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28th Capital Region Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Were you Seen at the 28th Capital Region Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony on May 28, 2026, at the Albany Marriott?
Campbell’s CEO: “Tough decisions” loom for struggling snack business
While the Goldfish maker is making progress to improve the operation, its top executive warned the turnaround will “take some time” amid a challenging environment.
Reform, politics and Bangladesh cricket: The many challenges awaiting Tamim's BCB
His measured start has already earned praise, with many within Bangladesh cricket believing he could steer the board in a different direction in the years ahead | ESPN.com
News 10 Sports Director Tim Staudt nominated for Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
You can vote for Tim through Friday, June 12.
Platner wins Maine primary to challenge Collins
Voters also headed to the polls in primary elections in Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina ahead of the midterms.
Graham Platner wins Democratic nomination to challenge Susan Collins in November
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner on Tuesday secured the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, withstanding a withering blitz of unflattering revelations and ongoing attempts by Republicans and some Democratic operatives to weaken his candidacy.
Sanders-Backed Progressive Advances in California Swing District Against Valadao
Randy Villegas will face the incumbent, David Valadao, a Republican who has survived numerous challenges in a competitive district.
The science of seeing inside explosions
During the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos scientists needed a diagnostic tool. Like an x-ray confirming a broken leg bone, the researchers wanted to be able to see into the smoke cloud of detonation products. They needed to verify that the implosion remained symmetric to ensure an efficient detonation. Although it was a time when scientific breakthroughs came quickly, this challenge stumped them, and their initial efforts to use x-rays to visualize the event were limited.
Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts fields questions on Iran, women’s sports during tele-town hall
Nebraska U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts was asked about the Iran War, social programs, women's sports, and the SAVE Act.
Conference tackles challenges of health care workforce
Strengthening North Dakota’s health care workforce is the goal of multiple programs at UND, speakers say at Dakota Conference on Rural Health
Live Results: Nevada midterm primaries
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face six Republican challengers in a state primary on Tuesday, while six Democrats will compete for the nomination to reclaim the seat in November.
Roundup: Existing home sales / Faith Technologies / University Lakes update
A May surge: U.S. existing home sales rose in May to their highest level since December, reaching an annual pace of about 4.17 million. The increase was driven by slightly lower mortgage rates and stronger buyer activity. However, affordability remains a challenge as home prices stay elevated and supply is still limited. CNBC has the […]
Flooding in Lanesville, Corydon challenges local businesses, travel
Residents in Lanesville, Ind., are taking shelter on the roofs of their homes Tuesday afternoon because of extreme flash flooding.
Scheffler campaign: Voters win: WEC unanimously rejects challenge to Scheffler's ballot access
APPLETON, WI — Mark Scheffler for Congress campaign calls a press conference for 3:00 p.m. this afternoon at Houdini Plaza in Appleton to issue the following statement and to take questions from the media: “Last week, the Secretary of the Brown County...
Councilmember Cindy Bass declared herself the winner of a Philly Democratic ward election — and may have violated party rules
In a brief meeting Monday, Bass said she won against her progressive challenger in the 22nd Ward and rejected demands for a roll call to clarify the vote.
'DK Challenge' Will Put Your NSO & Bananza Skills To The Test For A Limited Time
With a Mario-themed Bananza event in tow
Dennis Arfa Inducted by Billy Joel into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
Induction part of 2-day Billy Joel Symposium Event Stony Brook, NY — Music Executive Dennis Arfa, Billy Joel’s longtime booking agent and chairman of the Music Division at Independent Artist Group, was recently inducted into the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) by LIMEHOF Inductee Billy Joel himself at a special ceremony at their Stony Brook Village location (97 Main Street). The induction was part of the 2-day ‘Billy Joel Symposium’.
UWA earns national recognition for preparing future elementary teachers in the science of reading
The University of West Alabama’s undergraduate elementary teacher preparation program has received an A+ from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) for its excellence in preparing future elementary teachers to teach reading effectively.
Sen Collins slams Bernie-backed Graham Platner as too far-left for Maine voters
Sen. Susan Collins calls Democratic challenger Graham Platner too extreme for Maine voters, while Platner charges Collins is the "radical" candidate.
Attraktion! celebrates the sold-out opening of Querion Hypermedia Entertainment Park in Piechowice, Poland
VIENNA, Austria — Attraktion! celebrates the sold-out opening weekend of Querion Hypermedia Entertainment Park in Piechowice, Poland. Located between Szklarska Poręba and Jelenia Góra in the heart …
Spectrum News: Wright State University and Premier Health receive $2.5M grant to expand street medicine
For people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing, they also often face overlapping challenges like chronic illness, behavioral health conditions and substance use that makes day to day living even more difficult. Often a routine trip to the doctor is the … Continue reading →
Party over purity: US voters unlikely to turn backs on troubled candidates, poll finds
The poll gathered responses from 4,531 U.S. adults nationwide.
From Classroom to Racetrack: How Charlie Baur is Building a Motorsports Career in a Business Discipline
Charlie Baur can trace his racing story back to a Christmas morning in Michigan — the kind that starts with snow on the ground and ends with a throttle in a kid’s hands. “I remember being 3 years old and then for Christmas that year, my parents had gotten me a 120 cc snowmobile,” Baur said. Long before sprint cars, he was a Michigan kid on snowmobiles, dirt bikes, four-wheelers and jet skis — and a regular at car shows and races with his family. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur That early exposure became a calling. At 12, he sat in a sprint car for the first time and knew he’d found the next chapter. He started in quarter midgets, moved to go-karts, and the day before he turned 16 — one day shy of the minimum age required by track insurance — he made his first sprint car start after convincing officials to let him race. Five years later, Baur is still pushing forward, now racing sprint cars on both pavement and dirt while pursuing an automotive business education at Northwood University — with a clear-eyed understanding that motorsports encompasses more than what happens under the lights on Saturday night. “It’s a business,” said Charlie, a 20-year-old who calls Fenton, Michigan, home when he’s not at a racetrack or at Northwood’s residential campus in Midland, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Racing is the product — but preparation is the job To the average fan, race day begins around dinner time. For a team, race day can be a 12-hour shift — plus the work that came before it. And Baur’s racing operation is a family affair. “The team is my parents and myself,” he said, explaining they own the cars, maintain equipment and manage the business side — from sponsor relations to budgeting. On race weekends, the core group includes Baur and his parents (Eric and Stefanie), plus a couple of additional hands (Alex Photiou and Robert Flannigan) who help with the intensity and pace of trackside work. That structure has shaped how he thinks about efficiency and professionalism. “We’ve always kind of had the mentality of we’re never working on the car for maintenance at the track,” he said. “Our goal is to do as little work as possible to the car because it should be ready when that car rolls out of the trailer to go racing.” That mindset shows up in routines: bolt checks, tire procedures, safety equipment and a repeatable process designed to limit errors. “Once I fire the car up and put my helmet on, that’s when it’s go time,” he said. “You can plan as much as possible for how the race is going to play out, but until you take the green flag … you don’t know how it’s going to go.” Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur First-generation driver, student of the game In racing, “first-generation” matters — and Baur wears that label with pride. “A lot of the drivers are third or fourth generation,” he said. “My family has never been in motorsports. So for me, we’ve always looked at it as we’re new to it and we want to be as different as possible. From a marketing standpoint, it helps us stand out.” It also pushes him to seek out mentors — especially veteran drivers who have seen every scenario, solved every problem and won in multiple eras. Baur credits accomplished driver Jason Blonde, a 10-time champion, for becoming his driver coach and helping him develop as a competitor. “To me, learning from Jason helps me because he has had lots of success and knows what to do,” Baur said. “You have to humble yourself and say, ‘I don’t know what to do; can you help me out?’” That willingness to learn extends off the track, too. Baur says one of his biggest challenges is not a mechanical limitation, but credibility. “It’s my age,” he said. “Some people won’t take me seriously because I’m so young. Even though … I do know what we’re talking about and have a general idea.” His answer has been to out-prepare, out-communicate and treat the operation like a real enterprise — because it is. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Northwood’s role: Turning passion into a plan Baur is majoring in automotive aftermarket management and pursuing an accelerated path that pairs undergraduate study with graduate work. He’s also exploring how to align his studies with motorsports-focused coursework as Northwood advances related programs and pathways. He sees the value clearly: motorsports needs business-literate professionals who understand budgets, sponsorship, marketing, operations and long-term strategy — and who can translate between the language of the shop and the language of the boardroom. That’s why his Northwood experience isn’t limited to the classroom. He has been involved with the Northwood University International Auto Show and serves as motorsports chair — a leadership role that demands outreach, contracts, coordination and a steady professional demeanor. “There’s so much outside work that makes the auto show successful that people don’t realize,” he said. “And it is truly student led.” He’s also participated in industry experiences through Northwood at major events such as AAPEX, SEMA and PRI, along with other automotive networking events — opportunities he describes as a fast track to understanding how business really gets done. “You learn a lot in the classroom,” he said. “But if you learn it and you can’t apply it to the real world, it loses its value. Or if you learn it and can apply it, but you don’t know anyone, it is still of no value.” In his words, Northwood helps him win because it “gives me the tools to succeed” — including flexibility and faculty support as he balances travel and racing commitments with academics. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Racing as an ecosystem — and a talent gap waiting to be filled Baur is blunt about what he sees across the motorsports world: a deep bench of experienced professionals, and not enough young talent entering the pipeline. “I go to car shows, I go to these different events, and typically … the average age is between 45 to 55,” he said. “There’s not a lot of young people going into the motorsports world.” That reality reinforces Northwood’s communications focus: positioning motorsports not as a narrow lane, but as a wide ecosystem of business careers — sponsorship, logistics, data, media, leadership, hospitality and innovation — with real demand for prepared graduates. It also shapes how Baur talks to younger students who love racing but aren’t sure what their future looks like. “If you have a passion for motorsports, there’s gonna be a spot for you somewhere,” he said, emphasizing that driving is only one of many career paths — and that local tracks and hands-on experience are often the best first step. But if someone is interested in driving as a career path, it will take a team to make that happen. Baur’s team includes Stahl’s Motors and Music Experience, Rhino Racing, Randy Wise Buick GMC Chevrolet, Western Michigan Fleet Parts, Mother’s Polish, Schaeffer’s Oil, Hepfner Racing Products, Ameriguard Storage Centers, Justice Brothers, Race 1 Wraps, TBM Brakes, Behind Your Design, CharlieBaur.com and Northwood University. “There are so many people who invest not only in myself but in my race team and who believe in us to succeed,” he added. Pictured: Charlie Bauer’s sprint race car. Looking ahead: A headline worth chasing Ask Baur to imagine 2035, and he’ll give you two answers — one dream, one blueprint. “In a perfect world,” he said, “winning the Indy 500.” Realistically, he wants to build a life where business ownership and racing reinforce each other and where he can pay forward the help he has received by mentoring younger drivers, especially those trying to break into motorsports without a family legacy. “When I retire from full-time racing, I want to be able to provide the same opportunities that were presented to myself to the next generation of drivers,” Baur said. “I know how difficult it is to get your foot in the door.” For now, the focus is simple: keep building the operation, keep learning the business, and keep showing up prepared — because in sprint car racing, as in life, process matters. And once the helmet goes on? “It’s go time,” Baur said. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Learn more Students interested in motorsports careers — whether in competition, team operations, marketing, finance, sponsorship, data, or management — can explore opportunities through Northwood University’s Center for Automotive and Mobility Studies. For Charlie Baur’s latest motorsports adventures, follow Charlie_Baur and Charlie Baur Racing on social media. To learn more about Northwood’s Bachelor of Business Administration in Automotive and Mobility Studies and motorsports management concentration, visit www.northwood.edu/programs/automotive-mobility-studies/. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Pictured: Charlie Baur at Butler Motor Speedway on May 31, 2026. Share this page
UTC postdoctoral researcher places second in CLEO Science Slam
Dr. Mohmad Junaid Ul Haq, a postdoctoral research associate in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Quantum Center, placed second in the annual CLEO Science Slam, which challenges scientists, students and postdoctoral researchers to present complex work in laser science, optics and quantum technology in a clear, engaging way.
‘You have to adjust:' Chris Kuper outlines his plans to replace Jeff Stoutland
Chris Kuper’s job description is coaching the Eagles’ offensive linemen. His initial challenge is getting them to believe he can do it.
Why Toronto's Dylan Cease presents a different challenge for Phillies
Dylan Cease has expanded his pitch mix and missed bats at an elite rate, giving the Phillies a much different look Tuesday in Toronto.
Six are elected to the NBA wing of the L.A. Times Sports Hall of Fame
Six people have been elected into the Lakers/Clippers wing of our Los Angeles Times Sports Report Hall of Fame.
More Americans survive cancer. But the psychological impacts can persist for years
Due to advancements in treatment and screening, more Americans are surviving cancer. But many are left with lingering mental health challenges like anxiety and depression.
The role of peer review
Modern peer review safeguards scientific quality yet is increasingly shaped by incentives, political priorities and funding challenges.
Primary appears to be on as GOP challenges its own endorsed candidate
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Fontainebleau Las Vegas adds new sports artifacts to its Hall of Excellence exhibits
Fontainebleau Las Vegas’ Hall of Excellence added new sports artifacts, including a Jack Eichel game-worn jersey, Golden Knights championship items, Aces rings, Rafael Nadal gear and more.
Mariners challenge their way to win over Orioles, 6-3
Josh Naylor hits a grand slam, Mariners make timely challenges to slink past Orioles, 6-3
New Jersey health inspectors find Delaney Hall food premises ‘satisfactory’
The Democratic governor was also granted limited entry to the immigrant detention center, but remained concerned about conditions.
A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science
Nature Human Behaviour - Large language models offer new opportunities for behavioural science, but their rapid evolution poses challenges for research rigour. We introduce a consensus-based...
We can create the future of science right now
Paul Litvak is the founder and Executive Director of the Robyn Dawes Institute and a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley. He has a PhD in Behavioral Decision Research from Carnegie Mellon where he studied emotions and the sunk cost bias. Over 15 years in industry, he solved a wide range of challenging technical problems. At Meta he created models optimizing the ad review process. At Google he ran experiments to measure social influence. At Airbnb, he was a product manager leading machine learning teams optimizing search ranking and price suggestions. He also co-founded and led product at Rhythmic Health, a venture-backed biosensing startup, creating an accurate low cost system using a color changing strip and a smart phone to measure salivary lactate. The bottleneck At this point, it is uncontroversial to say that science needs to stop using the PDF article as the unit of knowledge and currency. The unbearable slowness of scientific publishing, the profit motive and margins: I’m not saying anything new. The PDF also sucks because it’s hard to extract structured information, which makes it hard to do evidence synthesis. As a result, we do much less evidence synthesis than is needed. And evidence synthesis ultimately undergirds most policy and medical decision-making. I can see second-by-second real-time odds for any sporting or newsworthy event, but a school board can’t see the best evidence on whether their 8th graders should be taught algebra. As a society, we don’t treat this as an important problem. Again, not controversial. Not only is the problem well understood, but the solution has already been laid out. What we need is AI-assisted living evidence synthesis - (1) an open knowledge graph of atomic claims, (2) claims linked to evidence, (3) assessment and synthesis of each piece of evidence, and (4) continuous updating with new data. What few realize (yet) is that the technical capacity to build this vision for a significant portion of science already exists. Not only that, scientists and startup teams are already building many of these components. I know this because I’ve been surveying the space and talking to many of the builders. There are some missing pieces: for example, evaluations of how well some of the components work. But at this point, most of what’s missing is a fully end-to-end working integration of all of these parts. In the rest of this essay, I’m going to lay out all the parts of a working living evidence layer for science and who is working on them, and propose concrete next steps for building this system. What’s now possible The diagram above outlines the components of a living evidence synthesis platform, including some of the teams working on each component1. Scientific PDFs are processed into claims with associated evidence. The evidence is subjected to a forensic audit, methodological evaluation and robustness and reproducibility checks. Finally it’s given a weight in a continuously updating synthesis. What follows is a description and status of each component and a few of the teams working on them. Document understanding The first thing you need to be able to do is turn an article into structured data. Mostly that means parsing PDFs. There are often multicolumn layouts that confuse non-specialized PDF to text processing libraries. For scientific papers, there is the added complexity of parsing formulas and tables and figures. This is a really hot area - there are startups offering APIs, and it seems like a new open source package gets posted to Github every few weeks. What follows isn’t exhaustive. A package called GROBID was the state of the art for a while, they didn’t update their package for nearly two years until very recently. In the meantime reducto.ai released an AI powered PDF extraction API, PaddleOCR became popular, IBM released a model called Docling, and both Mistral and Gemini created models and libraries. I also know of at least one other well-funded psychology research group working on a paper parser. By contrast, there are few open evals in this space, with no extensive evals for complex table comprehension in particular. Nonetheless, I’m confident this will be a solved problem soon, given the combination of LLM advances and developer interest. Hypothesis level extraction There has been increasing interest in comprehending the extracted text of papers and linking information to evidence for each hypothesis. A lot of work has already been done. Trialstreamer (Marshall et al. 2020) and RobotReviewer LIVE (Marshall et al. 2023) demonstrated automated extraction of trial population, intervention, and outcome at scale on clinical RCTs. PaperQA2 (Skarlinski et al. 2024) and Ai2 ScholarQA (2024) extended this to retrieval-augmented question answering with citation grounding. Elicit, Consensus, and SciSpace operationalized claim-level extraction for end users. OpenEval (Booeshaghi et al. 2026) is the most recent and most ambitious: 1.96 million atomic claims extracted from 16,087 eLife manuscripts using Claude Sonnet 4.5, grouped into ~299,000 results, with LLM evaluations showing 81% agreement with human peer review on a 2,487-paper subset. None of these solutions link claims to test-statistics, as you would need to evaluate randomized controlled trials. This is why I built the evidence.guide API - to extract hypotheses and associated test statistics from behavioral science papers. The best public eval of this kind of extraction I’m aware of comes from the recent SCORE project - they had humans code thousands of psychology papers to extract their claims by hand. It would be extremely helpful to the world if all scientific PDFs were available as structured open data. I’ve been working to make this happen, both directly at Berkeley and through coordination with large entities I can’t yet speak of; as hard as it is to do, I think it’s possible2. Forensic audit A lot of work has been done on forensic audit, but some gaps remain. Of course, for biology papers that rely on images for evidence, there are a variety of tools (notably Proofig and ImageTwin) to spot anomalies. These are still well short of what sleuths like Elizabeth Bik can do on her own, but these tools are constant companions among fraud analysts. There’s someone working on auditing Excel files for anomalies, and a number of teams are automating numerical checks like GRIM and SPRITE, including Scrutiny project, the INSPECT-SR team as well as statcheck. The regcheck team is building a way to use AI to compare preregistrations to analyses in papers, to ensure there aren’t significant deviations. Nonetheless, there are many other kinds of anomalies to screen for, both public and less publicly known. And there are no formal evals for anomaly detection that I’m aware of. Still, there’s a lot to draw from in this space and I’m pretty certain we will be able to scan papers for most kinds of obvious anomalies in the near future. Methodological review This area has been white hot, though I fear for many of the startups in this space, because this capability may become commoditized. There are at least six different AI peer review companies, including Refine.ink, Reviewer3, ReviewerZero.ai, Q.E.D. Science, Paper Wizard, and Isitcredible. Coarse (a pun on refine) was also recently created as an open source alternative. These systems provide qualitative feedback on the content of papers, spotting methodological weaknesses and mathematical errors. They seem to work pretty well, and many academics report bitterly that they exceed the average quality of typical peer reviewers. But there are few evals here either. What evals exist so far involve using LLM-as-judge (circularity problems abound) or comparing against human reviews of questionable quality. What you’d ideally want is an eval that measures capturing known errors in papers3. Reproducibility and robustness Another active area has been using AI agents to automate computational reproducibility4 and robustness5 checks in papers that report numerical results. For more recent papers where data and code are available, AI agents can see whether they can re-run the analyses and produce the numbers reported in the published paper. In addition to a handful of individual academics who have been experimenting using Claude Code for this, the Institute for Replication is a leading group working on building an end to end system. The evals related to this problem are the most mature, with CORE-Bench (Siegel, Kapoor, Narayanan 2024) and PaperBench (OpenAI 2025) available to benchmark agents on this task. There is also work on getting AI agents to test alternative ways of analyzing the data to ensure the results are robust to small analytic design choices. Synthesis This is the most underdeveloped area where significant investment is required. Although some automated evidence synthesis systems exist — for example, otto-sr is building an AI agent to write systematic reviews — none of these incorporate the full range of paper level signals to weight evidence appropriately. Nor is there anything like an eval or a gold standard for a good systematic review. Arguably Cochrane reviews are the closest we have to gold standard human systematic reviews, though I’ve heard academics in the know complain about their uneven quality. A key question for a synthesis platform is how to weight anomalies and methodological issues in assessing the quality of a piece of evidence. This is an unsolved problem and one I’m very keen to work on. Continuous updating There are many pieces of basic infrastructure available for monitoring for new research and initiating updates. OpenAlex is the current open citation graph. Retraction Watch integrated into Crossref in October 2023. Scite tracks how citations support, contrast, or mention prior claims. The Living Evidence Network demonstrated continuous-update workflows in clinical guidelines. Engineering this is a relatively straightforward task. When you look over this technical architecture and all the progress being made, it’s hard not to be optimistic that a living guide to scientific evidence will be built. The stakeholders are ready The social infrastructure for this is starting to coalesce — it’s not just a pie in the sky academic exercise to imagine this coming into existence. Institutions like the Center for Open Science, the Institute for Replication, the INSPECT-SR, the Living Evidence Network and more are all working on scaling work to improve research quality. Funders are also aligned. The Sloan Foundation has funded living evidence work through COS. Coefficient Giving supports the Institute for Replication and COS. The Astera Institute and the Institute for Progress have shown interest in this space. NIH has established an Office for Replication and Reproducibility. Although there are (very unfortunately) serious headwinds in science funding generally, there is an active group of funders interested in metascience. A brief word about what I’ve been doing at RDI. First, as a Visiting Scholar at Berkeley I’ve been actively figuring out how a non-profit and a public university can conduct and make public the results of large-scale academic article data mining. With some of the money I raised from donors, I commissioned a legal analysis of recent case law and publisher text data mining (TDM) agreements in order to understand whether a massive open data mining of academic articles is possible (with caveats, it is). I’ve also been working to bring together stakeholders in this space, and identify gaps. I’ve also been doing some software development in this space, with more to come. A pilot proposal The assumption undergirding all of this is that an AI, given all this information, would make the right judgment about a scientific claim with lots of conflicting evidence, weighing all the factors appropriately. That’s the hypothesis we need to test. Randomized control trial research is the best place to focus on first. RCTs are used to make many of the important decisions in society - from medical trials to public policy changes. And they use a relatively uniform set of inferential statistics with lots of known and available diagnostics. Behavioral science experiments, within the broader realm of RCTs, should be first used as a testbed whose results can be generalized. Because behavioral science is at the vanguard of open science practices, replications abound (there are thousands of them) to serve as ground truth training data. Key Hypothesis Therefore the pilot would test, in behavioral RCTs that have been replicated, whether the quality of evidence for a claim can be used to accurately predict whether that claim will replicate. Secondary Hypotheses Compared to claims that replicated, non-replicated claims demonstrate a greater share of forensic anomalies in their source literatures. Hypothesis level claim and statistic extraction is accurate enough to scale living evidence without onerous human review costs. Replication prediction is more accurate than prediction markets6 or journal prestige. If all the different quality signals we gather do accurately predict which studies will replicate, then we can use that model to score evidence to power the living evidence layer. Why this is informative regardless of outcome If the pilot succeeds, the architecture extends to medical RCTs (where Living Evidence already operates and integration is mostly about claim representation), then to slices of basic biology with stable replication structure. If it fails, the field learns which quality signals are load-bearing and which ones metascience has oversold. Either result is a contribution to knowing what the literature supports. Implications for funders Because this burgeoning ecosystem of builders already exists, a well-informed philanthropic or government funder could play a crucial catalyzing role in bringing this future about. They could play at least three roles: creating open structured datasets, publishing open benchmarks and incentivizing the solving of key technical challenges. First, open archives of papers that the government maintains, like PubMed, could be turned into structured data amenable to large scale metascience and claim aggregation. I know the US government already has an interest in doing this, though some key open questions remain unanswered. How do you determine the best models and systems for accurately extracting information from papers? How can you establish a robust way to allow researchers to flag errors and correct them? And finally, how do you create a legal regime in working with publishers to maximize the scope of available papers? For the latter, a university or a private philanthropy may be better positioned to make structured data publicly available under journal subscription terms or fair use. Philanthropists or government funders could also coordinate to create or commission benchmarks that evaluate whether important problems have been solved. For example, an open benchmark for claim extraction from a range of different scientific article types would be extremely helpful. Ensuring the underlying data are accurate is vital for creating these evaluations. I’ve discussed opportunistically using various human-created datasets for this purpose, but a consistent problem is that errors in human data make it difficult for them to serve as a gold standard. Finally, with structured data and benchmarks available, the government or private philanthropy could use them to incentivize groups to develop machine learning systems that meet these benchmarks. Prizes are one potentially valuable tool for this. For example, you could establish a prize for a system that accurately updates a living meta-analysis for a small set of claims. Prizes are particularly useful as signals of problem importance, and can help create vibrant ecosystems of public and private research—see, for example the role the government played in kickstarting the current work on nuclear fusion. Conclusion The drawbacks of the current scientific publishing system are known. Scientists agree, metascientists agree, philanthropists agree: the published PDF plus citation graph isn’t the right substrate for maintaining a representation of the evidence base in science. The pieces needed to build the alternative either already exist or are rapidly taking shape. The community is forming around exactly this problem, with concrete partnerships and shared infrastructure. A pilot should start on behavioral science RCTs because that’s the slice of empirical science most amenable to legibility, where replication ground truth is richest, and where the failure modes are best documented. What’s been missing is the galvanizing mission to assemble these pieces into something that works. That’s what I’m proposing to build. *** 1 I have a broader field map that I’ll release publicly soon. This is me, building in public! 2 If this is something that you are excited about, please reach out and talk to me. 3 More on this very soon too! 4 This tests whether, given the code and the data, you can get the same statistics as reported in the published paper. 5 This tests whether the results are the same as a paper’s given alternative analytical decisions in conducting the analysis (like outlier omission). Closely related is the idea of a “multiverse” where you come up with many different ways of answering the same underlying research question with the same data, and test whether the results hold in all those alternative methods. There’s been work on the latter as well. 6 Some of the replications, e.g. those from the SCORE project, had paired the experiments with forecasts from prediction markets. So we get to look at this for free.
Live Results: Maine midterm primaries
Primaries for U.S. Senate and U.S. House on Tuesday will set the stage for a midterm general election in which Maine is expected to play a critical role in deciding control of both chambers.
NJEA supports legislation to fix broken health insurance system
The New Jersey Education Association announced its support today for S4438 sponsored by Sen. Gopal. This legislation addresses one of the most urgent challenges facing public schools and educators in
World Pork Expo discussions driven by swine disease and herd health
Swine disease pressure and herd health were major topics during last week’s World Pork Expo in Des Moines. CBS Bio Platforms vice president of innovation and commercialization Rob Patterson says the threats aren’t universal. “Every producer has their own challenge, their own way of doing business.” He tells Brownfield their technology and innovative approach is […]
Laurel Sports Hall of Fame announces inaugural class of inductees
Laurel is officially launching a new tradition: the Laurel Sports Hall of Fame — and the inaugural group of inductees has been selected.
Platner calls Fetterman ‘a--hole’ at town hall as Democratic feud heats up
Graham Platner calls Sen. John Fetterman "an a--hole" at a Maine town hall days before the Democratic Senate primary election against rivals.
Challenge filed in transgender athlete case
The brief asserts that Bellows, a Democrat who is running for governor, didn’t abide by the state constitution, which gives Mainers broad powers to bring forward citizen initiatives.
UMW College of Business Celebrates Alumni Achievement at Annual Awards
byWith a solid foundation in finance, marketing and management, University of Mary Washington business graduates go on to careers in executive leadership, entrepreneurship and public service.At the annual College of Business Alumni Awards – held in Woodard Hall during Reunion Weekend – Mary Washington honored grads who have excelled in their professions, from founding supportive […]
The Delaney Hall Strike Is Exposing a Massive Thirteenth Amendment Crisis
The Delaney Hall Strike participants haven’t been convicted of anything—and are still being forced to work for nothing.
Billy Joel inducts Dennis Arfa into Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
Billy Joel inducted his longtime booking agent Dennis Arfa into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame for his 50 years of industry impact.
Barbie Harden Hall suspends campaign in CD 11
She challenged Dan Webster in 2024 and was the leading Democratic contender for the open seat this cycle.
Public Health to Host Field Fest to Celebrate Inaugural MeckMoves Fitness Challenge
Mecklenburg County Public Health is celebrating the end of the inaugural MeckMoves fitness challenge with MeckMoves Field Fest – a wellness festival and experience that will take place June 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the field at Eastway Regional Recreation Center. The free, family-friendly event is open to the public, not just MeckMoves participants, and will have resources and activities to promote health and physical activity.
Confirmed Entertainment Showtimes for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
Disney has confirmed the entertainment showtimes for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, the special ticketed event that takes place on select nights at Magic Kingdom this fall.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nevada’s state primary
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face six Republican challengers in a state primary on Tuesday, while state Attorney General Aaron Ford, Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill and four others will compete for the Democratic nomination to reclaim the seat in November
Kustom Entertainment, Inc. Announces Partnership with Gilley’s Gambling Hall to Bring Multi-Season Music Festivals to Park City, Kansas
Kustom Entertainment, Inc. Announces Partnership with Gilley’s Gambling Hall to Bring Multi-Season Music Festivals to Park City, Kansas
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nevada’s state primary
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face six Republican challengers in a state primary on Tuesday, while state Attorney General Aaron Ford, Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill and four others will compete for the Democratic nomination to reclaim the seat in November.
Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch NES, SNES, and Game Boy games reportedly getting challenges
NES, SNES, and Game Boy apps for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch get major version updates, and challenges have apparently been leaked.
Planet nine mystery deepens as new discovery challenges hidden planet theory
Astronomers have spent years searching for a possible hidden giant planet far beyond Neptune. Unusual orbits among distant Kuiper Belt objects have fueled the Planet Nine theory, but recent discoveries are challenging the idea by showing more stable motion than expected. If Planet Nine exists, it may be much farther away than originally thought.
Kustom Entertainment, Inc. Announces Partnership with Gilley’s Gambling Hall to Bring Multi-Season Music Festivals to Park City, Kansas
Country Stampede KANSAS 2027 to take place June 25–27, 2027, at Gilley’s Park City Overland Park, KS., June 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kustom...
open 42-bed medical rehabilitation hospital in South Point, Ohio
PAM Health, a leading national healthcare provider, in partnership with regional healthcare leader Marshall Health Network, announced plans to open a 42-bed physical medicine and rehabilitation hospital in South Point, Ohio. This location will be PAM Health’s third hospital in Ohio, joining PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Miamisburg and PAM Health Specialty Hospital of Miamisburg. Located at 510 Commerce Lane in South Point, Ohio, the hospital is expected to open in October […]
7 essential moments from the 2026 Tony Awards
"Schmigadoon!" won best musical, during the 79th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, but fans were also buzzing about Pink's hosting skills, John Lithgow's not entirely expected win and Ali Louis Bourzgui's passionately political speech.
Why did measuring Earth’s true shape matter for science?
The extraordinary challenge of determining the true shape of Earth reveals the deep value of measurement to scientific progress
Winners and losers from MotoGP’s unusual Hungarian GP
MotoGP’s second visit to Balaton Park upset the usual pecking order, with the series’ biggest star rising to the challenge as others floundered
HCA, VCU Health seek dismissal of Bon Secours legal challenges to Chesterfield hospital projects
"Bon Secours, alone amongst the three health systems, has refused to take yes for an answer,” HCA argued in its response to Bon Secours' calls for its competitors' projects to be denied by the state.
West Hartford Business Buzz: June 8, 2026 - We-Ha
A round-up of openings, closings, and other news about West Hartford businesses. Business Buzz is sponsored by NBT Bank, and we are very thankful for their support! By Ronni Newton Each year this week's column tends to be one of the most challenging, because it comes amid a very busy time of
Digging Back in Time in the UAE
Once below a shallow sea, Jabal al Fāyah now stands above the desert in the United Arab Emirates as a reminder of a watery past and early human survival.
Monument Health announces executive leadership updates
Monument Health promoted Paula McInerney-Hall to general counsel and named Ross McKie vice president of philanthropy, effective June 8, the system announced.
Platner holds town hall in Portland as he looks to steady Senate campaign
Graham Platner was met by an enthusiastic and supportive crowd Sunday at a town hall-style event in Maine as the Democrat moves to stabilize his Senate campaign after new reports about his past treatment of women.
What challenges face learners starting secondary science?
For learners moving from primary to new routines and labs in secondary school can be daunting, but a smooth move is possible
‘What if all cockroaches came together?’ The youth movement threatening to shake up India’s politics
Cockroach Janta party began as online joke but is growing into one of the most unexpected challenges to country’s rightwing government
With qualifying days away, 5 competitive House seats remain unchallenged
Palm Beach County’s House District 89 is the closest of the bunch, with 2024 presidential results showing just a 1-point Democratic advantage.
'Scary Movie' bests 'Backrooms' and 'Masters of the Universe' in weekend box office brawl
The side-splitting return of 'Scary Movie' didn't just best 'Backrooms' and 'Masters of the Universe' at the weekend box office; it opened higher than any previous entry in the parody franchise.
Graham Platner takes questions from Maine voters as he looks to stabilize Senate campaign
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is holding a town hall-style event where he is taking questions from voters in Maine
Graham Platner gets a lift from friendly Maine crowd after week of damage control in Senate campaign
Graham Platner has been met by an enthusiastic and supportive crowd at a town hall-style event in Maine | KNX News 1070 AM
Graham Platner to take questions from Maine voters as he looks to stabilize Senate campaign
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is set to take questions from voters at a town hall-style event in Maine.
Trump walks out of ‘Meet the Press’ interview when challenged over false claims
When pressed by host Kristen Welker, the president cited no evidence for claims about Jan. 6 and elections he said were “rigged.”
Fallout 76 | Join Fallout 76’s P.R.O.T.E.C.T. Protocol for rewards!
Login daily for FREE* rewards from June 7 - June 15! Clear out Infestations to support the Community Challenge and help unlock the Brotherhood Protector Power Armor.
Moran named Chicago's chief technology officer
Kevin Moran, a City Hall veteran, has been promoted to chief technology officer.Mr. Moran replaces John Tolva, a former IBMer who left City Hall last fall and joined engineering and consulting firm PositivEnergy Practice.Mr. Moran has worked for the city's Department of Innovation and Technology for six years, most recently as director of IT. He previously worked for General Growth Properties, a Chicago-based real estate investment firm.
Can Marco Rubio convince Trump that a free Cuba is America First?
As Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has been a primary driver of President Trump’s foreign policy. But Cuba is his most personal challenge yet. And as he plots another potential run for the presidency in 2028, it’s the one whose success or failure could most closely define him.
Former WOWT sports director inducted into Omaha Press Club hall of fame
Jernstrom was named sports director at WOWT following Dave Webber’s retirement in 2009.
Former WOWT sports director inducted into Omaha Press Club hall of fame
Congratulations, Ross!
Gerry Meehan, former Sabres captain and influential GM, dies
As GM, he was responsible for acquiring eventual hall of famers Dominik Hasek, Pat LaFontaine, Alexander Mogilny and Dale Hawerchuk.
Gerry Meehan, former Sabres captain and influential GM, dies
As GM, he was responsible for acquiring eventual hall of famers Dominik Hasek, Pat LaFontaine, Alexander Mogilny and Dale Hawerchuk.
Kat Cammack leads induction of latest members of Florida Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame
Five outstanding law enforcement veterans were honored during an induction ceremony in Tallahassee Saturdy.
GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is raising alarms about an 11th hour challenger: Dan J. Sullivan
City council member is challenging an incumbent senator in Utah County. Here’s where they stand.
In Senate District 21, incumbent Sen. Brady Brammer is facing Ceder Hills City Council member Kelly Smith for the Republican nomination. Here is how they responded to seven questions about the most pressing issue Utah is facing.
Baton Rouge walkers of Camino de Santiago share stories of churros, chocolate, beauty and pain
The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage offers spiritual, social and physical challenges as walkers from around the world connect and search for meaning along the centuries-old trail in Spain.
GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is raising alarms about an 11th hour challenger: Dan J. Sullivan
Sen. Dan Sullivan and the GOP’s Senate campaign arm are raising major alarms about a same-name rival, warning that it could cost them a seat by confusing the electorate and give a leg-up to his well-funded Democratic challenger, former Rep. Mary Peltola.
Trump Looms Over Pivotal Republican Senate Runoff in Georgia
The president has not yet endorsed Representative Mike Collins or Derek Dooley, a former football coach, in the race to challenge the Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff.
Harvard Science Center To Be Renamed Zimmer Hall | News
Harvard Science Center To Be Renamed Zimmer Hall | News | The Harvard Crimson
Lincoln student photographer challenges health stereotypes
Poppy Bellamy wants her work to challenge the stereotype that "youth equates good health".
Gretchen N Miller
Scope of work: Miller co-chairs Greenberg Traurig’s products liability and mass torts practice, overseeing nearly 100 attorneys worldwide. She was recently named co-chair of the firm’s Chicago litigation practice, leading more than 50 attorneys.Significant case: She co-leads Albertsons’ defense in nationwide opioid litigation, challenging public nuisance claims, including a recent dismissal in Alaska. She secured summary judgment for Lockheed Martin in a groundwater contamination case involving 45 plaintiffs.Other contributions: Miller has held leadership roles in the Defense Research Institute, recently chairing the Products Liability Committee and winning its Outstanding Committee Chair Award, and is on the Good Sports Chicago advisory board.
Entertainment Workers Oppose Paramount-WBD Merger in Town Hall
Writers, actors, crew members and small business owners expressed their opposition to the $111 billion transaction in Beverly Hills on Saturday: “It may be the final domino that knocks everything down.”
Billy Joel attends longtime booking agent Dennis Arfa's induction to Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
Legendary music agent Dennis Arfa, agent to Billy Joel, inducted into Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
Billy Joel was there to show support for his long time friend.
Control Resonant Developer Remedy Admits Packed September Release Window 'Is Challenging,' but It Has a Plan
Remedy will support Control Resonant with "by far" the studio's biggest marketing campaign to help it stand out in "challenging" September release window.
Mental health must be part of cancer care
Mental health parity laws have been passed to ensure equal coverage of mental and physical health conditions, but access to quality, affordable care remains a challenge for millions of Americans.
How the Shortened Belmont Stakes Distance Changes the Race
The Belmont Stakes remains at 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga, creating a different challenge than the traditional 1 1/2-mile race.
WEEKEND READ: Confronting rare challenges through science, regulation
A family in Travis County is racing to save their baby from an ultra-rare genetic disease, while two New World screwworm cases have been confirmed in Texas, and the legality of owning human bones.
Homer-happy Giants provide challenge for Ben Brown, Cubs
Homer-happy Giants provide challenge for Ben Brown, Cubs
Labor bill looms large in South Jordan House clash. Here’s where they are on other big issues.
Rep. Jordan Teuscher, who sponsored a bill limiting union's bargaining ability that labor groups were able to get repealed, is being challenged by Scott Stephenson, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, one of the groups that fought for its repeal. Here is where they stand on other important issues.
The Kennedys and British royal family were once romantically linked, new book reveals exactly how
A member from each of the Kennedys and the royal family were once romantically linked, Caroline Hallemann's new book reveals. The two dynasties have been connected for decades, dating back to the 1930s.
Oakland First Fridays seeks sponsors as funding challenges force entertainment cuts
Oakland First Fridays faces funding challenges, forced to make entertainment cuts
‘Regular Communication Has Helped’ Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump ‘Cope’ amid Their Health Struggles (Exclusive Source)
Tiger Woods, 50, and Vanessa Trump, 48, are leaning on each other for support as they overcome their own health challenges together, PEOPLE has exclusively learned.