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Dickenson County Fair announces four days of family fun, music and entertainment Sept. 16-19
by ROD MULLINSmedia.rodmullins@gmail.com HAYSI, Va. — The Dickenson County Fair is set to return to the Haysi Fairgrounds Sept. 16-19, bringing four days of family entertainment, live music, rides, community activities and outstanding regional talent to Southwest Virginia. This year’s fair promises something for every age group, from gospel music and bluegrass to country music, children’s activities and a showcase of local talent. The fair kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 16, with Dickenson Sings Gospel, a special evening celebrating faith, fellowship and music. Several gospel groups from throughout the region will take the stage, providing an evening of inspirational music and community worship. […]
5 things to do this week in Greenville
See our curated list of upcoming and ongoing arts, culture and entertainment events in the Greenville area. Send us your events at greenville@postandcourier.com.
Anthea Coster awarded International Union of Radio Science Appleton Prize
MIT scientist Anthea J. Coster was awarded the prestigious Appleton Prize at the URSI General Assembly and Science Symposium in Krakow, Poland. The prize recognizes career achievements and outstanding contributions to studies in ionospheric physics.
‘Dead’ Destiny 2’s Playercount Now Matches ‘ARC Raiders’
As it stands, Destiny 2’s playercount is matching ARC Raiders, despite being a dead game with no more new content coming.
Empowering Health Professions Education in Africa
Through a longstanding collaboration with the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, Feinberg medical educators support and train educators who will go on to teach thousands of future physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
Truth Initiative Advances Health Equity with Breath of Freedom Summit
The Breath of Freedom Summit underscores the urgent need to address the toll of tobacco use and nicotine addiction on Black communities.
Did life-friendly planets really form just after the Big Bang? Science stirs debate - Futura-Sciences
Standard models of galactic evolution indicated that the universe needed several billion years after the Big Bang to produce enough heavy elements for rocky planets. Vorobyov and co-author Daniel Whalen at the University of Portsmouth tested the accuracy of the time scale using computational models. Their team found evidence that...
Congress wants to depoliticize disaster aid. Politics may stand in the way.
A bipartisan push to stymie partisan discrimination in disaster assistance could be complicated by election-year politicking.
Trump-inspired political cynicism continues to transform NC conservatives
Today, longstanding American political traditions in elections and lawmaking like respect for one’s adversary, self-discipline and sacrifice, abiding by established rules and roles, and commitments to open debate, widespread voter participation and honorable, nonpartisan public service are fast becoming passé. Instead, accumulating and maintaining power at all costs now trumps all other priorities.
Bruno Fernandes contract twist as Manchester United transfer stance revealed
Galatasaray have targeted an ambitious swoop for the Red Devils captain this summer
Business understanding drives small commercial satisfaction gap, JD Power finds
New data shows a 203-point satisfaction gap between small business clients whose brokers know their industry and those whose don't
Ollie Gordon's Costly Penalty: 1 Powerful Lesson From Jeff Hafley
Ollie Gordon gave Miami Dolphins fans a serious case of déjà vu - a promising start, a spark on offense, and then one moment of frustration derails everything. This time, something changed. The penalty didn't get brushed aside. The coach didn't shrug. The standard finally snapped into place, and every fan watching felt it, recalling […] The post Ollie Gordon's Costly Penalty: 1 Powerful Lesson From Jeff Hafley appeared first on Stadium Rant.
WHO/UNICEF report highlights gaps in health facility sanitation
Despite notable gains since 2015, only four in ten facilities meet basic sanitation standards and fewer than six in ten achieve basic environmental cleaning standards such patient rooms and wards, operating theatres, examination and treatment areas, toilets and sanitation facilities, leaving patients and health workers exposed to preventable health risks.
Tracy Rietzke Inducted Into Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Former Kansas Wesleyan standout player and coach Tracy Rietzke ’77 was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas. Rietzke was part of a KSHOF record 32-person class inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2026. KSHOF officials divided the inductions into three separate ceremonies concluding on Sunday at Sporting Park. Rietzke retired from coaching volleyball at Rockhurst University following the 2019 season, leading the Hawks for 32 seasons, amassing a 1105-229 record (.828 win percentage). He also coached eight seasons in women’s basketball at Rockhurst from 1988 to 1996, leading the Hawks to a 206-45 record and five NAIA National Championship appearances. Before heading to Kansas City and Rockhurst, Rietzke coached at Kansas Wesleyan after a stellar playing career for the Coyotes. Rietzke coached volleyball, women’s basketball and softball at KWU. In volleyball, Rietzke coached six seasons leading the Coyotes to a 172-56 record. He never won less than 25 games in a season and had three 30-win seasons, the only three in program history, culminating with a 34-9 season in his final year in 1987. He still ranks second in all-time coaching wins at KWU. In women’s basketball, he coached six seasons, leading the Coyotes to a 94-60 record. His career culminated with a 25-5 season in 1987-88, earning the program’s first KCAC Championship that season and the program’s only conference title until 2009. He ranks third all-time in career wins at KWU in the sport. In softball, Rietzke started the dynasty of KWU softball in the 1980’s and 1990’s, leading the program for six seasons, amassing a 126-40 record, ranking third in all-time wins in program history. Rietzke’s teams never finished worse than third place in the KCAC and won or shared four straight conference championships from 1985 through 1988. The Kensington, Kansas native brought his basketball talents to Kansas Wesleyan after two seasons at York College (now University) in York, Nebraska after starring at Kensington High School. In two seasons with the Coyotes, he was a two-time All-KCAC honoree and was an Honorable Mention NAIA All-American in 1976. He continues to hold the KWU school records for season field goal percentage (.771) in 1976, and the career field goal percentage record (.692 (423/611)). His .771 field goal percentage in 1976 led the NAIA. Rietzke is also a member of the Jerry Jones Kansas Wesleyan University Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame (a 1986 charter member), the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Rockhurst University Athletic Hall of Fame. KWU will sponsor Smoky Hills PBS’ presentation of the induction, which will be presented on tape-delay later this fall. Stay tuned to university social media outlets for the announcement of a date and time. Release Courtesy of KWU Athletics
Standlee to pay $16.9 million for Anderson Hay's business
Company seeks permission for sale from bankruptcy court Anderson Hay has struck a deal to sell most of its operational assets, except its real estate, to the Standee forage company […]
Supreme Court asked to review law requiring Ten Commandments in public schools
The case could set a new national standard for the limits of state-sponsored religious expression in classrooms
Supreme Court asked to review law requiring Ten Commandments in public schools
The case could set a new national standard for the limits of state-sponsored religious expression in classrooms
Supreme Court asked to review law requiring Ten Commandments in public schools
The case could set a new national standard for the limits of state-sponsored religious expression in classrooms
Lindsay Clancy’s mother, sister take stand
“She said ‘this isn’t me — I just want to feel better and enjoy my kids again,’” Paula Musgrove told the court.
Kountry Wayne Talks Micro-Drama Empire
Kountry Wayne discusses building the micro-drama empire that's helped fuel his rise as a stand-up on Deadline's 'Comedy Means Business' podcast.
ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins All Indiana Politics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined All Indiana Politics to discuss AI oversight, Food-is-Medicine initiatives, the ongoing conflict in Iran, and the Protect College Sports Act. Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts on AI: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “We need to better understand the security threats that are occurring in some of these labs, and that’s the […]
Next Generation of Planetary Scientists Learn Public Engagement Skills
FORCE is a world-class laboratory that uses high-pressure experimental equipment to recreate the extreme conditions found deep within Earth and other planetary bodies, enabling researchers to better understand how planets form, evolve, and behave under immense pressures.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 – We Played This PvE Bug Hunt One Last Time Before Review and Found the Specialist Class to Be Where It's At
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 seems like one of those lazy Sunday games, where you kill part of an afternoon playing a couple hours with friends. It gets Aliens and understands that forty miles of bad road Cameron envisioned. As a co-op game, it’s not going to change the world. Aliens already did that. But it’s a great excuse to play around in that world again, and I’m eager to see what else LV-558 has in store.
Reviews Hail New Action-RPG as 2026’s Best Soulslike
The sequel is far from a shell of the original
Jared Moskowitz: 'Not just any Democrat can win CD 25'
'I have built my career working across the aisle and standing up to extremists in both the Democratic and Republican parties.'
Samsung partners up with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, here's what that means
The company's products and standards are going to be supported by the game. Today, Samsung has announced that it is the official partner of the upcoming...
The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones
Experts explore how the social and political construction of time has evolved from ancient natural rhythms to modern standardized systems like time zones and daylight saving time.
Business split over whether SBTi’s new net-zero standard will boost action or dilute ambition
Five years since its initial launch, the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) flagship Net Zero Standard has undergone its first major update, prompting a mixed response from the climate community.
RFK Jr.’s dangerous love affair with peptides
The health secretary takes a 19th-century approach to U.S. drug safety standards.
Mind hacking: Stanford neuroscientist seeks to decode the brain’s toughest riddles
Stanford neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth is decoding the human brain to understand how our emotions are formed.
A school for political education in Argentina – Offering hope for the future of democracy
Amid an increasingly polarized and divided world, Argentinian Jesuits envisioned an institute dedicated to training politicians inspired by Gospel values, intercultural understanding, and democracy.
4 overreactions from the Chargers' preseason win over the Texans
A handful of standout Chargers players have fans extrapolating the team's regular-season potential. Here are four of the biggest overreactions.
Imaging experts 3D-print specialized MRI sensors at fraction of standard cost
“By making customized MRI equipment faster and more affordable to produce, we have the potential to bring better imaging to patients who have traditionally had fewer options," says USC's Yasser Khan, PhD.
FT and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026
Contenders include three former winners and titles on power, innovation and society
Discovering science through art exhibition
An innovative exhibition that aims to present complicated science in a simple-to-understand and artistic way hosted by UWA as part of National Science Week.
West Virginia State Fair grandstand market features local vendors, health screenings
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6 standouts from Eagles' preseason loss to the Ravens
The Eagles fell 24-7 to the Ravens in their preseason opener, but several young Philadelphia players made strong individual impressions in Baltimore.
The ninety minutes! Moving day comes early in gloomy Galle
A rain-hit Day 2 in Galle turned into a frantic 90 minutes as Sri Lanka's bowlers struck in quick succession, dismissing India's overnight batters and bringing the hosts back into the contest. Devdutt Padikkal's 167 and a crucial lower-order stand kept India in control, but the pitch is beginning to offer the turn and bounce expected in Galle.
Business is blooming: First Street Flowers stand a hit in the Village
A typical Thursday morning for Hannah Lazarz is spent in her front yard with a pair of shears. She carefully picks out her next batch of flowers, snipping them at an angle and plucking off most leaves. Those selected are bound for bouquets and jars for her flower stand, First
Designing a Persistent Knowledge Layer That Refuses to Guess
RAG Retrieves, It Never Remembers. A vendor-neutral blueprint for applications that accumulate understanding. Includes a complete Azure-native implementation (Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Search, Cosmos DB, FastAPI) mapped to a property-insurance corpus.
'Very weird': 236-million-year-old fossil proves mammals stopped laying eggs earlier than we thought
Our understanding of mammalian reproduction is being reborn.
Where 9 Jaguars position battles stand after first preseason game
Following the Jaguars first preseason game, let's take a look at where things stand at nine positional battles for Jacksonville.
Two Major Stretches Potentially Determining Orlando Magic's Season
A daunting January gauntlet and late-season road trip force Orlando to prove their championship mettle. Success hinges on dominating a crucial homestand to secure vital playoff seeding.
Doctors and women who've had it call for more attention on postpartum psychosis
The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.
Sooo ... About Last Night
Last night (Sat., Aug. 15, 2026), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ventured forth to Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for UFC 330. Though the pair of title fights atop the card understandably garnered most of the attention ahead of time, the rest of the card proved a little underrated. Some of the veterans exceeded expectations, […]
Mark Cuban tells Ro Khanna 'you don't understand business,' threatens investment shift over billionaire tax
Mark Cuban warned Rep. Ro Khanna that California's proposed billionaire tax could drive startup founders out of the state, vowing to avoid investing there.
Dritwood Outdoors: Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Mad Apple’ to close on Las Vegas Strip
Cirque du Soleil has announced that Mad Apple will close at New York-New York Hotel & Casino on Sept. 5, ending its run as the company’s first resident production to feature stand-up com…
Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks
Physicists may have uncovered a hidden feature inside protons that helps preserve one of matter’s most fundamental properties. RHIC collision data suggest baryon number is carried not simply by three quarks, but by a Y-shaped junction of the gluons connecting them. The finding challenges a decades-old textbook picture and could deepen our understanding of why protons—and ultimately matter itself—remain stable.
Saints Standout Performances: Preseason Week 1
Some players throughout the roster had some great games.
Bournemouth to 'do better' after 'disgusting' email
Bournemouth vow to "do better" after changes to matchday staffing were handled in a manner which "did not reflect the standards we expect".
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 22 Days Until Kickoff’
LEKHY THOMPKINS #22 Height: 6’2” Weight: 235lb Position: RB Class: Freshman Hometown: Alamo, TN Summary: Some guys walk into the program looking for help, they build a good work ethic, build a strong foundation of understanding in the schemes, develop a relationship with the coaches, and work their way into a nice role on the […]
AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) Puts Board Declassification And Shareholder Rights To A Vote
AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:AMC) outlines proposed corporate governance changes ahead of its upcoming annual shareholder meeting. The company seeks to declassify its board of directors so all directors stand for election more frequently. Proposals include expanded shareholder rights to act by written consent and to call special meetings. Investors are weighing how the reforms could affect board accountability and shareholder influence at AMC. For readers watching AMC and looking for...
Why do cats yowl?
Understanding a cat’s yowl requires looking beyond the noise to the behavior and emotions behind it.
Morris County business among five added to N.J. labor violations list
TRENTON, N.J. — A company with a location in Lincoln Park is among five businesses newly added to New Jersey’s Workplace Accountability in Labor List for outstanding liabilities related to …
Several Standouts From Washington Commanders' Preseason Opener vs. Miami
The Washington Commanders' preseason opener got off to a rough start, but several players quickly gave fans something to watch. From a defensive back making a big play to three rookies making their cases for bigger roles, here are the standouts from Washington's preseason opener against Miami.
Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
Brandon Butler column: Wildlife science demands effective communication
Wildlife management has come a long way from the days of Aldo Leopold traversing the New Mexico mountains on horseback and the Wisconsin River Valley by canoe. Back then, most decisions were based primarily on observation and experience. Today, highly trained wildlife biologists use sophisticated research, technology and mountains of data to understand everything from population dynamics and habitat needs to disease transmission and predator-prey relationships.
I don’t think the foldable iPhone stands a chance against the Galaxy Z Fold 8
Apple appears so mired in problems that getting ahead of Samsung feels impossible.
Mercy Leader Named Among Top Health Information Security Experts to Know
Mercy's Dan Henke, vice president of information security, is on an elite list of 55 top leaders for healthcare information security by Becker's Hospital Review. Those recognized are building the cybersecurity frameworks that stand between the organizations and an ever-evolving landscape of digital threats.
Preview | Rapids continue homestand with matchup against Sporting KC
The Colorado Rapids (7-10-1, 22 pts., 11th West) are set to host Sporting KC (4-12-2, 14 pts., 15th West) on Saturday, August 15. Kickoff at DICK’S Sporting Goods Park is set for 7:30 p.m. MT, with coverage available on Apple TV, Altitude Sports Radio, Tico Sports Spanish Radio, ColoradoRapids.com, and
Walt Disney vs. Roku: Comparing Revenue Trends for These Entertainment Giants
Disney's flat revenue masks a 22% operating margin, while Roku's steady growth comes at just 11% — a profitability gap that reframes the growth story.
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro Says ABC Is 'Not Going to Be Told How to Run' Its Business Amid FCC Fight
"We're going to stand up to what we believe is journalistic integrity," the Disney CEO tells CNBC
Porsche Turned The GT2 RS Into A Modern Slantnose. It Rules
The one-off was created through Porsche's Sonderwunsch program, and it sheds 70 pounds over the standard GT2 RS.
Epic launches new diagnostic image exchange
Clinicians can now retrieve diagnostic-quality images from other health systems and patients can "ditch the disc," the company says. Next up: The healthcare IT giant wants TEFCA to adopt it as a standard.
Thomas, Greenberg Tabbed HERO Sports Preseason Group of Six All-Americans
James Madison football standouts Amar Thomas and Zach Greenberg were selected to the 2026 HERO Sports Preseason Group of Six All-American team, as announced ...
Is the NFL standing down on early media rights negotiations?
This originally appeared in Friday’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. It was another active week on the NFL media rights front as the industry digested…
Health policy must be driven by data, not political grandstanding
'The administration’s anti-vaccine rhetoric will only sow widespread confusion, ultimately driving up rates of entirely preventable childhood diseases,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Rob Sand Talks with Small Business Owners on New Plan to Grow Iowa’s Economy and Support Small Businesses
Rob Sand for Iowa Governor. Rob is only beholden to the people of Iowa, and Rob stands up for what's right, even when it's hard.
Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover
Scientists have discovered that the aging human brain may be far less isolated from the rest of the body than once believed. Stanford researchers found that large numbers of immune cells from the blood begin entering the brain as early as middle age, where they can transform into microglia, the brain’s specialized immune cells. The finding overturns a long-standing assumption that these cells remain largely separate from the body’s immune system throughout life.
Summerville adopts long-debated outdoor entertainment district. Here's how it will work.
Summerville Town Council voted Aug. 13 to establish an outdoor entertainment district that will allow limited carrying of alcoholic beverages in the town's core, though concerns about the zone remain.
Opinion | These A.I. Policies Will Hurt Our Business. We Should Do Them Anyway.
The risks posed by A.I. are too great to forgo any regulation, even for those who stand to gain tremendously from the technology’s rise.
Colorado health officials order detention center to turn over records about tuberculosis case
Thursday’s action escalates a weeks-long standoff that may now end in a courtroom.
The Constitution at a standstill: From the Politics Desk
Plus, the latest from the Iran war at home and at sea.
HHS Secretary Kennedy in Atwater to unveil new funding opportunities for health centers
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will visit Castle Family Health Centers in Atwater on Thursday.Secretary Kennedy
Lioness star Michael Kelly calls Taylor Sheridan 'one of the greatest storytellers' in entertainment
Michael Kelly says he'll do literally any project Taylor Sheridan creates, calling the "Lioness" and "Yellowstone" creator a standalone talent.
Colorado issues public health order over tuberculosis at Aurora immigrant detention center
The move comes after a weeks-long standoff, as GEO Group and ICE denied access and information to public health authorities.
Ricketts Supports the Protect College Sports Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined the Protect College Sports Act. This legislation would end the disorder facing college athletics by establishing nationwide standards for name, image, and likeness (NIL), transfers, eligibility, and enforcement. “The Protect College Sports Act is a good step forward for athletics,” said Senator Ricketts. “This bipartisan bill addresses issues that were […]
AI needs science’s search history
“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.
Turkiye’s AK Party turns 25: A journey of change and renewal
In a quarter-century, the party has strengthened democracy, driven development and elevated Turkiye’s global standing.
Pennsylvania weighs mental-health focus in health and PE standards
A proposed state update could add mental-health awareness, healthy relationships and help-seeking skills to health and PE instruction.
Childhood vaccines fall prey to Trump
The Christian right and Big Business have made science denialism a longstanding American tradition
Michigan State Football Recruiting: Where Does 2027 Class Stand?
Pat Fitzgerald has hit the 2027 recruiting class hard.
Head Start changes could eliminate important child health and safety standards in Ohio, nationally
Child advocates in Ohio and nationally have said proposed changes to the federal early childhood education program Head Start would be “devastating” and eliminate important health and safety standards for children.
Scientists invent 'world's greenest balloon'
Imperial College London experts say standard party balloons can take years to break down.
Loma Linda University Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Break Ground on new Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital in Loma Linda
Loma Linda University Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, an operating division of Lifepoint Health, celebrated a major milestone today as they officially broke ground on the new Loma Linda University Rehabilitation Hospital, a free-standing hospital that will include 80 dedicated rehabilitation beds. “For three decades, our East Campus Hospital has provided comprehensive rehabilitation services to those […]
Amanda Serrano Among 4 New Speakers Joining Sportico RISE Lineup
At RISE Women’s Sports, industry leaders will come together on Sept. 10 in New York City to examine where women’s sports stands today and what comes next. Among them are Amanda Serrano, Kim Stone, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Jason Wright, four voices bringing distinct perspectives on the opportunities and challenges shaping the business of women’s …
Google’s Pixel 11 phone preorders come with up to $350 in gift cards
We’ve got the details on how to preorder the new phones.
ACC Network unveils expansive 2026 fall sports live programming slate
The ACC is set for another standout fall season, with ACC Network delivering extensive coverage of the conference’s premier programs across women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball and field hockey.
AI tools now widely available in Oracle Health's patient portal
New artificial intelligence capabilities can help patients understand care plans and medications, offer automated reminders of upcoming visits and prompt them to complete labs or schedule follow-up screenings.
Patriot Games: Trump’s ‘freedom finale’ to celebrate 250 is … a school sports day
‘Outstanding young Americans’ came together to catch a tennis ball for freedom
The Lindsay Clancy case shows the limits of postpartum psychiatry
“Our understanding and treatment of postpartum psychiatric illnesses remain profoundly inadequate,” experts write.
The Lindsay Clancy case shows the limits of postpartum psychiatry
“Our understanding and treatment of postpartum psychiatric illnesses remain profoundly inadequate,” experts write.
Apple Skipping iPhone 18 Launch This Year
Apple supplier Pegatron today indirectly confirmed that the standard iPhone 18 model will not be released until next year, according to a new report. Pegatron held an earnings call for the second quarter of 2026 today. On the call, Taiwan's Economic Daily News said Pegatron indicated that one of its customers will be changing its usual smartphone shipment schedule.
UT Health San Antonio study reveals how the liver’s internal clock may influence metabolism
Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Content provided by Claire Kowalick SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 12, 2026 — What if one of the keys to a healthier metabolism is understanding how and when the liver communicates with the rest of the body? Researchers at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at […]
Kansas City Royals news: Caglianone shines under LA’s bright lights
The Kansas City Royals are mired in a West Coast road trip, but one of their youngest players is standing tall in LA.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is back for PSG in the UEFA Super Cup: Georgian missed the World Cup but might just be Europe's best
Ahead of the UEFA Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa, Adam Bate reports from Salzburg on why this is a chance for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to remind everyone that this World Cup absentee was the outstanding player in European football last season...