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Politics Friday: What Democratic electoral gains mean for Minnesota as Republicans regroup
Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with Amy Klobuchar as she begins the transition from senator to governor next year. She starts with a DFL trifecta, although she isn’t in line with her party base on everything.
What the US midterms mean for business
Democrats’ US midterm victory could reshape tariffs, AI regulation and corporate scrutiny. IMD experts explain what business leaders should watch.
New sporting director wanted! Ex-international linked with Hannover?
There is still no calm at Hannover 96 under head coach Sandro Wagner, despite their recent morale-boosting 2–1 win over Dynamo Dresden. Sitting 12th, the second-division club are falling short of th...
Stephen Curry Gets Great Sign For MVP Contention
The Golden State Warriors are overachieving compared to preseason expectations so far thanks to Stephen Curry. NBA fans are enjoying seeing Curry thriving again with his Warriors team stepping up for victories. However, the individual play of Curry is opening discussions about whether or not he can be a viable MVP candidate again. The annual […] The post Stephen Curry Gets Great Sign For MVP Contention appeared first on HEAVY.
Electoral politics can be fun! What turned voters against Trump?
It’s important to enjoy the misery of one’s political enemies
Andrej Stojakovic Leads Illinois to Another Blowout Victory
Andrej Stojakovic scored 25 points in just 22 minutes as Illinois cruised past Penn 112-70.
Louis Mustillo Inducted into Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
Buffalo-born actor Louis Mustillo was inducted into the Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame at Shea's Buffalo Theatre. Mustillo, known for Mike &…
Drake Maye Wins AFC Offensive Player Of The Month Award
Drake Maye earns first career AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors with huge October stats. See the numbers and what's next for the Patriots.
CDFW News | Additional Recreational Dungeness Crab Area Delay in Portions of Humboldt County Due to Public Health Hazard
State health agencies determined that Dungeness crab from the southern boundary of the Reading Rock State Marine Protected Areas (41⁰ 17.6’ N. latitude) to Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County (40⁰ 10’ N. latitude), pose a human health risk due to elevated levels of domoic acid and recommended a delay of the recreational Dungeness crab fishery. Following this recommendation, CDFW Director Meghan Hertel has delayed the recreational Dungeness crab fishery in this area.
Trump blames Democrats for stock market plunge after sweeping midterm victories
Trump blamed Democrats' midterm wins for Wall Street's massive sell-off, warning Americans on Truth Social that their 401(k)s have dropped.
Eugene home hit while resident slept inside; Asian-American business owners report theft
Another targeted burglary has been reported, according to the Eugene police Department.At 10:05 p.m. October 30, Eugene police responded to a neighborhood near
Tinto Brass, director known for erotic film ‘Caligula,’ dies at 93
Tinto Brass, the avant-garde Italian director who helmed erotic 1970s films including 'Caligula' and 'Salon Kitty,' has died at 93.
'JD, habibi.' Arabs celebrate El-Sayed's use of a term of affection in his victory speech
“Habibi” literally translates to “my beloved” and is peppered through Arab pop songs. In everyday speech, it often means “buddy,” “pal,” or “bro.” El-Sayed's supporters have sported shirts reading “Habibi for Abdul.”
Meet the unexpected winners of this year’s midterms
While Democratic victories in marquee national contests took the spotlight this week, with the party securing at least 250 seats in the House and winning back the Senate, several candidates in down-ballot races across the country clinched what appear to be surprising wins.
Sanford Health relocates clinic in northwest Minot
Sanford Health Landmark Clinic in Minot held a grand opening on Thursday, Nov. 5, to celebrate the relocation of its Northwest Clinic to the former CHI St. Alexius Medical Plaza. Located at 2111 Landmark Circle, the building is more than 64,5000 square feet. Opening in late October, according to Sanford Health, the bigger building allows […]
Health Brief: Medicare’s big payment shake-up
Plus: A new “STEM wave” is headed to Congress, with doctors and other medical professionals ready to take on health policy fights.
Stellantis asks parts makers for deeper visibility into supply chain
The request for "Tier-N" visibility matches policies at General Motors and other competitors as the industry experiences more frequent factory disruptions.
Drake Maye Named AFC Offensive Player of the Month
Maye led the NFL in touchdown passes and passer rating during October.
Junior Achievement of Georgia to induct 2 business laureates Nov. 6
Junior Achievement of Georgia will induct Lowell Kronowitz and Stratton Leopold into its Business Hall of Fame on Friday, Nov. 6, at the Hyatt, said Craig Tootle, the organization’s director of development and volunteer partnerships.
Correctional Health Services Earns Full Accreditation
Governor Spencer Cox, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Executive Director Tracy Gruber, and Correctional Health Services (CHS) Director Dr. Marcus Wisner recently gathered to celebrate a historic milestone: achieving full accreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) across Utah’s state correctional facilities. To resolve past long-standing operational hurdles – including a 43 percent staffing vacancy … Read More
Kansas' rate of children without health insurance tops national average for second year
Kansas' rate of uninsured children surpasses the U.S. average for the second consecutive year with 8.5% of Kansans under age 18 without access to coverage.
Escape Artist Octopuses Can Squeeze Through Impossibly Small Holes. Now, Scientists Have Figured Out How They Do It
And how their escapology skills could inspire a new era of OctoBots.
How octopuses squeeze through tiny openings, step by step
In the lab, octopuses used specific moves to slip arms and a bulbous body through tiny holes. The finding could inspire new body plans for soft robots.
Stocks plunge as Dem midterm sweep fuels AI regulatory concerns
Wall Street suffered steep losses as investors reassessed the outlook for the AI boom following Democrats' sweeping midterm election victories.
10 things to know about saunas, from stress relief to dehydration risks
A Cleveland Clinic family medicine doctor explains what sauna heat may do for stress, the heart, and pain, and when to skip a session.
Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Next week in Congress, the clock starts ticking on a groundbreaking bill designed to overhaul college sports with nobody quite sure how an overwhelming wave of election-night victories for Democrats across the country will reset the debate.
Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Next week, Congress could begin debating a bill to overhaul college sports, amid uncertainty from recent Democratic election victories.
Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Next week, Congress could begin debating a bill to overhaul college sports, amid uncertainty from recent Democratic election victories.
Pablo Helguera Takes Helm at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
New York artist and educator Pablo Helguera, has taken up a new post as director of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at New York's new School
The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office
More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.
PENN Posts Q3 Profit as Snowden Calls Election Night Good for Sector
PENN Entertainment reported Q3 revenue of $1.84 billion and net income of $32.6 million, while its CEO called Tuesday's elections good for the sector.
New Lehman Center director Dante Albertie wants to make Bronx an entertainment destination
Less than two months into his first season as Executive Director of Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Dante Albertie spoke with the Bronx Times about
Democrats\' victory was clear. The party\'s future is not
Democrats won sweeping victories in the midterm elections, but the results did little to settle the debate over their party’s future. Progressives won major Senate races in Michigan and Maine,
After Career in Business, Dave Winter Serves Hometown as Parish Life Director
The former investment manager and local shoe store owner now turns his skills, education, and experience to leading Holy Cross Parish in Springfield, Delaware County.
Daniel Harding, expanded leadership team, take charge at the L.A. Phil
Gustavo Dudamel has taken his final bow as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's music director, but the orchestra has no plans to slow its world-class roll. Here's what's next under Daniel Harding and the orchestra's expanded leadership.
Giants HC John Harbaugh Addresses Concerning Cam Skattebo Injury Situation
John Harbaugh and the New York Giants are coming off a bye week. They last played in Week 7, defeating the Houston Texans 27-21 at Reliant Stadium. Cam Skattebo shined in the victory, but the head coach addressed the running back’s injury situation on Wednesday. Skattebo led the backfield with 17 rushes for 124 yards […] The post Giants HC John Harbaugh Addresses Concerning Cam Skattebo Injury Situation appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.
Jay Feely's Congressional Dreams Have Doinked Off The Uprights
Tuesday sure delivered. The blue wave—a bluenami—is a great relief to people with brains and functioning moral senses, but much of the strongest juice produced Tuesday night was drawn from a few individual races. Some of those were incredibly stirring. It feels amazing to wake up in a world where Susan Collins is out in…
Creating room for Indigenous researchers to grow
Ava Schaaf can picture the future she wants: medical school, a physician’s degree and another Native doctor for her community. Getting there means working through difficult science courses. It also means finding people who help her believe she belongs.
'A true American hero': 'Jimmy' cast honors Jimmy Stewart's faith, military sacrifice at Texas premiere
Hollywood stars, military veterans and family members of legendary actor James Stewart gathered in Fort Worth for the red carpet premiere of Jimmy, a biographical drama celebrating the Oscar winner s
These are the doctors and scientists elected in the 2026 midterms
Learn more about the scientific community coming into office in January
Walleye Capital parts ways with former stock picking head Anil Gondi
Walleye has had a tough 2026, including a 5.9% loss in October.
Ford supplier Detroit Chassis cuts 175 jobs ahead of factory sale
A Ford supplier on Detroit's east side has cut 175 jobs ahead of its sale to a school bus manufacturer.
PAHO calls for health to take a central place on Ibero-America’s political agenda
Madrid, November 5, 2026 (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, called for health to be placed among the political and diplomatic priorities of Ibero-America during a series of high-level meetings held in Madrid on the sidelines of the XXX Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government.
K-Movie Entertainment to launch sales at AFM on ‘Secret Of My Father’
Casting also announced on the third feature from award winning Korean director Jéro Yun.
Pierpaolo Piccioli and Balenciaga Part Ways
The creative director of the Kering-owned house is stepping down after just three seasons.
How do octopuses remember? Scientists uncover a surprising secret
How does an octopus remember what it has learned? A new study led by Dr. Ana Luiza Turchetti-Maia, Dr. Tal Shomrat and professor Binyamin (Benny) Hochner—researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...
The election brought a wave of historic firsts. Here are some groundbreaking winners
While some of these candidates have avoided focusing on the inherent historic value of their race, gender, religion or sexual orientation, some voters' rights advocates are celebrating how the electorate has expanded.
Making News in Business, Nov. 6
Riverside Industries announces new leadership EASTHAMPTON — Riverside Industries Inc.’s board of directors has appointed Markus Jones to serve as its next president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. While Jones has been newly named to this leadership role, he previously served as the organization’s interim president and CEO beginning March 1. Prior to that […]
Russell Brand verdict: British actor convicted of rape, sexual assault
Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault charges in a London courtroom on Thursday, years after a damning investigation by British media.
STHS and Prominence Health Host Senior Safety Workshop on November 18th
A simple misstep can have life-changing consequences for older adults. Beyond physical injuries, a serious fall can affect mobility, confidence and independence, making everyday activities more difficult.
America finally has the votes to end the Electoral College
After more than 200 years, the midterm results could change how we pick presidents.
Younger adults cut back on alcohol as health risks drive new drinking habits
More young adults are cutting back on alcohol consumption, citing health risks and lifestyle benefits, according to experts.
The midterms spelled the end of pandemic politics
Direct attacks on public health officials no longer hold their potency.
QBE promotes Leanne Nel to Pacific CEO
Australian firm QBE Insurance Group Ltd. has appointed Leanne Nel as Pacific chief executive officer and managing director, effective Dec. 3, Insurance News reported. Nel has more than three decades…
Firms struggle to insure against climate risks: Barclays
Nearly nine in 10 U.K. businesses in sectors including agriculture, hospitality, manufacturing, housing and transport have struggled to secure climate risk insurance…
Winners, losers, and MAHA
Democratic doctors won big, MAHA faces an uncertain future, and what the election could mean for Medicare for All.
Charles F. Porter, ‘Wendell Scott’ actor and “Finding Faith” producer, dies at 47
The late star battled cancer more than once.
Today on Texas Standard: How Texas’ Democratic sweep could change the state’s political identity
Texas has spent decades serving as a national symbol of Republican political power. Tuesday’s election overturned that image with Democratic victories up and down the ballot, leaving Texans and political observers elsewhere reassessing what the state represents.
Science Is Littered With AI Slop. A New Detector Could Filter It Out.
Rather than relying on text alone, the algorithm looks for clues in a paper’s reasoning.
3 Keys to Victory for Ravens-Jaguars Week 9
Can undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano figure out a way to win his first career start and keep the Ravens’ season alive?
Lance Turner named communications director at State Chamber
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas announced the hiring of Lance Turner as director of communications. Turner will oversee the State Chamber/AIA’s communications strategy, including digital and...
Building on success, growing with purpose with Harper General Contractors
Harper General Contractors welcomes Bryan Royal as president and CEO, continuing its legacy of strategic growth and leadership continuity.
Victor Wembanyama did something only Wilt Chamberlain has done before
An unreal night from The Alien.
US Department of Justice Intervenes in Health Insurance Whistleblower Lawsuit Brought by Lieff Cabraser Against Centene Corporation
The Lieff Cabraser law firm represents a former employee. NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On October 27, 2026, the United States sued one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, Centene Corporation, for fraud under the False Claims Act. Lieff Cabraser’s Nashville Office is proud to represent the relator, who brought this matter to the government after internal
Doctor talks about physical, mental health challenges vets face after service
We speak with a doctor about the important things that military veterans should know about their mental and physical health after they leave the service.
Why Youth Are Turning to AI for Mental Health Advice
Hannah Simon — a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the medical director of the Brandt Behavioral Health Treatment Center and Retreat at Rutgers, which provides evidence-based behavioral health care and outpatient services to New Jersey youth and young adults — discusses the increased use of chatbots for mental health advice and best practices for using it as an educational tool.
Luka Doncic’s 3rd Straight 40-Point Game Sparks Lakers Against Kings to Continue 3-Game Winning Streak
Despite getting off to a slow start by his own standards Wednesday night against the Sacramento Kings, the NBA’s leading scorer this season, Luka Doncic, would come alive and lead his team to victory. Facing the injury-ridden and dysfunctional Kings, Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers would shake off a lackluster shooting performance in the …
Octo Health Launches Beta to Make Proactive, Personalized Healthcare More Accessible
Octo Health brings medical records, lab results, medications and health data into one health timeline, giving consumers a more complete picture of their healthBy combining annual testing of more than 100 biomarkers with unified health data, the platform helps members identify patterns and track health trends over timeAs consumers take a more active role in managing their health, Octo Health gives them greater ownership of their data and helps them understand what it means NEW YORK, Nov. 05, 2026
AI Lost Big in the Midterms. What Does That Mean for Your Business?
The message of the “AI midterms” is that technology policy has become an electoral issue, not just a regulatory one. In the U.S., the longstanding embrace of “permissionless innovation” may be fading. If that’s the case, technology companies and their customers face a rapidly changing political environment. What should business leaders do? Many will continue to follow individual bills, lawsuits, elections, and agency proceedings as separate events. This is an essential element of any business’s strategy. But standing alone, it misses the larger picture of how these activities affect each other. Leaders should put together a team to follow six battleground issues: liability for tech-related harms, privacy and data access, competition, infrastructure, public subsidies and other government resources, and preemption and overlapping authority.
Ask the doctors: Sharing a meal is good for your health
Dear Doctors: I read about a study that says eating meals with other people is good for your mental health. Considering takeout, convenience foods and how much time we spend apart these days, this seems like important information. Do you know what study that was and how it was done?
Memorial Health to close one of its Springfield facilities
"We are working with each of the residents and their families to create transition plans, including placements at other facilities if appropriate," said the statement.
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho revisits AI themes in latest thriller 'Paradise Lost'
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho explores artificial intelligence in his films, including his latest, “Paradise Lost.”
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho revisits AI themes in latest thriller 'Paradise Lost'
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho explores artificial intelligence in his films, including his latest, “Paradise Lost.” | 830 WCCO
How do octopuses remember? Scientists uncover a surprising secret
How do octopuses remember what they learn? A new study reveals a surprising “molecular switch” in the octopus brain that helps preserve memories by keeping connections between nerve cells strengthened over time, without the need to produce new proteins. The discovery sheds new light on one of nature’s greatest mysteries: how creatures with vastly different brains evolved remarkably sophisticated learning and memory abilities.
Economic Development Director Announces Quarterly “Rochester Business Exchange” to Connect Business Owners with Local Government, Other Resources
Rochester Economic Development Director Michael Scala is pleased to announce “Rochester Business Exchange,” an informal discussion connecting municipal officials and staff, developers, and business owners and managers to share information, exchange ideas, discuss local issues, and strengthen relationships within Rochester’s business community. The purpose of the meetings is to share updates related to municipal government,...
How Big Pharma Shapes Medical Science, Influences Doctors, and Undermines Patient Care
This week, Mad in America explores three new articles around pharmaceutical industry corruption. The first examines industry’s hidden influence over Three new studies expose the pharmaceutical industry's hidden influence over medical research, the use of ghostwritten academic papers to advance commercial interests, and the normalization of industry influence among future physicians.
Physicists sank a telescope 1.5 miles under the sea to put Einstein's relativity to the test
A half-built neutrino telescope on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea searched for cracks in one of physics' most basic invariances. It came up empty, but its limits rival those of detectors many times its size.
Annie Andrews' Senate upset shakes up South Carolina politics
Annie Andrews' victory over Darline Graham in the U.S. Senate race was a history-making, nationally significant upset. What it means for SC politics.
New Science Fiction and Fantasy
“The Subtle Art of Folding Space,” “Sublimation” and “Foundling Fathers” consider identity in worlds beyond our own.
Sports owners bet big on Republicans. What does their defeat mean for US sports?
Sports billionaires backed Republicans, but Democratic victories leave familiar questions over gambling, stadium subsidies and who really holds power.
A ‘STEM wave’: Democratic doctors, scientists win a record number of seats in the midterms
New members of Congress are expected to help shape the health agenda next year.
The South flexes political power in midterms, sets regional influence in 2028 election
Tuesday's dramatic midterm results have transformed the electoral map, ensuring the path to future power for Democrats and Republicans must run through the South and its diverse voting population.
Political notes: Jawando transition, Black Caucus' new director, Blueprint rallying
Montgomery County Executive-elect Will Jawando unveils a talent-heavy transition team, the Legislative Black Caucus convenes, the same week it gets a new executive director, and advocates line up support for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, in political notes.
As more doctors consult chatbots, health systems can block them
As hundreds of thousands of doctors consult AI chatbots to make care decisions, health systems see new risks to patients' health data.
Video: Democratic Health Professionals Win Seats in Congress
Some Democratic doctors and nurses ran and won congressional seats by centering their campaigns on opposing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
When papers become currency: a Chinese debate about trust in science
Last Saturday, 31 October, I went to the University of Hong Kong’s Beijing Centre for its Talent Forum. It was the fourth stop in the series this year, following events in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang, Shenzhen’s Qianhai, and on HKU’s main campus. The programme covered a remarkable distance in one afternoon. HKU’s Xiao-Jing Wang discussed computational neuroscience, intelligence, and the prefrontal cortex—before even delivering his inaugural public lecture to students back in Hong Kong. His colleague Bing Zhang took us from the Big Bang to artificial intelligence. Tsinghua’s Xue Lan asked how AI might reshape the institutional infrastructure underpinning higher education. There were lively panels featuring industry leaders from JD.com, Xiaomi, Haier—and Kaiser Y Kuo on the closing panel discussing innovation and international connections. I cannot pretend to have followed every detail of the brain models or the astrophysics. The talk that stayed with me was closer to something we have covered before: Zhou Zhonghe 周忠和 on papers, evaluation, and scientific trust. Zhou is a palaeontologist, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is also editor-in-chief of The Intellectual (知识分子), China’s leading science commentary platform. His subject was uncomfortable enough for a room full of successful academics: what happens when the system for recognising good science starts rewarding something else? Part of my interest came from our sister newsletter, The East is Read, which covered the controversy around “Geng Tongxue” in May. A PhD dropout from Beihang University, Geng has publicly challenged papers by prominent researchers through detailed online allegations of manipulated images and fabricated data. At Tongji University, an investigation into a challenged Nature paper found academic misconduct, and the dean of its life sciences school was removed. The affair brought doubts about academic integrity well beyond laboratories and university committees. How could someone outside the established hierarchy spot problems in papers that had passed through prestigious journals and institutions? And what, exactly, had all that prestige guaranteed? Zhou approached these questions through two essays published in July by The Intellectual: one by Wang Xiaodong, director of the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, and a response by Wang Liming, of Shanghai’s Shangsi Institute of Natural Sciences. Both began with the controversy over Geng. Their arguments deserve a wider audience, so I want to put parts of them alongside what Zhou said on Saturday. Wang Xiaodong’s starting point is evolution. A research system selects for the behaviour it rewards. Grants, jobs, journals, talent programmes, and prizes collectively determine which scientists prosper and which practices get passed down from advisors to students. “Whatever the system rewards is what it will evolve to produce,” he writes, citing the ancient Chinese saying: The King of Chu loved slender waists, and many in the palace starved to death. That is a more demanding diagnosis than saying there are dishonest people in science. Punishing a fraudster does not change the selective environment that made a particular kind of research profitable. His account also gives scientific success an awkward role in the story. As Zhou put it on Saturday, science became a victim of its own success. Once research became central to industry, national power, and economic growth, universities and laboratories expanded, and public money followed. That created an administrative need for rapid decisions: who should get the next grant, the next laboratory, the next appointment? The difficulty is that the true value of a discovery may take years or decades of testing and building to become clear. Resource allocation cannot wait that long. Publication counts, journal prestige, impact factors, and citations therefore become convenient ways to make an instant judgement. “The real problem is not that these indicators have no value,” Wang Xiaodong writes, “but that they are trying to answer a question that only time can answer.” Telling administrators simply to stop counting papers will never be enough. They still have budgets to distribute and appointments to make. Something has to replace the shortcut. Zhou described the consequences inside publishing. Papers acquire ever more requirements: a complete story, polished presentation, extensive datasets, and accessibility to readers beyond the immediate field. Individually, those demands sound reasonable. Together, he warned, they produce formulaic “eight-legged” papers 八股文 and rigid reviewing, while genuinely original or non-consensus work struggles to get past journal editors—some of whom wield immense gatekeeping power despite having limited laboratory experience themselves. Meanwhile, the demands for sprawling, “complete” narratives have fuelled a wider replication crisis. Wang Xiaodong uses a mahjong metaphor to describe the result: put the complex papers published by the exact same lab over several years side by side, and they often look like “Thirteen Orphans” (十三不靠)—every tile completely unrelated to the next, and none of them reproducible by outsiders. Zhou also spoke frankly as an editor who has trouble finding reviewers. Everyone wants someone else to review their work; qualified senior researchers have little time to return the favour. The labour is anonymous, unpaid, and brings almost no institutional recognition, so it increasingly gets passed down to postdocs and graduate students. And while anonymity protects reviewers from rank and personal favours, hyper-specialisation means an author’s most qualified reviewer is often a direct competitor, shielded from accountability. The protection and the problem coexist. Wang Liming takes the argument a step further. The decisive change, in his essay, is the instant conversion of academic honour into material resources. Once a paper can be cashed in for funding, a job, students, commercial investment, or even a company valuation, scientists are alienated from their work: they must keep minting this “research currency” to keep their teams alive. He is careful not to romanticise the past. The old world of gentleman scientists—financially independent figures like Boyle and Darwin who needed nothing from external funders—was also a closed club that excluded people without inherited wealth, women, and much of humanity outside the West. Professional science allowed ordinary people, himself included, to become researchers. Nobody should want to undo that. The problem, in his account, is an exchange system that becomes too uniform and too difficult to correct. His most pointed Chinese example is the “hat” (帽子): the prestigious talent designation that brings continuing access to money, laboratory space, students, and institutional influence. “If papers are the circulating currency of the research system, then a ‘hat’ is a bond that pays interest over the long term,” he writes. A paper at least requires another round of peer review. A title in the Chinese context can lock in a judgement made years ago and turn it into permanent status rent, regardless of whether its holder is still doing good science. Here, official institutions hire, organise, and evaluate scientists. Unlike honours awarded by autonomous academic communities in the West, a Chinese “hat” blends non-scientist administrative power with state authority. Once granted, it turns a past judgement into permanent status rent that is nearly impossible to revoke—because taking a hat off would imply that official authority erred in putting it on. Both Wangs see China as experiencing, at compressed speed, pressures present across global science. Research expansion, rising investment, publication growth, and elaborate evaluation metrics arrived in China within two or three decades rather than two or three centuries. Zhou agreed with that international framing—noting that recent US White House science policy documents and the new president of the US National Academy of Sciences, a fellow palaeontologist who recently visited Zhou’s institute in Beijing, have raised strikingly similar warnings about consensus-bound peer review, short-term project grants, and the replication crisis. Still, Zhou emphasised that China’s traditional hierarchy, personal networks (guanxi), and the ethos that “a good scholar becomes an official” (学而优则仕) amplify those pressures at home. So what would change things? Here Zhou’s tone differed from the call for a revolution in scientific trust in Wang Xiaodong’s essay. As an evolutionary biologist, Zhou favoured patchwork repair (修修补补). Living systems survive through accumulated adjustments; dramatic mutations are usually fatal. Science cannot return to a small, slow-moving pastoral era, especially after the successive accelerations of professionalisation after the Second World War, the internet, and now artificial intelligence. But it can alter the local environment in which researchers work. He pointed to domestic experiments designed to support unconventional research and diversify funding, including Tencent’s New Cornerstone Investigator Program, the Xplorer Prize, and the Future Science Prize. He also mentioned participating in reviews for “major non-consensus projects” under the National Natural Science Foundation of China. One guiding principle he recalled was wonderfully direct: “Failure is allowed; corruption is not” (允许失败，不允许腐败). That distinction would mean quite a lot if taken seriously. An honest attempt that fails should not have to disguise itself as a success to survive an assessment. Wang Liming’s essay adds a sharp caveat to the optimism about new domestic funders. Multiple organisations do not automatically produce multiple ways of judging science. If the same pool of senior domestic scientists makes the decisions through the same two-round review procedures, it is still “fake diversity.” He argues for three distinct kinds of money: broad baseline funding governed by fair procedures; patient funding for questions that take ten years; and non-consensus funding based on individual taste, deliberately empowering a few genuine experts to make biased, contrarian bets on eccentric ideas that would inevitably be averaged out by a committee. Replacing one monopoly with another achieves little; a healthy ecosystem needs variance. Zhou’s proposals for publishing were similarly concrete: strip papers of their resource-allocation burden and return them to recording discoveries and establishing priority; separate dissemination from evaluation, as eLife and Peer Community In do; adopt more modular “micro-publications” and real-name endorsements; recognize the labour of editors and reviewers; and give replication work proper credit rather than treating it as an unpublishable dead end. AI makes every part of this debate more urgent—and Zhou wove it throughout his talk. In his own preparation, he used AI to survey the declining influence of academic monographs, noting how tools are already changing how scholars gather information. More fundamentally, he placed AI as the latest great acceleration in scientific history: just as the internet sped up the pace of research and tightened external resource pressures, AI is compressing the cycle again. In the essays Zhou cited, AI cuts both ways. Wang Xiaodong expects large language models to erase much of the English-writing disadvantage long faced by Chinese scientists, further swelling the flood of papers coming out of Chinese labs. Wang Liming sees AI accelerating both ends of the trust crisis: it lowers the cost of paper mills and fabricated images just as quickly as it lowers the cost of automated image forensics, data auditing, and code reproduction. “Whoever builds the verification layer wins,” Wang Liming writes. His proposed alternative to the static, packaged “story paper” is a continuously versioned “unit of discovery” containing a falsifiable claim, raw data, analysis code, experimental parameters, and an ongoing log of independent checks—where negative results and failed replications are recorded rather than buried. Zhou ended his keynote by bringing AI back to the question of scientific honour and credit. Citing a recent Intellectual discussion on “What AI Means for Mathematics” featuring Fields Medalist Deng Yu 邓煜—at a moment when AI is already batch-solving mathematical conjectures, as HKU Vice-President Lin Chen noted in his opening remarks—Zhou agreed that human researchers must remain the principal agents: AI is a tool that frees scientists from tedious calculation to think about deeper, messier real-world problems. Yet that partnership creates a thorny new evaluation problem. When a breakthrough is made with AI, what is the human contribution and what is the machine’s? And since AI models distil centuries of accumulated human scholarship, is it right that the credit and value flow so heavily to the private AI companies building the tools? The old struggle over how to assign scientific honour is acquiring a whole new layer. What I took away was a serious discussion of how science can remain trustworthy as its scale, incentives, and tools change. These were scientists with real standing inside China’s system questioning how that standing is produced, and proposing changes that would affect their own institutions and peers. That made the afternoon at HKU’s Beijing Centre worthwhile. At the close, Wang Feng, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at HKU, said the value of the forum series—which heads to Hangzhou in December and cities like Chengdu early next year—would lie in the real cooperation it helped bring about. The university has plenty to celebrate: this week it topped the QS Asia rankings for a second consecutive year, alongside its 11th-place position in the QS World University Rankings 2027. For me, bringing this debate to an audience beyond the people who review papers and allocate grants was a useful contribution. 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Ballon d'Or winner Kane extends contract with Bayern Munich
Harry Kane said he felt "right at home" after he signed a two-year extension at Bayern Munich, keeping the Ballon d'Or winner at the club until 2029, the German champions announced on Thursday. Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund said the club were "absolutely delighted" to extend Kane's deal, adding: "With Harry Kane we have the Ballon d'Or winner on the pitch -- a team player, a leader, the best all-round striker in the world.
RiverBank leads Spokane County in SBA lending
Two years after developing its Small Business Administration lending department, RiverBank Holding Co., the parent company of Spokane-based RiverBank, has become the county’s top SBA lender. The increase in SBA lending comes as the community bank establishes a director of fintech position…
Houlihan Lokey Expands European Business Services Capabilities with Senior Hire
Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, added Adnan Choudhury as a managing director in its business services group. Based in London, Choudhury will focus
Mavs' Comeback Comes Up Short Against Victor Wembanyama's Spurs
Despite strong second-half performances from Marshall and Flagg, the Mavericks couldn't finish their rally and dropped to 4-4.
Phoenix 24-hour diner cited by health inspectors
Jason Barry reports on Valley restaurants that saw the most risk factors identified by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department this week.
Phoenix 24-hour diner cited by health inspectors
Jason Barry reports on Valley restaurants that saw the most risk factors identified by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department this week.
Guadalupe Center ‘Paints the Town Red’
Guadalupe Center hosted “Paint the Town RED” in Mercato as part of their Seeing the Bigger Picture Fundraiser in October.
Volcanic eruptions and less sunlight made Victorian Era kids sicker
The Industrial Revolution was the main culprit, but the Little Ice Age didn't help.
Broncos’ Bo Nix drops truth bomb on his clutch reputation
The Denver Broncos are sitting at 6-2 at this point in the season. They are coming off a big win over the Kansas City Chiefs , thanks to a comeback led by quarterback Bo Nix. In fact, this sort of victory is not uncommon for Denver since Nix’s arrival in the NFL. Nix has led 15 game-winning drives and 12 fourth-quarter comebacks since his debut in […] The post Broncos’ Bo Nix drops truth bomb on his clutch reputation appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Chicago Bulls' Skid Hits Six as Jalen Brunson Makes History
The Chicago Bulls suffered their sixth consecutive loss Wednesday as Jalen Brunson erupted for 33 points in the New York Knicks' 135-105 victory at Madison Square Garden.