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Sports Daily: Chiefs aim to stay in playoff hunt in upcoming game against Houston

The busy holiday week is behind us. We have Chiefs, college football, college hoops and more to talk about. Paul Mills and Joshua Brisco join the show.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:59 AM EST • Sports • kwch.com
How incoming federal loan caps could impact med students

And other health news from Morning Rounds

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:55 AM EST • Health • statnews.com
Understanding tea's health benefits and risks

The review confirms that tea, particularly green tea, plays a crucial role in preventing cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), obesity, diabetes, and certain types of cancer.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:54 AM EST • Health • news-medical.net
Exploring Denmark’s Tardigrade Fauna through Citizen Science

In a groundbreaking study that intertwines the realms of citizen science and systematic biology, researchers have successfully unveiled an intricate tapestry of tardigrade fauna residing in Danish cryptogams. Tardigrades, or “water bears,” are microscopic, water-dwelling ani

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:53 AM EST • Science • bioengineer.org
World's first commercial space science satellite launched

The first private space science satellite set to study the effect of flares from stars has been launched into space and is now in orbit, the company behind it has said.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:47 AM EST • Science • phys.org
The 50 Best Undergraduate Business School Professors Of 2025

We reviewed more than 1,200 nominations from students, colleagues & B-school deans to select 50 business professors with outstanding impact.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:31 AM EST • Business • poetsandquantsforundergrads.com
The 50 Best Undergraduate Business School Professors Of 2025

We reviewed more than 1,200 nominations from students, colleagues & B-school deans to select 50 business professors with outstanding impact.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:31 AM EST • Business • poetsandquantsforundergrads.com
New Editorial Leadership for Twin Cities Business

MSP Communications announces appointment of Platt and Rybak to new roles.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:30 AM EST • Business • tcbmag.com
WRDW TV and Peachtree Sports Network to Broadcast 10 Augusta Basketball Games

Augusta, Ga. - Augusta University basketball will once again be air on the Peachtree Sports Network. A total of 10 games, including four doubleheaders will be on WRDW-TV's affiliate for the second straight year.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:30 AM EST • Sports • augustajags.com
Top 10 Healthcare Industry Predictions For 2026

Sachin Jain’s annual list of health industry predictions covering managed care, hospitals, pharma, digital health, and entrepreneurship.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:30 AM EST • Health • forbes.com
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Indigenous knowledge and science join forces to save the choro mussel in Chile

Huellelhue means “place for swimming” in Mapudungun. It’s also the name of one of the rivers that flow through the Lafken Mapu Lahual Multiple-Use Conservation Area, established in 2005 in southern Chile’s Los Lagos region. The name of this area is more than just a grouping of words, says Eduardo Vargas, president of the Nirehue […]

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:18 AM EST • Science • news.mongabay.com
Mapping the exposome: Science broadens focus to environmental disease triggers

After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called "exposomics."

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:10 AM EST • Science • medicalxpress.com
Bar, commercial and industrial: See 21 latest business, apartment, land sales ($2K to $1.2M)

See a list of property sales in Onondaga County other than residential homes.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:07 AM EST • Business • syracuse.com
Politics: 2025Talks - December 1, 2025

Politics in the United States and around the world.

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Elon Musk Is Building Out His Next Company Town With Science Center, Gym

The billionaire has a construction boom planned for his rural Texas compound known as Snailbrook.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • bloomberg.com
After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death

Interview: Storied designer talks lost RPG, a 3D Monkey Island, “Eat the Rich” philosophy.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • arstechnica.com
Phillies Insider Reveals Surprising Intel on Kyle Schwarber's Market
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What to expect from AMD, NVIDIA and Intel at CES 2026

CES 2026: What we know and what we expect CES 2026 runs from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas and is once again the main global show for consumer tech hardware, unlike developer or pro-focused events such as COMPUTEX, GTC, GDC, or Hot Chips, which often center on infrastructure, servers, and roadmaps rather than […]

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
New study finds cancer-linked compounds in common foods

Scientists have found that common foods can contain hidden contaminants formed during cooking or through environmental exposure. A new testing method called QuEChERS helps identify these chemicals more quickly and with greater ease. The research showed strong accuracy and high sensitivity across multiple food samples. This streamlined approach could improve food safety checks while reducing chemical waste.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Clinical Research Unit moves environmental health research forward

New medical director Lawrence Kirschner highlights the CRU’s role as a hub for translational studies connecting environmental exposures, genetics, and human health.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • niehs.nih.gov
CNN Academy Brings Real-Time Sports Newsroom Simulation to Georgia Tech

ATLANTA—CNN and the Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the launch of the CNN Academy Sports Journalism Bootcamp and Simulation, a two-week immersive program designed to prepare the next generation of storytellers for the fast-paced world of sports media.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • news.gatech.edu
Biology bird cam delivers entertainment, learning opportunities

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Department of Biology built a tool with the potential to captivate audiences and support valuable hands-on learning opportunities for students.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Entertainment • uww.edu
Scientists just found a way to tell if quantum computers are wrong

Researchers unveiled a new technique that validates quantum computer results—especially those from GBS devices—in minutes instead of millennia. Their findings expose unexpected errors in a landmark experiment, offering a crucial step toward truly reliable quantum machines.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Marvel Cosmic Invasion is another mighty brawler from Dotemu

Marvel Cosmic Invasion is the latest beat 'em up from Tribute Games and Dotemu, and it packs a punch thanks to a superpowered tag system.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • avclub.com
Lesley Netter-Snowden named executive vice president and chief business officer

Kennesaw State University President Kathy S. Schwaig has appointed Lesley Netter-Snowden as executive vice president and chief business officer (EVP/CBO) effective immediately, following a national search.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • kennesaw.edu
2025 Austin-Travis County Community Health Assessment (CHA): Food Insecurity, Healthcare Access, Housing and Childcare Costs Top Challenges

AUSTIN, Texas – Austin Public Health has published the

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • austintexas.gov
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • cnrs.fr
Dentons recognized as “Entertainment Law Firm of the Year 2025” by Lexology Index Awards

Dentons is proud to announce that it has been named “Entertainment Law Firm of the Year 2025” by the Lexology Index Awards which celebrates excellence across the global legal landscape.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Entertainment • dentons.com
Science must move from materialism to mystery

Theoretical physicist and neuroscientist Àlex Gómez-Marín argues that modern science has become trapped in a framework that mistakes matter for the whole of reality. In this wide-ranging interview, Gómez-Marín challenges the foundations of materialism, defends the scientific study of near-death experiences, and calls for a new type of science grounded in mystery and a renewed sense of the sacred. He suggests that abandoning materialism could open the door to a deeper understanding of consciousness, death, and the purpose of human existence. Simon Custer: You are both a theoretical physicist and a neuroscientist, and you have also been fiercely critical of materialist theories of mind and consciousness. What do you think the ultimate nature of reality is?Àlex Gómez-Marín: I don't know what the ultimate nature of reality is, but what I try to first assess is whether the stories that they [mainstream science] have told us about it are right, or maybe whether there are other alternatives. That's why I've been a fierce critic of materialism. As a scientist, I realized that they had sold us this idea that to be a good scientist you also had to subscribe to many other -isms, like materialism, reductionism, and even secularism. And so first I think one needs to unmount these -isms, and then, as is happening today in consciousness studies, we have a huge landscape where there isn't only one game in town, the idea that matter is the only thing that really exists. But because we are studying the hard problem of consciousness, it may be the case that other views of reality, like idealism, or even dualism, or other theories like dual aspect monism... these are philosophical ideas that now, I think, have room in science to be taken seriously. How does something like materialism relate to dualism or idealism? What is materialism in the first place?Well, materialism is the philosophical position that matter is the only really ‘real’ thing in the universe. And I think that worked kind of well because science started 400 years ago and Galileo made that split, I call it the foundational wound. It was a great business move.He said, let's start doing science on that portion of reality that lends itself more easily to mathematization and measurement. So, for some reason, the solidity of this table or the movement of planets lend themselves very well to this foundational idea of science. But as time went on, 400 years later, we realized that we had forgotten the other side, which is what really matters.What really matters is pain, is love, is feelings, sensation, consciousness, which is very hard to define, but very intimate. We all know what it is. It's that thing that disappears when we go into deep sleep and comes back in the morning. SUGGESTED VIEWING On the edges of knowledge With Michael Shermer, Rupert Sheldrake, Güneş Taylor It's what it is like to be, as Nagel said. It's the feeling of being alive. So, materialism is good to study certain things, but then when it ossifies into this ideology and then is dressed like science, now it's preventing us from understanding these key questions that are really that everybody wants to know.Why are we here? Why do we feel reality? Where do we go when we die? And so we need other ways. We need pluralism. I'm only asking for having more options on the table and taking them seriously. Why does materialism fail to explain consciousness? For example, if you were to lobotomize me, I would not be a functional human being. What do you say to someone who might think that materialism adequately explains the mind?Well, here we could speak about different things. We could talk about physics or about neuroscience. I happen to have training with both.For instance, for neuroscientists, 99% of them, I'm not included in that portion, believe that the brain can only be a productive organ. It's an organ that somehow, somewhere, consciousness emerges. It's like a lamp. And then something happens, magic happens, and then consciousness emerges.That's the position you need to be if you're a materialist because if the only really ‘real’ thing is matter, then you need to say, just give us some more time and money and we'll figure out how mind emerges or is produced from matter. There are many philosophically sophisticated ways of criticizing this.Now there's another option, which is the brain as a permissive organ. This was said by William James more than 100 years ago.Now then the brain wouldn't be like this machine, like for instance, a heat engine whose smoke is consciousness, which is what we would have in the first big model, the productive model. But in the permissive model, the brain would be a kind of a filter. And so the brain would still have a very important role in consciousness, but it wouldn't be a productive role.It would be permissive, much like a filter or much like a prism which would receive light. And - I'm speaking metaphorically - it would receive the light of the mind and then it could reflect it and refract it.Now, with these two big options on the table, I think we can make progress into what I call the edges of consciousness, which are all these experiences, weird experiences that many people have, but we don't talk about enough, like near-death experiences, precognitive dreams, synchronicities. These experiences are very important for humans and they have a place in the permissive hypothesis and they are literally impossible in the productive hypothesis. So that's yet one more reason to explore alternatives to materialism. There may be anecdotal evidence for near-death experiences, but is there robust evidence that would be accepted by the majority of scientists who subscribe to the scientific method?Sure. And the plural of anecdotes, someone said, is data.And there's a lot of data. Actually, this year is the 50th anniversary, half a century, since Dr. Raymond Moody realized that we have two ears and one mouth and started listening to what his patients had to say about their experiences while they were clinically dead.The heart had stopped, breathing had stopped in these patients. These patients would come back and tell him these amazing stories that some people may say are hallucinations, but for the patients were hyper-real, like seeing light at the end of the tunnels, seeing deceased family members waiting for them, feeling bliss.___I would say the evidence suggests that the mind can survive the death of activity of the brain.___And so he and others started taking them seriously and writing their accounts down. And then you can do a science based on that material of experience that people have. Now, on the more objective side, more recently people have started to measure what's going on in the brain when people are clinically dead and brought back. This has opened a proper field of study, which is near-death studies.Evidence is a difficult word, because sometimes people think that when you say evidence, this is just the final proof. Evidence is like in a jury. You bring testimony, you bring pieces of data that point in one direction or another.I would say the evidence suggests that the mind can survive the death of activity of the brain. When brains are broken or shut off, there can still be mind going on. And that's revolutionary.That would entail that when we die, it's not game over, which, by the way, is the thesis of materialism. If consciousness survives, materialism dies. It's game over for materialism if something of us continues after we die. Do you think that there is mental continuity after death?Well, I think so, and I believe so, and I could also say I may have experienced it myself, because four years ago I had a near-death experience. I was in the hospital, I lost a lot of blood, and I saw those beings at the end of the tunnel, three beings, and there was yellow light. I was in a well, I was looking upwards, and I hadn't read about NDEs by then, but when I came back from this experience, I decided I would try to integrate this also in my professional life. Not just my personal life, of course, but my professional life as a physicist and as a neuroscientist. So I may have had the experience of glimpses of what an afterlife would be, and I'm not ashamed to say it in this way, and then one can do science of it, and then one can do philosophy of it.One can think about what -isms we were discussing, what views on reality would allow those experiences to be really ‘real,’ as opposed to, well, poor guy, the brain was kind of broken, it must have been a hallucination. Do you have a view about whether individuality or “the ego” persists after death, or whether we sort of merge into some sort of cosmic consciousness instead?I don't know, but my view would be along those lines you're suggesting. I think we could speak about a kind of universal mind, and then the problem is not how we emerge from matter, but how we fragment from a more holistic consciousness into these individual eddies and then when we die, this kind of dissipates.But I'm not sure. For instance, idealism would promote that view, but then what would survive of us after these eddies just vanish and become again the big Consciousness, I'm not sure what that would be. I don't know for sure, but I would tell you I believe something of us survives.And there are other lines of research, not just near-death experience, that can address this really hard question of survival. For instance, there are children who remember previous lives. This was studied by Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia for more than 50 years.___Research takes place within a selection mechanism that also sometimes reinforces things that are not very scientific.___It's amazing research. He went all over the world, especially in the East, and collected all these case studies, all these stories. In plural, these were data of kids, very young age, who would describe up to 40 items that then he could go and verify.There was no internet. There was really no way the kid could know. Why would the kid say that when I was living in this other body and I was a woman and that's how my house would look like or that's how I would die, right? Again, there is evidence, not proof, but there's evidence not only that something weird and interesting is happening as we cross the threshold, but also when we come back to this life.Scientists should not be afraid of studying this, but they are because there's stigma. There's usually stigma upon the enigma, and this is so unfortunate. And one of the reasons is because of the ideology of materialism, because those things cannot be possible. What is wrong with the politics of science such that they have generated this stigma?So many things. Science is a human activity to begin with.So it falls prey to all our passions and ego and greed. That's one thing. Science is a job for the good and for the bad.You need to get a salary. You need to get grants. Research takes place within a selection mechanism that also sometimes reinforces things that are not very scientific.And then, we didn't have time to unpack this, but science for many years become entangled, as I was suggesting before, to other -isms, materialism, secularism. So anything that smells like the afterlife, people may think has to do with God, and then they freak out.Anything that suggests that there's something about the mind that may not need a physical material substrate to exist, it smells like non-materialism. So, all these -isms are ideologically blocking that kind of research, and then there are all these sociopolitical constraints as to what should be studied and what shouldn't be studied.I call it the backstage of science. Sometimes we scientists or science communicators seem to speak as if the data is the only thing that matters. We say, well, data and theory.But then there's a third leg of this stool, which is all the politics that goes behind the scenes. And we often don't speak about this, and it's quite vicious and petty, and it's very real. Why is materialism so attractive to most scientists?Well, an easy answer is because we've grown up with it.It's what the educational system promotes, and that's what you hear when you go to university. So it's like growing in a culture. It feels like the air in which you breathe.So it's very hard to begin with to detect, well, maybe there's another alternative. Maybe there are other ways of doing science, other environments in which one could do science. That's one reason.And other reasons maybe are more profound, and I'm not qualified to explain them, but I could say, looking at this 400-year history of science, since it started around 1623 with Galileo's book The Assayer, that science went and coupled with all what's going on in the West.And so the fall of religion, you could say, and science presented us this new alternative that then could be coupled very well with other -isms, and this idea of growth, and then science losing its good twin brother, which was philosophy. There's a whole natural history of science starting as philosophy, kind of emancipating or breaking out from philosophy, and then marrying technology, and then marrying other social systems.From that point of view, materialism is a very convenient idea to propose. There were attempts, like the German idealists tried to do a more romantic science. But no, the idea prevailed, like Francis Bacon said: You should pursue nature through all her corners, he said, and make her spill her secrets.Our attitude towards nature in the science that dominates is very much reflecting how we treat nature in our society, in our culture, like a resource to extract secrets by force and then dominate it. How is materialism related to the notions of growth and progress? What's wrong with having a productive citizenry?This is another very interesting and very difficult question to answer.But there's this recent book coming out by Paul Kingsnorth. In it, he explains this idea of the machine and this idea of progress. And this, again, this conflation of more is better, of we need to go forward always, and convincing us that the way to do that is to continually extract more from nature. But because we don't have the religious context anymore, because God is dead, then what do we have? We have what we can do as humans with our own gadgets.It's kind of the story of the Promethean fire. We will just build anything to make ourselves God.A good example today is transhumanism. Transhumanism is this pseudo-religion dressed in technoscientific language whose goal is very religious. They promise immortality, they promise redemption, they promise transformation of the entire natural world, but it's done by human means through technology. Are you suggesting that we can't have ethics without religion?Well, we should have ethics with or without religion. That's another pruning that has happened in science. We say, forget about aesthetics, although some physicists still think that beautiful means probably true, and forget about politics. We pretend there's no backstage of science, and even let's forget about ethics.___Science needs to be in the service of mankind.___Scientists, when they become more like engineers, they're just thinking how to make things work so that they can go to the moon, go to Mars, make machines that think, but they don't think whether that's a good idea.And also consider metaphysics. Many scientists for a long time pretended, and maybe that comes from the stream of positivisms, that really one doesn't need metaphysics at all, except that materialism is always the metaphysics running the system.You see, it's not just ethics. It's the pruning of all of these, you could say, five main legs of philosophy that just makes a kind of unconscious science, a science that doesn't really know what it's doing. It's doing it very well locally, but it just doesn't know what it's doing globally. Do you think science has to have an ultimate vision and purpose behind it for it to be effective or for it to be meaningful and transformative?Yes, a way I would say that is that science needs to be in the service of mankind. And it hasn't been that. And we can see it through, you know, when we discovered the secrets of the atom, and all of a sudden, the Manhattan Project, and then we create nuclear weapons.And now we're trying to crack how machines may think, and now we're creating this mess, right? So science needs to be in service of mankind, not in service of a few ideas that maybe want to make more money or just dominate upon nature. What about planes, trains, automobiles, and modern medicine? Hasn't science served mankind by helping us develop those technologies?Yes and no. I see where you're going, and it's fair.I came here by plane, and it's a blessing. When I almost died, the surgeons did their job, and they saved my life. But these two forced choices between Luddites and Silicon Valley types, I think, of course, it's a false dichotomy.Progress, in a way, it's good, but we often don't speak about the dark side of the moon. We say the great things that progress has brought, and we don't speak about the disasters, the side effects that it has come with, and the same when we promise new technologies. We tend to think that any technology is great, that email is going to save us so much time because we don't need to write letters and send them anymore.Is that true? I spend so many hours a week writing emails. Let's just say there are great things about it and bad things about it. People like Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, for example, argue that we've made moral progress over time because of the Enlightenment. Do you think that's totally wrong-headed?I think he's emphasizing a side of the moon, and he does that very well, and you can find tons of plots where there's a slope going up and say it's great. But I think he should also tell the not-so-friendly story.But if your ideology is just to resist and continue to explain that the Enlightenment is the best thing ever and reason is the best thing ever… this feels to me like you're worshipping these abstractions.I'm very critical of it and also of these, again, science communicators and scientists that say, Oh, science says, in the name of science, experts say. It's like, come on, let's be careful because we can shoot ourselves in the foot by putting forth to the people an image of science that we know is not really true. Recently there's been a resurgence of spirituality and of people who say that they're spiritual but not religious, especially in the United States. If materialism is going away, what is going to fill that gap? Are we going to return to traditional religion? Do you see that being connected with the rise of the political right?I'm not a fortune teller, so I don't know what's going to happen. But, yeah, we could say we're in this post-materialist age and even post-secular age. One cannot come back to the past, but maybe just to contact with the roots is a good idea.What do I mean by that? I think we need to do a science 2.0, a science that says thank you to Galileo and thank you to materialism, but we need to reinvent even a new kind of scientific method. We need to do so in a culture where we realize humans cannot thrive in a vacuum where there's this idea that the sacred has to be removed.Now, how do we do that without bringing in back all the vices of religion? I don't know. I'm from a Catholic country.Here we are in England, so there are differences and interreligious dialogue has always been a challenge. But I think maybe a way of putting it is: after all these conflicts and branchings I was quickly alluding to, science from philosophy and then also from religion, now there's a time of reconciliation perhaps and maybe debates in the proper sense, like exchange of ideas in service of learning and getting into something higher than both poles. We need science to talk to religious people and it's interesting when people say they're spiritual and not religious.I think this is just a way of saying, no, I don't want to go back, I want to go forward. But at the end of the day, religions have offered us practices and grounding that we now desperately need. Everybody can and should just meditate or pray or do whatever they want, but we're in a crisis and it's time for reconciliation. What do you say to critics that say you are merely projecting our need for meaning onto a fundamentally indifferent universe?Yeah, I know that the typical science communicator says something like this. But we're not projecting. Human beings feed on meaning.It's the other way around. If you're a materialist, because the only thing that there is is matter, all that comes next, free will, consciousness, meaning, this is a kind of illusion that we need to explain.They're just craving for meaning, but there isn't really for them. I would also like to remind my materialist friends that for decades, if not centuries, they've said in the name of science, we know that this and this and this doesn't really exist. I think now they sense they're forced to say, well, actually, we don't know. We've been saying, for instance, that there's nothing after you die, and now probably they need to admit that they don't know the answer.___We need to do a science 2.0, a science that says thank you to Galileo and thank you to materialism, but we need to reinvent even a new kind of scientific method.___So it's a moment to open up possibilities and also to gently but fiercely critique these claims that I think harm society. If you say in the name of science, get on with it, when your father dies, you'll never see him again. Well, what the F do you know about it? You haven't studied the literature, you haven't had any of those experiences, and basically what you're doing is you're just doing marketing on ideology. This needs to stop. Do you think that it's scarier for some people to entertain the thought that there might be life after death, compared to a materialist worldview where you just die, given that there might be consequences for unsavory behaviour?Well, death and dying is scary. It's maybe the ultimate ending. It's a limit on life, and when we're in this conquest mode, we don't like limits.And it also has, there's a shockwave backwards, so I think if you change your notion of what death is or may be, you live differently. It also has consequences, as you're saying, for the future because this is not our only goal here and we come back in whatever form. And again, different religions would say different things. I the East, they are more happy with the idea of reincarnation, and here in the West, there are other preferences. But in any case, it changes how we live, and that's really what matters.It's not about just projecting or imagining what we'll be after, but how we live now and also how we treat those who are dying. So it goes from the individual to the families, to the hospitals.Now in the near-death research I do, this has ramifications at all these levels, all the way to society.But our society is thanatophobic. It has a phobia of death. We don't want to hear about death, and this is another thing we need to put on the table and be willing to talk about it. Do you think that we might get closer to answering ultimate questions like why is there anything at all if we jettison materialism?That’s an excellent question, Simon. Two things: we should stop treating reality, I believe, as a great sudoku, as an enigma, as something that with intelligence, money, and time that we will crack and instead treat reality more like a mystery. And what you do for in front of a mystery is not to be the clever guy in a class and say “I’ll solve you” but more like “I will bow and you will transform me.”I know this sounds a bit like a scientist speaking like a mystic. But I think this reorientation is needed. In the end, we won’t crack the big questions, but they will transform us. If we free ourselves from this prison of materialism, the way we will explore these questions will be freer, more creative, and in service of mankind. Do you think exploring mystery is the reason why we are here?I think we are here because, and this pseudo-theological argument I’m making off the cuff, But the One, the Absolute, if there is such a thing, had everything except limitation. We are that absolute experiencing that contingency. It’s like an act of divine proprioception. It’s a wonderful adventure, it’s just incredible to be alive. Perhaps we have forgotten why we are here and the whole point is to experience the flesh.Let me end by saying this. I criticize materialism harshly. I bang on this dead horse, because I think it’s dead. But matter is a great mystery. So maybe my invitation is as follows: hey materialist friends, come here, let’s work on materialism 2.0! Consciousness is a mystery, but matter is also a mystery. The fact that we can have an intersubjective experience consensus, the fact that we can apply mathematics, that we can measure things... the physical world we take for granted, but it is a great mystery too.Maybe that’s related to your last question: why are we here? Why did spirit decide to incarnate? Being in the flesh may be a great thing if spirit decided to do so.Àlex Gómez-Marín, thank you very much.My pleasure.

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Misericordia University Business Students Visit Bloomberg Headquarters

Misericordia University business students recently visited Bloomberg headquarters for an immersive learning experience highlighting the company’s innovative financial technologies.

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How To Tap Into The Hidden Histories Of Rocks | Science Friday

When we try to commune with nature, many of us turn toward the living: a walk in the woods among swaying trees, chirping birds, blooming flowers.But earth scientist Anjana Khatwa says...

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • wnycstudios.org
Powering Brazil's Transition to Zero-Emission Trucking: Improving Air Quality, Public Health and the Economy with Coordinated Efforts

The electrification of Brazil’s heavy-duty trucking sector represents a critical opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improve air quality, and enhance public health. While Brazil’s long-standing reliance on biofuels has leveraged domestic resources and infrastructure, this strategy is best viewed as a transitional measure that may not fully meet the country’s long-term climate and economic objectives.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • ccacoalition.org
Landmark gift to prepare and support behavioral health treatment professionals

Penn State graduate Jonathan Wolf has come forward with a landmark gift to dramatically scale up the University’s resources for students studying to become addiction and recovery professionals.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • psu.edu
YSU business students earn certified global business professional credential

Two students from Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration have earned the Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) credential, a national certification recognizing comprehensive knowledge in international business.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • ysu.edu
Cyber Monday book deals: Sports and music must-haves from USA TODAY

From Lee Corso's final season to the LA Dodgers' run to the World Series — and much more — find the best holiday or Christmas gift for 2025.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:57 AM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
AI training is booming — and scammers are taking advantage

A shadow market for AI training and data labeling accounts has emerged, with scammers selling Outlier, Mercor, and Surge AI accounts online.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:52 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Sports betting goes live in Missouri, as sports celebrities and promotions abound

Launch-day promotions and celebrity bets are right around the corner for Missouri sports betting, which began Monday at the stroke of midnight. For those inclined to bet on sports, the earliest days after a state launch can be the only time they actually have a statistical edge on the house if they take advantage of […]

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:50 AM EST • Sports • columbiamissourian.com
Protecting Growth: A Beginner’s Guide To Small Business Insurance In Huntsville

As Huntsville’s small-business ecosystem accelerates, insurance is becoming a strategic necessity rather than an afterthought. From new retailers opening

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:50 AM EST • Business • huntsvillebusinessjournal.com
A new laptop makes a great gift (even for yourself). Here are our 12 favorites, on sale now

I found multiple laptops at their lowest prices ever.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:38 AM EST • Technology • nbcnews.com
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Legacy Entertainment announces The Safari Park Company

Legacy Entertainment, a leading theme park and resort design company, has announced the launch of The Safari Park Company, its seventh dedicated division.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:35 AM EST • Entertainment • blooloop.com
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Scientists Say: Van Allen belts

Astronomers have detected these radiation belts around Earth and beyond. Jupiter’s belt is thousands of times as intense as Earth’s.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:30 AM EST • Science • snexplores.org
African American Small Business Foundation Inc. Launches Giving Tuesday Initiative

The African American Small Business Foundation Inc. is seeking Giving Tuesday donations to support its 2026 initiatives.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:30 AM EST • Business • yahoo.com
Need help with your business? Easton begins offering free consulting through Lehigh U.

Easton's new partnership with the Lehigh University Small Business Development Center provides free confidential business consulting.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:30 AM EST • Business • lehighvalleylive.com
McKnight foundation honors founding member of Oral Health Task Force

Paul Nelson has been awarded the 2025 Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor for the Northeast Region. The award recognizes seven Minnesotans from across the state who demonstrate compassion and service in their communities. Each recipient receives $10,000 in recognition of their impact. The announcement was made on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, by the...

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:25 AM EST • Health • wtip.org
National Health Organizations: Flu Shots Critical for Individuals with Diabetes, Heart, and Lung Disease

During National Influenza Vaccination Week, experts encourage everyone age 6 months and older to get vaccinated to reduce risk of severe illness and hospitalization

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:13 AM EST • Health • nfid.org
Too much focus on national issues has left TN suffering

Too many Tennesseans get outraged over national controversies while ignoring the local issues that impact their daily lives.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:07 AM EST • Politics • tennessean.com
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I paid $1,963 for a 43-hour Amtrak train to avoid Thanksgiving travel chaos. It felt like stepping back in time.

I took the 43-hour Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Chicago to avoid travel chaos over Thanksgiving. The views were gorgeous and it was a lot of fun.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:07 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
No. 17 Tennessee pledges to learn from loss, challenges Syracuse

After a pair of impressive wins in the Players Era men's championship, No. 17 Tennessee makes the trip to upstate New York to meet Syracuse in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Tuesday.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:06 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Meet Marisa Sweeney, a Morris County Democrat who flipped a GOP Assembly seat

Assemblywoman-elect Marisa Sweeney said she'll prioritize protecting social safety nets and be 'heart-driven' in her governing.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:02 AM EST • Politics • newjerseymonitor.com
SFA bag 'multi-million' Hampden naming rights deal with Barclays

The Scottish FA announce a "multi-million-pound, long-term partnership" for the naming rights of the national stadium.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:02 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
Netflix turns off casting on newer TVs and Chromecasts

It wants you to use the app instead

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:01 AM EST • Technology • androidpolice.com
Top Palm Beach County professionals, business people on the move for the week of Dec. 1

Top Palm Beach County business professionals moving up within their industry or standing out in their community.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:01 AM EST • Business • palmbeachpost.com
How To Tap Into The Hidden Histories Of Rocks

Geologist Anjana Khatwa explains how embracing wonder and awe adds to our scientific understanding of the rocks that form our planet.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Science • sciencefriday.com
'Men's Health' Editors Found the Best Cyber Monday Deals on Amazon

Shop the best early Black Friday Cyber Monday Apple deals on Amazon, including discounts on AirPods, Apple Watch, iPads, and more top-rated tech.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Health • menshealth.com
Women’s sports gets it right: field trips woo the next generation

Kid-focused events are a way to get kids into your venue to watch your team for little or no money, building your fan base from the ground up.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Sports • minnpost.com
Pens Points: Off to Philly

Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forwards Tristan Broz and Danton Heinen to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Sunday. [Trib Live] Before his reassignment, rookie forward Tristan Broz made his NHL debut last week against the Buffalo Sabres. Picked in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft, Broz’s […]

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Dec 1, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Sports • pensburgh.com
UEFA held meetings with pro-Palestinian campaign over possible Israel suspension after ceasefire

UEFA has been under pressure to call a vote on Israel’s ongoing participation in European football.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:55 AM EST • Sports • nytimes.com
I'm tracking the best Cyber Monday Apple Watch deals LIVE! Biggest discounts on Apple Watch 11, SE and Ultra 3 right now

These are the Apple Watch deals you won't want to miss

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:49 AM EST • Technology • tomsguide.com
Fortune Tech: Out of control

The business of being an AI czar, Pat Gelsinger on Intel, Coupang data leak. Plus: Airbus, Black Friday, Databricks, Micron, Temasek.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:39 AM EST • Business • fortune.com
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How elite business schools like Wharton are overhauling curriculum as AI reshapes Wall Street bankers' futures

The University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt are revamping business education as AI transforms Wall Street.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:32 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Uniting Citizen Science for Leporidae Conservation in Mexico

In a ground-breaking study set to be published in December 2025, researchers led by Emili Ramírez-Bravo have embarked on a crucial exploration aimed at the conservation of three distinct Leporidae species in the central mountains of Mexico. This unprecedented investigation

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:27 AM EST • Science • bioengineer.org
Unpacking the bullish stock-market forecasts from Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan for 2026

It's December 1, which means it's time to start thinking about the year ahead for stocks.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:25 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Ham-handed politics with Virginia’s excellent universities risks ruin for them all

Here we sit, in a state long hailed for the quality of its colleges and universities, consumed in enough contrived drama to keep reality-TV addicts glued to Bravo for months on end, writes columnist Bob Lewis.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:21 AM EST • Politics • virginiamercury.com
Netflix kills casting from phones

Unless you’re an ad-free user with legacy casting tech.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:20 AM EST • Technology • theverge.com
Apple Reportedly to Launch New Studio Display in 2026 with A19 Pro and Mini LED Upgrades - VOCO News | Global Chinese Instant News Network

Apple's Studio Display is rumored to receive a major upgrade in 2026, with the A19 Pro chip and Mini LED panel being the biggest highlights. The new generation display is expected to significantly improve Apple's long-standing limitations with high refresh rate external displays.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:16 AM EST • Technology • news.vocofm.com
AI is letting some workers quietly slack off — until their bosses catch on

Some employees are keeping mum about how the technology is helping them get their jobs done in a fraction of the time it used to take.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:14 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
This Week in Navy Sports Presented by Navy Federal Credit Union

This Week in Navy Sports

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:12 AM EST • Sports • navysports.com
Evansville church has a cozy relationship with GOP: Is it legal?

An Evansville church allowed its sanctuary to be used for a fundraiser to benefit a conservative group that actively works to influence the direction of the Indiana Republican Party. That's not all.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:11 AM EST • Politics • courierpress.com
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My 5-year-old started his Christmas wish list in October. Here's how I'm keeping my holiday buying under control.

I'm exercising veto power and setting limits for my kids' Christmas gifts to help stay on budget this year

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:11 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Lee Health: Celebrating our first anniversary as private nonprofit

Starting at the end of 2023 and throughout 2024, Lee Health completed a thoughtful, multi-phase process to become a community-focused.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:08 AM EST • Health • naplesnews.com
I struggled to find a job after working at Microsoft, Meta, and Apple — until I embraced AI and looked beyond Big Tech

Lee Givens, Jr. struggled to find a job after a career at Microsoft, Meta, and Apple. He decided to embrace AI and looked outside Big Tech.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:06 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Business Not War: The Secret US-Russia Deal’s Global Impact

The recent WSJ article revealing the. outlines of a geo-strategic business partnership between US and Russia has caused a storm

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:03 AM EST • Business • forbes.com
The Game Awards' Geoff Keighley teases announcement by placing a whopping demon-covered statue in the desert

The Game Awards organiser Geoff Keighley has set social media tongues wagging with three words: regal.inspiring.thickness.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:01 AM EST • Technology • eurogamer.net
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes

New problems are plaguing old reels, putting decades of history at risk. One man, armed with hair dryers and a love of tinkering, is leading the charge to rescue them.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Technology • nytimes.com
The forgotten court case that let billionaires spend big on elections

While Citizens United became shorthand for unlimited political spending, SpeechNow never even made it to the Supreme Court but made super PACs a reality.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
A legal tech funding frenzy sparked in 2025 with these 7 notable deals

Legal tech gained $3.2 billion in VC funding fueling startups in contract review, due diligence, and predictive analytics for law firms.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the ‘Medically Frail.’ Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky.

People on Medicaid deemed “medically frail” won’t need to meet new federal requirements that enrollees work 80 hours a month or perform another approved activity. But state officials are grappling with how to interpret who qualifies under the vague federal definition, which could affect millions.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Morning Sports: December 1, 2025

Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey Team won both ends of their home and home series this past weekend vs. Gillette. Friday’s score on the road was 4-1 and Saturday’s score at home was 3-1. Sheridan will play another home and home series this weekend vs. Rapid City.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Sports • sheridanmedia.com
AC MILAN AND TECHNOGYM EXTEND THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN SPORT

AC Milan is pleased to announce the renewal of its collaboration with Technogym, the world leader in sport and wellness, which reconfirms its role as Official Training Equipment Supplier. This long-st...

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Adamstown welcomes holiday season with Christmas tree lighting [photos]

Adamstown held its tree lighting Sunday night at the Adamstown Grove, 340 W. Main St. The event included a performance from musicians at Cocalico High School, as well as plenty

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Luigi Mangione set to return to court for pretrial hearing in killing of health care CEO

The 27-year-old accused killer’s lawyers have asked the court to allow him to remain unshackled during the hearing, which could last at least a week.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • nbcnews.com
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Sports betting launches in Missouri

Missouri introduces statewide mobile sportsbooks and casino betting for adults 21 and older, starting Monday.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Sports • komu.com
"La Liga is corrupt": Real Madrid completely loses its cool!

Real Madrid: The club spirals after Girona setback!"La Liga is corrupt": Real Madrid completely loses its cool!Just when their Champions League win over Olympiacos hinted at a turnaround, Real Madrid ...

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:55 AM EST • Sports • foot-africa.com
Best Cyber Monday iPad deals LIVE — iPad, iPad Air, iPad Pro and more

The best iPad sales are going strong with huge discounts

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:51 AM EST • Technology • tomsguide.com
Congress waits on Trump as December health sprint begins

The president injected more uncertainty last week, saying he doesn’t want to extend key insurance subsidies but understands it might be necessary.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:45 AM EST • Health • politico.com
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VIRTUE Asia and Goldfinch International Launch V47 Entertainment

Little Black Book, Branded entertainment studio will shape the future of culture Across Asia, MENA, and the Global South

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:35 AM EST • Entertainment • lbbonline.com
The Streaming Wars: How Audiences Are Changing the Entertainment Industry

The entertainment industry has always evolved alongside technology, but never at the pace we have seen over the past decade. The rise of streaming services has completely transformed how audiences consume film and television. Viewers have gone from waiting for scheduled programming to having instant access to thousands of shows and movies at any time. […]

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:33 AM EST • Entertainment • cuindependent.com
Starmer to defend Reeves after claims that some ministers feel she misled them ahead of budget

Prime minister to give speech after report that some ministers are unhappy over handling of the budget

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:28 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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Trump-backed candidate leads Honduras presidential vote, early trends show

Nasry Asfura holds a narrow lead over his rival Salvador Nasralla, with about 40 percent of the votes counted.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:25 AM EST • Politics • aljazeera.com
Hidden code reveals Samsung phones are in for a major wireless charging upgrade

Code in One UI 8.5 reveals "Super fast wireless charging," potentially boosting speeds up to 25W for the Samsung Galaxy S26 series.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:24 AM EST • Technology • androidauthority.com
NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul rural health system

State’s proposal for federal funding would create regional hubs, bolster workforce and revive food-as-medicine programs.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:15 AM EST • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
Renewable energy is now more than ever a strategic business imperative

The global transition to renewable energy has fundamentally shifted from a moral obligation focused on mitigating climate change to a central pillar of economic strategy and national security.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:08 AM EST • Business • consultancy-me.com
Kongsberg Discovery and MacArtney enhancing defense, energy, and ocean science underwater menu

Kongsberg Discovery has taken a step to combine its offering with MacArtney to create a new level of turnkey capability in underwater sensing.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:05 AM EST • Science • offshore-energy.biz
3 years old, 800 million users, 29,000 prompts a second: ChatGPT's meteoric rise, by the numbers

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unleashed ChatGPT on the world on November 30, 2022. It's been on an historic trajectory ever since.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:01 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
CFOs Speed Time to Cash™ and Redefine Business Resilience

The role of the finance function is being re-written as companies increasingly are no longer satisfied with observing cash flow in the rearview mirror.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Business • pymnts.com
These Are The Best TV Deals This Cyber Monday

Here are the best deals on screens from Hisense, TCL, Samsung, Sony, and more this shopping holiday.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 3:39 AM EST • Technology • wired.com
NASA, Schmidt Sciences give $7M boost to arXiv

Cornell Tech just landed more than $7 million from NASA and Schmidt Sciences to give arXiv — the massive open-access research hub — a serious upgrade. The money will help arXiv modernize its infrastructure, finish moving to the cloud, and build smarter tools to help researchers find preprints more easily. “I am profoundly grateful for… MoreNASA, Schmidt Sciences give $7M boost to arXiv

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Dec 1, 2025 • 3:33 AM EST • Science • fingerlakes1.com
I just found the 21 best Cyber Monday laptop and computer deals to upgrade your setup

Don’t buy just any computer this Cyber Monday. Our expert picked out the laptop and computer deals that are actually worth shopping based on his extensive hands-on experience.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 3:31 AM EST • Technology • cnn.com
Best Cyber Monday TV deals 2025: Samsung, LG, TCL, and Hisense at record lows

All the best deals ahead of Cyber Monday.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 3:30 AM EST • Technology • mashable.com
Historic Yorktown Kicks Off the Holiday Season with Series of Festive Events

YORKTOWN — Historic Yorktown is filled with community traditions, and it all kicks off the first weekend of December. The weekend begins with Yorktown’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Victory Monument & Riverwalk Landing on Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m., with the Tree Lighting at 7:30 p.m. According to the county, this community tradition dates […]

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Dec 1, 2025 • 3:30 AM EST • Entertainment • wydaily.com