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Saturn Gets 11 New Moons, Bringing Its Total To A Whopping 285 –66 Percent Of All The Solar System's Moons

There's actually a rule which stops these moons from being given proper names. Don't give them the attention.

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Mar 23 • 11:48 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment hires former House exec

Georgia Ince was previously a development executive at House.

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Mar 23 • 11:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • screendaily.com
Top architectural and historic preservation groups sue Trump over Kennedy Center plans

A consortium of the nation’s top architectural and historic preservation groups is targeting President Donald Trump’s plans to temporarily close and extensively renovate the Kennedy Center, filing a new lawsuit Monday that asks a federal judge to indefinitely halt the project.

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Mar 23 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump to Maria Bartiromo: Iran wants to make a deal badly, could be within 5 days or sooner

Maria Bartiromo reports that President Donald Trump says Iran ‘wants to make a deal badly’ as he orders a five-day pause on planned strikes against key infrastructure, signaling ongoing high-level talks and triggering a sharp market rebound.

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Mar 23 • 8:58 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Energy Attacks in War on Iran Could Turn Economic Shock Into Long-Term Damage

A new phase targeting oil and gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf threatens to hurt businesses and customers around the world for months or even years.

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Mar 23 • 5:02 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
What events are happening in the South Bend area from March 23 to 29?

A variety of events will keep you busy this week. Attend a screening event, catch a concert, attend a lecture or play.

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Mar 23 • 4:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • southbendtribune.com
Simona Martin: Colorado’s data center boom needs public health guardrails

As AI infrastructure expands across the state, lawmakers face a choice about who bears the costs and risks.

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Mar 22 • 11:00 PM EDT • Health • boulderreportinglab.org
Iranian Missile Strikes Are Costing Big Oil Billions in Lost Revenue

Damaged energy infrastructure is likely to take years to come back online, but a surge in oil-and-gas prices is helping to offset some of the lost production for now.

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Mar 22 • 10:00 PM EDT • Business • wsj.com
A promising fatty liver treatment may raise cancer risk

A surprising new study reveals that blocking a supposedly protective enzyme, Caspase-2, could actually backfire—raising the risk of chronic liver damage and cancer over time. Researchers found that without this enzyme, liver cells grow abnormally large and accumulate genetic damage, leading to inflammation, scarring, and eventually tumors, especially with age. While inhibiting Caspase-2 may offer short-term benefits, such as reducing fatty liver disease, the long-term consequences appear dangerous.

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Your Thymus and Your Healthspan

Our thymus gland plays a central role in the development or our immune system, specifically for supporting T cell development (how these cells got their name, maturation and differentiation in the thymus) and discriminating between self and foreign, non-self antigen proteins with production of dendritic cells. As we age, our thymus gland shrinks—the process known as involution—with progressive change from spongy to fatty tissue, with loss of functionality. But this process, with respect to timeline and extent, markedly varies from one person to the next. And to make things even more complicated, our thymus gland anatomy and precise location in the chest also is highly variable. So the famous Frank Netter diagrams from the 1960s (such as at left below) don’t capture the remarkable heterogeneity that a random set of 12 chest CT scans (below at right). What I consider as 2 landmark papers in Nature this week (here and here) used AI to quantify health of the thymus in 2 large cohorts, and then correlate the metric to a broad array of health outcomes. In this edition of Ground Truths, I’m going to cover three questions: (1) How was thymus health determined by AI?; (2) How is thymus health linked to key clinical outcomes? and (3) Are there ways we can promote a healthy (aka rejuvenate) thymus gland in our later years? Subscribe 1. How was thymus health determined by AI? This was accomplished by extensive work developing and validating an AI pipeline for 2 stages, the first for localization and segmentation of the thymus bed, and the second to quantify a digital marker, termed the thymic health score. There’s a lot to this algorithmic development, so I won’t go into all the details, but just provide a rudimentary outline of what was done. The 1st stage used supervised learning with 2 radiologists reviewing 2,461 chest CT scans. That work trained a 3D U-Net model to automatically identify the thymic bed’s 3D cropped region using center of mass coordinates, which reached 99.8% accuracy. The 2nd stage used a foundation model that was pre-trained with SwAV (which stands for Swapping Assignment between multiple Views), a self-supervised model, that generated a high-dimensional thymus representation of 4,096 features. That compares to the radiology reductionist and subjective scoring of 0 to 3 where 0 means the thymus is fully degenerated and fatty, and 3 is considered dense, intact glandular soft tissue. Notably, the self-supervised learning (SSL) performance was superior to supervised (AUC ~0.75 vs 0.55, respectively) reflecting the shallowness of the 0-3 classifier vs SSL’s holistic, self-taught AI. The thymic health score ranged from 0 to 100, with the highest number indexed to fully preserved thymic health. The algorithmic work extended to explainability with both Shapely value distribution, meaning the model was holistic not relying on any “magic” pixel, and occlusion sensitivity, demonstrating the model’s performance was not affected by ribs, sternum, lung tissue, but rather focused on the thymic bed directly. Below are a few saliency maps from the occlusion sensitivity that indicate the thymic bed focus, not affected by neighboring structures, using the jet color scale. Now the AI was ready for processing ~25,000 CT scans, each over 30 MB files, from the 2 large participant cohorts to provide a thymic health score, it did so in less than 14 hours, which is less than 2 seconds per scan! Share 2. How is thymus health linked to key clinical outcomes? The two cohorts were the National Lung Screening Trial, NLST (N=25,031) and the Framingham Heart Study, FHS (N=2,581) each with baseline demographics and long term follow up of >12 years for health outcomes. From the NSLT, you can see below that increased age and body-mass index were correlated to reduced thymic health. And, overall, men had reduced thymic health scores compared with women. There are a lot of graphs in the paper for outcomes, for both the NLST and FHS cohorts. To simplify the major outcomes, below is a composite Figure with striking reduction of all-cause mortality and for the different causes of death. The results were consistent between the 2 cohorts. For example, the cardiovascular mortality hazard ratio average was 0.57 in NLST and 0.38 in FHS (weighted to be 0.53 for the aggregate). The reduction of mortality also extended to digestive diseases and pulmonary disease (data not shown below). Lung cancer incidence was reduced by 36% for high vs low thymic health (Figure below, with a panel -incidence and b panel-mortality, adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking status). Notably, there was a smoker’s paradox: lower incidence and improved survival for lung cancer in smokers who had a high thymus health score. Smoking was associated with lower thymic scores whereas alcohol was not. Higher thymic health was linked to higher HDL cholesterol, lower triglycerides, lower fasting blood glucose, and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Inflammation biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein and interleukin-6, were elevated in the people with lower thymic health scores. In their second paper, the same team looked at the relationship between thymic score and outcomes for 3,476 patients receiving cancer immunotherapy. The non-small cell lung cancer progression-free survival was reduced in patients with low thymic health score. A parallel relationship for survival was seen for other types of cancer including melanoma, breast, and kidney with a 44% lower risk among high thymic scores (Figure). A similar pattern was seen with different immune checkpoint inhibitors. The thymus health score outperformed programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1)and tumor mutation burden (TMB) assay of the tumor and was an independent prognostic marker of progression-free survival. In this dataset, a direct connect with thymus score and adaptive immune function was noted with a correlation before cancer treatment for both T-cell diversity and thymus T-cell production (a metric known as T cell receptor excision circles). Thymus Removal Study There is a highly relevant citation about thymus function before moving onto ways to rejuvenate it. In 2023, a very important study of thymus removal during cardiothoracic surgery was published, with 1146 patients undergoing thymus removal vs 1146 matched controls (mean age 55 years). The adverse outcomes for thymus removal were striking, with a 2.9 higher risk of all-cause mortality and doubling of cancer incidence, 1.5 fold increase in cancer mortality, and 1.5-fold increase in autoimmune diseases. The immune function showed marked compromise after thymus removal, as reflected by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (Figure below) Share Ground Truths 3. Are there ways we can promote a healthy (aka rejuvenate) thymus gland in our later years? In recent months we’ve learned a lot about the process of thymus involution and the pathways by which this may be modulated. Thymus involution is primarily due to loss to thymus epithelial cells (TECs) and there are 2 subtypes with different functions: the cortical, responsible for positive selection of T cells, and the medullary, for negative selection. When adipose tissue infiltrates the thymus, thymic adipocytes are pro-inflammatory, knocking out T-cell output. Likewise, systemic inflammation, or “inflammaging,” from smoking, obesity, and chronic stress promote thymic adipocytes. Now, from preclinical studies, we know about key pathways that account for these processes. Historically, back in 2014, FOXN1 was recognized as a single master transcription factor essential for TEC function, with studies in mice with forced FOXN1 upregulation leading to thymus regeneration. That laid the foundation for potential regrowth of quiescent thymus cells. It took awhile to find pathways to accomplish this goal and to even refute its role as the master regulator. The Liver-Thymus Axis Feng Zhang and his team recently showed that injection of an mRNA vaccine to the liver encoding DLL1, IL-7 and FLT3-L in combination, factors known to support thymopoiesis (Figure), successfully enhanced immune function in aged mice. However, the effect was transient. The FGF21 Story Two reports in 2025 addressed the thymus gland’s production of FGF21, a growth factor (fibroblast growth factor 21) and its control of thymus involution. This growth factor is also produced by the liver, but it doesn’t have impact on the thymus in aged rodent models. In contrast, The liver’s hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has been shown to reverse senescent TEC structural changes. Growth hormone stimulates production of insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the liver and the thymus. Two small studies in human participants (TRIIM, for Thymus Regeneration, Immunorestoration, and Insulin Mitigation) of 6 and 50 people, respectively, treated with combined human growth hormone, metformin and DHEA, suggested the potential of slowing epigenetic aging and improving thymus mass and function. But the combination of drugs, small sample, and lack of controls make conclusions murky. Increased thymus FGF21 led to increased CD8 T cells in old mice and extended healthspan and improved physical performance. Building on the previous FOXN1 data, ablation of β-klotho, the obligatory co-receptor for FOXN1, accelerated thymic aging. The benefit to FGF21 was confirmed in a companion paper using an FGF21 knock-in mouse model showing thymus enlargement and increased TECs throughout the lifespan. (schematic Figure below). The accompanying editorial for these 2 papers speculated: “The proposed link between age-associated thymus involution and organismal aging is intriguing, and suggests we might seek to achieve systemic rejuvenation by counteracting thymic involution.” Other Factors Lessons from the Axolotl (Mexican Salamander) In an elegant set of experiments of the axolotl (Figure), known for its complete thymus regeneration after total surgical removal, mediators were identified. Surprisingly FOXN1 was dispensable. But midkine, a growth factor, appeared to be the driver, the initiator of thymus cell growth, survival, and repair. Other components that contributed were Postn+ (periostin-expressing mesenchymal niches) and Ccl19, a chemokine protein from the bloodstream. RANK and RANKL RANK (receptor activator of nuclear factor κB its ligand (RANKL) have been considered key regulators of medullary TECs. In a study of both aged mice and human thymus cell cultures, their key role was confirmed, with multiple benefits of resorting TEC function, recruitment of progenitor cells, and T cell development. Subscribe Summing Up This body of work strongly supports the health of the thymus gland as a critical regulator of human healthspan, not just a correlate or link. The new landmark studies are reinforced by the regenerative biology experimental models that have shown, via an array of mediators, that healthspan of aged mice is at least in part dependent on thymus gland function and its critical role for maintaining adaptive immunity. It sure seems that we’d be better off having an immune reservoir of naive T cells instead of a profile in older adults of exhausted, low quality, memory T cells, with a senescent phenotype. It is striking that we ignored the importance of the thymus gland for many decades. A wake-up call was the results of the thymectomy matched control study reviewed here, with the opposite of high thymic health score improved health outcomes. The convergence of AI and healthspan here is notable. The exceptional and laborious work for developing and validating (no less explaining) the AI to quantify thymus health set the foundation for probing the connect the major health outcomes in two cohorts with extensive follow-up. We’ve never had a way to meaningfully quantify the thymus gland before, so this represents important leverage of supervised, self-supervised, and transformer models. The study wouldn’t have been possible without AI. And it begs the question as to whether there are ways we can maintain our thymus at a high health score. But it’s not so simple to rejuvenate our thymus. There are multiple risks including the induction of autoimmunity, increasing the risk of cancer, and inducing a pro-inflammatory state. For example, factors that increase TEC proliferation could compromise the medulllary negative selection process and leak out auto-reactive (self-attacking) T cells. Thymic cells could be induced to proliferate, but we know, for example, that growth hormone and IGF-1 are associated with an increase risk of cancer. If thymus rejuvenation doesn’t clear out the accumulated senescent cells in older adults, then inflammation within the gland could block the production of TECs. Keeping these risks in mind, we now have identified many ways to keep our thymus healthy as we age that undoubtedly will be tested in clinical trials going forward. Ultimately, the benefit-to-risk tradeoffs will be defined. In the meantime, we have desperately needed an immunome. As I’ve stressed in multiple prior Ground Truths, we have no test in the clinic to assess a patient’s immune status! It was very encouraging for me to get an email from Hugo Aerts, the senior author of the landmark papers in the days after they were published: “I also wanted to say that your Substack on “Why We Need an Immunome” was inspiring for this work. We found it a very compelling perspective and greatly enjoyed reading it.” Just having an assessment of a person’s immune status via a chest CT scan, with millions of these performed per year, might help in guiding the right immunotherapy for cancer (e.g. more intensive, combinations for those with low thymic health scores) and help define people who are increased risk for age-related diseases of cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative. The main theme of Super Agers is that we now have many layers of data (genetics, proteins, biomarkers, organ clocks that can be integrated via multimodal AI) for us to define a person’s specific risk decades before one of these age-related diseases leads to symptoms, enabling prevention. From the new studies this week, we can add thymus health score as yet another way to understand a person’s risk, a window into their adaptive immune system and healthspan. And perhaps someday we will be able to safely rejuvenate the thymus, or maintain its health through one’s life, and use the thymus health score to monitor. NB: I wrote this post (No A.I.) A Quick Poll Loading... ********************************************************************* Thanks to Ground Truths subscribers (now > 200,000) from every US state and 212 countries. Your subscription to these free essays and podcasts makes my work in putting them together worthwhile. Please join! If you found this interesting PLEASE share it! Share Ground Truths Paid subscriptions are voluntary and all proceeds from them go to support Scripps Research. They do allow for posting comments and questions, which I do my best to respond to. Please don’t hesitate to post comments and give me feedback. Let me know topics that you would like to see covered. Leave a comment Many thanks to those who have contributed—they have greatly helped fund our summer internship programs for the past two years. 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Mar 22 • 2:18 PM EDT • Health • erictopol.substack.com
iPad 12 With A18 Chip for Apple Intelligence is 'Still Coming This Year'

Apple has updated a wide range of products and accessories this month, but there is still no entry-level iPad 12 with Apple Intelligence support. Fortunately, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today said an iPad with an A18 chip for Apple Intelligence is "ready to go" and "still coming this year". An earlier report from Macworld claimed that the iPad 12 will actually have an A19 chip.

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Mar 22 • 9:56 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Oscar-Winning Alumnus Returns to Pasadena’s ArtCenter for Entertainment Design Expo

One week after winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, KPop Demon Hunters co-director Chris Appelhans returns today to ArtCenter College of Design, the Pasadena campus where he studied illustration, for the college’s third annual Entertainment Design Expo. The expo, known as ENTX, opens the Hillside Campus to the public for a full day of gallery exhibitions, game playtesting, animation screenings and interactive experiences featuring work from more than 200 ArtCenter students and alumni. General admission is free with advance registration. Two industry panels — including Appelhans’s talk — require $15 tickets. Appelhans, who graduated from ArtCenter with a bachelor of fine arts in 2002, co-directed KPop Demon Hunters with Maggie Kang. The animated film, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released on Netflix, became the streaming platform’s most-watched film in history, according to Netflix, and swept awards season with wins at the Golden Globes, the Annie Awards and the Grammys before taking the Oscar on March 15. His talk and audience Q&A is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in the Ahmanson Auditorium. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The film’s ArtCenter ties extend beyond its co-director. Art director Angela Sung, cinematographer Gary H. Lee, visual development artist Celine Kim and painter Simon Baek are all ArtCenter graduates who worked on the production, according to the college. The free portions of ENTX include a concept design showcase, a production design gallery, a model gallery, a stop motion studio preview, an alumni gallery and a KPop Demon Hunters fan art gallery. Visitors can also playtest games designed by ArtCenter students. An Animation Shorts Showcase runs from 2 to 3 p.m. and includes “Boy, I’m Scared,” a capstone short by ArtCenter graduate Lindsey Tenaglia that was named a semifinalist for the 2025 Student Academy Awards in the animation category. Also screening

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Mar 22 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • pasadenanow.com
Neighbors say Indian Springs revival could do KCK ‘more good than that stadium’

Area businesses said they want to see the project revitalize the State Avenue business corridor near I-635.

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Mar 22 • 7:20 AM EDT • Business • kansascity.com
FYI BR: Here are the upcoming Holi and Easter festivities in Baton Rouge

Plan for pictures with the Easter Bunny, festivities at the LSU Rural Life Museum and more.

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Mar 22 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • theadvocate.com
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Eating More Ultra-Processed Foods Could Damage Your Bones. Here's Why

Eating higher amounts of ultra-processed foods is associated with lower bone mineral density and a higher risk of hip fractures, even in younger adults under 65.

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Mar 22 • 3:33 AM EDT • Health • healthline.com
We are living in a period of political anti-intellectualism. But in pop culture, clever is the new cool

At the very moment Trump’s rambling speeches and meme–fied inanity threaten to overwhelm us, fashion, music and film are moving in the opposite direction

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Mar 22 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Elon Musk uveils moonshot Terafab project. Here are 4 takeaways.

Elon Musk said his Terafab project, a joint Tesla and SpaceX chip manufacturing initiative, will be needed to unlock a terawatt of AI computing power.

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Mar 22 • 12:15 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Dana Walden unveils leaders of expanded Disney Entertainment

Dana Walden, the incoming President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company, has unveiled the new leadership structure for Disney Entertainment, bringing together the company’s streaming, film, and television businesses along with its games and digital entertainment division.

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Mar 21 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ibc.org
You were born with a playlist already in your soul: Why science says musicality is hardwired

We are born with a musical blueprint that might actually be older than language itself

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Mar 21 • 4:51 PM EDT • Science • upworthy.com
Gov. Stein announces $8.5 million for WNC small business recovery after Helene

The funding will assist 13 projects through the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program, continuing the state’s response to the impacts of Hurricane Helene.

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Mar 21 • 2:30 PM EDT • Business • foxcarolina.com
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ChatGPT Took a Science Exam Designed by College Professors and Scored a Low D, and That Should Worry You

Confident. Clear. But a new study suggests ChatGPT's polished tone might be masking something far more troubling about how it actually reasons.

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Mar 21 • 10:30 AM EDT • Science • indiandefencereview.com
Giant Study May Have Found The Ideal Amount of Coffee to Lower Stress

There's actually a sweet spot.

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Mar 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • sciencealert.com
Giant Study May Have Found The Ideal Amount of Coffee to Lower Stress

There's actually a sweet spot.

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Billionaires, trial lawyers and unions gear up for 2026 California ballot brawls

It costs millions to qualify for the ballot and most measures fail, but that’s not stopping lots of special interest groups from trying

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Mar 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • sacbee.com
The Science Behind the $19 Million Colostrum Craze: Miracle Cure or Marketing Myth?

Colostrum supplements are exploding in popularity, fueled by celebrity endorsements and loose regulation. But what does the science actually say?

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Mar 21 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • inc.com
The biggest medieval march in English history never actually happened

A famous detail in the Battle of Hastings is based on a major misunderstanding.

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Mar 20 • 8:01 PM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Scientists just found a hidden 48-dimensional world in quantum light

A routine quantum optics technique just revealed an extraordinary secret: entangled light can carry incredibly complex topological structures. Researchers found these hidden patterns reach up to 48 dimensions, offering a vast new “alphabet” for encoding quantum information. Unlike previous assumptions, this topology can emerge from a single property of light—orbital angular momentum.

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Data Science Use Cases: 15 Real-World Applications Transforming Enterprise Operations

Explore 15 enterprise data science applications across manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and finance — with case studies, code examples, and proven outcomes.

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Mar 20 • 7:02 PM EDT • Science • databricks.com
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$8.5 million to fund 13 small business infrastructure projects in western NC

Governor Josh Stein announced a third round of grants to support small business infrastructure in western North Carolina.

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Mar 20 • 6:25 PM EDT • Business • wlos.com
Apple explains why M5 chips have three different core types in new interview

Apple explains M5's three core types: super cores for single-thread tasks, performance cores for multi-threading, and efficiency cores.

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Mar 20 • 2:54 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Radial Entertainment to Distribute Sci-Fi Feature 'Signal One'

Radial Entertainment has acquired exclusive North American distribution rights to the original sci-fi feature Signal One from Motion Pictures Exchange

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Mar 20 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
US House Democrat blasts Commerce's 'highly concerning' $1.6 billion USA Rare Earth deal

A senior House Democrat accused U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday of structuring Washington's $1.58 billion investment into USA Rare Earth ​in a way that gives the government "highly concerning" leverage over the company while boosting Lutnick's family-run investment firm.

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Mar 20 • 12:30 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Scientists Don’t Know Exactly What a Shark Is

A new study analyzing the genomes of nearly 40 sharks found that skates and rays likely evolved from the shark body plan, and that some sharks are actually evolutionarily distinct.

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Mar 20 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
Sports writer and photographer win Quill awards for work for Guardian Australia

Jonathan Horn scooped best sports feature prize for a series on AFL, while Chris Hopkins won for pictures of a cancer sufferer caring for her son

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Mar 20 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
A Physicist Said Heaven Has a Literal Address. The Science World Is Reacting Just Like You’d Expect.

A former Harvard physics lecturer and science communicator has said that heaven could have a physical location. And he knows exactly where it is.

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Mar 20 • 8:30 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Men are losing a key chromosome with age and it may be deadly

Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed. This loss has been linked to heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and shorter lifespans. Researchers suspect Y-less cells may grow faster and disrupt normal body functions. What seemed like a minor genetic quirk could actually be a major driver of age-related disease.

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Mar 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Splenda manufacturer eyes $91M in upgrades to Indianapolis operations

Carmel-based Heartland Food Products Group plans to construct a new building and add the newly acquired Splenda brand to its product manufacturing operations in Indianapolis.

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Mar 20 • 7:45 AM EDT • Business • ibj.com
Samsung is bringing AirDrop to Galaxy phones soon

Starting with the Galaxy S26, AirDrop compatibility is coming to Samsung phones, rolling out through software updates. Samsung’s mobile boss Choi Won-joon just confirmed it publicly at a press briefing in Japan. AirDrop has always been the ecosystem glue that people actually feel. People stick with iPhones because their friends all tap a button for […]

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Google Messages is getting the one feature I’ve actually wanted for years

Google Messages has finally rolled out live location sharing, and I can't believe it took this long.

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Mar 20 • 5:10 AM EDT • Technology • androidcentral.com
How did these flowers evolve to survive a megadrought?

A multi-year megadrought in the Western U.S. has claimed untold populations of wild plants. Amid the conditions, some have survived. Scientists have produced a stunningly complete picture about how populations of one particular flower – the scarlet monkeyflower – made it through. In a new study published in the journal Science, a team of scientists spent decades studying and sampling select populations of scarlet monkeyflowers in California and Oregon. Through genetic sequencing, the team discovered that the populations that did best went through genetic changes in a short time period. This is known as rapid evolution. The team found that three of the populations that recovered the BEST adapted their stomata to open less, so they could conserve more water. Stomata act like a plant’s pores, managing gas exchange and water loss. This allowed the scarlet monkeyflowers to hunker down in the drought and survive. Interested in more stories about rapid evolution? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.Listen to Short Wave on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.This episode was produced by Jeffrey Pierre, Rachel Carlson and Hannah Chinn. It was edited by Christopher Intagliata and Rebecca Ramirez. Aru Nair checked the facts. The audio engineers were Becky Brown and Robert Rodriguez.

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Mar 20 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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Weymouth teen, dad start birdhouse business Chirp

A Weymouth father and daughter turned a backyard project into a growing business inspired by architecture and family time.

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Mar 19 • 8:29 PM EDT • Business • wcvb.com
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Unilever in talks to combine food business with McCormick, WSJ reports

Unilever is in ​talks to separate its food ‌business and combine it with spice maker McCormick in an all-stock ​deal which could come ​within weeks, the Wall Street ⁠Journal reported on Thursday, citing ​sources.

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Mar 19 • 7:28 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Markiplier to Microdramas: The Ankler x NAB Show’s Future of Entertainment

Share Subscribe Vegas, baby! The Ankler is heading back to NAB Show for a second year in a row — and doubling down on conversations with the smartest people in the industry. From April 18–22, we’re partnering again with the industry’s biggest media and tech gathering to break down the Business of Media and Entertainment as it’s actually evolving: faster, riskier and increasingly driven by new formats, new audiences and new power players. This curated series will bring together top creators, executives and innovators to tackle the forces reshaping the industry — from the AI disruption of Hollywood’s creative ecosystem to the rise of the creator economy, shifting audience behavior and the changing economics of production. We’ll be rolling out more programming in the coming weeks — including top speakers from leading AI studios, prediction markets and beyond — so keep an eye on the Business of Media and Entertainment hub. But first up, we’re announcing two panels about what’s actually working in Hollywood: The Scary-Smart Business of Horror A good scare has become one of the entertainment economy’s most reliable engines. With disciplined budgets, built-in fandoms and global box office upside, horror consistently outperforms. From theatrical releases to streaming-first originals and creator-driven IP, the genre is artistically flexible and financially durable — and one of the last truly communal experiences for Gen Z and Gen Alpha audiences. Join YouTube creator Mark Fischbach, aka Markiplier, whose independent feature Iron Lung earned more than $50 million at the global box office, Atomic Monster president Michael Clear and screenwriter Akela Cooper (M3GAN, Malignant) for a conversation moderated by Like & Subscribe’s Natalie Jarvey about why horror travels so effectively across platforms and borders, how studios and independents are building sustainable genre pipelines and why the next wave of breakout franchises may emerge from unexpected sources. Inside the Microdrama Boom Short-form serialized storytelling is having a major moment. Microdramas, social-native series and creator-led narratives are capturing massive audiences with low-cost, rapid production cycles and direct-to-fan distribution. What was once dismissed as niche or experimental is now attracting major platform investment. Moderated by Jarvey, this panel of microdrama creators and executives — including one of the format’s top stars and producers, Kasey Esser, and Dhar Mann Studios’ head of vertical content, Erin McFarlane — examines how format innovation, fandom dynamics and algorithmic discovery are reshaping the economics of scripted storytelling and what traditional studios can learn from these agile models. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Lynne@theankler.com Share

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New dispute emerges around Subnautica 2’s early access release

Lawyers for the ousted—and now partially reinstated—leadership team of Unknown Worlds, the studio behind Subnautica 2, are crying foul over news that the game will be released into early access in May. The release announcement earlier this week was made improperly, potentially “damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community,” the lawyers said in a letter sent on Tuesday to Vice Chancellor Lori Will of Delaware’s Court of Chancery. In their letter, the lawyers also floated the idea of asking Will to find Krafton in contempt of the court’s ruling. The letter was sent just one day after Will’s bombshell ruling that publisher Krafton had breached its contract with Unknown Worlds’ executive team, when it fired them last June. The new issue isn’t necessarily the May early access timeframe, but how the news was announced. The letter and Krafton’s response have not been previously reported. A quick recap of prior events: Subnautica 2 is an unreleased, underwater survival adventure and the most-wishlisted game on Steam. Last year, longtime Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill, along with studio co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, were fired by Krafton. They swiftly sued, saying the publisher had terminated them to avoid paying out up to $250 million in potential performance-based bonuses. The studio leaders had hoped to earn that with an early access release of the game, which Krafton had blocked. The publisher argued in court that Subnautica 2 wasn’t ready, which the ousted execs disputed. On Monday, Will ruled that Krafton had violated its contract, firing the execs to avoid the performance payouts, and that it had to reinstate Gill and give him full authority over any early access release for Subnautica 2. On Tuesday, IGN reported on a new memo issued that day to Unknown Worlds staff by Steve Papoutsis, the executive Krafton had put in charge of Unknown Worlds after the 2025 firings. In the note, Papoutsis said that Subnautica 2 had passed a key development milestone “last week” and that he and Krafton had determined the game “is ready for Early Access release in May.” This news appeared to catch the lawyers for Gill, Cleveland and McGuire by surprise. On Tuesday night, they sent a letter to Will expressing “serious concerns” about whether it would be possible to forge an agreement with Krafton consistent with the judge’s order. Papoutsis’ memo was a problem, they wrote. He didn’t have the authority to declare anything about Subnautica 2’s release. As of 9am ET on Monday, March 16, the effective date of Will’s order, Papoutsis wasn’t CEO of Unknown Worlds. Gill was. And, per Will’s order, only Gill could make Subnautica 2 release decisions. They continued: Krafton self-servingly announced the launch without any regard to its impact on the game, the team, or the community—let alone this Court’s Opinion. Announcing the release of a game is momentous, and it is typically accompanied by significant marketing activity, fanfare, and community coordination. And most importantly, the announcement is carefully designed to maximize excitement for the game. That entire process was supposed to be driven by Mr. Gill. However, in defiance of the Court’s Opinion, Krafton has now taken that away, further damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community. The lawyers speculated that Krafton had “intentionally leaked” Papoutsis’ memo and then issued an official statement to confirm the leak. Game File is a reader-supported publication. My reporting is only possible through support from readers like you. To support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe On Wednesday, lawyers for Krafton defended their client in their own letter to vice chancellor Will, saying nothing they did violated her order nor showed contempt: Papoutsis’s message was simply celebrating the UW employees’ efforts toward a past event: Krafton’s pre-Opinion determination that Subnautica 2 was ready for Early Access release. There was nothing improper about conveying the results of the milestone review or thanking the development team for their dedication and talent. They added that Gill could still make his own call about Subnautica 2’s release: In his role as CEO, Gill will be able to assess independently his views on the state of Subnautica 2 and the appropriate release schedule; nothing in Papoutsis’s message alters Gill’s authority or discretion. Vice chancellor Will has not responded to the letters and doesn’t necessarily have to. Both parties were previously ordered by Will to confer this week and submit a proposed judgment consistent with her ruling. The letter from Gill’s attorney’s this week doesn’t indicate whether he would or would not support a May release for Subnautica 2. But it could limit his options. And, if Gill’s lawyers are right, the lack of marketing fanfare around the leak of the May date could dull the launch of the game. Any harm to Subnautica 2’s launch is an extra sensitive issue given the context of the legal dispute: millions of dollars of payouts are on the line, tethered to the scale of the game’s initial performance. In her ruling on Monday, Will noted that there was obvious “bad blood” between Gill’s side and Krafton but that the two would need to work together: “They can—and must—act in good faith to navigate their remaining contractual relationship.” Item 2: A new kind of couch co-op game A highlight of GDC each year is the Alt.Ctrl showcase that features games played with extremely experimental controllers. Perusing this year’s offerings last Friday, I found a game controlled with giant scissors, another with big toothbrushes and one that amounted to dumpster diving. My favorite was Pivot, a co-op game about collectively maneuvering a couch. It was developed by students at the University of Utah’s masters of arts and engineering games program. Players lift and tilt the physical couch in order to control the position of a virtual one. That virtual one is moving through an obstacle course on-screen, while being pursued by a giant skull. Developer Nishant Verma told me at GDC that the couch is made of styrofoam (this became more evident as I watched!) and that the name was a riff on an episode of the sitcom Friends. Item 3: In brief… 🚫 Ubisoft is laying off more than 100 workers at its Red Storm studio, as the North Carolina location known for decades for its Tom Clancy games, ceases in-house game development, VGC reports. 👀 On Monday, Nvidia’s revealed its DLSS 5 AI-driven graphics technology that purports to improve game graphics… and it has been roasted about it by the media and the online gaming public for the remainder of the week. The tech changed the faces of characters in footage from Resident Evil Requiem, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC, drawing accusations of giving carefully art-directed games the generic look of AI “slop.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had said on Monday that “DLSS 5 is the GPT moment for graphics—blending handcrafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a dramatic leap in visual realism while preserving the control artists need for creative expression.” By mid-week, Huang was telling Tom’s Hardware that the new tech’s critics were “completely wrong” because game-makers could still “fine-tune the generative AI” to suit their game’s aesthetics.

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Mar 19 • 5:28 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Ypsilanti fire destroyed ‘sanctuary’ for many grieving business owners

The building will need demolished, officials said.

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Mar 19 • 3:28 PM EDT • Business • mlive.com
Jeff Bezos aims to raise $100 billion to buy, revamp manufacturing firms with AI, WSJ reports

Jeff Bezos is in early discussions to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would acquire ​manufacturing companies and seek to use AI to ‌drive and speed up automation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

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Mar 19 • 3:26 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
'In Good Health': Why Is Colorectal Cancer Affecting Generations Differently?

Cases of colorectal cancer in young people have risen nearly 60 percent since the early 2000s. That’s according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Cancer Institute. And a new study out this month by the American Cancer Society found that colorectal cancer is now the deadliest kind for those younger than 50.But this rise isn’t being felt across all generations in the same way. People born around 1990 are four times more likely to develop rectal cancer than those born around 1950. And for those 65 and older, colorectal cancer rates have actually decreased.So, what’s going on? And what can you do to protect yourself and your gut health? For those answers and more, we turn to a panel of experts.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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Mar 19 • 12:46 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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An experimental AI agent broke out of its testing environment and mined crypto without permission

Researchers discovered that an AI agent roamed beyond its parameters, creating backdoors in IT infrastructure.

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Mar 19 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
'The Africans' lecture, Comedy for a Cause, flamenco performance and more events this week

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Gerd Faltings of Germany Wins 2026 Abel Prize in Mathematics

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

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Mar 19 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up

How a particle accelerator, a robot, highspeed cameras, and 2,000 ants came together to paint a picture of biological diversity.

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Mar 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencefriday.com
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The right time to sign a child up for sports and why you should do it

Younger kids can learn no-contact, low-structure sports, while it takes more maturity to handle physical, structured sports.

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Mar 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • columbiamissourian.com
Rats, gnats and Yik Yak. Queens University responds to dining health concerns

The university received a lackluster health inspection in January and an improved one in February before other student concerns emerged.

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Mar 19 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • charlotteobserver.com
The architectural salvage business in Louisiana has been slow. Here's why

"Set decorators used to buy light fixtures and other things from us. During the pandemic, the TV series 'Interview with a Vampire' provided up 20% of our income one year, but it's not like that anymore."

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Mar 19 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com
SK pharmteco Reaffirms Three-Business-Unit Strategy, Strengthens Global Gene Therapy Business Unit with Funding Commitment

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., March 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SK pharmteco today announced a significant funding commitment to support strategic initiatives within its viral vector business, while reaffirming its long-term growth strategy across three business units: small molecule, peptides, and viral vectors. SK pharmteco is sharpening its strategy to provide pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners with the financial strength, technical rigor, and operational infrastructure needed for long-term

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DOE Announces $293 Million Genesis Mission Funding for Quantum Science and AI-Driven Research

DOE announces $293M Genesis Mission funding for AI-driven research in quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, and nuclear energy.

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Mar 19 • 3:35 AM EDT • Science • thequantuminsider.com
Forum on harnessing Artificial Intelligence for health equity

Register to this forumOver the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly evolved in complexity, performance, and utility. Its integration across a wide range of industrial sectors has accelerated, with healthcare emerging as one of the most transformative sectors. In this sector, AI has enabled high-impact applications – from enhancing the speed and accuracy of disease diagnosis and supporting clinical decision-making, to strengthening public health initiatives such as disease surveillance and workforce optimization. Moreover, AI holds immense potential to empower individuals, enabling them to take greater control of their personal health and well-being. Yet the central question remains: Who benefits, who is at risk, and do these innovations close or widen health inequities? While the potential of AI-enabled applications is substantial, many countries have approached their adoption with caution. This hesitancy stems from concerns about risks and benefits, including model bias, data breaches, privacy violations, and the erosion of professional skills due to over-reliance on AI. Additional barriers include inadequate data infrastructure and a lack of robust evidence on the most effective forms and interfaces of AI to enhance service delivery and system performance. Moreover, the rapid rise of Generative AI has introduced a heightened urgency for the development of comprehensive governance and ethical frameworks. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Health Practice Team and Digital Sector, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific, are convening the Forum on Harnessing AI for Health Equity on 25–26 March at ADB Headquarters. Senior health officials from 16 developing member countries (DMCs), alongside leading researchers, innovators, and policymakers from across Asia and the Pacific, will engage in discussions on how AI can be governed, financed, and scaled to deliver healthier lives for all. The forum is funded through the High-Level Technology Fund with support from the Government of Japan. Objectives The two-day forum aims to:Identify high-impact, evidence-based health AI use cases suitable for resource-constrained settings and map out a pipeline for potential supportIntroduce and validate the WHO's policy guidance on minimum necessary ecosystem for countries and institutions to self-assess readiness for AI adoptionObtain initial commitment from participating stakeholders to join a pilot regional initiative focused on data/model sharing for a priority health challengeEndorse a prioritized set of actionable policy recommendations focusing on governance, regulation, and sustainable financing necessary to scale high-impact health AI use cases in resource-constrained settings Target participants The forum will convene participants from 16 ADB DMCs including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam. In addition, health system leaders and practitioners, private sector technologists, academic experts, representatives from civil society organizations, development partners, and philanthropic institutions engaged in AI for Health from Australia, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Republic of Korea will also be invited. SessionsDay 1 (25 March)Session 1: AI Use Cases for the Care Continuum: Improving Access and QualitySession 2: Adopting a risk-based approach for AI use case prioritizationSession 3: Establishing the Minimum Ecosystem for Implementation Risk ManagementSession 4: Future-Ready Health Workforce: Building Competency for Human-AI CollaborationDay 2 (26 March)Session 5: The Political Economy of AI in Health: Understanding Stakeholder Interests and their Impact on EquitySession 6: AI and Health Financing: Supporting Fair Coverage and ProtectionSession 7: AI Regulation and Oversight: Pathways for Different RealitiesSession 8: The Way Forward – Building Alliances and Regional Partnership How to registerThe forum will be held in a hybrid format. In-person attendance is by invitation only, while livestreaming of the forum will be available to the public. To register, please complete this form on or before 24 March 2026.Event organizers / partnersAsian Development Bank (ADB)WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific High-Level Technology Fund (HLTF)ContactAkihito WatabeHealth Specialist, SD3-HSDawatabe@adb.org Jae Kyoun KimHealth Specialist, SD3-HSDjkkim@adb.org

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Advocates sue Worcester over response to mental health 911 calls, alleging discrimination

Officers restrained a 10-year-old boy with autism face-down at school drop-off, placing a knee on the boy’s neck and fracturing his arm.

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Ever Joint Claims Evaluated: What the Science Says About EverJoint Joint Support Ingredients

A 2026 company-issued informational report outlining how Ever Joint positions its joint support formula, ingredient-level research context, oxidative stress claims, pricing structure, and what consumers should verify before purchasingTallmadge, Ohio, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This release is based on information provided by Ever Joint and reflects how the company describes its product, ingredients, and related scientific context. It is not an independent product review or third-party ev

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From Italian food to used cars, here are six businesses that recently closed

Some closures are national chains, while others were locally owned.

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NN, Inc. Provides Update on Business Growth in the Data Center, AI Reasoning, and Cloud Computing Markets

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NN, Inc. (“NN” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NNBR), a global diversified industrial company that engineers and manufactures high-precision components and assemblies with six sigma quality, today provided an update on its growing presence in the data center market, a key targeted growth market for the Company. NN has secured multiple new awards with a leading global provider of AI infrastructure and data center computing equipment. As this industry

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Goldman Sachs says small businesses are embracing AI, but fewer than 1 in 5 are good at actually integrating it

Most small firms embrace AI, but few know how it can help their business.

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Jonathan Mann Health & Human Rights Memorial Lecture

The Dornsife School of Public Health’s Jonathan Mann Health & Human Rights Memorial Lecture speaks to the importance of health and human rights and honors the legacy of our School's founder, Dr. Mann.

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Finding Easter eggs in entertainment boosts enjoyment and fan behavior, study finds

If you've watched popular movies or television shows in the last decade, there's a good chance you've found an Easter egg or two: not an actual brightly colored egg but a subtle reference to another movie ...

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Unilever shares fall on investor concerns about food business spin-off

Unilever shares fell 3.5% on Wednesday with investors concerned that ​the maker of Hellmann's sauces would get "distracted" by the potential spin-off of its food business, questioning ‌the benefits so soon after its protracted ice cream unit split.

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AMD "Medusa Point" APU Early Benchmarks Match "Strix Point" at Half the Clock Speed

AMD is preparing to launch its "Medusa Point" APU in early 2027. However, more benchmarks are emerging to showcase what the actual SoC can do as AMD and its OEM partners test the chip. In the latest Geekbench v6 run, AMD's 10-core, 20-thread "Zen 6" chip appeared with the AMD Engineering Sample numb...

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George Kittle details fractured relationship between Brandon Aiyuk, 49ers as breakup remains imminent

Kittle saw firsthand how the Aiyuk saga progressed last season

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Apple CEO Tim Cook doubles down on policy over politics while aligning with Trump’s manufacturing push

Apple CEO Tim Cook rejects any political labels while defending his close ties to the Trump administration amid criticism over his "Melania" documentary attendance.

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Albatross Entertainment takes top spot as Best New Tenpin Center in the U.S.

EDISON, N.J. — Albatross Entertainment (Albatross) in Edison, New Jersey, has been named Best New Tenpin Center in the U.S. in the 41st Annual Bowling Center Architecture and Design Awards, present…

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TE Connectivity Acquires EV Charging Inlet Business From Phoenix Contact

TE Connectivity acquired a major portion of Phoenix Contact E-Mobility business, which manufactures charging inlets for electric vehicles.

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China targets measurement science in tech race with U.S. - Futura-Sciences

The invisible backbone of modern technology Behind every electronic chip, satellite, and medical device sits a system of measurement. Without extreme precision in units, standards, and calibration methods, no technology operates reliably. Metrology ensures that a nanometer is actually a nanometer, that a processor performs exactly as intended at atomic...

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The Paleo Diet Never Existed. Scientists Found What Early Humans Were Really Eating.

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more well-rounded diet to survive.

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What breaks first when your business scales to multiple locations

Stamps.com reports that multi-location growth reveals operational misalignments and that managing varied tools and vendors complicates efficiency and increases costs.

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Kansas House passes sports authority bill over opposition with one major change

Despite strong support for the sports authority bill from leadership of both parties, some lawmakers were highly critical of the legislation.

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What to know about Bill Gates’ nuclear science company planned for the former South Philadelphia refinery site

TerraPower Isotopes will manufacture a rare, radioactive isotope for use in developing cancer treatments.

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Misalignment and Risk Tolerance Gaps Undermine Business Resilience, Kroll Study Finds

Kroll, the leading independent provider of global financial and risk advisory solutions, today released global cyber resilience research findings revealing a critical gap between organizations' perception of their cyber preparedness and their actual capability to defend against, and recover from, sophisticated attacks. This gap is being driven by misalignment between the C-suite and cyber decision-makers. This disconnect is costly, as organizations face a yearly average of $2.2 million in recove

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The Road Less Considered: The Overlooked Connection Between Infrastructure, Nature And Public Health

Improving infrastructure with nature in mind, including building wildlife crossings that save animal and human lives.

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Opinion | Cubans Want a Deal. Just Not This One.

Trump wants a symbolic win. Islanders want actual democracy.

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Cote: Baseball, politics, emotion lift Venezuela to WBC crown over U.S.

It was baseball first, but politics, too, that made Venezuela the World Baseball Classic champion over the favored U.S. Tuesday on an emotional night in Miami

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Leadership Team for Expanded Disney Entertainment Segment | The Walt Disney Company

Dana Walden, incoming president and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Company, announced the new leadership structure for Disney Entertainment.

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CA lawmakers pushes forward bill to curb mental health diversion for public safety

Opponents of the measure say the drive to restrict the diversions neglects statistical success.

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Scientists create a new state of matter at room temperature using light and nanostructures

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created a new and unusual state of matter—known as a supersolid—by engineering how light and matter interact inside a nanoscale device. The ...

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Amazon launches 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options with new tiered pricing structure for customers

Amazon has launched ultra-fast one-hour and three-hour delivery in hundreds of cities, and Prime members save big on delivery fees for instant shopping.

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Mar 17 • 4:22 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Unilever considers separation of its food assets, Bloomberg News reports

Unilever is ‌in the early ​stages ​of weighing a ⁠separation ​of its ​food assets as the consumer ​goods ​maker plans to ‌streamline ⁠its business, Bloomberg News reported ​on ​Tuesday, ⁠citing people ​familiar with ​the ⁠matter.

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FNKO Q4 Deep Dive: Entertainment Slate and International Initiatives Guide 2026 Outlook

Pop culture collectibles manufacturer Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) reported Q4 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, but sales fell by 7% year on year to $273.1 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.05 per share was $0.02 above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Mar 17 • 2:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Sutter Health looks to combine with Minnesota hospital system

The Sacramento-based health system said it has signed a letter of intent to combine. Officials expect the deal to close by the end of 2026.

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Trump’s Gutting of Election Security Fuels Worries for Midterms

Officials say the crippling of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which the president himself created, could open elections to cyberattacks and foreign influence.

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Mar 17 • 10:13 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Billy Porter Opens Up on Health Scare, New Children's Book, More

Billy Porter joins TODAY and opens up about having a serious medical emergency that left him in a coma for three days. “It is a gift to be alive,” he says. He also talks about his new children’s picture book called “Songbird in the Light,” the inspiration behind it and how it honors his late mother.

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Oscars 2026 winners and recap: 'One Battle After Another' named Best Picture; Jessie Buckley and Michael B. Jordan take home acting awards

Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" took home six awards on Sunday.

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Mar 17 • 8:22 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Mastercard to Acquire BVNK to Connect On-Chain Payments and Fiat Rails

Mastercard today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BVNK, a leader in stablecoin infrastructure.

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Oil prices jump as Iran warns Strait of Hormuz ‘cannot be the same’

Oil prices spiked Tuesday as Iran intensified its attacks on energy infrastructure across the Middle East and a senior regime figure suggested that the crucial Strait of Hormuz wouldn’t become safe for ships anytime soon.

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The greatest threat to federally qualified health centers may not be federal funding cuts

After 50 years of operation, FQHCs are discovering that their financial structure has not kept pace with the realities of delivering on their mission.

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Mar 17 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
The LYCRA Company to Eliminate More than $1.2 Billion of Debt through Prepackaged Restructuring Process, Positioning Business for Long-Term Financial Stability and Growth

WILMINGTON, Del., March 17, 2026--The LYCRA Company to Eliminate More than $1.2 Billion of Debt through Prepackaged Restructuring Process

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German infrastructure fund failed to spur extra investment, IW says

Germany's special fund for infrastructure has largely failed to generate additional investment one year ​after its approval, the German Economic Institute (IW) said ‌in a study seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

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Mar 17 • 2:40 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Get a fuller picture with Fitbit's personal health coach

Learn how Fitbit is helping people take control of their health by linking medical records, improving sleep tracking accuracy and advancing metabolic research. Discover how the Personal Health Coach uses your health history to provide more relevant wellness information while keeping your data private and secure.

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The scientist who warned that profit, not science, decides which drugs reach patients

In a Genomic Press Interview published in Brain Medicine, Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Therapeutics for Mental Health, and President-Elect of the Collegium Internationale of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP), delivers a pointed warning: the greatest threat to drug discovery is not scientific failure but a financing system that abandons effective, affordable treatments whenever they cannot promise sufficient returns to investors. Across a career that began in central Italy and moved through Sardinia and Montreal, Dr. Gobbi has generated landmark research linking adolescent cannabis exposure to depression, identified novel melatonin receptor mechanisms in sleep and pain, and launched psychedelic neuroscience before it became fashionable. The interview reveals a scientist whose best questions have always begun at the bedside, and whose most urgent fears concern the structures that stand between discovery and patients.

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Dana Walden unveils expanded Disney entertainment leadership team

Exec starts her expanded role on March 18.

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The Walt Disney Company Sets Leadership Team for Expanded Disney Entertainment Segment

BURBANK, Calif., March 16, 2026--Dana Walden, incoming president and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), today announced the new leadership structure for Disney Entertainment, bringing together the company’s streaming, film, and television businesses along with its growing games and digital entertainment division. Consumers today want to engage with Disney’s storytelling and characters in a multitude of ways – whether on Disney+, in theaters, or through the digital gam

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Bleak Economic Indicators Add To Business Risk

Also in the Forbes CEO newsletter: How to ready manufacturing leaders for the future; Trump doubles down on Powell investigation; Atlassian lays off 10% of its workforce.

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State Announces Intent to Award $20 Million to Santa Barbara County for New Behavioral Health Residential Facilities in Santa Maria

Funding Through California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Will Support Two 16-bed Community Residential Treatment Facilities Focused on Diversion and Recovery

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