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Physicists can’t agree on how the Universe works

A massive worldwide survey of physicists has revealed surprisingly little agreement about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading explanation for dark matter, or any single theory of quantum gravity. One area of stronger agreement stood out: 68% said the Big Bang does not necessarily represent the beginning of time. Researchers say the divisions show just how alive and unsettled the frontiers of physics remain.

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Sep 13 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
GE HealthCare in talks over possible $1 billion deal for Sofie Biosciences, FT reports

GE HealthCare Technologies is in talks ​over a possible $1 billion deal to ‌buy radiopharmaceutical developer Sofie Biosciences, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing people familiar ​with the matter.

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Sep 13 • 7:17 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Will California progressivism crush Newsom presidential hopes?

Gavin Newsom leaves office in a few months, allowing him to devote all of his time to a 2028 presidential run. The question is whether he can sell a progressive agenda outside the comfortable confines of California.

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Sep 13 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Business Matters: Central Mass. by the Numbers, Sunday, Sept. 13

A look at Central Mass. business news over the past week

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Sep 13 • 5:03 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Business Matters: Central Mass. by the Numbers, Sunday, Sept. 13

A look at Central Mass. business news over the past week

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Sep 13 • 5:03 AM EDT • Business • telegram.com
How Zverev and Shelton emerged from 'Sincaraz' shadow

Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton will reflect on their 2026 Grand Slam results with a sense of achievement - no matter what happens in the US Open men's final.

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Sep 13 • 4:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sky Sports expert’s verdict on Newcastle United and a struggle to disagree with much of this

The Sky Sports column ‘Jones Knows’ has given some interesting analysis and commentary on what is currently the position at Newcastle United. The column makes predictions on what will happen at certain Premier League matches and also debates other matters/issues at clubs as well.

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Sep 13 • 2:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bone Health Without the Hype

I am at the Australasian Menopause Society meeting and we had a fantastic lecture on Bone Health on Day 2, called, “Everything you need to know about bones - except the boring bits!” Spoiler alert, there were no boring bits. The lecture was given by Dr. Amanda Beech, who is a senior staff specialist in Obstetric Medicine and Endocrinology at the Royal Hospital for Women, where she is director of the Bone Density Unit. I want to summarize my top 10 take-aways for you. Share Osteoporosis is a disease of low bone mass, disruption of bone microarchitecture, and fragility of the skeleton. It is a silent disease…until someone develops a fracture. The diagnosis of osteoporosis is based on either fragility/minimal trauma fractures or a T-score of less than -2.5 on a DXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) or bone scan. It is important to recognize that about 50% of minimal trauma fractures occur when women have low bone mass (often referred to as osteopenia), but not osteoporosis. This tells us that bone strength is more complicated than a number on a DXA report. I am going to add a little here that wasn’t in the talk (one can only include so much in 25 minutes), as many women might read the above paragraph and think, “Shouldn’t we be treating everyone with low bone mass if this is when 50% of the fractures occur?” Many fractures happen for women with low bone mass because there are so many women with low bone mass –it is a statement about the population on a whole, not about the fracture risk of low bone mass. For you as an individual, bone density is only one component of fracture risk and many women with lower bone mass will not have a significantly elevated fracture risk. This is why individualized risk assessment matters. Subscribe We build bone in our teens and twenties, and by the time we are about thirty we have reached peak bone mass. This is why, when we discuss risk factors for osteoporosis, it is important to consider factors that might have affected us in our teens and twenties when we were actively building bone, such as nutritional restriction/energy imbalance. It is important to ask women about a history of eating disorders, and for those with such a history, getting a bone scan in perimenopause or at age 50 is likely warranted. (This image below isn’t from the talk, but is similar to one that was). Bone mass is relatively stable until about two years before the final menstrual period, and perimenopause marks a time of rapid bone loss for women. Using urinary markers of bone loss we know that the time of significantly accelerated bone loss starts about 1 year before the final period and ends about 2 years after the final period. The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) shows that over the menopause transition women lose an average of 10.6% of the bone at their lumbar spine and 9.1% at the femoral neck While this wasn’t covered in the lecture, I want to add that the rapid bone loss during perimenopause is clearly related to more than estradiol, because during this time estradiol levels can be erratic and not uniformly low. Bone loss during perimenopause is likely a multi-hormone event. For example, rising FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) tracks with bone loss better than estradiol, and there is evidence that FSH may act directly on bone. While decreased estrogen matters, there is clearly more going on. FSH and bone is an active area of research. Subscribe Screening for osteoporosis was recommended fairly broadly before age 65, and was taken from the “Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing Menopause,” from Monash University. Here is a screenshot from the toolkit that was used as a slide: I am going to add a little bit more about body weight here for clarification. Low body mass (typically 152.1 lb): 0 points (risk neutral) 60–69 kg (132.3–152.1 lb): 3 points (adds some risk)

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Sep 12 • 11:19 PM EDT • Health • vajenda.substack.com
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Investigation underway after fight at high school football game

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — An investigation is underway after an apparent fight at a football game in Covington County. A spokesperson with the City of Andalusia said the Andalusia Police Department is investigating a matter involving teens stemming from an incident at Friday night’s football game between Andalusia High School and Carroll High School. The […]

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Sep 12 • 6:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists Detect a Mysterious Signal That Could Be Dark Matter

A mysterious signal deep underground may offer LUX-ZEPLIN its most intriguing clue to dark matter yet. For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to identify dark matter, the mysterious material believed to account for about 85% of all matter in the universe. Despite its enormous influence on galaxies and cosmic structure, dark matter has

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Sep 12 • 5:22 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
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Physicists Just Turned The Entire Planet Into a Dark Matter Detector – And Strange Signals Kept Turning Up

Just axion questions.

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Sep 12 • 4:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Amador Flower Farm to close after 30 years of business

Covering Local News That Matters

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Sep 12 • 3:03 PM EDT • Business • fox40.com
Diego Moreira brace rescues draw for AC Milan at Lazio

Diego Moreira scored twice in three minutes as AC Milan came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Lazio, who dropped points in Serie A for the first time this season. The hosts were well on top in the first half and led through goals from Matteo Cancellieri and Tijjani Noslin.

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Sep 12 • 2:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Inside Hegseth’s push to showcase a dramatic Iran rescue on ‘60 Minutes’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and political appointees in his office pushed for the two crew members of an F-15 who were shot down over Iran in April to participate in Sunday’s highly-publicized “60 Minutes” report about the ensuing rescue operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

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Sep 12 • 2:32 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Arsenal at Sunderland match thread: tricky traveling test

Arsenal travel to the Stadium of Light to take on Sunderland on Premier League MD4. The Gunners owe the Black Cats one from last season. Regis Le Bris’ side pegged ‘em back in the 94th minute to snatch a draw. Ultimately, it didn’t matter — Arsenal still won the league — but I’d bet the […]

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Sep 12 • 2:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Apple iOS 27 Release Date Is Sept. 14: Check If Your iPhone Can Upgrade

Can your iPhone run the latest iPhone software when it arrives in a matter of days? Here’s a complete list of compatible hardware and what’s in the release.

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Sep 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Officials, advocates seek funds to soften blow of rising healthcare costs

State officials are scrambling to cushion the blow of skyrocketing healthcare costs and federal changes to the Medicaid program on Marylanders' pocketbooks, in hopes that people can still afford coverage.

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Sep 11 • 8:42 PM EDT • Health • marylandmatters.org
AI startup Discovery Loop seeks around $50 billion valuation, Business Insider reports

AI startup Discovery Loop is seeking to raise funds again ​at a valuation of $50 billion, ‌the Business Insider reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Sep 11 • 7:23 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Durham relaunches program to help small business owners

Local News That Matters

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Sep 11 • 7:22 PM EDT • Business • cbs17.com
How New Casino Plans At PENN Entertainment (PENN) Have Changed Its Investment Story

PENN Entertainment held a groundbreaking ceremony on 14 September 2026 for the future Hollywood Casino Hotel Council Bluffs, a land-based property intended to replace the adjacent Ameristar Council Bluffs riverboat casino, subject to regulatory approvals, with opening targeted for 2028. The move shifts capital into a land-based resort format that can concentrate gaming, hotel, and non-gaming spend in one property. This matters for guest economics, cost efficiency, and how PENN Entertainment...

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Sep 11 • 4:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
Saudi Arabian oil pipeline system hit by projectiles triggering fires

A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

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Sep 11 • 12:28 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Saudi oil pipeline shut down after attack triggers fires

(CNN) — A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

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Sep 11 • 12:28 PM EDT • Politics • kten.com
Congress and our political class have been letting 9/11 families down for 25 years

We have watched an appearance at a ceremony matter more to many of these people than the follow-through ever has.

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Sep 11 • 11:30 AM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Naperville News Digest: KidsMatter holding science video contest; National Merit Scholarship semifinalists announced

Roundup of small news items for the Naperville area.

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Sep 11 • 9:55 AM EDT • Science • chicagotribune.com
CVC in final talks for EQT's Ginko China business, sources say

CVC Capital Partners has entered final talks ​to buy the EQT-owned mainland China ‌business of contact lens maker Ginko International, four people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Sep 11 • 7:32 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
CVC in final talks for EQT’s Ginko China business, sources say

By Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG, Sept 11 (Reuters) - CVC Capital Partners has entered final talks to ​buy the EQT-owned mainland China business of ‌contact lens maker Ginko International, four people with knowledge of the matter said. • A deal...

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Sep 11 • 7:31 AM EDT • Business • kfgo.com
Opinion: Why every college student should learn to think like an entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship teaches students to take risks, solve problems and turn ideas into reality — skills that matter well beyond the startup world.

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Sep 11 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
George J. Pammer

George J. Pammer is a founding partner at Batarseh Pammer, which provides experienced legal counsel in family law, criminal defense and traffic matters.

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Sep 11 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • libn.com
Howard Fensterman

Howard Fensterman is the managing partner and co-founder of Abrams Fensterman, a full-service law firm representing healthcare professionals, physicians, licensed professionals, businesses and institutions in regulatory, corporate, litigation and transactional legal matters.

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Postpartum politics: What it means to run for government as a new mum

Victorian Greens candidates Nina Crawley and Lini Fernando reflect on their experiences running a political campaign just months after giving birth. From the challenges and compromises to the support networks that wrapped around them, and why showing up vulnerably in public space matters. Subscribe In 2024, when my second child was four months old, I decided to run for local government. Fast forward two years, I am again four months postpartum, with my third child, and this time running in the state election. But this time has hit differently. Going through pregnancy, birth and postpartum while being a political candidate has had a more profound and personal impact than I ever expected. I reached out to my fellow Greens candidate for the state election, Lini Fernando, who gave birth 20 days before me, and her experience closely mirrored mine. Postpartum has its own unique challenges that we’ve not seen reflected in stories about women running for office. When people discuss the “juggle”, they’re usually talking about the practical mechanics of looking after small children - childcare arrangements, pumping schedules and logistics. As mums of multiple children, we were both aware of the logistical changes and difficulties that accompany giving birth and the months after. We assumed that combining this with running for election would be hard, but that we could organise our way out of any problems. What neither of us anticipated was the intense vulnerability that comes with putting yourself into the spotlight of a state election campaign at a time when you are physically exhausted and navigating things like breastfeeding and feeling like a stranger in your own body. There have been challenges that neither of us anticipated. Firstly, needing to buy new clothes because the supportive leggings that are a staple of the postpartum wardrobe weren’t going to cut it for community events. Lini held her first fundraiser - a trivia night - just three weeks postpartum. A business-casual wardrobe, several sizes bigger than pre-baby, was needed, and fast. As women, how we look is closely scrutinised, and the internalised fatphobia is loud. We are conditioned from our earliest days to believe that our appearance is tied to our worth, and taught how we are allowed to show up in public. Women who dare to put themselves into the spotlight also receive more abuse than their male counterparts, including criticism of their appearance. To stand in front of members of your community and try to convince them that you’re the best person to represent them in parliament is a challenge in and of itself. To do it with leaking breasts, a pelvic floor that could betray you at the first sign of a sneeze, a body that still feels unfamiliar, and with half your hair falling out (hello postpartum hair loss!) is another thing altogether. It requires courage, allowing yourself the grace to be vulnerable in public, and the belief that showing up, however imperfectly, matters. And the vulnerability isn’t just physical; it also includes factors like having to ask a campaign team to accommodate the realities of having a baby. Asking for help is hard, and it’s a skill that both new parents and hopeful political candidates need to become comfortable with. Parents understand the disappointment that comes when a call for help or connection is rebuffed, like a friend cancelling a much-needed coffee. That rejection is amplified for political candidates calling dozens of people each week. Many people don’t realise running for Parliament, when you aren’t the incumbent, is a volunteer role supported largely by other volunteers who have to squeeze volunteering in around their paid work. Calls need to be made and meetings held after work hours - usually during “witching hour” (5-8 pm), that special time of night when babies cry for no reason. I found that I was struggling to make these commitments, or having to tap out and ask for them to be rearranged. When I spoke to Lini, we realised that she had had a similar experience, this push-pull of being the candidate and wanting to show our faces at meetings and help recruit new volunteers at ‘calling parties’, but also being the only people who could settle our newborns. Sometimes we could merge the two worlds; Lini and I realised that we had both attended 7:30pm meetings online, sitting in a dark room, struggling though breastfeeding and settling our babies. Although we’re both committed to breaking the stigma around breastfeeding, it can be hard to keep your composure while trying to feed a young baby as they try to latch, spew and fuss. Ultimately, Lini and I agreed that showing up vulnerably in public space matters. Leaders should possess empathy and understanding for those who feel raw and in transition; from the dad who just got evicted to the teen who acquired a disability - anyone who feels they aren’t the version of themselves they expected right now. The patriarchy tries to tell us otherwise, but women shouldn’t have to wait until they’re ‘recovered’, no longer vulnerable, before they feel entitled to participate in public life. In fact, we could all benefit from our leaders being a little more vulnerable. *This piece was cowritten, but has been presented in the first person for the sake of style. About the authors Nina Crawley is former teacher and community organiser who now works in human rights and inequality advocacy for a non-profit. She’s a mother of three keen to get back to running as soon as her pelvic floor allows! She’s contesting the seat of Ivanhoe for the Greens in this year’s state election. Lini Fernando is a lawyer working in diverse areas of law including anti corruption and public law. She’s a mother of two and a gardening and good policy enthusiast. She is currently contesting the seat of Croydon for the Greens in this year’s state election. Thanks for reading Cheek Media Co. ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share

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Sep 10 • 10:31 PM EDT • Politics • cheekmedia.substack.com
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State health officials issue vaccine schedule amid ongoing shifts in federal vaccine guidance

Maryland health officials issued a first-ever state vaccine schedule Thursday ahead of the annual flu and respiratory illness season, under a new policy created to buck anti-vaccine messaging from the Trump administration in recent years.

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Sep 10 • 6:22 PM EDT • Health • marylandmatters.org
How to Watch 49ers Games Without Cable in 2026

Though it may not always seem as simple as it should be, it’s still fairly easy to watch every San Francisco 49ers game without cable in 2026.Your options will vary depending on what exactly you’re looking for, and whether games are in or out of your market, but no matter your situation or location, we […] The post How to Watch 49ers Games Without Cable in 2026 appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 10 • 5:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump’s pledge for $5K checks catches officials and allies off guard, sparks GOP blowback

President Donald Trump blindsided many of his own administration officials and allies with his vow to pay all American adults $5,000 if Republicans keep control of Congress, prompting an internal scramble on Thursday to backfill the proposal’s specifics, two people familiar with the matter told CNN.

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Sep 10 • 5:24 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
World Suicide Prevention Day with Avera Health

Every life matters, and World Suicide Prevention Day serves as an important reminder that help is available and hope is real.If you or someone you know is struggling, reaching out and starting a co…

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In Good Health: The Matter Of Maternal Mental Health Care

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial captivated the American public for weeks.Prosecutors charged Clancy with murdering her three children. They say she then tried to take her own life and that her injuries left her paralyzed from the waist down. Clancy’s lawyers say she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. But prosecutors say she planned the deaths.After seven days of deliberation, the jury remained deadlocked and the case ended in a mistrial.The trial has divided the nation and sparked conversations over about maternal mental health, raising questions over gaps in care for parents after giving birth. About one in five expecting or postpartum women in the U.S. experience mental health disorders. And according to a 2025 study, overall maternal mental health has dramatically dropped in the past seven years, with only 25 percent of moms reporting excellent mental health.What do we know – and don’t know – about maternal mental health care? And how can our systems be bolstered to help those who need it most after giving birth?If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or thinking of harming yourself, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7 by phone and text. The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline is also available 24/7. You can text, call or chat at 1-833-TLC-MAMA. The Postpartum Support International also offers a helpline at 1-800-944-4773 or you can visit postpartum.net.Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.

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Sep 10 • 1:54 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Saudi wealth fund weighs EA-Savvy merger, Bloomberg News reports

Saudi Arabia's wealth fund is considering merging Electronic Arts with Savvy ​Games to create a gaming giant, Bloomberg News ‌reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Sep 10 • 12:43 PM EDT • Technology • reuters.com
McInnes on 'fire and ice', derby first & 'godsend' Miovski

Rangers manager Derek McInnes has been speaking to the media before the League Cup quarter-final against Celtic on Sunday at Ibrox. The Ibrox boss emphasised the importance of striking the first blow against a good Celtic team to deliver the chance to "be relevant domestically again in terms of winning trophies". McInnes stressed the need for discipline alongside being competitive and aggressive, adding a "bit of fire and ice at the right times can help matters".

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Sep 10 • 10:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Is Marvell The Broad Chip Business You Think You Own?

Marvell Technology (MRVL) raised its revenue outlook again with its fiscal Q2 2027 results in late August. The size of the raise is the easy story. What fell out of management's script matters more, because the business you own has narrowed toward a single bet.

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Omnilert Launches AI Camera Health Monitoring to Help Organizations Ensure Security Cameras Perform When It Matters Most

LEESBURG, Va. — — Omnilert, the leader in visual gun detection and automated emergency response, today announced the launch of Omnilert AI Camera Health

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Sep 10 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • omnilert.com
Do black holes have hidden hair? Scientists are searching

If black holes have extra matter around them – aka hidden hair – astronomers could find it by measuring the different characteristics of these ripples.

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Sep 10 • 7:58 AM EDT • Science • earthsky.org
Have scientists finally detected dark matter?

For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting it. Science editor Ian Sample explains to Madeleine Finlay why, if confirmed, the finding could completely transform our understanding of the universe. And Dr Samuel Erikson, senior research associate at the University of Bristol, and first author of the research paper, explains how the finding has been received in the physics community

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Is Life Itself a State of Matter?

We can explain solids, liquids, and gases — but how nonliving matter self-assembles into life remains one of science’s great mysteries.

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Health officials, auditors at odds over millions in Medicaid payments to inmates

Lawmakers were left frustrated and confused Wednesday after a 2.5-hour discussion with state auditors and health officials turned into a debate over whether millions in Medicaid payments made on behalf of incarcerated individuals were proper.

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Want to Do Business With the Chinese? Here’s What You Need to Know

China’s growing commercial footprint across the Global South is creating new opportunities, but major knowledge gaps remain over how Chinese businesses build trust, negotiate, and form partnerships. Guanxi, institutional norms, and long-term relationships can matter as much as contracts and competitive pricing. At the same time, Chinese companies are still ...

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Health System Board Finance Working Group passes remote participation policy

The policy states that a member of HSB may participate remotely in meetings not open to the public, provided the member notifies the rector that they are unable to attend in-person due to an emergency, personal matters or a disability.

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Closing health workforce gaps for emergency response: the Western Pacific steps up

Over 100 health emergency experts from 56 institutions across 21 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region who are part of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) concluded their annual regional partners’ meeting with a commitment to bridge gaps in emergency workforce capacities and advance regional emergency readiness and resilience.Co-hosted by WHO and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in the Republic of Korea, the two-day event aimed to strengthen the Region’s collective ability to detect, prepare for and respond to health emergencies.Partners mapped capacities and priority technical gaps across the Region — including cybersecurity and critical infrastructure resilience; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and environmental health; biological emergencies, nuclear emergencies, and nuclear and radiological security.The result: a renewed commitment to close these gaps by working together through shared expertise and coordinated action. Advancing the Global Health Emergency CorpsReflective of regional solidarity and partnerships in action, GOARN – which is coordinated globally by WHO - enables a stronger, better-connected emergency health workforce that is ready to surge wherever and whenever requested by WHO Member States.This year alone, GOARN partners across the Western Pacific have supported nine experts on six missions - from measles outbreaks in Viet Nam to HIV outbreak response in Fiji - providing surge support in epidemiology, surveillance and clinical case management.Photo: Participants at the Global Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Partners Meeting 2026. Credit: KDCA/Shin Dong Myoung“GOARN partners across the Western Pacific and globally have repeatedly demonstrated the power of what we can do collectively, when we join forces, share expertise and build on each other’s strengths,” noted Dr Gina Samaan, WHO Regional Emergency Director for the Western Pacific, in her opening remarks at the gathering. “Let us continue to forge long-term partnerships grounded in mutual respect that will protect the Region for generations to come. We are smarter, faster and infinitely stronger when we work together,” she added.Reiterating Dr Samaan's call, Dr Seung-kwan Lim, Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, emphasized the value of GOARN: “The Republic of Korea is pleased to stand alongside our regional partners in building an emergency workforce that is ready and resilient. GOARN turns national expertise into regional readiness - catalysing national strengths into collective resilience.”GOARN advances the Global Health Security Action Framework (GHEC) initiative by “convening, connecting and capacitating” regional leaders and surge workforce – “the three Cs”. Years of GOARN leadership and outbreak response training programmes have cultivated a deep bench of fit-for-purpose, seasoned outbreak response experts and forged an alumni network of emergency leaders worldwide. The Western Pacific network alone has now grown to 94 partner institutions across 19 countries. Photo: Participants at the Global Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Partners Meeting 2026. Credit: KDCA/Shin Dong Myoung Putting partnerships into practiceDuring the Regional Partners’ Meeting, health experts identified and catalogued the technical expertise currently available across the Western Pacific Region, so that the right skills could be better matched quickly to needs wherever emergencies occur.Three priority areas emerged for further strengthening:Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure resilience - protecting essential systems, including healthcare networks, from digital disruptions.Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and environmental health - reflecting the ongoing nexus between climate change and health.Biological emergencies, nuclear emergencies, and nuclear and radiological security - requiring specialized technical capability that remains limited across many national response systems.Meeting participants reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening workforce capacities in the Region, with a particular focus on these three areas, and to working collectively to better prepare the Western Pacific for the next health emergency.Photo: Dr Gina Samaan, WHO Regional Emergency Director for the Western Pacific, delivers opening remarks at the Global Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Partners Meeting 2026. Credit: KDCA/Shin Dong Myoung“GOARN is truly turning preparedness into action - giving our Region the surge capacity it needs for fast, coordinated response when it matters most - and building more resilient health systems along the way,” said Dr Samaan. “As health emergencies mount in this age of permacrisis, emergency preparedness and response must be woven into the fabric of health. This is not an option, but an imperative as we seek to achieve health for all.”____ About GOARNThe Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), coordinated by the World Health Organization since 2000, strengthens global health security by advancing preparedness for and response to public health emergencies. The network brings together more than 390 institutions, including national public health agencies, technical organizations and nongovernmental partners, to support coordinated international action during outbreaks and other health emergencies. There are 94 GOARN partners in the Western Pacific Region (as of August 2026), accounting for approximately 25% of global partners. For more information and media interviews, please contact: WHO Western Pacific Communications: wprocom@who.intAra Johannes: johannesa@who.int

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
ABC24 Memphis

ABC24 Memphis (WATN-TV) & CW30 News Right Now work to tell stories that matter to your family and stories that celebrate life in Memphis and the Mid-South. We invite you to subscribe to our channel and to visit us on our website, https://www.abc24.com. If you have questions or news tips you can always reach out to us at newsdesk@abc24.com. Thanks for watching!

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$30,000 grant will strengthen dental education and community oral health efforts in El Paso

Hunt School of Dental Medicine students will work with local organizations to address oral health needs through service, education and research

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Sep 9 • 6:47 PM EDT • Health • elpasomatters.org
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How to Watch Patriots Games Without Cable in 2026

No cable doesn’t mean you have to miss a single New England Patriots game in 2026.Your options will vary depending on what exactly you’re looking for, and whether games are in or out of your market, but no matter your situation or location, we have the full rundown on how you can stream any Patriots […] The post How to Watch Patriots Games Without Cable in 2026 appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 9 • 6:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Data Centers Challenge Our Usual Politics

This year, Harvard Magazine featured an article that asserts that the Democrats have lost key tech industry endorsements. Let’s see if that matters.

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Sep 9 • 5:29 PM EDT • Politics • mindmatters.ai
These small Seattle theater spaces are making big moves

How new energy at Theatre Off Jackson, Annex Theatre and Seattle Open Arts Place is reinvigorating Seattle’s fringe theater scene, and why that matters.

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Sep 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Enbridge nears $2 billion deal for Blackstone's Pony Express crude pipeline, Bloomberg News reports

Enbridge is in advanced ‌talks to buy the major crude oil ​pipeline Pony Express ​Pipeline in the U.S. from Blackstone-owned ⁠Tallgrass Energy for ​about $2 billion, Bloomberg News ​reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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How to Watch Seahawks Games Without Cable in 2026

The defending champion Seattle Seahawks will be must-watch TV in 2026. Fortunately, even if you don’t have cable, you can still easily watch them.Your options will vary depending on what exactly you’re looking for, and whether games are in or out of your market, but no matter your situation or location, we have the full […] The post How to Watch Seahawks Games Without Cable in 2026 appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 9 • 3:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
iPhone Duo Gets Its Own Case and Folio With Kickstand

Apple today introduced two dedicated accessories for iPhone Duo, its Case and a Folio with Kickstand. The iPhone Duo Case is a thin, two-part design that wraps around both the front and back of the device. It uses built-in magnets that align with th iPhone Duo for what Apple calls a "magical attach experience". The case is made from polycarbonate with a matte coating and comes in Sand and Navy Blue.

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Sep 9 • 3:09 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
The Distant World Of Chariklo's Ring System Has Changed In A Matter Of Years, And Astronomers Are Not Sure Why

Not long ago, astronomers were surprised to find rings around the distant world of Chariklo. Looking at it again using the JWST, the rings have surprised us once more.

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Sep 9 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Why Texas Republican donors give — and why the state matters to GOP fundraising

As the Republican National Committee gathers in Dallas, Republican donors and political experts explain why Texas raises so much money.

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Sep 9 • 10:39 AM EDT • Politics • kut.org
Don’t Promote Them. Talk to Them.

Pay matters, but conversations keep people. Brian Walch explains how to build a "Career Compass" to retain your team.

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Editorial: Stars and Stripes paper the latest casualty of ‘friendly’ fire

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Pete Hegseth, it appears, would not have gotten along well. They almost certainly would have disagreed on one particular military matter — the editorial independence of

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Plastics treaty: Cordano presents “Aid to negotiations” but disappoints science

The document released by the INC Chair ahead of the meeting of heads of delegation in Bangkok is an even weaker version of the text already rejected at INC-5.2 a year ago

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California sanctions insurer after it cut assisted living coverage to thousands

State regulators found eight violations after Health Net's abrupt benefit cuts endangered vulnerable Medi-Cal patients.

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The uncomfortable question behind OpenAI's math fight

The drama surrounding a historically difficult math problem actually matters to you. Read why.

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Sep 9 • 7:32 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Why Treasury Yields Near 5 Percent Are Keeping Your Mortgage (and Business Loan) Expensive

Everyone watches the Fed for lower interest rates. But Treasury yields can matter just as much.

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Luminis cybersecurity incident highlights 'concerning' rise in attacks on healthcare

Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry, like the one that hit an Anne Arundel County hospital last week, are becoming increasingly common and state-level policymakers should prepare for even more, an expert said Tuesday.

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Right-back misses Liverpool training ahead of Atletico Madrid tie

Liverpool are set to open their Champions League campaign on Wednesday evening with a game against Atletico Madrid. Every year without fail, no matter which pot Liverpool and Atletico end up in, both ...

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Sep 9 • 4:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why does early treatment matter for psychotic episodes?

Early treatment for psychosis can improve recovery and challenge the idea that mental illness means a lifetime of suffering.

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Sep 9 • 4:14 AM EDT • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
Europeans struggle to imagine 'credible' future, study finds

New research identifies an 'imagination gap' as where political choices can still matter

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Europeans struggle to imagine 'credible' future, finds study

New research identifies an 'imagination gap' as where political choices can still matter

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LSU announces final decision on adding former NFL players

The biggest storyline in college football over the past few weeks has been LSU and head coach Lane Kiffin’s attempts to add multiple players to its roster who had signed NFL contracts and spent time with NFL teams this preseason. Now, LSU has made a final decision on that matter. With the looming threat of…

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The 98 Biggest TV Show Flops, Bombs and Misses in the First Half of 2026

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) In July, I updated my look at how the “streaming bubble” popped since 2023, showing the decline in streaming TV shows over time. But after compiling and analyzing and writing about over one hundred TV show flops in the first half of 2026—I counted 99 “nominees” and there are even more honorable mentions—I couldn’t have told you that the number of shows is going down. When it comes to scripted, English-language TV shows, it feels like we have as many bombs as ever. I don’t keep a specific count, but some streamers probably had as many flops as they’ve ever had.1 That’s right, it’s time for part two of my analysis of the biggest flops, bombs and misses on streaming in the first half of 2026. Two weeks ago, I took a look at films. Today, TV shows. If you want to read the full methodology for how I assemble this list, you can find it at the bottom of this article. In short, this list is… ...scripted and unscripted TV shows,...from the nine major streamers,...in the US (using US-only ratings),...excluding true crime, kids and foreign-language shows,...that got no/poor ratings,...from Jan-2026 to the end of June-2026. Reminder: this article does not represent my personal opinion—many of these shows are great!—but I follow the data, and a miss is a miss and a bomb is a bomb. Also, price matters. If a TV show costs north of $100 million, it needs to get lots and lots of streaming viewership to justify that budget. As with past editions, I ordered this list by streamer, going from best (fewest flops) to worst (the most misses)—taking the size of the flops into consideration—and like the last edition, three or four streamers vied to take the win/loss of having the most flops. (But the actual winner is no surprise.) I try to avoid tooting my own horn too much, but seriously, in just under 5,000 words (including the methodology section) I provide a mostly comprehensive overview of the eight major streamers (Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and Apple TV) for the first half of the year, mentioning most of their hits and all their misses. It summarizes the entire first half of 2026! If you want to support this work, please subscribe. Subscribe Tubi Big Mood Boarders The Freak Brothers Twenty Twenty Six Honorable Mentions: Busted on Bodycam, Deestroying the Pitch, Destination World Cup 2026 I don’t think that Tubi spends all that much making or (mostly) licensing these original TV shows—Big Mood, Boarders and Twenty Twenty Six all come from the UK—but they’re not free and they didn’t chart anywhere. Winner: The Freak Brothers Have you even heard of this show? It’s an animated comedy...that’s on its third season! And Pete Davidson, Woody Harrelson, John Goodman and Tiffany Haddish all provide voice talent for it. Yes, animated shows don’t cost as much as live action shows, but cheap isn’t free! So a show with this level of talent needs to perform better. Disney+ Daredevil: Born Again Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Honorable Mentions: Behind the Attraction, Donna Hay Coastal Celebrations, We Call It Imagineering Disney+ doesn’t make all that many original shows anymore. They had two flops, and one was animated. Their one not-a-miss show, Wonder Man, got just good enough viewership to not be considered a “miss”...but it’s since been cancelled. At this point, Disney has pivoted entirely away from making big budget TV shows for Disney+ to making...almost nothing for Disney+? Sure, Disney’s spending circa 2019-2022 was unsustainable, but now they’re pivoting too far in the other direction. At some point, Disney needs to stop shifting strategies so wildly. Really, Disney should have made fewer shows for Disney+ at launch and the shows they did make at that time needed to be made at more reasonable budgets. And they should adopt that strategy now. Winner: Daredevil: Born Again Daredevil, the Marvel Comics character, is on my personal Mount Rushmore of favorite superheroes, so it pains me to give him the win/loss today, but this show deserves it. I’ll repeat my hot take from last spring: “Based on his popularity, Daredevil should be in movies, and probably ones that cost a lot less than the MCU’s usual price tag. Disney/Bob Iger/Ike Perlmutter (who, based on reporting, made the decision) made a huge mistake selling TV shows to Netflix in the 2010s, thus limiting this character to the small screen. Daredevil could have anchored Marvel’s post-Infinity War plans, and if he did, the MCU would probably be in a better place than it is now.” HBO Max We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… What four streamers had the most misses... HBO’s strong start to 2026… The caveat to Peacock’s turnaround this year... Paramount+’s key man problem… What country isn’t delivering hits for Netflix or Hulu... The cavalcade of stars on a streamer where no one is watching their shows... Across nearly 5,000 words of analysis… And a lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you’d like to read more about why you should subscribe, please read this article about the Streaming Ratings Report, why it matters, why you need it, and why we cover streaming ratings best.

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Sep 8 • 6:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Blackstone explores sale of ZO Skin Health, sources say

Investment firm Blackstone is looking to sell ​medical-grade skincare company ZO Skin ‌Health, which could be valued at around $2 billion in any deal, according to ​people familiar with the matter.

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Sep 8 • 5:19 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Russell Peters opens up about race, politics and why he still needs comedy

Russell Peters talks race, prejudice, politics, and why making people laugh still matters.

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Sep 8 • 3:02 PM EDT • Politics • metrotimes.com
Creators Mean Business: Why This Growing Buyer Community Matters and What Exhibitors Need to Know

In this Exhibitor Town Hall, members of the NAB Show Creator Council share firsthand insights into how creators discover and evaluate technology.

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Sep 8 • 2:19 PM EDT • Business • nabshow.com
Press Release: You Matter! Building Connection, Hope, and Support in Rowan County

You Matter! Building Connection, Hope, and Support in Rowan County FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESalisbury, NC- During Suicide Prevention Awareness Month this September, Rowan County Public Health is

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Sep 8 • 9:55 AM EDT • Health • rowancountync.gov
Joliet Chamber: The value of being connected and why business relationships still matter

With busy schedules and countless demands competing for their attention, simply putting a networking event on the calendar isn’t always enough. People want to know that their time will be well spent.

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Sep 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • shawlocal.com
Medi-Cal won't pay for assisted living in most of California. One brother fought back

A brother spent 9 months fighting Medi-Cal so his sister could get assisted living near home instead of a nursing home.

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Sep 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • calmatters.org
Democrats have lost Silicon Valley. Here's what it will take to win it back

If Democrats want to become the party of the future again, they need to stop treating the people building the future like political enemies.

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Sep 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
Health Carousel Announces Third Annual Nursing Careers Week: November 9-13, 2026

/PRNewswire/ -- As nurses navigate an increasingly complex profession, questions about what comes next in their careers have never mattered more. This...

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Sep 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
What is the Ballon d'Or? Award history and why it matters so much to soccer players

Every October, the Ballon d'Or is a huge bone of contention for soccer fans around the globe, as the prestigious award prepares to add another superstar to its list of all-time great winners.

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Sep 8 • 4:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
McHenry County Mental Health Board: Conversations that Matter Mental Health Summit is Sept. 11

The public is invited to attend a day of deep connection to move beyond surface-level interaction to engage in transformative communication at the McHenry County Mental Health Board Community Connections Summit on Sept. 11.

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Political notes: Ivey co-chairs CBCF, Ausby to Appellate Court, another Haley honored

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-4th) co-chairs the annual conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation at a challenging time for the caucus, Simon Haley is honored at UMES and Kendra Young Ausby is elevated to an Appellate Court judgeship, in political notes.

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Calmatters: Californias Healthcare Affordability Office Claims Power To Punish Overspending Hospitals

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Jays/A’s Series Preview

We have three games with the ‘Insert town name here’ A’s. The A’s are 57-78, 16 games back of Houston in the Al West and, “it doesn’t matter games” back in the Wild Card race. They need to go 6-12 in their last 18 games to save themselves from losing 100 games. That doesn’t mean […]

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Former Gunner receives 4-match Champions League ban

Matteo Guendouzi has received a four-match Champions League ban after insults and provocations during Fenerbahce’s recent game against Lyon, though two matches are suspended.Photo by Ahmad Mora/Gett...

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Sep 7 • 11:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Health Matters with TSET: Oklahoma students get inside look at healthcare careers

Oklahoma high school students are gaining hands-on healthcare experience through hospital volunteer programs that help them explore potential medical careers.

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Sep 7 • 10:52 AM EDT • Health • news9.com
Behind the scenes: The science that confirmed Australia's first H5 bird flu case

When a suspected case of H5 bird flu arrived in Australia, CSIRO scientists knew the first hours would matter.

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Sep 7 • 8:40 AM EDT • Science • phys.org
Do black holes have hidden hair? Scientists find a new way to check

A team led by researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has found a way to check for black hole hair using changes in ringdown waves. They found that hidden matter does not affect these waves uniformly; the frequency and fade-out speed of the waves respond differently. This difference may show us if hidden matter is present, and how its pressure is arranged around a black hole. For spinning black holes, hidden matter affects ringdown differently, depending on whether the waves move with or against the black hole’s spin. Published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, the study tells us what pattern in the gravitational wave signal would be a clue that hidden hair is present and may help future observations tell a hairy black hole apart from an ordinary one.

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Protein vs. Calcium: Which Matters More for Strong Bones?

Protein and calcium work together to support strong bones. Learn how getting enough of both can help protect bone and muscle health as you age.

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Sep 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
Balancing an egg: How scientists built a floating magnet to hunt dark matter

Researchers built LeMaMa, a room-temperature levitated magnetometer sensitive enough to aid dark matter searches and monitor brain signals.

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Sep 7 • 7:15 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Arizona soccer thwarted by defensive-minded Dartmouth

Arizona dominated in every stat except the one that matters most

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Sep 7 • 1:07 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The core anti-Pangram constituency is phony writers

Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. The Verdict, by Kelsey Piper A lot of people hate AI for drowning the internet in slop and displacing human creatives. You might think that these people would be thrilled by a program that can identify and flag AI-generated work. But many people who hate AI also hate Pangram, an impressively accurate AI detector that produces very few false positives, according to high-quality independent research. This loathing found its most recent expression in a bizarre Wired article that amplifies a wide range of false arguments from Pangram skeptics: that AI detectors are racist (they’re not) or ableist (they’re not)1 or don’t work (this one does)2. Rather than starting from the premise that it would be really valuable to have a working AI detector and scrutinizing Pangram to make sure it lives up to that promise, the article starts from the premise that Pangram obviously has bad vibes and sets out to discover why. (One answer: The CEO microwaved lunch during an interview!) Why aren’t writers who resent Pangram more eager to distinguish themselves from posters who are having ChatGPT ghostwrite all their work? There are a few different things at play, but I think one key dynamic is this: These are often the same people. A core constituency for arguments like Wired’s is “writers” who are using AI to write their posts but resent this fact being made public. They stand to lose from AI detectors because AI detectors call them out. Share When Substack announced a partnership with Pangram, a sizable fraction of the platform’s authors rose up in outrage. Some people had experience with other AI detectors that didn’t work, and some felt that AI writing ought to be encouraged — both of which are fair enough. But the fury was fueled by authors passionately insisting that Pangram kept wrongly accusing them on almost every post they published. Pangram can be wrong, especially on short passages. But in the overwhelming majority of cases where Pangram looked at a whole blog post rather than a single paragraph, the program correctly detected work as AI. Even if we can’t be 100% sure in any individual case, we can notice the trend in the aggregate. Wired quotes Sam Illingworth, a professor of critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, who said, “I don’t think [AI detectors] work. … I think that detectors are prejudiced against certain people.” This spring, he said that he used AI for research and editing; this summer he acknowledged that in addition to research and editing, he also uses it “now and then for a turn of phrase I keep.” Pangram informs us that most of his posts are 100% AI-written (some are mixed AI-and-human) and that 100% AI-written posts started appearing last year. The favorable interpretation is that, as someone whose recent work Pangram consistently mistakes for AI, Illingworth sees Pangram’s flaws firsthand. The unfavorable interpretation is that the tool’s credibility trades off against his own, because its account of who writes his posts is not consistent with his. Illingworth is not alone in insisting the detector does not work. “It’s a Monday night in late July, and I’m pasting my own Substack draft into an AI detector for the first time. Not because I’m worried. Because I’m curious. I wrote every word of it myself, the way I write everything, out loud in my head first, in a rhythm that still carries the accent of a language I learned to think in before I learned to write in this one,” begins one Substack post by an author indignant that Pangram flags her writing as AI. “That’s the part I had to sit with before I could write this.” If you, like me, have worked with AIs a lot, you won’t even need Pangram there. The author of that piece is AI. It is obviously AI! I checked 10 other posts on the blog, and they were also obviously AI! “I have spent 22 years as an award-winning author and essayist. And now this bullshit tool that learned from MY writing is going to accuse me of plagiarism,” popular Substack writer Carlyn Beccia wrote in an anti-Pangram post. “For the last and final time, AI DETECTORS DO NOT WORK.” Here’s what her writing sounded like in 2020: “Most success stories revolve around one person who believed enough in you to say — give it a try. We call these people muses, but they are so much more than that. They are the strong man giants whose shoulders we stand on so we can see the horizon. Throughout the editing process, I am sure my editor felt less like a giant of greatness and more like Atlas with the world on her shoulders.” Pangram says it was 100% human-written. (So were other articles of hers in 2020.) And here’s what it sounds like now: “And then there is the reshuffling, which sounds like paperwork until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork. The Trump regime recently moved special education oversight from the Education Department to HHS. That is not a minor bureaucratic transfer. It changes the frame.”3 Pangram says this is mostly AI. I am not convinced that Pangram is wrong. In my own experience, Pangram is very effective on long texts — if it marks a long essay as AI, the essay was either written by AI or deliberately written to sound like AI. On tweet-length or paragraph-length texts, it’s not perfectly reliable. It seems to work just as well for non-native English speakers as for native speakers. While I have seen dozens of claims of pre-2022 text returning a positive result on Pangram, I have tried repeatedly to corroborate those and have never once succeeded. To be clear, I’m absolutely not saying that complaining about Pangram suggests a writer is a cheat. There are plenty of other concerns. Most are mistakenly premised, such as the false claim that Pangram trains on work you put into it, but others are reasonable: It’s unreliable on sufficiently short text segments; it creates an internet witch-hunt mentality when there are defensible uses of AI; people who are open about their AI use are sometimes blamed, when the only people really doing something wrong are the ones who hide it; and it isn’t perfect, so a single positive result shouldn’t be taken as decisive proof of misconduct. I’m happy to concede that Pangram is imperfect and possible to over-rely on. If an author’s posts are mostly non-AI and one scans as partially AI, this could be a mistake. It’s also possible to defeat Pangram with intentional effort. If you think we need something more robust and more reliable, fine! But if you don’t like AI and don’t like Pangram, your attitude really ought to be that it’s a shame that our existing tools for AI detection are imperfect, and it’s important to invent better ones. If your stance is instead that AI is evil and so is looking for AI, then ultimately you’re contributing to the sloppification of the internet. You’re making it harder for people who write their own text to distinguish themselves, and providing cover for authors who are definitely not writing their own text. Subscribe Top stories this week, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs Commentators often worry that the decline of reading could mean the decline of liberal democracy — but deliberative governance actually predated widespread literacy. This week, Maibritt Henkel pointed out that many liberal cultures thrive on a culture of raucous, interactive debate, which can happen in-person as easily, if not more so, than in text. Read on, dear reader, to learn more. It may actually cheer you up: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) [ Reading won’t save liberalism ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) Maibritt Henkel · Sep 1 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) It used to be bad to downplay climate change (if we mean denying its reality). Today, it’s actually good to downplay climate change (if we mean keeping the issue out of political fights so we can make real progress). This counterintuitive view is called “climate hushing,” and contributor Alex Trembath argued that it’s the key to enacting good policy going forward. Get up to speed on the latest in climate politics: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) [ We won’t stop climate change by talking about it ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Alex Trembath · Sep 2 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing up for the forces of liberalism against Donald Trump’s assault on our closest ally. So, why is one prominent left-wing commenter attacking Carney? Columnist Matthew Yglesias explains: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) [ When "economic liberty" means central planning ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) Matthew Yglesias · Aug 31 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) 🌟Abundance Wins of the Week🌟 Shout out to my home state of California, whose legislature passed two housing bills this week. One requires a housing density minimum in transit-oriented areas of the state’s most transit-rich cities (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, and Long Beach). Another bill closes two common loopholes used by third parties to delay housing projects, including an opportunity to challenge maps of a given lot created by the developer after a project has been approved. Shout out to our big-state rival, Texas, where pro-housing SB 785 took effect this week. The new state law requires municipalities to have at least one district permitted for manufactured housing without a special permit. This will promote zoning changes in 44% of municipalities. The company Fervo Energy signed a deal with Google for what is set to be the world’s largest enhanced geothermal facility, proving a technology can work at a scale that could be crucial to a decarbonized, energy-abundant economy. Share Worth watching… This week, forecasting legend Nate Silver joined Jerusalem, Matt, and Jeremiah on a crowded episode of the pod. It was a party. And speaking of parties, our round table debated the factional lines within the Democratic Party: Is it possible to be center-left and also anti-establishment? Watch or listen to find out: The Rio Grande Valley in Texas is one of the areas that swung hardest toward Trump in 2024, but musician Bobby Pulido is running to flip it back. Right now, The Argument/Split Ticket’s model has him running 1.1 points behind his Republican opponent in a district Trump won by 18 points. Tune in to find out how he differs from national Democrats and what he thinks he can to do win this seat. On Thursday, Bernie Sanders was among the first politicians to call for a ban on superintelligence. My guest this week, Andrea Miotti, has been lobbying to ban superintelligence for several years, most recently in the U.K., U.S., and Canada. I asked him how he gets legislators to take speculative risks seriously, and we dug into what plans might look like to actually pass a ban. Listen to learn more: What’s News with The Argument The Argument recommends, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs If we ever lose track of Justin Zuckerman, I’ll have the team split up and check all the movie theaters in the city. I’m shocked (and a little jealous) at how often he gets out to see good cinema. This week, he brings us It Ends, a “horror-ish movie,” which he described as a “Gen Z Waiting for Godot.” I was intrigued before he added that it was “funny, dark and existential” — at which point I was fully locked in. I guess I also had existential themes on the mind this week. One morning, a single line from a poem I read long ago just came to me: “Is death a stretch of time in which a life is just a flash?” The poem is called “From 20,000 Feet” by Heather McHugh. I suggest the version in The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, which, by tradition, my best friend and I always bring backpacking, extra weight be damned. We’ll stay thematically dark for just one more rec from senior editor John Robert Thomason, whose upcoming trip to Baltimore reminded him to suggest Michael Clune’s memoir White Out (about being addicted to heroin in Baltimore in the 1990s). Ben Lerner’s blurb called it _“_Disturbing, brilliant, hilarious—it’s as if Proust had written Jesus’ Son.” John told me this “seems accurate, with the caveat that I’ve never read Proust.” I, personally, have also shelved Proust until retirement. At this point, I was a little concerned for the team since all of us tossed out such psychologically grim material — maybe we’re all down about the end of summer — but thankfully, at least a few of us were into more upbeat selections. Milan Singh recommended Made In’s 5-quart stainless clad saucier, suggesting he had some fun in the kitchen. Jeremiah Johnson asked if he could recommend yet more Carly Rae Jepsen. Once denied, he offered up Game Changer instead_,_ calling it “the most wildly creative game show, maybe in the entire history of the genre.” Eli Richman mentioned _Lucky, “_a B-tier show with an A-tier cast and an S-tier theme song.” I suppose he was recommending the song, Horns of a Bull. Still, despite these cheerier recs, I couldn’t help but be concerned that we were subconsciously worried about racing toward summer’s end — the end of swim trunks and splashing around. Then a message landed reminding me of the three-day weekend to come. A whole extra day for sunshine. One more swim in the lake. I was grateful this called to mind yet another line from a poem, one by Mary Oliver, the patron saint of every gorgeous summer day (and about whom a documentary is now out). Speaking to God in the poem “Thirst,” she wrote: grant me, in your mercy,a little more time. Love for the earthand love for you are having such a longconversation in my heart. We have merch! We have quarter-zips, keychains, hats, and stickers. Each one is a great conversation starter in its own way. Buy them here. Subscribe More to read: [ The Opening Argument ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite)[ Seeing like an elite ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) Kobe Yank-Jacobs · Sep 4 What do Americans hear when they watch Sen. Bernie Sanders or Vice President JD Vance rail against the elite? Are they thinking of right-wing tech billionaires? Imperious college professors? Liberal magazine writers? [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) [ The Weekly Scroll ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline)[ God is back on the timeline ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) Jeremiah Johnson · Sep 5 This week, we’re talking about Substack’s new religious debates, the continuing MAGA influencer scandal, how to retire from YouTube, and aura battles. [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) 1 This was a legitimate thing to worry about, but doesn’t seem to be a problem given the actual technology: Marijke Van Vlasselaer, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, and Bram Spruyt’s 2026 paper looks at whether Pangram is less accurate when evaluating the work of non-native speakers of English. It isn’t. That’s because Pangram isn’t really looking at how “unusual” a piece of writing is but whether it has the characteristic patterns of LLMs. The Wired article makes an odd gesture at a different Pangram-is-racist argument. There were several controversies this summer during which upcoming books were canceled after being discovered to be AI-written: “The three novels mentioned earlier — Shy Girl, Daggermouth, and Call Me, easily publishing’s biggest AI-detection scandals — were all written by writers of color.” But come on! As Zvi Mowshowitz put it: “They were not primarily written by people of color. They were primarily written by AIs.” That’s the whole problem! And as my colleague Jeremiah Johnson recently observed with respect to Cambridge’s Arday scandal, a community being unwilling to call out fraud if it’s perpetuated by people of color is not an anti-racist tendency; it is ultimately quite racist. 2 Many non-Pangram detectors don’t work, but many possible airplane designs also don’t work, and no one considers this a general argument against aviation; the thing that matters is whether any detection works. 3 The phrase “empires have always loved” mysteriously became all the rage in the last few years. See here, here, here, here and here. Before 2025, the only use of that phrase I have been able to find is a single Tweet. The logic of the sentence, too, is incoherent in an AI-characteristic way. “...sounds like paperwork, until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork”? Does remembering that make it sound less like paperwork? It’s a craft-ful sentence, but what is it actually saying??

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Judge to allow discussion of woman’s mental health history in ex-officer’s murder trial

In a matter of weeks, a former Stoughton officer is set to go on trial for the murder of a 23-year-old Canton woman and her unborn child.

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Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Honored by The Sporting News

David Ortiz is always going to hold a special place in the history of the Boston Red Sox.For that matter, his place in the history of Major League Baseball is quite secure, too.He was a legendary designated hitter who delivered in some of the biggest moments in Boston franchise history.And he did it with the […] The post Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Honored by The Sporting News appeared first on HEAVY.

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Chicago’s Jump Trading expands Hong Kong office

Jump Trading is adding office space in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest sign of global trading firms expanding their presence in the city.

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Merrimack Anheuser-Busch Property purchased by United Therapeutics Corporation

Biotechnology firm United Therapeutics Corporation has acquired the former Anheuser-Busch brewery site in Merrimack for $47 million, according to sources familiar with the matter. The transaction secures one of Southern New Hampshire’s largest industrial parcels, spanning nearly 300 acres off Daniel Webster Highway

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Imagicaaworld Entertainment And 2 Indian Undervalued Stocks To Watch

Global food and commodity prices remain elevated, and that keeps investors focused on cash rich Indian businesses that can handle higher input costs. When markets worry about inflation staying sticky, dependable cash generation often matters more than headline earnings. This article looks at three Indian stocks where current market prices sit below an internally assessed cash flow value. You will see why cash focused value hunters are watching these opportunities now. The three stocks covered...

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Guardians Lifeless In Loss To Tigers

The Guardians looked rough today in a 6-0 loss to the Tigers. Parker Messick did give up three runs in 6 innings but he also set a career high with 12 strikeouts. He was fantastic tonight. Matt Festa was bad but it wouldn’t have mattered considering we couldn’t score a single run. The Guardians lineup […]

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How Often You Exercise May Matter More Than How Hard You Work Out for Mental Health

When it comes to reducing the risk of depression and anxiety, how often students exercise may matter more than how hard they push themselves. A large Norwegian study found that students who exercised infrequently were more likely to develop clinically defined depression, anxiety, or another common mental disorder over the following year. How often they

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Are we seeing the end of Jewish politicians in the Democratic Party?

One might have thought that advocating for recognition of a Palestinian state and standing up for Islamophobia would have earned him a few brownie points, but when you’re Jewish, none of that matters

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Reader accuses board president of violating HOA statutes

According to state law, the minutes of the board meeting should list the substance of all matters proposed, discussed or decided at the meeting and the record of each member’s vote on any mat...

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California’s Healthcare Affordability Office Claims Power to Punish Overspending Hospitals

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. Year after

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