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Concern after Europeans endorse US science agenda

Germany’s biggest research funder has said it is “concerned” after Berlin, plus several other European countries, endorsed a controversial US-led science policy statement. On October 4, the White House announced that 16 countries, including Germany, the UK, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Japan and South Korea had backed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science.The document, agreed on the margins of the annual Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto, which gathers science ministers from across the world, appears uncontroversial at first sight. It’s a one-page statement, without any concrete measures, that touches on reducing administrative burden on scientists, experimenting with new funding models and the use of “super intelligence” in science, the Trump administration’s preferred term for artificial intelligence. However, what’s controversial is that much of the language in the Kyoto Vision reflects Science: A New Golden Age, a major policy document released by the White House in July.That document attracted criticism for deriding universities as “legacy institutions” and suggesting money be diverted to new research labs. In a speech in Kyoto on October 4, Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office for Science and Technology Policy and the report’s author, said that the US was seeking to “diversify the ways that we support research to meet our best scientists where and when they do their best work.” The worry is that the Trump administration may be using genuine dysfunctions in academia as a pretext to defund and disempower universities, which US vice president JD Vance has labelled “the enemy.” Many in Europe also want more experimentation and reform of how science is organised and funded, and agree with criticisms of academia made by Science: A New Golden Age. But some also fear that if the US pushes for reform partially in bad faith, it could politicise and undermine the whole agenda. Washington is currently trying to change federal funding rules so that political appointees can block and cancel scientific grants. It has cut grants mid-project on topics related to diversity and other politically forbidden areas. And last year, it threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless it admitted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create campus “viewpoint diversity.” “Particularly concerned”Because of this wider US political context, the Kyoto Vision’s otherwise innocuous sounding statement that “we encourage experimentation with new institutional models for science that provide varying levels of autonomy, resources and direction” has caused consternation in Europe, particularly from some of Germany’s biggest science organisations. A spokesperson for the German Research Foundation (DFG), the country’s biggest funder, said that it would “closely monitor whether the current US administration uses the Kyoto Vision to restructure research funding to the detriment of research institutions such as universities and their autonomy.” The DFG was “particularly concerned” with the statement’s references to Science: A New Golden Age, they continued. A spokesperson for the German Rectors’ Conference, which represents the country’s universities, said that the reference to “new institutional models” raises “questions on the underlying understanding of academic freedom and autonomy.” Research funding must “guided first and foremost by scientific not political principles,” they went on. Dampen criticismEuropean endorsement of the Kyoto Vision might dampen domestic criticism of the Trump administration’s science policy, some in the US fear, by suggesting international support. “What we saw from Germany, Japan, the UK and other countries, is an impulse that the administration has exploited with our own science reform movement, a belief they can use dialogue to make things better,” said Cole Donovan, director of science policy at the campaigning group Stand Up for Science. “In practice, the administration has done the opposite.” Not a binding statementThere’s been so much concern in Germany that the country’s federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space put out a statement defending its endorsement of the Kyoto Vision, which it has posted on its website. Related articlesIs metascience being co-opted?European researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationThe US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know The ministry said that it “should be regarded as a basis for discussion and does not constitute a binding statement.” Backing the statement gives Germany the chance to raise “issues and concerns” with the US during upcoming talks on science and technology scheduled for November. “Although these intentions appear, in principle, to be worthy of support, they will be scrutinised and examined more closely as the process continues,” the statement continues. Super intelligence?A ministry spokesperson confirmed to Science|Business that Germany had broadly endorsed the Kyoto Vision.However, they said Berlin had not agreed to final changes in the statement to refer to AI as super intelligence. In September, facing protests against data centres and polling that suggests US citizens are far more concerned than excited by the technology, Trump issued an executive order that attempts to rebrand AI as super intelligence, following polling on social media.The name change is to “reflect the transformative capabilities of these technologies and the limitless opportunities they create for the American people,” the order says. EU askedThe UK and Italian science ministries did not respond to a request for comment on their endorsement of the Kyoto Vision. Although most EU countries did not endorse the statement, it’s not clear which states the US asked. The White House Office for Science and Technology Policy did not return a request for comment. A European Commission official, speaking under condition of anonymity, said that the US had approached the EU, but too late for the EU to quiz all its member states on whether Brussels should endorse the statement.

Oct 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

Who Won August and September: Original Films or Franchises?

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) I just heard someone say that if you’re reading a pundit or data analyst, and they don’t tell you that they got anything wrong, they’re not a pundit but an “influencer”. I agree with that. You have to tell your audience when you get things wrong, or they won’t (or shouldn’t) trust you as much. Today, we’ve got another edition of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. In general, I’m patting myself on the back (and patting very hard) about a few things like IP at the box office, LIV golf, horror films, crowdfunding movies, superheroes, and old people going to the theaters. That said, I also made a couple of data mistakes on the streaming bubble popping and HBO’s datecdotes, so I’m not perfect. But first, I need your feedback... Subscribe Follow-Ups: What Should We Call Mid-Budget Movies Which Aren’t Cinematic Enough for Theaters But Are Too Expensive to Make Money on Streaming? After I asked for feedback on what we should call straight-to-streaming films that are too big to pencil out on streaming but not really big enough to resonate in theaters, I got some great suggestions from you all, including... “Moldilocks” from John Aboud “Little Big Indie” from Travis Frick1 “Midflicks” from Jonathan Funke. “Extra-Medium” from Jona Nwuke. (Read the explanation in the footnote.) Between these and Brandon Katz—who suggested “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”—we’ve got some excellent suggestions. And they’re better than my suggestion, the “Streaming Budget Dead Zone”, so let’s take a poll! The winning entry becomes the new term. Loading... RIGHT: LIV Golf is Fully Bankrupt…Is Anyone Else Next? A few years ago, I was always a bit perplexed at all the articles I’d read praising LIV Golf and their strategy to disrupt the PGA. LIV Golf, a brand new professional golf league, offered PGA stars ten times what they made on the PGA Tour to join their new league. And folks praised this strategy for its initial “success” in that a lot of big names did indeed leave the PGA. Yeah, of course the players came over. LIV Golf paid them so, so, so much more! But LIV Golf hadn’t discovered a way to increase potential revenue. So think about this in basic business terms… They paid much more in costs… …but had no real way to increase revenue. That’s not a strategy! That’s deficit financing. It won’t work unless you bankrupt the competition (and then turn around and pay those same golfers much, much less). It’s not a sustainable strategy and only lasts as long as the company/person/nation backing it decides they’re cool with losing money. For LIV Golf, that meant Middle East oil wealth, in particular Saudi Arabian money. Clearly, the current Iran War has hurt Middle East finances, so they need to trim their more exorbitant spending. And LIV Golf was part of that trimming. This should be a major warning for others. TGL’s parent company, TMRW Sports, just got a $1 billion valuation, despite TGL’s (the indoor golf league) horrible TV viewership of less than half a million viewers per match. Unrivaled, the women’s basketball league, just secured a $650 valuation, despite its horrible TV viewership and a new rival (Project B) entering the scene next year. To relate this to streaming, Hollywood should ask which streamers may have wealthy patrons funding their losses. (Let’s be clear: Google, Amazon and Apple.) Could those patrons lose their appetite? For Amazon, probably not. But Apple has a new boss, so maybe! WRONG: My Analysis of the Streaming Bubble Was Missing a Week I’m going to be congratulating myself a lot today, but I make mistakes too, like this data goof. When I last compiled the data on the decline in TV shows, I was missing one week at the end of June. If you look at the first image, you can see that one week was mislabelled as “July”. Mainly, this image got updated to show a 27% decline, not 29%: This change doesn’t really impact the overall analysis, but it is two percent better. By the way, through the third quarter, the decline increased and it’s now a 30% decrease since 2022. (I’ll write/visualize this in an upcoming article.) But I want you to trust me and my data. Especially these days, when many people are using LLMs that I know are inserting faulty data into their charts, I want to keep earning my audience’s faith. So that’s the accurate data. RIGHT: IP Remains Very, Very Popular In July, I wrote a giant (and I mean giant) article on Backrooms, Obsession, and the box office, going over what we know, what we don’t know about what works in theaters, looking at YouTubers, IP, the horror genre, comic book movies, and a whole lot more. The month of August really tested a lot of my theses and, being honest, mostly supported my arguments. Let’s start with IP. Looking at 8-Aug (the weekend after Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out) to 18-Sep (the weekend that Resident Evil came out, which I think provides a nice bookend to this time period), there were seven films based on pre-existing IP: Resident Evil (2026) ($126 million) Practical Magic 2 ($65 million) _Insidious: Out of the Furthe_r ($65 million) Coyote Vs. Acme ($59 million) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ($53 million) Tony ($15 million) Super Troopers 3 ($7 million) Compare those to the notable original films from the past month—I actually could have included more movies, but here are just thirteen, bringing us to an even twenty films—including.... The End of Oak Street ($54 million) Buddy ($26 million) Mutiny ($15 million) By Any Means ($15 million) The Dog Stars ($14 million) Runner ($14 million) One Night Only ($11 million) Hope ($8 million) Spa Weekend ($7 million) The Uprising ($6 million) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ($6 million) Onslaught ($3 million) Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man ($2.8 million) Here’s that in chart form: Five of the top six films in this time period were all based on IP. I made a big chart of films that grossed over $200 million at the box office before Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey hit theaters. Let’s update that chart! By the way, if you want to see how I categorized each film—so another bar chart—here it is: I know that many of my fellow critics/pundits/analysts dislike films based on IP and how Hollywood is making so many of them. And I’m sympathetic to this point of view. As I’ve written many, many times before, you need a balance between existing franchises, new IP, and original films. And Hollywood clearly needs to make more films like Resident Evil (a well-made film from a visionary director) and fewer Practical Magic 2’s (which didn’t get critical or customer buzz). But at some point, critics and pundits need to contend with what audiences are telling them: Movie-goers aren’t showing up to original films. Audiences are speaking with their dollars, telling you they want more IP and franchises. You can try to convince studio heads to make fewer IP-based films and franchises, but the data and numbers aren’t there. Instead, critics need to work harder to convince audiences to show up for original films. Aim your ire/concern at the average person, not studio heads.2 Because they’re just making the films that audiences are telling them to make. WRONG: Original Horror Films Didn’t Break Out I’ll be honest, even though I wrote an article casting some skepticism on the horror genre in July, if you asked me to make a prediction, I would have predicted that, in August, a new, original horror film would have blown up. No, seriously, I just assumed that Obsession and Backrooms presaged a change in audience behavior. But none of the buzzy new original horror films from August—Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Onslaught (not an action film in spite of the ads), The End of Oak Street, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, or _Buddy—_broke out. To be clear, exactly one of those films (Buddy) had good “ROI”, but again—I try to be specific in my language—none were “popular” in any broad sense of the word. None of them will be “saving” movies theaters like Backrooms or _Obsession_helped save the summer. The new Insidious film and Resident Evil, both based on IP, were far and away the biggest horror films since July. (We’ll see if this changes in October/Halloween season.) RIGHT: Stay Skeptical about Crowdfunding... I’ve long been skeptical about crowd-investing platforms as one of Hollywood’s saviors, mainly because there’s so much hype/buzz. People need to stay more skeptical about more things, explaining both the potential upside but also the downsides. In particular, the media often hypes crowdfunding at the start and never checks in on the actual results after they’ve come in later. And August gave us our first update! _Ice Cream Man—_directed by Eli Roth—grossed $6 million off of a $5.5 million budget. This is a production of The Horror Section, which was one of the first “crowd investing” studios with 2,400 investors, which means that 2,400 investors probably lost money. They certainly aren’t getting as great of returns as if they had just invested their dollars in the stock market. Hopefully Stiletto (Tagline: “Someone’s Going to Make it Rain Blood!”) does better next month. WRONG: Another Data Goof Here’s another data error. When the first episode of House of the Dragon came out, HBO put out that it had 21.5 million viewers in the first three days, and I read that to mean in the US…but no, it was global. So my US-only datecdotes charts shouldn’t have included it. We never got US-only numbers for the first episode, but for the final episode, HBO put out that it had 11 million US viewers. (And that global dropped to 21 million viewers.) Here’s the updated chart (which I’ve since used in the Streaming Ratings Report): Still, this show is absolutely huge. RIGHT: Superhero Films Remain Very, Very Popular After Supergirl flopped, I read a few takes that “comic book movies are going the way of the Western”. Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that take didn’t age well. To be fair, I have a very nuanced take on the superhero genre right now; it’s down right now, for a lot of reasons. But it’s not “dead”. Maybe _Spider-_Man is just a really popular character? I saw that take, and it’s a fair counter-argument. (But pundits arguing that superhero movies were dead should have mentioned this $1.5 billion counter-argument…) But is it just Spider-Man? The next Avengers film already has $50 million in pre-sales (and I was skeptical that that film would do well) and the Avengers: End Game re-release topped the box office two weekends ago (over three original films). And I wouldn’t bet against Batman or Superman. So maybe it’s just Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and the Avengers. Oh, and Deadpool, of course. And Black Panther. And Wolverine. And probably the X-Men. Plus a well-made Wonder Woman or the Hulk film could break out. But that’s it! It’s just those ten characters/teams. Oh, what’s that? Lanterns is also doing well on HBO? (See previous section…) To be fair, I’m actually pretty sympathetic to the argument that more popular characters—like Spider-Man and Batman—anchor more popular films. In fact, I made that exact argument three years ago when I first wrote about the “Marvel-cession”. In many ways, you can blame The Guardians of the Galaxy for fooling Marvel Studios (and the rest of us) into believing that any character could pop. It turns out, the list of iconic characters is probably smaller than most people think. But it’s probably too early to say that superhero films and comic book movies are dead unless “death” means a slight decline over a longtime. RIGHT: Who Killed Theaters? Old People I get frustrated whenever I see headlines or analysis about how young people are “returning” to theaters. As I’ve detailed(for years), young people have always powered the US box office, despite narratives about “kids these days” and their “phones”. Really, what’s changed post-2020/pandemic is that old people aren’t going to the movies nearly as much. This summer, I saw a movie (from an older director) in a theater near a retirement community, and multiple older people at the theater were talking about how this was their first time seeing a movie in years. I dislike personal anecdotes, so YouGov can fill in the data, best summarized by this headline: “Who killed movie theaters? Not the youths”. According to them, 64% of people aged 18-29 have seen a movie in the last year, but only 30% of 65-and-older. 20% of 18-29 have seen a movie in theaters in the last week and 42% in the last month. Here’s the polling data: Most concerning? Many Americans (17%) think theaters are a worse or much worse experience than watching films at home. Slight WRONG: Hadestown Opens Big A live theater capture of the Broadway musical, Hadestown, made $20 million at the US box office, which begs the question: was I wrong to be skeptical about musicals a few years ago? Yes and no. On the one hand, $20 million is a far cry from being “popular”, so yeah, the genre isn’t that popular overall and Hadestown is one of the more popular musicals from recent years (i.e. the “Taylor Swift Data Fallacy” in action). On the other, I doubt filming this cost all that much, and I don’t think that they spent much on marketing, so this is a good source of ancillary revenue. Smaller Updates WRONG: As I mentioned in a Streaming Ratings Report, I underestimated the budget for Enola Holmes 3. It probably cost more like $50 million, if not more. But... I’m not sure that it really matters? At sub-10 million hours, prices have to come down to make this work. WRONG: Netflix is giving Ink a 27-day in theaters! To quote the kids/YouTubers these days, let’s go! Now I might actually have a chance to see Danny Boyle’s latest in theaters. I’d complained about this in a “Coming Soon” section, but I was heartened to read that Netflix is giving multiple films longer theatrical windows this year. RIGHT: Netflix is sending 4-5 films per year to theaters. Netflix is slowly but surely sending more and more films to theaters, as I cautiously predicted earlier this year. For now, it’s just three big films and a number of awards contenders, but still, this is great news. And they’ll be releasing box office grosses! Just this week, Ted Sarandos confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters (and my guess is it performs in the box office top ten at a minimum). WRONG: Angel has 3 million subscribers! How do I know this? Well, they told Deadline, who reported it. I marked this as “wrong”, since they’ve doubled their subscribers in one year but, you know, they don’t really have a hit film to speak of and they’re still losing money. WRONG: Furious was only renewed for one more season. I accidentally wrote “two more seasons” in my latest “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update”. RIGHT: House of David is ending with its third season. In July, Prime Video renewed House of David for a third season, as I just wrote in my latest “Renewals and Cancellations” report. Well, now it’s ending after that third season. Why? As I’ve been writing, its viewership wasn’t great. I got feedback that this show didn’t cost very much, but it cost enough that its limited viewership didn’t save it. WRONG: Adults was a Hulu original! So I missed Adults when it first came out last year; I saw that it aired on FX and just assumed that it was a linear-first program. Turns out, it aired three episodes on FX, but binge-released the rest of its episodes the next day on Hulu. Huh. So I should have covered it last year! But I just wrote about it. 1 “When I was a kid in the 90s, if you wore a t-shirt to school that wasn’t too big and also wasn’t too small, but somehow didn’t quite fit, we’d say you were wearing an “extra-medium” shirt.” 2 As always, a huge exception is Disney, which barely makes anything original anymore.

Oct 7 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com

Wolfspeed secures $1.5 billion conditional loan commitment from US defense department

Chipmaker Wolfspeed said on Wednesday it has received a conditional loan commitment ​for up to $1.5 billion from the ‌US Department of Defense to expand domestic production of silicon carbide materials and power devices, ​sending its shares surging 27% in ​extended trading.

Oct 7 • 5:09 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Vanderbilt mourns the loss of pediatrics leader and children’s health advocate Ian Burr

Ian M. Burr, MD, PhD, former Chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics whose vision and advocacy helped establish Middle Tennessee’s first freestanding children's hospital, died Oct. 5.

Oct 7 • 3:16 PM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

Dale Jr. Compares Keselowski Split to Kyle Busch’s JGR Exit

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Oct 7 • 11:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

'Completely unexpected': Astronomers spy never-before-seen 'phoenix planet' rising from the ashes of a dead star

Astronomers have spotted a rare "second-generation" exoplanet closely orbiting the nearby white dwarf HS 0209+0832. An unusual mixture of heavy elements inside this zombie star suggests that "this system has given birth to a new world using the foundations of the old one."

Oct 7 • 11:22 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com

A quake on Mars may have set these rocks rolling

Fresh boulder tracks on Mars could reveal how a quake shook the planet and help scientists detect future tremors from orbit.

Oct 7 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org

Becker's honors Vanderbilt Health’s Ruchika Talwar on its ‘Rising Stars: Healthcare Leaders Under 40’ list

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Oct 7 • 10:46 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

New X-ray Technique Helps Scientists Watch Quantum Materials Respond to Laser Pulses

Argonne researchers developed an X-ray imaging technique to track silicon carbide’s response to ultrafast laser pulses.

Oct 7 • 6:28 AM EDT • Science • thequantuminsider.com

Skydance now runs two of Hollywood’s legacy film studios. A look at the new company, by the numbers

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has completed its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing two of Hollywood’s most storied legacy film studios under one mammoth media and entertainment conglomerate named Skydance. Now, Skydance must decide how to make the most out of a trove of entertainment assets, including the HBO Max and Paramount+ video streaming services, a film library that includes “Star Trek,” “Barbie,” “Top Gun,” “Harry Potter,” and “Superman,” and two major news organizations, CNN and CBS News. Here’s a look at the new company, by the numbers.

Oct 7 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mymotherlode.com

Climate change and farming gave rise to ‘genetically distinct’ swan goose: study

New population of the migratory waterbird has emerged in the Chinese capital over the past century, according to researchers.

Oct 7 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • scmp.com

San Antonio tax preparing business owner sentenced to federal prison, ordered to pay $3.8 million

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Oct 6 • 7:11 PM EDT • Business • ksat.com

Jeff Gordon Compares Kyle Larson’s Team to NASCAR Legends

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Oct 6 • 6:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Tyra Banks explains why she wasn’t on ‘Project Runway’ after on-air clash with Law Roach

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Oct 6 • 3:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

3 Options For Fixing The Detroit Lions’ Ailing Secondary

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Oct 6 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Ukrainian health care teams visit to learn best practices and take their knowledge home

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Oct 6 • 1:17 PM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

The 2026 Bluebird Banter Haiku Contest: Voting

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Oct 6 • 12:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Rangers Outfield Prospect Kling Has Massive Day in Fall League

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Oct 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Ava DuVernay Returns With One of Netflix’s Most Political Docs Ever

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Oct 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • hollywoodreporter.com

TOLEDANO: Stop listening to pop stars for your politics

Celebrities should not be exiled from political life, but the line between speaking up and telling people how to vote is one worth holding.

Oct 6 • 9:24 AM EDT • Politics • vanderbilthustler.com

Scientists develop new X-ray technique to watch quantum materials respond to laser pulses

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Oct 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • anl.gov

Can taking dead military satellites out of orbit become a business?

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Oct 6 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • spacenews.com

Newcastle goalkeeper emerges as option for Bayern Munich

With Manuel Neuer expected to retire from football next summer, Bayern Munich already have a successor in place for the veteran in the shape of Jonas Urbig.However, the Bavarians still want to bring i...

Oct 6 • 4:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Tottenham’s International Returns For Manchester United Preparations

Tottenham’s internationals return in stages before Manchester United, leaving Roberto De Zerbi to balance training, travel and recovery at Hotspur Way.

Oct 5 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Enabling, Denying, and Spiking the Proverbial Political Football

ANDOVER TOWNSHIP – Republicans are claiming victory over a proposed data center. But it really isn’t that simple. As one critical observer noted on a Stop Andover Data Center social media page: It was the all-Republican township committee that “opened the door (to a data center) in the first place.” This is a local issue to be sure,[...]

Oct 5 • 1:41 PM EDT • Politics • insidernj.com

Astronomers discover possible planet born from a dead star’s ashes

A second-generation planet might be orbiting a white dwarf, in an astronomy first, according to new research.

Oct 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Science • cnn.com

Opportunities to advance precision kidney medicine for women: Vanderbilt Health-led scientific statement

The statement suggests improving women’s kidney care by recognizing how women’s unique biology and social factors affect kidney health.

Oct 5 • 10:50 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

Dawg Sports on the Radio

Your Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 38-14 on Saturday, and we intend to not just write about it, but also talk about it. That’s why I’ll be listening to MaconDawg’s chinchilla ranching consultant on WFOY in St. Augustine(102.1 FM/1240 AM) this evening around 6:45 pm Eastern to talk Georgia Bulldog football on SportsNow with host […]

Oct 5 • 10:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

RBI sees no signs of expropriation of Russian business, CEO says

Raiffeisen Bank International currently sees no signs of an expropriation ​of its Russian business, CEO Michael Hoellerer ‌said on Monday, after several attempts by the Austrian lender to sell the division have failed.

Oct 5 • 7:10 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Inter Join Barcelona, EPL Giants for Stuttgart Talent

Inter got only slightly younger defensively in the summer and have earmarked Finn Jeltsch to bring in fresh legs at the position in the future. The Nerazzurri parted ways with Stefano Acerbi, Stefan D...

Oct 5 • 5:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Herbie Thiele launches new Tallahassee public affairs firm

Herbie Thiele launches public affairs firm blending lobbying and communications.

Oct 5 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

White Sox offseason business during the postseason: Arbitration figures, play-by-play future

The last two times the White Sox were in a real postseason — 2008 against the Rays, 2021 against the Astros — they fell behind 2-0 in the the ALDS, and had to scratch out Game 3 victories each time in order to ensure that they wouldn’t participate in the bare minimum of games. Three…

Oct 4 • 4:56 PM EDT • Business • soxmachine.com

Novak Djokovic Stuns Alexander Zverev to Reach Beijing Open Semifinals

In one of his best performances this year, Novak Djokovic is once again in the semifinals at the Beijing Open after overcoming World No. 2 Alexander Zverev in a tight three-set match 4-6 6-4 6-4. The Serbian, now 32-0 at the tournament, came from a set down to secure his joint-best win of the season …

Oct 4 • 9:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

NASA and IBM's open source lunar model turns 17 years of orbiter data into a foundation for lunar science

NASA and IBM have released the Lunar Foundation Model, one of the first open-source AI models for lunar science. Trained on nearly 2 million tile bundles, mostly from 17 years of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, it cuts the error in predicting polar ice deposits by up to 22 percent compared to the strongest model it was tested against.

Oct 4 • 6:10 AM EDT • Science • the-decoder.com

Wellness Services connects students with mental health support and resources

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Oct 3 • 9:11 PM EDT • Health • arbiteronline.com

Israel boss shuns politics before Republic of Ireland clash

Israel boss Ran Ben-Shimon insisted he is “not dealing with any politics” ahead of his side’s behind-closed-doors Nations League meeting with the Republic of Ireland in Serbia on Sunday. Republic manager Heimir Hallgrimsson’s press conference on Saturday morning in Backa Topola ended abruptly following a confrontational conclusion, after an Israeli journalist accused Irish players of calling their opponents "monkeys" in Hungary, where the reverse fixture was held.

Oct 3 • 1:48 PM EDT • Politics • sports.yahoo.com

Chapel Bell Curve:

You’ve got to do something before kickoff. And if you’re looking to maximize your preparations for today’s matchup with Vanderbilt that something should be listening to Nathan and Yara preview the Commodores. Among other audio goodness in this episode you’ll find the following: As always we ask that you like, rate, subscribe, and patreonize the show wherever […]

Oct 3 • 10:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

How your gut microbiome may affect your health

Researcher and dietitian Karen Corbin explains how the trillions of microbes in your gut may influence health and how simple food swaps can increase fiber intake.

Oct 3 • 10:34 AM EDT • Health • newson6.com

Nationals Face Multiple Arbitration Decisions Ahead of 2027

The Washington Nationals have multiple arbitration eligible players to address following the 2026 regular season

Oct 3 • 9:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Mets Have A Fascinating Group of Arbitration Players

Oct 3 • 8:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Angels Have Some Intriguing Arbitration Numbers Coming

The Los Angeles Angels have 11 players eligible for arbitration, including a couple of big names.

Oct 3 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Cubs Handed Strong Seiya Suzuki Free Agency Prediction

The Chicago Cubs crashed out in the Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres and now face major offseason decisions, including whether to re-sign Seiya Suzuki.Suzuki hit .270 with 147 hits, 26 home runs, 86 RBIs, and 96 runs scored this season for Chicago, per StatMuse. Meanwhile, in the two Wild Card games against […] The post Cubs Handed Strong Seiya Suzuki Free Agency Prediction appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 3 • 6:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Three Georgia Bulldogs Keys to Victory Against Vanderbilt Saturday Afternoon

The Georgia Bulldogs will try to get to 5-0 on Saturday.

Oct 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Why Reds Should Re-Sign Tyler Stephenson

The 30-year-old catcher was a solid piece in the Reds' lineup this year, hitting .241 and knocking in 54 RBI.

Oct 2 • 4:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Throwback Dawg Day: Granthan vs. Franklin

Vanderbilt. To a lot of SEC fans, you almost felt bad for them most years. At least as far as football goes, the Commodores have spent many years languishing as a doormat. Being in Tennessee’s shadow does not help, neither does the fact that opposing fans can easily take over a game day over on […]

Oct 2 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Corbin Advisors Named 2026 Connecticut Business Excellence Award Winner by Hartford Business Journal

Firm recognized in Women-Owned Business category for business excellence, leadership, innovation, and impactFARMINGTON, Conn., Oct. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corbin Advisors, a leading strategic investor relations and investor communications advisory firm, today announced it has been named the inaugural winner of the Hartford Business Journal’s 2026 Connecticut Business Excellence Awards in the Women-Owned Business, 51–250 Employees category. The recognition celebrates Connecticut organizatio

Oct 2 • 7:35 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

Penguins Re-Assign McGroarty; More News Possible

Perhaps it will be a harbinger of good news for the Pittsburgh Penguins but Thursday, the team re-assigned young forward […]

Oct 1 • 9:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Recap: President Trump speaks at Peterbilt facility in Denton on Thursday

Update at 5:40 p.m.: Trump thanks the crowd for welcoming him. He concluded his speech with a short dance to “Y.M.C.A.” (1978) by Village People and walking off the stage.

Oct 1 • 6:30 PM EDT • Politics • dentonrc.com

Massachusetts man charged with cyberstalking conservative podcaster Katie Miller

The Justice Department charged a military veteran Thursday for allegedly making dozens of disturbing texts and calls to Katie Miller, a conservative podcaster married to White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, and her family.

Oct 1 • 6:06 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

NASA SmallSats Launch to Advance Science, Technology, Orbital Operations

Three NASA-supported small spacecraft launched at 11:22 a.m. PDT Thursday to demonstrate new propulsion technologies, study how galactic dust and high-energy radiation move through galaxies, and advance capabilities for inspecting inactive satellites.

Oct 1 • 5:46 PM EDT • Science • nasa.gov

WATCH: NASA launches Crew-13 to International Space Station

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away.

Oct 1 • 4:54 PM EDT • Science • pbs.org

Nations League: Portugal win first game without CR7, Germany click

Four matches continued another round of the 2026/27 UEFA Nations League this Thursday (1st).The games were valid for Groups 2 and 4.At home, Germany beat Serbia 2-0, with goals from Bischof and Wirtz....

Oct 1 • 4:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Lucas Spence Put Himself in the Astros’ 2027 Conversation

The 23-year-old turned a late-season call-up into four home runs, nine RBI, and back-to-back postseason starts.

Oct 1 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?

A catheter carrying the lethal drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.

Oct 1 • 1:51 PM EDT • Science • nytimes.com

Confirmed lineups: Germany vs Serbia

After drawing 1-1 with the Netherlands and losing 0-1 to Greece, Germany are still searching for their first win under Jürgen Klopp heading into Thursday night's 2026/27 UEFA Nations League home game...

Oct 1 • 1:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

What to know about the U.S. Senate race to replace Sen. Dick Durbin

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who has served alongside Gov. JB Pritzker since 2018, faces Don Tracy, the former chair of the Illinois Republican Party.

Oct 1 • 1:29 PM EDT • Politics • wbez.org

Jonas Urbig ready to live childhood dream for Germany

The FC Bayern goalkeeper is eager to face Serbia.

Oct 1 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Spurs CEO 'encouraged by aspects of the underlying performances'

Tottenham chief executive Vinai Venkatesham has given his backing to head coach Roberto de Zerbi after his side's poor start to the season. Spurs are bottom of the Premier League after collecting just two points from their opening five games and they are also out of the Carabao Cup, despite a huge summer transfer spend.

Oct 1 • 6:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Vietnam Pandora Jewelry

Pandora CEO Berta de Pablos-Barbier, right, speaks with Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Lina Gandlose Hansen as they visit the factory in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, Thursday, Oct.1, 2026. (AP

Oct 1 • 6:45 AM EDT • Business • telegraphherald.com

Not your everyday coffee in a Serbia cafe. Enjoy it in the company of alpacas

A cafe in northern Serbia has unusual hosts | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM

Oct 1 • 12:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com

Not your everyday coffee in a Serbia cafe. Enjoy it in the company of alpacas

A cafe in northern Serbia has unusual hosts | WWL

Oct 1 • 12:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com

Vanderbilt Clarksville transitions to new health record system

Nashville News, Weather, and Sports

Sep 30 • 4:16 PM EDT • Health • wkrn.com

Who Is Fenway Sports Group? Inside the Sports Empire Behind RFK Racing

Brad Keselowski's RFK Racing exit has put new attention on Fenway Sports Group. Here's how the company entered NASCAR and the sports empire behind it.

Sep 30 • 3:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

'Project Hail Mary' to Receive SFFILM's Sloan Science in Cinema Prize

'Project Hail Mary' is entering the awards-season orbit, first up with SFFILM's Sloan Science in Cinema Prize.

Sep 30 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • indiewire.com

'We may need to think differently': Star system with 'backward' planet moving the wrong way around its star has scientists puzzled

A newly discovered exoplanet orbits its star backward, and it's a mystery why. The system and others like it could shed light on how some complex planetary systems form.

Sep 30 • 12:07 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com

Small business owners aren't losing their dream, but they're paying more to achieve it

Small business owners are continuing to combat inflation and rising costs, according to the newly released KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) 2026 Small Business Survey. The survey found that one-third (33%) of owners are absorbing rising costs out of their own paycheck rather than passing them on to customers underscoring the value they place on the relationships they've built.

Sep 30 • 9:02 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

Nico Schlotterbeck suffers fresh injury during Germany training

Ahead of Germany’s UEFA Nations League game against Serbia, Borussia Dortmund’s Nico Schlotterbeck went down with an injury during training, according to Sky Germany. The central defender was seen...

Sep 30 • 8:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Virginia Democrats warn more healthcare strains loom after November election

Christina Rivera kept her health insurance this year because she needed major back surgery. But maintaining coverage meant absorbing a monthly premium that rose from $235 in 2025 to $1,336 in 2026 — with a higher deductible. “That’s just not reasonable for anybody who is relying on the ACA for healthcare,” said Riviera, a Charlottesville-area resident and founder of the nonprofit Called to Justice. “I don’t have that sitting around. It’s not in the cushions of the couch.” Small nonprofits often depend on the Affordable Care Act marketplace because reasonably priced group coverage is out of reach, Rivera said. After enhanced federal premium tax credits expired last December, her insurance bill became another financial burden alongside groceries, gasoline and utilities.

Sep 30 • 5:28 AM EDT • Health • virginiamercury.com

There's an enormous black hole pointing its jet at Earth – and scientists only found it because of a strange flash in deep space | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Hidden away behind vast clouds of dust, IRAS 18293-0941 is a binary system with a black hole orbiting a massive, hot star.

Sep 30 • 5:26 AM EDT • Science • skyatnightmagazine.com

Hampton Roads museums undergo expansions

Barry Art Museum at ODU and Virginia MOCA expand galleries and event spaces, boosting Hampton Roads' arts scene with new exhibitions and community programs.

Sep 29 • 11:56 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com

Navy contracts boost Hampton Roads submarine industry

Navy awards $76.6 billion in contracts, with $25 billion for Newport News Shipbuilding, boosting Hampton Roads economy and shipbuilding industry.

Sep 29 • 11:55 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com

HRBT expansion enters final phase

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion in Virginia is entering its final phase, aiming to increase capacity and improve travel by 2027.

Sep 29 • 11:55 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com

The latest in Hampton Roads construction

Here's the latest on major construction projects in Hampton Roads, both underway and recently completed. Here's the latest on major construction projects in Hampton Roads, both underway and recently completed.

Sep 29 • 11:54 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com

Hampton Roads’ fastest-growing companies make Inc. 5000 list

This year, 245 Virginia companies, including 24 in Hampton Roads, made the Inc. 5000 list.

Sep 29 • 11:53 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com

Science begins for Smile

On 23 September, the European-Chinese Smile mission was declared ready to start revealing how Earth responds to the wind of charged particles from the Sun. This follows a busy in-space commissioning period since the spacecraft launched on 19 May and reached its target orbit for science operations on 20 June.

Sep 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • esa.int

Mom says Vanderbilt Health employee accessed her baby’s medical records without permission

A Lewisburg mother requested an audit after a Vanderbilt Health employee appeared to know about her son's birth before it was public. The hospital later confirmed the employee accessed the child's electronic medical record without a legitimate business purpose.

Sep 29 • 5:18 PM EDT • Health • wsmv.com

Why Twins Must Re-Sign Veteran Hitter

Josh Bell provided a beacon of light during an otherwise disappointing season for the Minnesota Twins, hitting .255 and knocking in 96 RBI.

Sep 29 • 4:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital getting multimillion-dollar health record system upgrade

Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital is transitioning to Epic, a new electronic health record system designed to enhance the coordination of care and improve efficiency.

Sep 29 • 3:51 PM EDT • Health • clarksvillenow.com

Celtic Get Financial and Business Warning Amid Club Crisis

Celtic have received a warning about the club’s financial and business situation amid the sporting crisis they are going through.The Hoops have just lost their two most recent derbies against Rangers, falling 0-3 on September 13 in the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup and falling 0-1 at Parkhead on September 20 on Matchday 7 […] The post Celtic Get Financial and Business Warning Amid Club Crisis appeared first on HEAVY.

Sep 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com

4 Auburn Standouts Who Made the Difference Against Vanderbilt

Auburn football earned its first SEC home win in nearly two years with a 21-15 victory over Vanderbilt. Keshaun Singleton, Chas Nimrod, Xavier Atkins and Omar Mabson delivered crucial plays as Alex Golesh's Tigers improved to 3-1 ahead of a road test at Tennessee.

Sep 29 • 12:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN: You do not know women’s sports

When female autonomy is still marketed through male desire, is it really empowerment or just the same gaze repackaged?

Sep 28 • 5:01 PM EDT • Sports • vanderbilthustler.com

Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital's electronic health record system to undergo multimillion-dollar upgrade

On Oct. 3, Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital will transition to a new electronic health record system that will enhance care coordination.

Sep 28 • 3:12 PM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

NASA Highlights Lessons Learned From Swift Boost Mission

A commercial mission to boost NASA’s Swift observatory concluded without raising the spacecraft’s orbit, but the agency and industry vendor gained valuable experience that will benefit future in-space servicing programs.

Sep 28 • 1:44 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov

SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early and blows up in a fiery explosion

SpaceX got its Starship rocket into orbit, but after a tense few minutes of comms and the loss of an engine, the call was made to end the mission early.

Sep 28 • 1:35 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com

California firm licenses ‘potent’ anti-measles antibodies from Vanderbilt Health for development, clinical testing

Further development could lead to the first monoclonal antibody therapy against the highly infectious measles respiratory virus.

Sep 28 • 11:26 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org

SpaceX’s Starship launches on 14th flight, first headed to orbit

SpaceX's Starship rocket launched from Texas on its 14th flight, marking the first operational satellite release and debut flight to orbit.

Sep 28 • 11:07 AM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com

‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time

Mission goes ahead despite some fears an initial engine failure after the Texas launch would scupper the attempt

Sep 28 • 10:44 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com

We think of comets are harbingers of destruction. But it turns out they may be the reason life on Earth exists at all | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Science has strengthened theories that the ingredients for life could have been brought to Earth by comets impacting into our home planet.

Sep 28 • 9:04 AM EDT • Science • skyatnightmagazine.com

SpaceX launches Starship on 10-hour test flight, aiming to orbit Earth 6 times

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket lifted off from Texas Sunday morning on its most ambitious mission yet, marking its first attempt at orbit.

Sep 28 • 8:57 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com

SpaceX’s supersized Starship launches toward orbit for the first time

SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship toward orbit for the first time, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.

Sep 28 • 8:51 AM EDT • Science • seattletimes.com

Starship Attempts Its First Launch To Orbit Today Carrying Big Dreams You Can Watch Take Flight

If the launch is successful, plans for humanity’s return to the Moon may look a touch less improbable.

Sep 28 • 7:14 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com

The Sun And Moon Can Trigger Earthquakes, And Scientists May Finally Know How

A ground-shaking orbital dance.

Sep 27 • 11:11 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com

China's space diplomacy lifts Pakistani astronaut toward orbit

Two Pakistani pilots are memorising Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless ​as a decision nears on which one will become the first foreign astronaut aboard China's Tiangong space station.

Sep 27 • 9:02 PM EDT • Science • reuters.com

Misiorowski Guides Brewers to 103rd Win in Regular Season Finale

Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski dominated St. Louis, securing Milwaukee’s 103rd victory and a first-round postseason bye as Brice Turang eclipsed the 100-RBI milestone in the finale.

Sep 27 • 5:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigns amid prolonged protests

Despite student-led protests and political unrest challenging his rule, Vucic intends to run in the snap elections.

Sep 27 • 4:29 PM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com

Aleksandar Vucic: from Milosevic minister to long-serving Serbian statesman

The dominant force in Serbian politics for over 14 years, Aleksandar Vucic climbed from the wreckage of strongman Slobodan Milosevic's cabinet to the centre of power using his brand of populist nation...

Sep 27 • 3:29 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com