forward after Shasta County and Kings View ended contracts for behavioral he ...

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Jul 31 • 1:48 PM EDT • Health • krcrtv.com
Official: Diallo joins Parma from Borussia Dortmund

Ousmane Diallo left Borussia Dortmund a year before the end of his contract. The 19-year-old has joined Serie A club Parma as the deal was announced by both sides on Friday.The winger hasn’t feature...

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Jul 31 • 12:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tony Romo on leave from CBS Sports, JJ Watt to join lead NFL broadcast team

JJ Watt will join Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports’ lead NFL team during Romo’s absence.

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Jul 31 • 12:31 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
This is the ‘Google Pixel Tag’

Ahead of Google’s Pixel 11 launch, 9to5Google has obtained an image of a new tracker called the “Google Pixel Tag”...

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Jul 31 • 12:05 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Coros Update Brings Key Garmin Feature And More To Coros Watches

A significant Coros update sees a big upgrade to live tracking and how sleep scores are calculated, among other upgrades. It's for all current Coros watch users.

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Jul 31 • 11:46 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Tony Romo placed on leave by CBS after drunk driving charge

In Romo's place, JJ Watt will join Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports' lead NFL team during, CBS said Friday.

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Jul 31 • 11:30 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Graphics Cards Could Get Even More Expensive, and It’s Not Just Nvidia

At this point, PC gaming is becoming a pure luxury.

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Jul 31 • 10:55 AM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Brewers 2026 Trade Deadline Tracker

Check back here for all Brewers-related rumors leading up to the deadline

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Jul 31 • 10:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Penguins extend Tommy Novak for three years

The Penguins announced a signing on Friday, tightening up Tommy Novak for three more years. Novak was set to be a free agent in 2027, his new deal will have him under contract through 2029-30. From the team: The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Tommy Novak to a three-year contract extension, it was announced today […]

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Jul 31 • 10:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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A look at new construction projects and property deals in Ascension Parish

Ascension Parish recently announced new construction projects, property transactions and upcoming business events, Ascension Business Report writes. The parish issued permits for two major projects, including a $3 million, 10,483-square-foot building at The Church International on La. 42 in Prairieville, with Living Solutions Construction as the contractor, and a $400,000, 11,840-square-foot pre-engineered mixed-use metal building […]

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Jul 31 • 10:13 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
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Video: Opinion | A Doctor Weighs In on the Health Tracking Craze

If a fitness enthusiast like Joe Rogan wants to scan his body ad nauseam to track his wellness, that’s fine, says Dr. Rachael Bedard on “The Opinions.” But using those scans to look for medical abnormalities can lead to costly, potentially harmful follow-up tests.

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Jul 31 • 9:23 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Cowboys’ Quinnen Williams Could Create Seahawks Contract Problem

As market-resetting deals for Jalen Carter and Quinnen Williams loom, Seattle faces a financial tightrope to retain Leonard Williams and anchor their championship-caliber "Dark Side" defense.

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Jul 31 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ACC, AMC Team wins Department of War small business awards

The Army Materiel Command Office of Small Business Programs team, which features Army Contracting Command personnel Gherin Fracasso, Anthony Piccolo, and Suzanne Anderson from ACC-New Jersey, earned several Department of War and Department of the Army Small Business Awards for their achievements in Fiscal Year 2025 during a ceremony at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.

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Jul 31 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • dvidshub.net
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Celebrates National Lifeguard Day

On National Lifeguard Appreciation Day, we’re recognizing the dedicated lifeguards who work behind the scenes to help create a safe environment for every guest who visits our pools and water attractions across The Sweetest Place On Earth. Our certified lifeguards believe that every splash, laugh and swim is not possible without one important t...

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Jul 31 • 7:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • stories.hersheypa.com
Erie County Fair highlights new attractions, entertainment, food & family value for 186th event

The Erie County Fair is preparing to welcome guests back, Aug. 12-23, for its 186th year, bringing together agricultural traditions, family attractions, live entertainment, new food and beverage offerings, and affordable fun for all ages.

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Jul 31 • 7:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • wnypapers.com
Watchdog unleashes database to expose 'loopholes' as $5B in foreign cash floods US nonprofits

A new database tracks over $5 billion in foreign spending flowing into 523 politically active U.S. nonprofits not required to disclose donors.

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Jul 31 • 6:56 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Does public health *need* MAHA?

Last week, our friend Dr. Craig Spencer sparked an ongoing volatile discussion with his Atlantic article “Public Health Needs MAHA.” Some have come out in strong dissent, others are cheering, and others are simply lamenting that we find ourselves in such a divided world to begin with. We will dare to dip our toes in these controversial waters, too. Does public health need MAHA? We think in some ways yes, and in other ways, no. MAHA leaders versus the everyday MAHA supporter The vitriol in this debate mostly comes from one collapsed distinction: the leadership of MAHA is not necessarily the same as the people who support it. Say “MAHA” and most people picture RFK Jr. Fair enough, as he coined the term and holds most of the power. And, yes, some MAHA followers treat Kennedy as something close to a saint. But talk to the grassroots, and it’s not a monolith. They’re Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. People who distrust vaccines and vaccine supporters. It’s a wide, eclectic coalition. The data backs this too: 4 in 10 Americans support the movement—that’s a lot of people! But according to polls, vaccines and medical choice (the issues most tied to Kennedy personally) are cited by only 4% as their reason for supporting the movement. For many, the motivations are much broader. Many MAHA supporters are signing up for the idea that “something needs to change” with health in this country. They’re asking good-faith questions about corporate influence on our health systems, health care costs, nutrition, chemicals, and clean air and water. These are all questions that plenty of public health professionals recognize as legitimate and also care about very deeply. Blurring the lines between the leadership and grassroots does real damage in two important ways: It hands the 4 in 10 exactly the narrative already fed—that the health ecosystem doesn’t listen, doesn’t care, and paints every critic with the same brush. It gives the actual bad actor more power. RFK Jr. has done irreparable damage and can’t be trusted. What the MAHA movement gets right A healthy population is something the public health field was literally built on, and many of these topics are things we have dedicated our lives to. Yet the MAHA movement has captivated nearly half the country in a way the public health establishment has failed to achieve. So that means MAHA is doing something right. Some of it may be timing (after a Covid-19 pandemic and deep frustration and mistrust with institutions). The movement also does three other things really well: 1. It gives a new, louder voice to system failures. While MAHA is not a monolith, one theme stays consistent across their stories: the system failed them. For some, it was the system that flooded their communities with opioids and then walked away. For others, it was the system that let their business collapse during Covid with no safety net in sight. For others still, it was the system that failed to help them manage a complex chronic illness, bouncing them from physician to physician without any real answers. And in many ways, our health ecosystems are failing Americans. Why are medical bills so incomprehensible? Why do some kids get a healthy school lunch and others don’t? Why do an epidemiologist and a MD/PhD student have to start newsletters in the middle of the biggest public health emergency in a century, just so people can get straight information? Because the systems failed. This deep-seated frustration driving many Americans to search for solutions elsewhere needs to be recognized. 2. MAHA has brilliant comms central to their efforts. MAHA figured out something most health institutions still have not: the information landscape changed. It’s participatory now, not top-down; influence runs through many nodes in a community, not one institution; and storytelling and telling audiences “what you really think” moves people more than data dumps do. MAHA goes where audiences are listening, using podcasts, social media, and memes in ways most health institutions would scoff at—but it works. 3. They are very good at organizing. A MAHA meeting feels like a rally: energy, speakers, music, and most importantly, an action for everyone. Someone’s writing the next policy brief, someone’s seeding a narrative, someone knows the next legislative deadline, someone’s sending the text messages for a campaign. None of this is new (ask the civil rights movement), but MAHA knows it works and has capitalized on it. What MAHA gets wrong This list could be much longer, and this newsletter has spent a lot of time covering it, but here are a few things: Poor use of scientific evidence. This is the fundamental problem with many MAHA policies: the hype outpaces the science, and experts are often villainized for pointing this out. MAHA leadership has traded real solutions for cheap wins. For example, instead of taking on the powerful food industry and passing real reforms, it has celebrated french fries made of beef tallow and taken out artificial dyes from still very sugary children’s cereal. These changes won’t move the needle on America’s diet. MAHA leadership has tried to dismantle vaccine access in the U.S. While many MAHA supporters emphasize other issues, the effort to change vaccine policy has become MAHA’s signature effort. This is not surprising given RFK Jr.’s extensive track record campaigning against vaccines. It has rallied behind the wrong leader. RFK Jr. has a decades-long track record of villifying doctors, scientists, and public health workers, well before he became HHS secretary. He is known for his decades-long work sowing distrust in vaccines as well as life-saving treatments like antiretroviral therapy for HIV. This is not a serious person who can move the needle on health in the U.S, and he has already done serious damage. Public health needs more than defense Defending the evidence is absolutely necessary so health in the U.S. doesn’t move further backward. The public health establishment is very good at defense. The problem is this defense often sounds like defending the status quo, which has failed many people. Public health needs to offer an alternative to RFK Jr.’s MAHA—one that is rooted in evidence, truly listens to and addresses people’s frustrations, and has innovative solutions and the courage to change the systems. How do we get there? Find common ground. Do you know what most people care most about? The abysmal cost of healthcare. Start there. Fight for the human loudly. Too often, communications and engagement center on science with a capital S, funding mechanisms, or the CDC/FDA/NIH. Not the person. So the public doesn’t see themselves in it. Instead, they see people fighting for the very powerful systems that they feel negatively impact their health and well-being. Let the public feel and hear that you see their frustrations, you get it, and you’re fighting for them within the system. Recognize when pro-science messages are alienating people. Facts absolutely matter, but angrily venting only alienates people further. Our friend Elisabeth Marnik recently wrote a New York Times article about her experience growing up unvaccinated and how listening and empathetic conversation are the only ways to reach people that really work (a position backed by communication science). Her comments section was full of hateful comments from pro-vaccine individuals attacking her for daring to suggest we approach vaccine-hesitant individuals with empathy. It is possible to both stand firm behind scientific evidence and empathize with people who don’t trust it. Lean into politics smartly. Often, public health has shied away from politics: Don’t touch it, lest you get burned. But this fails to recognize that the third rail is what fuels the train: who is elected determines our budgets, our priorities, and our authority. Being political means being very savvy in strategy on both sides of the aisle, knowing your audience, and recognizing that political capital is as scarce as financial resources and needs to be allocated accordingly. Bottom line So does public health need MAHA? That’s not really the right question. Public health has a responsibility not to dismiss 40% of the country who feel heard by this movement and are frustrated that the system has failed them. And it has a responsibility to stick to the evidence and recognize MAHA leadership for what it is: a danger to our nation’s health. Both can, and should, be done. Love, YLE and KP A big thanks to Craig Spencer, who had the courage to put his neck out there to start a much-needed discussion at such a critical moment—one that is determining the identity of an entire field. Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD is completing an emergency medicine residency and research fellowship focusing on health literacy and communication. In her free time, she writes the newsletters You Can Know Things debunking health myths and rumors and The Public Health Roundup. Views expressed belong to KP, not her employer. Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) comprises a team of experts, ranging from physicians to immunologists to epidemiologists to nutritionists, working together with one goal: to “translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people are well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. The YLE suite of newsletters reaches over 475,000 people across more than 132 countries. 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The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a normal administration, you could probably skip over learning about a science policy document — but this is no normal administration, and this is no normal science policy document. Instead, it’s Trump’s attempt to end the actual golden age of science that was kicked off in 1945 with the publication of '“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) [ Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Liz Dye · Jul 29 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Bush, at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s request, laid out a vision of federal support for science that centered on funding universities to do basic research, saying that as long as those institutions were “vigorous and healthy and their scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.” Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to Bush’s, and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies. While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements. Science for dummies Part of how you can tell this isn’t a document about science is that you are immediately faced with an absolute wall of business-speak of the worst sort. Did you know we must “tightly couple our science and technology enterprises to ensure that groundbreaking ideas invented in the United States are rapidly prototyped, tested, manufactured, and scaled domestically”? You do now! That tone isn’t surprising, because Kratsios has no background in science or research. He has a bachelor’s in political science and spent most of his career working for Peter Thiel at Thiel Capital. After a stint in the first Trump administration as Chief Technology Officer, where he also did not do any science, Kratsios was tasked in 2020 with overseeing the Pentagon’s research budget for a brief time, a position that, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “carries a great deal of power in terms of dictating investment allocations.” He spent the Biden years at Scale AI as “head of strategy,” which you will also note is neither a science nor a research job. But Scale AI has contracts with the Department of Defense and, as the Washington Post wrote in 2023, “has been aggressively pitching itself as the company that will help the US military in its existential battle with China.” And now you have the necessary background for our new golden age, which is going to be a golden age of taking money away from scientists and universities and giving it to companies like Scale AI. A note from Aaron: Working with brilliant contributors like Lisa takes resources. If you aren’t already a paid subscriber, please become one to support our work. 👇 Subscribe In a genuinely galling move, Katsios spends a lot of time slamming universities because of “administrative burdens on researchers” and the “well-documented inefficiencies” in academia, the message being that those damn universities waste the time of amazing researchers with paperwork. Except it’s the administration that is attempting to impose inefficient, unnecessary burdens on those researchers with a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every science grant and ensure it aligns with Trump’s personal priorities. Researchers would also have to seek prior government approval to attend conferences or publicize their research. And political appointees could terminate any grant at any time if they feel like it. 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The report also proposes that we should have “fast grants” with “simplified applications requiring just a few pages of writing” because that is definitely how science works, just writing a bit off the dome and getting some cash. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) [ Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Paul Waldman · July 29, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Oh, and we should have prizes and challenges, where multiple teams compete. The proposed prizes include incentives like “advance procurement commitments,” which means the federal government agrees to buy whatever is being developed. There’s also “regulatory fast-tracking,” making sure all those great AI thingies don’t have to wait too long to be unleashed on a market. These aren’t incentives to do science. These are incentives to develop things with tax dollars that you can then sell to the government for more tax dollars. In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.” Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes. But that isn’t at all how actual science works, and actual scientists aren’t unhappy about review panels. They work collaboratively, not siloed in some secret race to create the next AI chatbot. A 2020 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined whether peer review panels succeed in helping agencies predict which research ideas will best advance science. Peer review was better at finding “diamond in the rough” applicants than a single government program official. How about that. Trump always wants a taste It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of “move fast and break things” paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech. That method works to line the pockets of tech executives, but it isn’t science. There’s a reason the government funds different kinds of research than private tech companies do. What Katsios either fails to understand or deliberately ignores is that the federal government is the main funder of basic research precisely because it can take a long time for it to bear fruit and is not intended to be profitable as such. “Basic” here does not mean rudimentary or simple, but rather research that is designed to advance scientific knowledge instead of achieving a specific outcome or product. Big tech companies don’t widely fund that sort of research, because it doesn’t make them money. Industry dollars account for only about 20 percent of basic research funding, while the government contributes around 60 percent. Big tech companies and startups do, however, rely on and benefit from that basic research. A 2019 study found that 35 percent of all patents obtained by venture-backed startups from 1976 to 2016 cited federally supported research. Basic research funded by the NIH contributed to every single drug the FDA approved from 2010 to 2016. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) [ The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Noah Berlatsky · Jul 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Unlike inventing the next ChatGPT, actual science is slow and iterative. Government funding of research that, on its face, would not appear to lead to any big new invention is actually what underpins those big new inventions. If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide, and we wouldn’t have Ozempic. If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic across computer servers. The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits. The $36 billion the government awarded in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2025 generated $94 billion in new economic activity. Trump’s proposed new golden age is intended to strip those billions from universities, resulting in the dismantling of departments and the shuttering of labs. But Katsios has a plan for that: Universities should just become trade schools to churn out no-show STEM degrees! “Require universities and community colleges to embed practical technical training and externships into STEM curricula. Let hands-on experience and industry credentials count toward degrees.” It’s quite the feat to, on the one hand, strip schools of funding for scientific research while simultaneously demanding to control what is taught and, oh, also, colleges need to give degrees to employees at big tech companies just for being employees at big tech companies. The new golden age would also exacerbate the brain drain Trump’s policies have already caused. Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, US scientists submitted 32 percent more job applications abroad than in 2024. A March 2025 poll by Nature of roughly 1,600 scientists found that over 1,200 said they were considering leaving the country. Europe is investing $565 million to make it a “magnet for researchers” and provide funding for scientists who relocate. The new golden age is also about embedding Trump’s xenophobia into the fabric of American science. The report complains of an “over-reliance on foreign students” that “creates a security challenge our institutions are ill-equipped to address” and that a “reliance on foreign talent sidelines American students.” This is, to put it mildly, nonsense. International students pay far higher tuition and often receive no financial aid. Their tuition dollars are what make it possible for American students to get financial aid. In the 2023-2024 school year alone, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the US economy and supported over 378,000 jobs. Those 1.1 million international students accounted for only six percent of the total number of students in higher education that year, but were such an economic engine that for every three international students, one job was created or supported. It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice. Trump and Katsios’s view of science is narrow, cramped, and wrong. We’re not in a crisis, we’re not a failed state. We’ve been a science superpower for decades, and the only thing that threatens that is Donald Trump. Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass. Thanks for reading Public Notice. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share We’ll be back with more tomorrow. If you appreciate today’s PN, please do your part to keep us free by signing up for a paid subscription. 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 Thanks for reading, and for your support.

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The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know

The US has unveiled what officials claim is the most radical overhaul of the public R&D system in a generation, which if implemented could have significant implications for transatlantic research collaboration. Science: A New Golden Age derides universities as “legacy institutions” and instead wants to prioritise funding on technological challenges, new research labs and funding that follows individual scientists, rather than being linked to their institutions. “Too much of our research enterprise has come to serve itself rather than the scientists within it,” writes Michael Kratsios, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the only named author of the report. “Federal funding agencies should support a broader range of performers.” But some critics argue that the strategy is a smokescreen, using genuine problems in academia as an excuse to further weaken US universities, which US vice-president JD Vance has labelled “the enemy..”Even as it talks of a “golden age” for science, the White House has proposed halving the 2027 budget of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and has put forward double-digit cuts for other funding bodies, such as the National Institutes for Health. It asked for similarly steep savings in 2026, but Congress stopped them going through. Science: A New Golden Age says success will be measured by the extent to which scientists are “free” to pursue the most “vital questions,,” painting academia as currently hidebound by bureaucracy, sluggishness and consensual conservatism. And yet the Trump administration is simultaneously planning new rules that will hand political appointees unprecedented powers to screen and cancel grants. The report has pretentions to be the successor to Science: The Endless Frontier, the seminal 1945 document in which presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush set out the case for post-war government funding of basic research, helping to spur the creation of funders such as the NSF. Even the title page font is the same. But it remains unclear if the latest report will leave anything like as lasting a legacy.Here, Science|Business explains some of the biggest proposed changes in Science: A New Golden Age, and how Europeans think it might change the landscape of their biggest science partner.Universities under fireA key target of the report are US universities, which it repeatedly suggests are outmoded as research institutions. It criticises the NSF for channelling resources “overwhelmingly to a single type of performer, the university-based, principal investigator-led research group..” Universities “extract” money from researchers’ grants to support “growing administrative bloat,” alongside legitimate uses. The Trump administration has been trying to cut the overhead costs in federal research grants that flow to universities. Instead, new institutions are being built. In May, the NSF announced it would spend $1.5 billion on two new so-called X-Labs, focused on scientific instrumentation and quantum systems. The idea is that they fill a niche in the landscape, tackling problems that are too big for a university lab, but too early stage for private start-up funding. Parallel with Europe?This shift to new research organisations parallels moves in Europe to set up new innovation agencies, such as Germany’s Sprind, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and the EU’s European Innovation Council. The Dutch and French governments are looking to set up their own entities too. There’s now an emerging consensus, evident in a number of new strategies, that public R&D needs to be shaken up, Charles McIvor, an economist at the OECD, has written in response to Kratsios’s plans. “What stands out for me across these strategies [in the US, Germany, South Korea and Japan] is that governments are realising that the old ways of delivering STI [science, technology and innovation] programming no longer works,” he said in a LinkedIn post. Metascience wins?The document is, at least on the face of it, also a big win for some policy thinkers in the US who want far more experimentation with new forms of research grant and institution.It name-checks a litany of new public R&D ideas, from focused research organisations and advance market commitments to “golden tickets,” which allow grant reviewers the power to hand applicants money without requiring the consensus of other review panellists.Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationFocused research organisations: what are they, and how do you set them up? NIH turmoil risks reciprocal EU-US access to health research funding In addition, every federal research funding agency should set up a metascience unit, the strategy says, “with authority to run controlled experiments on review and funding mechanisms.” The UK has already set one up, the strategy points out. This mirrors recommendations to the European Commission. In 2024, a report led by former Portuguese science minister Manuel Heitor also advised the EU to set up an “experimental unit” to test out new methods of funding research. So far, however, Brussels hasn’t put forward any plans to do so. Bypass universitiesBut there’s a worry that the Trump administration is using the metascience movement to justify an overhaul of public R&D that punishes universities, which it sees as centres of political resistance. Last year, it threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless it hired and admitted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity” across campus. It’s also attempted to strip academics of funding for working on politically forbidden areas, like LGBTIQ people’s health.The new strategy appears to be a “move to bypass the power of universities full stop and allow funders and political bureaucracies to handpick the projects and people who will execute them,” said Jean-Claude Burgelman, a former senior official in the Commission’s research directorate, on LinkedIn.The EU’s science counsellor in Washington, Florent Bernard, wrote that the plans risk diverting public research funding so that it “solely serves private interests.” “Who, if not independent universities, will do research that demonstrates the impact of tobacco on lung cancer or the role of human activities in our current climate crisis?” he wrote.Should we take it seriously?“I would view the overall document as a bad faith argument,” said Cole Donovan, director of science policy at the campaigning group Stand Up for Science, and a former OSTP official. “I don’t see the project itself as something that can be isolated from the broader attack on the system.” He thinks the argument that academia has become dysfunctional and in need of radical reform is being deployed as part of a “PR argument” to legitimate moves against US scientists. The strategy presents ideas like metascience units as new, whereas there were moves to set them up at the NSF during the previous administration of Joe Biden, Donovan said. The other caveat here is that the OSTP has limited power to carry out any of these recommendations. While Kratsios has issued a memo to research agencies telling them to implement the recommendations in the report, he doesn’t have direct budgetary control. “As a former OSTPer myself, this does not seem like a document that is realistic,” said Donovan.

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Seven lessons from women entrepreneurs on starting and running a business

Seven women entrepreneurs from the Western Balkans stepped into the dynamic environment of GITEX AI Europe to network, explore partnerships, showcase their businesses and attract investment at one of Europe's largest technology and AI events. We joined them at GITEX AI Europe to hear the practical lessons they learned while building their business and how participating in Capital Quest help shape their entrepreneurial journey.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • eca.unwomen.org
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Mifepristone and the Midterms

Amid an ongoing FDA re-review of mifepristone, awareness of the safety and prevalence of the abortion pill remains limited. This KFF poll also finds that the voters who say abortion policy is an important issue for 2026 midterm candidates to discuss are disproportionately Democrats.

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Jul 30 • 7:35 AM EDT • Health • kff.org
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Patriots have a big Christian Gonzalez problem on their hands

The Patriots need to get a handle on the Christian Gonzalez contract situation ASAP.

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Jul 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
San Jose Sharks Look Toward Will Smith Contract Extension

The term and value will figure to be major points of interest around the league in this rapidly changing landscape. The post San Jose Sharks Look Toward Will Smith Contract Extension appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 30 • 4:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HRW report says oil production in DRC poses severe environmental health risks

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday reported that Perenco, the sole oil producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is actively participating in production tactics that pose grave health and en...

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Jul 30 • 2:26 AM EDT • Health • jurist.org
Flyers Rank Below Average in NHL Contract Efficiency Once Again
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Jul 30 • 2:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mario Vargas Llosa by Gerald Martin review – the passions and politics of Peru’s Nobel laureate

This stylish biography of the author traces his journey from left to right, and from ‘posh Lima’ to Cricklewood

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Jul 30 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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The Gabe Jacas injury waiver is unusual

The Patriots and linebacker Gabe Jacas took a long time to work out a rookie contract for reasons unrelated to the standard terms of his rookie deal.

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Jul 29 • 9:36 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com
Sharks' Macklin Celebrini turned down $20.8 million contract option

Celebrini will still be paid quite nicely.

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Jul 29 • 7:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CRE Opinion: Your Real Estate Strategy Is Your Business Strategy

The right workplace can do more than house employees, writes Scott Morse, it can strengthen culture, attract talent, improve performance, and create enterprise value.

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Jul 29 • 5:02 PM EDT • Business • dmagazine.com
Enzyme ratio could help cardiologists track risk of stroke, AFib after TAVR

The De Ritis ratio could be a new way to anticipate when TAVR patients may face certain short-term risks after treatment.

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Jul 29 • 4:50 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com