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Is Germany benefitting yet from the crisis in US research?

Science|Business - Table.Media partnershipScience|Business has partnered with Table.Media, a leading source of news about higher education and research in Germany. Each week, we are publishing one of each other’s stories to give readers an even broader range of insight into R&D policy across Europe.Drawing over 500 participants, the German Academic International Network conference in San Francisco brings together researchers, universities, scientific organisations and policymakers in the US as part of an attempt to recruit international talent for Germany. It also serves as an annual barometer for the uncertainty triggered by the Trump administration’s science policies. As was the case last year, Germany’s political presence was unusually strong: federal lawmakers, nine state ministers of science and research, and federal research state secretary Marcus Pleyer all attended. Joybrato Mukherjee, president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), has observed a marked shift at US universities a year after the Trump administration began sweeping interventions: the initial state of "shock and paralysis" has given way to a strategic approach to the situation. Universities are seeking new funding sources, mounting legal challenges against interventions and opening themselves up more to international collaborations, including with Germany, he said. Early-career international researchers with expiring visas are considered particularly vulnerable. Germany is benefiting from increased demand among this pool of young talent; the country’s 1,000 Minds Plus programme, designed in part to lure German academics back home, has already filled up around one-third of its capacity. Meanwhile, Markus Blume, Bavaria’s science minister and current chair of the federal Conference of Science Ministers, sees an "enormous outflow of talent from the US." An increasing number of international researchers want to leave. Applications to Canada have risen by 42% January, and those to Europe by 32%. Meanwhile, the number of people drawn to the US is plummeting. "In this context, Germany must position itself as a prime destination offering reliable conditions, institutional stability and academic freedom, including through smart collaborations," Blume told Table.Briefings.“Darkest hour”At the get-together in San Francisco, the former president of the US National Academy of Sciences, Marcia McNutt, highlighted the gravity of the situation on the ground in a keynote address. She described the present moment as the "darkest hour for the US scientific system." At the same time, she said that cooperation should be maintained, especially during a crisis. Established researchers in the US are less likely to leave. Ulrike Malmendier, a former member of the German Council of Economic Experts and an economist at Berkeley, explained why established researchers are not packing their bags and leaving the US in droves: working conditions and the concentration of talent at places like Berkeley and Stanford remain unparalleled. According to Peter-André Alt, managing director of the Wübben Foundation, which helps Germany attract international academics, political restrictions are not the only grievance voiced by US-based researchers. "There are evidently still many areas where, fortunately, unfettered research is possible," Alt told Table.Briefings. Instead, the primary complaint concerns the cost of living, which has "skyrocketed” to absurd levels. "Runaway inflation, like that currently seen in the US, is certainly no draw for young scientific talent,” he said. Return homeA growing number of early-career researchers from Germany appear to be considering a return home. Jörn Benzinger, who is responsible for recruiting early-career researchers from abroad at Ruhr University Bochum, reports numerous conversations with researchers who are taking a closer look at the German academic landscape."Germany has definitely moved more into the spotlight,” he said. States, university alliances and research organisations joined forces to recruit talent. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia were prominently represented, as were alliances such as the Berlin University Alliance and the University Alliance Ruhr. Benzinger sums up Germany’s approach with a new formula: "collaboration is the new competition." He notes that it is becoming increasingly difficult for individual universities to gain international visibility, while regional research ecosystems and collaborations are growing in importance. Afraid to leaveThe crisis in the US academic sector is also straining transatlantic research relations. Benzinger reports that some US-based researchers had to decline brief invitations to Germany because they could not be certain of being allowed to re-enter the US afterward.He considers the simple poaching of researchers to be the wrong approach; what is needed, he says, are "reliable offers and long-term partnerships."However, Green Party politician Ayşe Asar, who also attended the conference, sees a significant need for improvement, particularly regarding career paths in Germany.While lifetime professorships and academic freedom certainly make Germany attractive, young researchers also require predictable career paths, tenure-track positions and flatter hierarchies.

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Aug 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
CIA chief reportedly warns Russia against attacking Nato countries on visit to Moscow

Kremlin dismisses US media reports after meeting as ‘scare stories’, as Pentagon policy chief prepares to meet Nato secretary general

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Aug 27 • 5:39 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Jill Lepore on why Silicon Valley gets science fiction wrong

Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops

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Aug 26 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Morning 3: Monroe business owner arrested after police raid illegal gambling ring -- and other news

Here are the top stories for the morning of Aug. 26, 2026

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Aug 26 • 10:23 AM EDT • Business • wbtv.com
Delivering Business Outcomes in the AI Era: Ricoh's Process-First Approach to AX | Stories | Global

Many organizations are investing in digital transformation (DX) and generative AI, yet few are achieving the business outcomes they expected. According to Takashi Asaka, Head of DX Division, Ricoh Company, Ltd., the challenge often lies not in AI itself, but in business processes that were never designed with AI in mind.

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Aug 24 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • ricoh.com
Highmark Health boosts Q2 operating income

Led by gains in its health plans and hospital subsidiaries, Highmark Health on Monday reported more than a six-fold increase in operating income for the...

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Aug 24 • 12:49 PM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com
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This Week: SF Politics, Bike East Bay Volunteer Night, SFMTA Photo Archive

Here is a list of events this week. Tuesday SF Politics 101 with Joel Engardio. ​SF Politics 101 is a look at how local politics work and the history that shaped San Francisco—brought to life with visuals and narrative storytelling. Tuesday, August 25, 6-7:15 p.m. SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, S.F. Register to attend. Tuesday Bike East Bay Volunteer Night. Tackle projects while socializing with fellow advocates. Snacks provided. Tuesday, August 25, 6-8 p.m. Bike East Bay Office, 466 Water Street, Oakland. Wednesday SFMTA Photo Archive and Peter Hartlaub. Go back in time for an evening of photos, stories and conversation with the Chronicle, Mayor Art Agnos, and S.F. Muni. Wednesday, August 26, 5:30 p.m. Gray Area Foundation / Grand Theatre, 2667 Mission Street, S.F. Get tickets. Wednesday Smart City Cycling. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for a presentation for people interested in biking but intimidated by urban traffic plus anyone already riding who wants to hone their skills. Wednesday, August 26, 6-7:30 p.m. Anza Branch Public Library, 550 37th Avenue, S.F. Thursday Member Repair Party. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and learn how to repair your bike. Thursday, August 27, 5-7 p.m. San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, 1720 Market Street, S.F. RSVP required. Saturday The Bay Ride. Circumnavigate the San Francisco Bay while raising funds for cycling infrastructure that makes streets safer for everyone. Saturday, August 29, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts at Sports Basement Presidio, 610 Old Mason Street, S.F. Saturday Flat Fix Clinic for Students and Families. Join the Safe Routes to School team at the Marina Branch Branch Library for a hands-on flat fix clinic. Saturday, August 29, 2-3:30 p.m. Marina Branch Public Library, 1890 Chestnut Street, S.F. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.

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Aug 24 • 11:44 AM EDT • Politics • sf.streetsblog.org
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries

A new study has reconciled a long-standing paradox in the South Asian summer monsoon cycle. Climate scientists have discovered why geological records from land and sea have told opposite stories about ...

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Aug 24 • 11:20 AM EDT • Science • phys.org
Highmark Health Plans names new president

Gustavo (Gus) Giraldo has been named president of Highmark Health Plans, replacing Tom Doran, who is leaving the organization to pursue other opportunities,...

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Aug 24 • 10:46 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com
King Harald's health 'deteriorated' at weekend, Norway's palace says

Europe's oldest reigning monarch is being treated for haemolytic anaemia, a condition caused by an abnormally rapid destruction of red blood cells which leads to fatigue, paleness and shortness of breath.

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Aug 24 • 3:35 AM EDT • Health • euronews.com
🥐 An unstoppable Barça, Julián, Vinicius... 5️⃣ stories shaping Monday

Tension at the Metropolitano after the boos aimed at Julián Álvarez headline a matchday in which FC Barcelona showed overwhelming dominance against Elche, Mourinho stepped in amid the 'Vinicius case...

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Aug 24 • 2:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sharing Stories About Author Philip K. Dick at Saturday CSUF Science Fiction Festival

The Philip K. Dick Festival 2026 took place over four days and included panels, lectures, readings, and film screenings split between CSUF’s library and the Fullerton Marriott.

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Aug 23 • 6:38 PM EDT • Science • fullertonobserver.com
Vaccine enforcement gaps in Pennsylvania charter schools put thousands of children at risk

With Pennsylvania steeped in one of the largest measles outbreaks in the country, charter schools across the state are allowing children into classes without...

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Aug 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com
Hale Foundation recovery program partners with art business for watercolor class

About 20 men took part in the class, using watercolor to create original pieces representing their own stories, both at Hale and in life.

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Aug 22 • 11:08 PM EDT • Business • wrdw.com
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Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years.

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Aug 22 • 8:37 PM EDT • Health • wtop.com
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Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities.

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Aug 22 • 6:38 PM EDT • Health • wtop.com
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Top Stories: Apple Leaks - Camera-Equipped AirPods, Beats 360, and More

It was a big week for leaks in the Apple world, with Apple itself revealing information on a bunch of upcoming products within a macOS Tahoe 26.7 build and retailers leaking details on new Beats 360 headphones that could be launching soon.

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Aug 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Anime News, Top Stories & In-Depth Anime Insights

Stay on top of anime news and updates straight out of Japan with Crunchyroll News. From breaking stories to evergreen content, get all your anime and manga news updates in one place. You heard it here first!

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Aug 21 • 6:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • crunchyroll.com
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Sports Media Pod: From tennis star to movie villian, Andy Roddick’s Hollywood adventure

On this week’s Sports Media Podcast, SBJ’s Rob Schaefer draws out a side of Andy Roddick that fans rarely get to see. He shares stories from filming The Dink, working with actor Jake Johnson, and hearing his kids’ reactions to his over-the-top villain role.

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Aug 21 • 2:44 PM EDT • Sports • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Brandon McGinley: The politics of Josh Shapiro's transformation on data centers

The only two times I’ve seen Gov. Josh Shapiro in the flesh, he was extolling AI and data centers as critical to Pennsylvania’s — and...

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Aug 21 • 2:01 PM EDT • Politics • post-gazette.com
Morning 4: Here are the 80 businesses you voted best in Metro Detroit

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

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Aug 21 • 12:01 PM EDT • Business • clickondetroit.com
Why scientists are stoked about mysterious black hole stars

You've heard of black holes. You've heard of stars. But have you heard of the newly discovered black hole stars that may explain multiple mysteries of the universe? We just did and we're honestly freaking out about it. Learn everything you need to know about it in this episode. Plus, hear some other cool stories fresh off the presses: Which exercise can help reduce your risk of dementia and how shrews shrink — and then regrow — parts of their body throughout the year.Interested in hearing more reporting on space, scientific mysteries or other emerging science? We want to know! Email us what you'd like us to talk about at shortwave@npr.org!Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.

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Aug 21 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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The Week in Business: Minnesota’s Bowling Alleys Reinvent Themselves

This week’s top stories from Twin Cities Business.

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Aug 20 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • mspmag.com
KSU, Technovative AI sign pilot agreement with Moultrie Police Department for AI-powered behavioral health detection tool

Technovative AI, Inc. and Kennesaw State University today announced a pilot agreement with the Moultrie Police Department to deploy CaseFinder, an AI-powered behavioral health detection platform that analyzes police incident reports and 911 call transcripts to identify individuals in behavioral health crisis who would otherwise go undetected.

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Aug 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • kennesaw.edu
5 true stories to savor this summer

Summer is almost over, but there's still time for unforgettable nonfiction about friendship during a record-setting fire season, the role of language in cults and more.

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Aug 19 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
True Crime Summer: Wolf Entertainment’s Real-Life Case Files

The days are long, the temperatures are high, and we are in the mood for some true crime stories. If…

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Aug 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • wolfentertainment.com
Disease experts urge safe animal practices amid 'unusual' rabid beaver attacks

Despite headline-grabbing stories of rabid animal attacks – including three attacks by beavers, at least two of which were confirmed rabid – experts say there is not any greater risk to public safety this summer compared to previous years.

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Aug 19 • 5:15 AM EDT • Health • marylandmatters.org
World Humanitarian Day 2026: Protect those who protect humanity

19 August 2026, Cairo, Egypt – They treat the wounded. They deliver medicines across conflict lines. They keep hospitals running when electricity and water run low and essential supplies are disappearing. They respond...

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Aug 19 • 1:31 AM EDT • Health • emro.who.int
Florida’s leading coral experts unite in historic effort to restore Florida’s Coral Reef

Backed by a NOAA-funded initiative, 12 organizations joined forces during the annual coral spawning event to produce more than 1.5 million embryos and help preserve genetic diversity for the future of Florida’s Coral Reef.

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Aug 18 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • news.miami.edu
Dozens of small businesses awarded funding to refresh old storefronts

Ron Fuchs can see Frick Park Market from his front porch. The 90-year-old lifelong Point Breeze native makes his rounds at the market everyday, often opting...

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Aug 18 • 3:17 PM EDT • Business • post-gazette.com
Discover the Untold Stories of Azeroth's Most Wanted with New Class Sets

See what’s coming in Azeroth’s Most Wanted, the new Class Sets for Priest, Rogue, Warlock, and Warrior.

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Aug 18 • 12:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • hearthstone.blizzard.com
MORNING BUSINESS REPORT: Meta trial expected to begin, strawberry prices could rise

Tracey and Cait have these stories and more for Tuesday's morning business report.

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Aug 18 • 6:42 AM EDT • Business • wfsb.com
The Fast and the Curious: Sky Sports announces new partnership ahead of F1's return to action at Dutch GP

The partnership between The Fast and the Curious podcast and Sky Sports will create further opportunities to tell the stories behind F1 and bring listeners closer to the action than ever before; watch the Dutch Grand Prix Sprint weekend live on Sky Sports F1 from Friday

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Aug 18 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
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Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks

Spotify launches a new feature that gives users a chance to explain the stories and reasoning behind their favorite music. Editors will be using the feature, too, on top playlists like RapCaviar and others.

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Aug 17 • 3:24 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Reddit begins testing a new audio and video experience, similar to popular TikTok videos

Reddit is beginning to test video and audio versions of popular posts, allowing users to watch or listen to Reddit stories instead of just reading them.

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Aug 17 • 2:42 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Webtoon Entertainment

Webtoon Entertainment is embracing the microdrama format with the premiere today of six romantic stories presented as "short dramas."

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Aug 17 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
Letters — Democracy, term limits, politics, vaccines

Readers praise two stories, believe term limits would help save our democracy, urge people to see both sides of an issue and share information about vaccines.

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Aug 17 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • dallasnews.com
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8 Famous Science-Fiction Writers and Actors Who Served

Before creating some of science fiction’s greatest stories, these 8 writers and actors served in the U.S. military.

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Aug 17 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • military.com
Naturally Sparkling: The Science Behind Pet-Nat Wine

This week’s Northern Express — sister publication of The Ticker — is the Ingredients issue, featuring stories about our farmers, growers, chefs, bakers, and winemakers. In the lattermost category, a few local wineries are trying their hands at a 500-year-old winemaking process, pétillant-naturel, or pét-nat. What makes it different from traditional wine styles are three main components: …

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Aug 16 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • traverseticker.com
Growing threat to free speech: Bogus copyright claims are making political stories disappear

Google’s removal of stories underscores mounting concern that federal copyright law is being used by people relying on automated, AI-driven and anonymous complaints to file fraudulent takedown notices, all in the name of suppressing headline news.

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Aug 16 • 4:10 PM EDT • Politics • adn.com
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Apple, AI, Tesla And More: Top Tech And Entertainment Stories

From Apple’s streaming success to AI shifts and smartphone costs, these were the top tech and entertainment stories.

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Aug 16 • 7:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • benzinga.com
David M. Shribman: A socialist high-water mark in Maine and the Midwest?

OGUNQUIT, Maine — As Maine goes, so goes the nation? Maybe. But maybe not. That phrase, from the faded past, once was a sturdy political guideline....

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Aug 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • post-gazette.com
Belleville business news includes cafés, burritos and big real estate deals

A roundup of the week’s business stories.

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Aug 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • bnd.com
My mom charges her Galaxy S25+ to 100% daily; our batteries tell very different stories

I only charge mine to 80%

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Aug 15 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
Top Stories: iOS 27 Beta 5, iPhone 18 Pro Rumors, and More

Apple is likely winding down work on the initial release of iOS 27 as it prepares to install the operating system on new iPhone models coming next month, but some changes are still being made as we saw with the fifth round of betas this week.

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Aug 15 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from the Google Pixel 11 launch to Honor's revolutionary Robot Phone

Here's your firmware update for August 15, 2026

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Aug 15 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • techradar.com
Growing threat to free speech: Bogus copyright claims making political stories disappear

In what media experts are calling a threat to free speech, bogus copyright complaints have led to the scrubbing of dozens of stories about a congressional candidate from Google search results.

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Aug 14 • 3:24 PM EDT • Politics • sun-sentinel.com
"Healing Detroit" tells stories of community care

Shiraz Ahmed's video short series and nearly complete documentary show how Detroiters build networks of care.

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Aug 14 • 6:22 AM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Who's rising and who's falling after the Steelers' first preseason game against the Packers?

The Steelers beat the Packers, 28-9, on Thursday night at Acrisure Stadium. Let's take a look at the Steelers who are rising and falling: Rising • Mason...

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Aug 13 • 10:22 PM EDT • Sports • post-gazette.com
Healthcare horror stories punctuate Wyden town hall in Salem

For two hours, dozens of Oregonians told Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Andrea Salinas stories about the horrors they face accessing proper care.

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Aug 13 • 8:22 PM EDT • Health • statesmanjournal.com
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The Week in Business: Why Is Heavy Industry on One Upscale Part of the Riverfront?

This week’s top stories from Twin Cities Business.

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Aug 13 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • mspmag.com
UF Diabetes Institute expands care across Florida with support from Google

UF Diabetes Institute Director Todd Brusko, Ph.D., speaks at Thursday's event announcing funding from Google.org to boost diabetes care in Florida. (University…

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Aug 13 • 6:41 PM EDT • Health • ufhealth.org
How Games Are Helping Shape Disney’s Next Chapter

Disney Games is now part of Disney Entertainment, giving fans the chance to move beyond watching their favorite stories and become active participants.

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Aug 13 • 6:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • thewaltdisneycompany.com
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Octavia Spencer Talks Giving 'Visibility' to Missing Indigenous Women

The narrator and executive producer of the ID series talks about the "duty" she feels to amplify the stories of missing and murdered native women and the current efforts toward seeking justice.

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Aug 13 • 2:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
Indigo Girls to share songs, stories at Columbus Commons in September

The Indigo Girls and special guest Linda Perry will perform in the Bicentennial Pavilion at the Commons on Sept. 16.

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Aug 13 • 11:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • dispatch.com
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.

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Allegheny County 911 dispatchers are confronting a mental health crisis

For years, Allegheny County’s 911 dispatchers have quietly grappled with a growing mental health crisis that has forced them to face, firsthand,...

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Starbreeze Entertainment & VICE Studios Partners with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and G-Unit Film & Television for PAYDAY

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State Dept axes Biden-era DEI scheme pushing woke politics across the globe and more top headlines

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ENTERTAINMENT: Benton’s Royal Players take a gamble on ‘Guys and Dolls’

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Niwot Incorporation Committee outlines business impact

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Oneil Cruz's rehab is transferred to Altoona, and he goes hitless in his first game there

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Sacramento news roundup: climber death, hotel tax fraud, health bill, worker benefits

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As Trump Media scraps some businesses, it's doubling down on Truth Social and the president

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WHO receives US$4 million from CERF to sustain health services and strengthen health system resilience across Syria

Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 11 August 2026 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has received US$4 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to protect access to essential health...

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Hurricane Hunter data reveal early signs of strengthening tropical cyclones

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Sacramento top stories: Heat, coach mental health bill, Tahoe avalanche report

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Northwest Politics NOW: Aug 12, 2026

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The Steelers defense is still missing 3 of its key pieces, but their new coaching staff isn't concerned

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Top Sports Entertainment Lawyer Joins Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

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Five Science Fiction Novels That Flirt With the Supernatural

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Italy-Spain fallout: united by geography, divided by politics

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Forget about being cool, Whitmer Thomas just wants to make his friends laugh

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Noah Hiles: Late season collapses are what the Pirates do best

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As some struggle, business and development thrives in downtown Burbank

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Scientists Used AI To Produce A Bacteria-Killing Virus, “A Little Bowel Movement” 540 Million Years Ago Sparked An Evolutionary Explosion, And Much More This Week

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THQ Nordic Showcase 2026: New Worlds, New Stories, New Games, and New Discounts

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WHO says up to 45% of dementia risk could be prevented, and other health stories

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Science Needs Storytellers — And Museums Know How

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John Fetterman is losing support among his party's voters. High-profile Democrats are emerging as potential challengers

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Returning flames, fed-up health workers, skydiver’s delivery: Catch up on the day’s stories

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What are 'Franco moments'? How Mike McCarthy keeps the Steelers on their toes

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Steelers camp observations: It was Payton Wilson vs. Ben Skowronek in the season's first fight

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Educators & Teens Get Hands-On With TEMPO Data to Help Investigate Local Air Quality

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Which type of thinker are you? + US explosive diarrhoea outbreak

Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, Guardian science editor, to discuss three eye-catching science stories including an investigation that has identified four distinct types of thinker. Also on the agenda is the unprecedented cyclosporiasis outbreak in the US which has now been linked to two fatalities, and the funding cuts that threaten the iconic Jodrell Bank world heritage site, home to the Lovell telescope

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