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The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a normal administration, you could probably skip over learning about a science policy document — but this is no normal administration, and this is no normal science policy document. Instead, it’s Trump’s attempt to end the actual golden age of science that was kicked off in 1945 with the publication of '“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) [ Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Liz Dye · Jul 29 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Bush, at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s request, laid out a vision of federal support for science that centered on funding universities to do basic research, saying that as long as those institutions were “vigorous and healthy and their scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.” Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to Bush’s, and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies. While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements. Science for dummies Part of how you can tell this isn’t a document about science is that you are immediately faced with an absolute wall of business-speak of the worst sort. Did you know we must “tightly couple our science and technology enterprises to ensure that groundbreaking ideas invented in the United States are rapidly prototyped, tested, manufactured, and scaled domestically”? You do now! That tone isn’t surprising, because Kratsios has no background in science or research. He has a bachelor’s in political science and spent most of his career working for Peter Thiel at Thiel Capital. After a stint in the first Trump administration as Chief Technology Officer, where he also did not do any science, Kratsios was tasked in 2020 with overseeing the Pentagon’s research budget for a brief time, a position that, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “carries a great deal of power in terms of dictating investment allocations.” He spent the Biden years at Scale AI as “head of strategy,” which you will also note is neither a science nor a research job. But Scale AI has contracts with the Department of Defense and, as the Washington Post wrote in 2023, “has been aggressively pitching itself as the company that will help the US military in its existential battle with China.” And now you have the necessary background for our new golden age, which is going to be a golden age of taking money away from scientists and universities and giving it to companies like Scale AI. A note from Aaron: Working with brilliant contributors like Lisa takes resources. If you aren’t already a paid subscriber, please become one to support our work. 👇 Subscribe In a genuinely galling move, Katsios spends a lot of time slamming universities because of “administrative burdens on researchers” and the “well-documented inefficiencies” in academia, the message being that those damn universities waste the time of amazing researchers with paperwork. Except it’s the administration that is attempting to impose inefficient, unnecessary burdens on those researchers with a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every science grant and ensure it aligns with Trump’s personal priorities. Researchers would also have to seek prior government approval to attend conferences or publicize their research. And political appointees could terminate any grant at any time if they feel like it. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) [ The murder of expertise ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) Lisa Needham · Jun 11 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) But when it comes to AI, we’re going to “restore permissionless innovation.” The report proposes to give lucky ducky innovators a pile of cash up front for grants lasting five years or longer, saying “awards should be fully-funded in year one, with all resources earmarked upfront, to minimize administrative burdens and reduce pressure for researchers to generate intermediate results to secure continued funding.” Yeah, wouldn’t want to have to make the Very Special Tech Bros show results or get money parceled out year by year like the plebes at universities. The report also proposes that we should have “fast grants” with “simplified applications requiring just a few pages of writing” because that is definitely how science works, just writing a bit off the dome and getting some cash. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) [ Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Paul Waldman · July 29, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Oh, and we should have prizes and challenges, where multiple teams compete. The proposed prizes include incentives like “advance procurement commitments,” which means the federal government agrees to buy whatever is being developed. There’s also “regulatory fast-tracking,” making sure all those great AI thingies don’t have to wait too long to be unleashed on a market. These aren’t incentives to do science. These are incentives to develop things with tax dollars that you can then sell to the government for more tax dollars. In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.” Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes. But that isn’t at all how actual science works, and actual scientists aren’t unhappy about review panels. They work collaboratively, not siloed in some secret race to create the next AI chatbot. A 2020 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined whether peer review panels succeed in helping agencies predict which research ideas will best advance science. Peer review was better at finding “diamond in the rough” applicants than a single government program official. How about that. Trump always wants a taste It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of “move fast and break things” paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech. That method works to line the pockets of tech executives, but it isn’t science. There’s a reason the government funds different kinds of research than private tech companies do. What Katsios either fails to understand or deliberately ignores is that the federal government is the main funder of basic research precisely because it can take a long time for it to bear fruit and is not intended to be profitable as such. “Basic” here does not mean rudimentary or simple, but rather research that is designed to advance scientific knowledge instead of achieving a specific outcome or product. Big tech companies don’t widely fund that sort of research, because it doesn’t make them money. Industry dollars account for only about 20 percent of basic research funding, while the government contributes around 60 percent. Big tech companies and startups do, however, rely on and benefit from that basic research. A 2019 study found that 35 percent of all patents obtained by venture-backed startups from 1976 to 2016 cited federally supported research. Basic research funded by the NIH contributed to every single drug the FDA approved from 2010 to 2016. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) [ The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Noah Berlatsky · Jul 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Unlike inventing the next ChatGPT, actual science is slow and iterative. Government funding of research that, on its face, would not appear to lead to any big new invention is actually what underpins those big new inventions. If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide, and we wouldn’t have Ozempic. If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic across computer servers. The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits. The $36 billion the government awarded in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2025 generated $94 billion in new economic activity. Trump’s proposed new golden age is intended to strip those billions from universities, resulting in the dismantling of departments and the shuttering of labs. But Katsios has a plan for that: Universities should just become trade schools to churn out no-show STEM degrees! “Require universities and community colleges to embed practical technical training and externships into STEM curricula. Let hands-on experience and industry credentials count toward degrees.” It’s quite the feat to, on the one hand, strip schools of funding for scientific research while simultaneously demanding to control what is taught and, oh, also, colleges need to give degrees to employees at big tech companies just for being employees at big tech companies. The new golden age would also exacerbate the brain drain Trump’s policies have already caused. Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, US scientists submitted 32 percent more job applications abroad than in 2024. A March 2025 poll by Nature of roughly 1,600 scientists found that over 1,200 said they were considering leaving the country. Europe is investing $565 million to make it a “magnet for researchers” and provide funding for scientists who relocate. The new golden age is also about embedding Trump’s xenophobia into the fabric of American science. The report complains of an “over-reliance on foreign students” that “creates a security challenge our institutions are ill-equipped to address” and that a “reliance on foreign talent sidelines American students.” This is, to put it mildly, nonsense. International students pay far higher tuition and often receive no financial aid. Their tuition dollars are what make it possible for American students to get financial aid. In the 2023-2024 school year alone, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the US economy and supported over 378,000 jobs. Those 1.1 million international students accounted for only six percent of the total number of students in higher education that year, but were such an economic engine that for every three international students, one job was created or supported. It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice. Trump and Katsios’s view of science is narrow, cramped, and wrong. We’re not in a crisis, we’re not a failed state. We’ve been a science superpower for decades, and the only thing that threatens that is Donald Trump. Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass. Thanks for reading Public Notice. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share We’ll be back with more tomorrow. If you appreciate today’s PN, please do your part to keep us free by signing up for a paid subscription. 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 Thanks for reading, and for your support.

Jul 30 • 8:12 AM EDT • Science • publicnotice.co

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know

The US has unveiled what officials claim is the most radical overhaul of the public R&D system in a generation, which if implemented could have significant implications for transatlantic research collaboration. Science: A New Golden Age derides universities as “legacy institutions” and instead wants to prioritise funding on technological challenges, new research labs and funding that follows individual scientists, rather than being linked to their institutions. “Too much of our research enterprise has come to serve itself rather than the scientists within it,” writes Michael Kratsios, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the only named author of the report. “Federal funding agencies should support a broader range of performers.” But some critics argue that the strategy is a smokescreen, using genuine problems in academia as an excuse to further weaken US universities, which US vice-president JD Vance has labelled “the enemy..”Even as it talks of a “golden age” for science, the White House has proposed halving the 2027 budget of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and has put forward double-digit cuts for other funding bodies, such as the National Institutes for Health. It asked for similarly steep savings in 2026, but Congress stopped them going through. Science: A New Golden Age says success will be measured by the extent to which scientists are “free” to pursue the most “vital questions,,” painting academia as currently hidebound by bureaucracy, sluggishness and consensual conservatism. And yet the Trump administration is simultaneously planning new rules that will hand political appointees unprecedented powers to screen and cancel grants. The report has pretentions to be the successor to Science: The Endless Frontier, the seminal 1945 document in which presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush set out the case for post-war government funding of basic research, helping to spur the creation of funders such as the NSF. Even the title page font is the same. But it remains unclear if the latest report will leave anything like as lasting a legacy.Here, Science|Business explains some of the biggest proposed changes in Science: A New Golden Age, and how Europeans think it might change the landscape of their biggest science partner.Universities under fireA key target of the report are US universities, which it repeatedly suggests are outmoded as research institutions. It criticises the NSF for channelling resources “overwhelmingly to a single type of performer, the university-based, principal investigator-led research group..” Universities “extract” money from researchers’ grants to support “growing administrative bloat,” alongside legitimate uses. The Trump administration has been trying to cut the overhead costs in federal research grants that flow to universities. Instead, new institutions are being built. In May, the NSF announced it would spend $1.5 billion on two new so-called X-Labs, focused on scientific instrumentation and quantum systems. The idea is that they fill a niche in the landscape, tackling problems that are too big for a university lab, but too early stage for private start-up funding. Parallel with Europe?This shift to new research organisations parallels moves in Europe to set up new innovation agencies, such as Germany’s Sprind, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and the EU’s European Innovation Council. The Dutch and French governments are looking to set up their own entities too. There’s now an emerging consensus, evident in a number of new strategies, that public R&D needs to be shaken up, Charles McIvor, an economist at the OECD, has written in response to Kratsios’s plans. “What stands out for me across these strategies [in the US, Germany, South Korea and Japan] is that governments are realising that the old ways of delivering STI [science, technology and innovation] programming no longer works,” he said in a LinkedIn post. Metascience wins?The document is, at least on the face of it, also a big win for some policy thinkers in the US who want far more experimentation with new forms of research grant and institution.It name-checks a litany of new public R&D ideas, from focused research organisations and advance market commitments to “golden tickets,” which allow grant reviewers the power to hand applicants money without requiring the consensus of other review panellists.Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationFocused research organisations: what are they, and how do you set them up? NIH turmoil risks reciprocal EU-US access to health research funding In addition, every federal research funding agency should set up a metascience unit, the strategy says, “with authority to run controlled experiments on review and funding mechanisms.” The UK has already set one up, the strategy points out. This mirrors recommendations to the European Commission. In 2024, a report led by former Portuguese science minister Manuel Heitor also advised the EU to set up an “experimental unit” to test out new methods of funding research. So far, however, Brussels hasn’t put forward any plans to do so. Bypass universitiesBut there’s a worry that the Trump administration is using the metascience movement to justify an overhaul of public R&D that punishes universities, which it sees as centres of political resistance. Last year, it threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless it hired and admitted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity” across campus. It’s also attempted to strip academics of funding for working on politically forbidden areas, like LGBTIQ people’s health.The new strategy appears to be a “move to bypass the power of universities full stop and allow funders and political bureaucracies to handpick the projects and people who will execute them,” said Jean-Claude Burgelman, a former senior official in the Commission’s research directorate, on LinkedIn.The EU’s science counsellor in Washington, Florent Bernard, wrote that the plans risk diverting public research funding so that it “solely serves private interests.” “Who, if not independent universities, will do research that demonstrates the impact of tobacco on lung cancer or the role of human activities in our current climate crisis?” he wrote.Should we take it seriously?“I would view the overall document as a bad faith argument,” said Cole Donovan, director of science policy at the campaigning group Stand Up for Science, and a former OSTP official. “I don’t see the project itself as something that can be isolated from the broader attack on the system.” He thinks the argument that academia has become dysfunctional and in need of radical reform is being deployed as part of a “PR argument” to legitimate moves against US scientists. The strategy presents ideas like metascience units as new, whereas there were moves to set them up at the NSF during the previous administration of Joe Biden, Donovan said. The other caveat here is that the OSTP has limited power to carry out any of these recommendations. While Kratsios has issued a memo to research agencies telling them to implement the recommendations in the report, he doesn’t have direct budgetary control. “As a former OSTPer myself, this does not seem like a document that is realistic,” said Donovan.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

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After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv

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Jul 29 • 6:00 PM EDT • Science • research.utah.edu

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The new proposal would restrict international collaboration and give political appointees the ability to decide the most important research to fund, and the power to pull the plug at any time, for any reason.

Jul 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Science • alaskabeacon.com

Trump wants the Supreme Court to give him the unilateral power to rewrite election law

Trump threatened to arrest state election officials who distribute mailed ballots. Then, the courts got involved.

Jul 29 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • vox.com

Weaving WEBS of Science at Wilkes

It may be summer break, but more than 100 someday scientists spent a week living the lab life at the We’re Empowered by Science camp on Wilkes University’s campus. The camp, better known by its...

Jul 29 • 11:04 AM EDT • Science • news.wilkes.edu

High-powered lasers can wirelessly charge drones mid-flight

Chinese researchers have successfully charged a drone using just a laser, in a breakthrough that could change how we approach unmanned flight

Jul 29 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com

K-pop powerhouse BTS say they will not submit music for 2027 Grammys

K-pop powerhouse BTS say they will not submit their music for consideration at the forthcoming Grammys.

Jul 29 • 10:27 AM EDT • Entertainment • ksat.com

New Podcast: Expanding Teen Mental Health First Aid in New York

New York is scaling Teen Mental Health First Aid statewide, empowering youth and communities with mental health literacy.

Jul 29 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • mentalhealthfirstaid.org

The power plant players unlocking the grid | Investors Lab

History is full of aha moments where an apparent failure was actually the breakthrough people didn't know they needed. Take champagne, discovered when French winemakers kept finding their bottles exploding under pressure. Or sticky notes, developed from a glue that was rejected by leadership at 3M for being too weak, but later redeployed for the purpose we all know and love. Nuclear fusion just experienced another of these serendipitous discoveries. For decades, it wasn't clear how the subatomic particles known as alpha particles would affect the turbulence that drains heat from a reactor's core, preventing the reactor from reaching self-sustaining fusion. Now, new simulations suggest that the particles help. The new research turns what was once viewed as a potential operational hindrance into a critical performance booster. SN's Emily Conover has the info blast.

Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org

Ultrafast X-rays capture chemistry unfolding atom by atom

Ultrafast X-rays revealed how a molecule converts absorbed light into motion in just trillionths of a second. Individual atoms recorded different stages of the process, opening a powerful new window into light-driven chemistry.

Jul 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

10 Power Four head coaches on hot seat in 2026

With the 2026 season starting in less than a month, here are 10 head coaches already on the hot seat.

Jul 29 • 7:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

South Florida Symphony Orchestra announces 2027 Key West schedule

The timeless power of music and memory propel South Florida Symphony Orchestra’s (SFSO) “Unstoppable” 29th season under the direction of award-winning Maestra Sebrina María Alfonso. Experience an exhilarating concert series

Jul 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • keysnews.com

A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps

The number of A.I. chips that provide the computing power to advance the fast-evolving technology is doubling every nine months.

Jul 29 • 5:02 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com

Sapphire Intros Radeon RX 9050 8GB Pulse Graphics Card

Sapphire today introduced its Radeon RX 9050 Pulse 8 GB graphics card. Based on a compacted variant of its RX 9060 XT Pulse board design, the card forms AMD's new entry-level in the RX 9000 series generation of GPUs powered by RDNA 4 graphics architecture. AMD carved the RX 9050 out of the 4 nm...

Jul 29 • 4:55 AM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com

Beyond Content Creation: How Wizstar Helps Enterprises Scale AI Across Business

As AI adoption continues to expand across enterprises, businesses are seeking more efficient, intelligent, and scalable ways to create content and streamline operations. Addressing these evolving needs, Wizstar provides a comprehensive AI digital human solution covering AIGC video generation, real-time interactive avatars, and AI-powered live streaming. Designed for marketing, customer service, training, and live commerce, the platform helps organizations improve content production efficiency, e

Jul 29 • 4:05 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

T964 Named as Uptime Institute Business Partner to Power Iraq’s Digital Infrastructure

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026--Uptime Institute and Tech964 Holding Limited (T964) announced a strategic partnership to accelerate Iraq’s digital transformation.

Jul 29 • 3:02 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

Strong quake hits Japan's production hub, disrupts business operations

A powerful earthquake centred on Kumamoto in southwestern Japan on Tuesday forced a growing number of manufacturers, retailers and service providers to suspend operations across the region, disrupting supply chains in one of the ​country's key production hubs.

Jul 29 • 2:45 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

A tiny molecular basket unlocks a powerful new kind of chemistry

Rice University chemists have found a new way to make neodymium, a rare-earth metal, interact with oxygen. Using a specially designed molecular structure described as a “basket,” the team positioned the atoms so they could form a bond once thought unlikely. The breakthrough produced highly reactive compounds that could eventually give chemists alternatives to iron-based molecules used in biological reactions and chemical manufacturing.

Jul 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

Decoder Replay: Do stars have super powers in politics?

Endorsements by big stars in the 2024 U.S. election didn't change the outcome. Can British movie stars stop a big media merger?

Jul 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • news-decoder.com

Trump Crashes Into Reality

The president is learning that limits to his power—and, soon, his relevancy—do exist.

Jul 28 • 7:17 PM EDT • Politics • theatlantic.com

Jonathan Grennard's Exit Leaves Vikings Dangerously Thin at Edge Rusher

The Vikings fully report to training camp this week, and there are a lot of storylines that could converge in Eagan as the team has had a lot of questions and not a lot of answers this offseason. One such example of uncertain elements of the team that could become more and more urgent as the season gets closer is the Vikings' edge defenders and the depth at that position in particular. To the untrained eye, the Vikings had a plethora of edge rushers last year, but in reality it was actually a facade masked by the star power of their two starters, Andrew Van Ginkel and Jonathan Greenard, who were coming off a season in which they combined for 23.5 sacks and 36 tackles for loss.

Jul 28 • 5:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

New Health Data Unlocks Progress

AI-powered wearable health trackers are transforming healthcare by using massive datasets to predict risks, personalize insights, and empower individuals.

Jul 28 • 4:55 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com

NC lawmakers already proposing changes in power, cuts and funding in new budget

There’s a new budget bill — yes, already — that makes some changes in policy and funding in the 2026 state budget.

Jul 28 • 4:11 PM EDT • Politics • newsobserver.com

Gemini can now generate diagrams and infographics directly inside Google Docs

Google is continuing to expand Gemini’s capabilities across Google Workspace, and the latest update brings some major visual firepower to Google Docs. According to a new post on the Google...

Jul 28 • 2:23 PM EDT • Technology • chromeunboxed.com

How a downtown lunch spot is hanging on Power Play

How this downtown lunch spot is making it, with a little help from its landlord.

Jul 28 • 12:17 PM EDT • Business • bostonglobe.com

How to watch 'Jurassic Sharks' online – stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhere

The "Shark Week" special brings prehistoric predators to life with the power of CGI

Jul 28 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com

Exclusive: Co-Founded By Former Whoop CTO, Throne Science Raises $10M To Track Gut Health From The Toilet

Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Throne Science, a startup that makes an AI-powered toilet camera to track gut health and hydration, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Will Ventures, it told Crunchbase News exclusively. Emerson Collective, Workshop, LEAD VC, Salt VC, Accomplice, Moxxie Ventures, and several other investors also participated in […]

Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • news.crunchbase.com

Twelve South’s stylish charging tray now delivers more wireless power with a smaller footprint

A stylish spot for your phone to charge overnight.

Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com

Dolphin Entertainment Subsidiaries Powered High-Profile Campaigns at San Diego Comic-Con 2026

The Agency Collective Executed Publicity, Experiential Marketing and Digital Campaigns for Major Film Releases, Television Franchises and Leading Fan-First Consumer Brands MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 28, 2026 / Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLPN) ...

Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

Cooper University Health Care gets $100M from NJ power broker George Norcross

George Norcross donated $100 million to Cooper University Health Care and the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, officials announced Tuesday.

Jul 28 • 8:59 AM EDT • Health • nbcphiladelphia.com

NFL offseason power rankings: No. 7 Baltimore Ravens had a tough season and got a makeover

Jul 28 • 8:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Georgia Company Launches AI-Powered Episodic Entertainment Marketing Initiative

Park Ave Cosmetic Center has launched an initiative to evaluate AI-generated episodic storytelling as part of its digital marketing strategy.

Jul 28 • 8:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • einnews.com

Politics & Power: Voting rights, election fears & the battle for Congress in 2026 midterms

A former White House attorney is warning that a series of executive actions — from changes to voting rules to the removal of election oversight officials — may be laying the groundwork for unprecedented federal intervention in the upcoming midterm elections.

Jul 28 • 8:35 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com

On Air and Online: Spectrum Business Powers Globecast Americas’ Broadcast Evolution

Working with Globecast during the relocation planning phase, Spectrum Business helped design a network foundation that could keep content moving quickly, securely and reliably from day one.

Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • corporate.charter.com

Jeff Zucker is banking on the UAE to help build his new $8 billion entertainment empire

The $8bn Banijay-All3Media merger has created a global media and entertainment powerhouse—and Jeff Zucker believes the Gulf has a starring role to play

Jul 28 • 6:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • fortune.com

Final 4 PS Plus Extra Games for July 2026 Available to Download Now

Dying Light! Power Rangers!

Jul 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com

A steward’s view on how business can rebuild Earth systems

Business is one of the most powerful levers for transformation when it comes to climate and nature, and needs to rethink how modern systems are designed.

Jul 28 • 4:36 AM EDT • Business • weforum.org

Sandara Park partners with Power Entertainment for Southeast Asia expansion

Singer Sandara Park has entered a strategic partnership with Singapore-based Power Entertainment to expand her activities across Southeast Asia, the company ann

Jul 27 • 10:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • koreaherald.com

How vaccine skeptics use storytelling to create powerful and medically inaccurate messaging

Recognizing the stories behind people’s concerns with vaccines can help public health advocates build a more inclusive approach to healthcare.

Jul 27 • 10:09 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Stevens and El-Sayed trade personal attacks and other takeaways from the Michigan Senate primary debate

The stark choice facing Michigan’s Democratic voters in the August 4 Senate primary was on display Monday night, as the two candidates closed their final debate by pitching themselves as best positioned to win a general election that could tip the balance of power in the Senate.

Jul 27 • 10:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Ubisoft Adds Free PC License to Xbox Digital Game Purchases

There has been a lot of talk recently about both the merit of platform exclusive games and digital games, and Microsoft's latest partnership with Ubisoft seems to be a move to support both its Xbox platform on PC and console as well as its digital game sales. The new Xbox × Ubisoft initiative...

Jul 27 • 7:38 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com

BMAC LIVE Accelerator Program Year Three Builds on Momentum, Empowering the Future of Live Entertainment Leaders

The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC), in partnership with Live Nation, welcomed its third cohort to the BMAC LIVE Accelerator Program, building on two successful years that have already supported 40 emerging music business professionals with direct access to careers in live music. Meet this year’s cohort: Tobi Bello, Zharia…

Jul 27 • 4:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • newsroom.livenation.com

Tocqueville’s Political Science of American Democracy

The dispersal of power that makes the republic safe for its citizens is the same dispersal that leaves those outside it with nowhere to appeal.

Jul 27 • 3:55 PM EDT • Science • aei.org

2Chamber names its Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business

COLORADO WOMEN’S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Denver News: Marielena DeSanctis, chancellor of the Colorado Community College System; Terri Jackson, executive director and co-founder of the African American Trade Association and Emily Trujillo, chief operating officer at HCA HealthONE Centennial, are among the 2026 Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business. They, and the entire Class of 2026, will be honored at an Oct. 2 fundraising gala hosted by […]

Jul 27 • 3:43 PM EDT • Business • coloradopolitics.com

The Future of AI in Sports Is Not What You Think It Is

AI in sports is only as powerful as the data behind it. Learn why connected data, not AI models, will define the future of performance.

Jul 27 • 3:01 PM EDT • Sports • teamworks.com

Xbox Outage Locks Players out of Games and Accounts for Over 12 Hours

Following a similar story relating to PlayStation Account server errors just a few days prior, on the launch of the Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls beta, Xbox has seemingly run into issues during the advanced access launch of Halo: Campaign Evolved. The resulting Xbox outage has resulted in gamers...

Jul 27 • 12:58 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com

Disney Cruise Line expands investment in new youth sports facilities, bringing the power of play to Bahamian youth in collaboration with ESPN's Take Back Sports

Photo Credit: Disney

Jul 27 • 11:32 AM EDT • Sports • espnpressroom.com

Even China’s A.I. Powerhouses Can’t Figure Out How to Profit Off A.I.

Chinese A.I. models are gaining ground. But the companies behind them do not have a clear strategy to make money from that success.

Jul 27 • 10:23 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com

Illinois has a looming electricity crunch to address: Forum

Politicians and power providers are scrambling to come up with ways to add more sources of electricity quickly.

Jul 27 • 9:47 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

Commentary: Will Illinois meet the moment to rein in data centers and save us from skyrocketing power bills?

It’s time for policymakers to make Big Tech pay for the costs they cause, writes the executive director of the Citizens Utility Board.

Jul 27 • 9:45 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

Fun with Mad Science of Southern Massachusetts & Rhode Island

The power of science has the ability to educate, empower, and entertain which is why this morning we were thrilled to welcome back our friend Jolting Jonathan from Mad Science of Southern Massachu…

Jul 27 • 8:46 AM EDT • Science • wpri.com

Agassi Sports Entertainment publishes updated investor presentation under Reg FD

Agassi Sports Entertainment furnished an updated investor presentation under Regulation FD.Key Highlights:Original SEC Filing: Agassi Sports Entertainment Corp. [ AASP ] - 8-K - Jul. 27, 2026This is an AI-powered summary. It may contain inaccuracies. Consider verifying important information with th…

Jul 27 • 8:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com

Kendall Qualls' running mate, picked for business acumen, owes workers money

Brian Nicholson told his workers earlier this month at an Albertville manufacturer that he was doing everything in his power — and even seeking divine intervention — to strike one of five “Hail Mary” deals so he could pay them what they’re owed. “I’m praying on my knees every night before I go to bed […]

Jul 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • minnesotareformer.com

Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot

On Monday, the network announced a $1.6 million seed round from top players in the media ecosystem, including Powerhouse Capital, Axel Springer SE (which owns Business Insider and Politico), the popular media publication LadBible, and angel investors from OpenAI and DeepMind. With this fresh capital, the network is announcing its largest expansion yet.

Jul 27 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com

Will you power down your PS5 for a week in protest of Sony's all-digital future? A new petition encourages you to pull the plug on PlayStation

Players will not accept the all-digital future posited by PlayStation as a new petition aims to show the company strength in consumer unity.

Jul 27 • 5:26 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net

The return of power politics

Post-Cold War integration increased prosperity but did not eliminate rivalry. Emerging powers and strategic risks are driving a prolonged transition.

Jul 27 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • gisreportsonline.com

This Phoenix Suns’ offseason could be their most important yet

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns’ offseason won’t be remembered for a blockbuster headline. Instead, it has been defined by a collection of moves that showcase an organization looking to build something more enduring than a roster assembled through star power alone.

Jul 26 • 3:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

6 Cool New Gadgets For Cleaning Your Car

These gadgets are great for cleaning your car, from powerful vacuums and detailing tools to clever accessories that makes every clean easier.

Jul 26 • 2:02 PM EDT • Technology • bgr.com

'Apple Upgrade' Program Launching on Tuesday

In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated that a new "Apple Upgrade" program is set to launch in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 28. Apple will stop accepting iPhone Upgrade Program sign-ups on the same day, but he said customers who are already enrolled will be able to remain in the program "for the time being". Apple is partnering with buy-now, pay-later company Klarna on the program, he said.

Jul 26 • 11:20 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

7 Rarely Mentioned JDM Engines With Surprising Power

The 2JZ and RB26 are famous, but the Toyota 7M-GTE and Nissan S20, among others, prove the sheer power and depth of Japanese engineering.

Jul 26 • 8:45 AM EDT • Technology • jalopnik.com

How do garbage trucks work?

Behind every trash day is a powerful, sophisticated machine.

Jul 26 • 8:03 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com

TV and streaming viewing picks for July 26, 2026: How to watch Yankees-Phillies

All Times Eastern Baseball Banana Ball World Tour Game 3, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL Savannah Bananas vs. Firefighters — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited/Disney+, 4 p.m. Basketball Big3 Week 6, Toyota Center, Houston, TX DMV Trilogy vs. Miami 305/Houston Rig Hands vs. Dallas Power — CBS, 1 p.m. The Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Alumni Semifinal, Memorial Coliseum, University of…

Jul 26 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

American Nero: Why Trump is trying to burn down the National Academy of Sciences

Carnage in pursuit of power, revenge, personal financial gain, and ego.

Jul 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • thebulletin.org

Trump Seems Trapped by Iran War, Even as He Wields the World’s Biggest Hammer

A president who thought there were no limits to his power has discovered several, leaving him more frustrated and erratic.

Jul 26 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Jackery FridgeGuard review: Keep your refrigerator cooling during an outage

Rest easy the fridge will keep cooling during the next power outage with zero effort on your part.

Jul 26 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • mashable.com

Photos: Noah Kahan brings his “Great Divide Tour” to Raleigh

The powerhouse that is Noah Kahan packed Raleigh’s Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday night

Jul 25 • 11:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • newsobserver.com

LAWRENCE OGBONNAYA

YOUNG GUNS PROP SALE SHARKS Sale Sharks prop Lawrence Ogbonnaya has one overriding ambition for England U18s’ forthcoming tour of South Africa – to finally experience victory in a national shirt. The powerful tight-head has played five times across the England Under-18 and Under-19 pathway without yet finishing on the winning side, making that elusive […] The post LAWRENCE OGBONNAYA appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Jul 25 • 9:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

How The MacBook Pro Has Changed In The Last Five Years

In the past five years, the MacBook Pro got a redesigned base model, more powerful processors, improved displays, and more.

Jul 25 • 9:47 PM EDT • Technology • bgr.com

Orlando Magic Shockingly Drop in Latest Power Rankings

Despite a revamped coaching staff and Nikola Vučević’s return, national analysts remain skeptical. Explore why Orlando’s postseason aspirations failed to impress experts following a quiet, developmental offseason.

Jul 25 • 8:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Trump administration admits it canceled clean-energy grants in states that voted for Kamala Harris

Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of abusing its power after officials admitted in a federal court filing they recommended terminating several billion dollars in grants for clean-energy projects based “solely” on states’ “political identity” and whether President Donald Trump won the vote there in the 2024 election.

Jul 25 • 3:06 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Samsung (KOSE:A005930) Launches Galaxy Watch Ultra2 And Watch9 With AI Health Features

Samsung Electronics launched the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Galaxy Watch9, expanding its smartwatch lineup with new models focused on AI-powered health and fitness features. The devices introduce AI-driven health insights, advanced sports tracking, and specialized dive capabilities, supported by partnerships such as Mares for underwater use. The launch adds fresh products to Samsung’s wearable and digital health ecosystem, providing another data point for investors watching its consumer...

Jul 25 • 12:09 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com

How To Get The Best Battery Life Out Of Your Apple Watch

The Apple Watch is a computer on your wrist, and as the famous saying goes, with great power comes great battery drain, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Jul 25 • 12:02 PM EDT • Technology • bgr.com

How Free Batteries Help NYC Small Businesses Save on Electric Bills

Power-supplier startup David Energy is giving local businesses like laundromats and pizza shops free batteries to avoid price surges when the grid is tight.

Jul 25 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com

Emails show how Virginia regulators downplayed data center health concerns

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stepped into a fight over powering AI facilities with natural gas turbines. It could shape the industry’s future.

Jul 25 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • politico.com

Citizen Science Reveals A Hidden Map Of Sharks And Rays In Mozambique

Citizen science data from iNaturalist reveal 44 species of sharks and rays in Mozambique, covering about a third of known national diversity. Most records are from southern regions and many species are threatened, highlighting both the power and the bias of crowd-sourced biodiversity data.

Jul 25 • 9:25 AM EDT • Science • forbes.com

LeBron James Joins 76ers: Impact on Eastern Conference Power Rankings

After weeks of speculation, LeBron James has finally announced his team for the 2026 NBA season. The league’s all-time leading scorer will be joining the Philadelphia 76ers for his 24th year. James will be joining the likes of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe and the newest Sixer, Jaylen Brown.

Jul 25 • 8:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Understanding The Fraught Politics Of Powering AI

Growing anxiety over electricity bills, on the rise in part because of the AI-driven infrastructure buildout, has quickly become a liability for industry and politicians alike

Jul 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • time.com

Materials-Driven Fusion Approach Opens New Era for Nuclear Science

Fusion at high temperatures powers the sun and, if harnessed, could provide a potential source of energy here on Earth. But controlling fusion reactions has other benefits.

Jul 25 • 7:49 AM EDT • Science • azom.com

5 Android phones you should buy instead of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is here, and it's a powerful foldable. But is it the right one for you? Let's consider the best alternatives.

Jul 25 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com

We need more therapists. They need more power.

Americans are seeking treatment for conditions like anxiety, depression and trauma, only to find the mental health workforce isn't keeping up.

Jul 25 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com

In Rush to Track Down Air Force One Leaks, DOJ Reversed Its Own Process

A judge’s remarks on subpoenas to reporters cast attention on two administration officials under consideration for powerful cabinet posts, Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton.

Jul 24 • 7:43 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com