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From saunas to psychedelics, how a health reporter sorts science from hype

A reporting trip to a sauna conference in Oslo found NPR's Will Stone in a sauna with his clothes and recording gear. In this reporter's notebook, he explains how he investigates the science behind wellness claims.

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Oct 3 • 5:57 PM EDT • Science • npr.org
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From saunas to psychedelics, how a health reporter sorts science from hype

A reporting trip to a sauna conference in Oslo found NPR's Will Stone in a sauna with his clothes and recording gear. In this reporter's notebook, he explains how he investigates the science behind wellness claims.

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Oct 3 • 5:57 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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AI Made StarCraft Bot Swaps In Human Made Bot In Tournament

In a showdown between AI generated Brood War bots and human made ones, OpenAI’s champion resorted to its natural playbook: lie, cheat and steal

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Oct 3 • 5:26 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

Saturday's rally is just outside Dayton, Ohio, where he'll stump for key candidates in competitive races for the House, Senate and the governor’s mansion in Columbus.

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Oct 3 • 4:53 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
OLED MacBook Pro to Release This Year

Apple is expected to announce a 16- and 14-inch MacBook Pro with an OLED display and touch-screen capabilities this month or the next. Apple is trying out ...

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Oct 3 • 4:38 PM EDT • Technology • ilounge.com
Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a few days campaigning in safe conservative territory, President Donald Trump on Saturday takes his midterm tour into Ohio, a battlegrou

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Oct 3 • 4:29 PM EDT • Politics • wtop.com
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Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

President Donald Trump is taking his midterm tour to Ohio, a battleground state with a crucial Senate race.

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Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

President Donald Trump is taking his midterm tour to Ohio, a battleground state with a crucial Senate race | WWJ Newsradio 950

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Oct 3 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Kramers bookstore marks 50 years of books, bites and DC history

Kramers — a bookstore, restaurant and D.C. icon — is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, largely due to their commitment to authenticity.

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Oct 3 • 3:28 PM EDT • Business • wtop.com
John Green revisits the movie business at ‘Hollywood, Ending’ author event

“Hollywood, Ending,” released Sept. 22, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list and USA Today’s Best-selling Booklist.

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Oct 3 • 3:20 PM EDT • Business • ibj.com
Goddess Empire Entertainment proudly presents EARTHA... I'M STILL HERE!

STARRING THOMASINA GROSS THOMASINA GROSS HEADLINES SOLD OUT / SRO ACCLAIMED EARTHA KITT TOUR-DE-FORCE

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Oct 3 • 2:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • einpresswire.com
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max gaming test shows up to 69% less performance loss than iPhone 17 Pro Max

I think it’s safe to say that the iPhone 18 Pro Max’s sustained thermal performance is pretty nice.

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Oct 3 • 2:22 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
Seattle and San Francisco: Big tech, political backlash and the AI boom

In a live joint recording of the GeekWire and Blue City Blues podcasts, GeekWire's John Cook, historian Margaret O'Mara and journalist Jonathan Weber join Blue City Blues hosts David Hyde and Sandeep Kaushik to discuss the tech industry's tensions with Seattle and San Francisco, and what the AI boom means for the future of both cities.

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Oct 3 • 12:04 PM EDT • Politics • geekwire.com
Apple MacBook Pro Release Schedule: What To Expect When

Apple plans an M6 MacBook Pro for late October, holding its OLED redesign to 2027 to protect iPhone sales under new CEO John Ternus.

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Oct 3 • 11:40 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Elizabeth Holmes dangled 'easy' service hours in front of students to boost her state House campaign

She dangled service hours in front of her students. Her district opened a file.

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Oct 3 • 10:02 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
‘No brainer’: Growing trend of Chinese tourists booking business-class flights

Chinese holidaymakers are increasingly upgrading to ‘premium travel’ to make their well-earned leisure time more pleasurable, say insiders.

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Oct 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • scmp.com
Southern California micro businesses get boost from CIELO Fund

“We want people to know that a lot of what we do is ecosystem building.”

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Oct 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • pressenterprise.com
Southern California micro businesses get boost from CIELO Fund

“We want people to know that a lot of what we do is ecosystem building.”

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Oct 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • sbsun.com
Yankees’ Rays matchup feels a little too familiar

The Yankees swept Boston, and Aaron Boone deserves credit for getting them through that round. I still don’t love what […]

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Oct 3 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What to remember before reading 'ACOTAR' book 6 by Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas' new book, "A Court of Splintered Harmony," will continue storylines from "A Court of Thorns and Roses" and "Crescent City."

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Oct 3 • 8:24 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Apple weekend deals: MacBook Pro $500 off, AirTag 2, Prime Day HomeKit discounts, MagSafe chargers, more

While we are still awaiting some of the big fall Prime Day deals on some Apple products, there are already...

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Oct 3 • 8:21 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Leucine does more than build muscle. It powers up your cells

The essential amino acid leucine can boost cellular energy production by protecting key proteins on mitochondria from being destroyed. The discovery reveals a new connection between nutrition and metabolism that could eventually lead to new approaches for metabolic disorders and cancer.

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Oct 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Week in Politics: Inflation pressure; war in Iran and effect on midterm elections

We look at how some concerning economic indicators as well as the ongoing war in Iran might affect the midterm elections.

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Oct 3 • 7:47 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Saturday Sports: Major League Baseball playoff time; WNBA

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the WNBA and MLB playoffs.

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Oct 3 • 7:47 AM EDT • Sports • npr.org
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'Fall in Love With Science" Will Be Oct. 3 in Lincoln Park

“Fall in Love with Science” will take place Saturday, 3 to 5 p.m., in Oleans Lincoln Park Pavilion.

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Oct 3 • 7:39 AM EDT • Science • tapinto.net
Business moves in and around downtown

The Railyard changes hands, books replace flowers, and Bus Stop moves across the street.

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Oct 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • capitolcitynow.com
She left Vegas to live on a ‘Blue Zone’ island where people live past 100 years old

In our roundup of travel stories this week: a hiking trail through the “Mountains of Heaven,” why Champagne is getting boozier, plus a woman who found joy by moving from Las Vegas to an Italian island.

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Oct 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • cnn.com
JPMorgan lays out the investing playbook for 2026 midterm elections

Gridlock tends to be a benign election outcome for markets, as investors don't have to grapple with the potential for sweeping policy changes.

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Oct 3 • 5:50 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
GTA 6 rating pulled after revealing sex scenes and drug use

PEGI rating reveals GTA 6 details, including “frequent and prominent” drug use…

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Oct 3 • 5:40 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com
Google AI Plus and free users are losing access to Gemini models, and it's happening very soon

The more advanced tiers aren't seeing any changes.

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Oct 3 • 1:56 AM EDT • Technology • xda-developers.com
Late score boosts Mount Vernon over East Newton

Mount Vernon utilized a late score to find a win over East Newton. Check out the highlights!!

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Oct 3 • 1:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Artists remember veteran concert producer Susan Lim and her decades in entertainment

Photo from Facebook/@susan.o.lim Artists and colleagues are remembering veteran concert producer Susan Lim for a career that spanned Philippine productions and overseas tours for Filipino performers. Lim died Sept. 14. Pops Fernandez, Martin Nievera and Roderick Paulate were among those who later shared public tributes, recalling both her work in entertainment and their longtime friendships with her. Lim had been active in…

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Oct 3 • 12:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • asianjournal.com
Football Frenzy 10/02

NORTHEAST KANSAS (KSNT) — Week 5 of the high school football season is in the books. Send final scores to Kole.Emplit@ksnt.com and Sydney.Clark@ksnt.com. 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A 8-Man For more sports news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news in northeast Kansas by downloading our mobile app and by signing up for […]

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Oct 3 • 12:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Smell the Coffee: When customers say 'I can make that'

“I can make that,” the woman said to her friend, pointing at a pet bed I made from an old suitcase to sell in our booth at last year’s Hinton

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Oct 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • herald-dispatch.com
Juan Luis Arsuaga, paleontologist: ‘Corruption is very Paleolithic, very chimpanzee-like’

The co-director of the Atapuerca archaeological site shares with EL PAÍS the key points of his new book, ‘The Answer,’ a luminous text that exudes admiration for our own species and love for nature

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Oct 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • english.elpais.com
‘Tinder Swindler’ romance fraudster promises ‘safe’ dating app – using intel from con man playbook

Shimon Hayut, the notorious 'Tinder Swindler' also known as Simon Leviev, says his new Safe Love dating app will use identity verification to prevent the fraud he once committed.

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Oct 2 • 11:21 PM EDT • Technology • foxnews.com
Business booming over White Sox postseason excitement

The start of the American League Division Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians is getting closer and excitement is growing.

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Oct 2 • 8:31 PM EDT • Business • wgntv.com
Ohtani Cleared Physically for Dodgers Postseason Opener

Despite late-season injury scares, Shohei Ohtani returns to the lineup fully healthy, providing a massive offensive boost as the Los Angeles Dodgers begin the postseason.

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Oct 2 • 7:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Secretary of state candidates boast business experience but differ on election oversight

All three said they want to ensure no fraud is happening amid Wyoming’s booming rate of new business filings. When it came to voting, they shared different visions for what constitutes fair access and ballot security.

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Oct 2 • 7:25 PM EDT • Business • wyomingpublicmedia.org
Healthcare Has Normalized The Abnormal. Raj Panjabi’s New Book Explains Why.

A new book from former Biden official Raj Panjabi unpacks the notion of “normalcy bias.” It may help explain how we have come to accept our country’s underperforming healthcare system.

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Oct 2 • 7:19 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Nightmare on Auburn Road to give downtown Utica businesses a boost

Nightmare on Auburn Road is expected to draw thousands of people Saturday for a day of Halloween activities.

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Oct 2 • 7:06 PM EDT • Business • wxyz.com
GTA 6 Had A Really Busy Week

We are less than 50 days away from the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 and marketing is kicking into high gear

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Oct 2 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Book Talk: Curl up with one of 2026’s thrilling mysteries

As Denton enters spooky season, Book Talk columnist Jean Greenlaw rounds up mysteries and thrillers from this year.

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Oct 2 • 7:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • dentonrc.com
Oktoberfest expected to bring needed business boost to Leavenworth

Oktoberfest is underway in Leavenworth, where businesses said this year's events are vital to the community’s economic comeback after the area experienced deep

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Oct 2 • 6:47 PM EDT • Business • komonews.com
Red Wings Fans Boo Dylan Larkin Loudly Before Opener vs. Rangers

Red Wings fans booed Dylan Larkin during Opening Night introductions at Little Caesars Arena following his offseason trade request.

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Oct 2 • 6:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chiefs’ hot start boosts business at KC-area bars and restaurants

Bars and restaurants in the Kansas City area say a hot start to the Chiefs season is packing tables and increasing profits.

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Oct 2 • 6:43 PM EDT • Business • kctv5.com
LA County Extends East LA Small Business Grant Deadline

Los Angeles County officials announced Friday that the application deadline for a grant program assisting small businesses affected by the Lineage Fire and East Los Angeles Oil Spill has been extended by one week, to Oct. 9. The Small Business Recovery Grant provides up to $3,000 to eligible brick-and-mortar businesses and up to $1,000 to […]

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Oct 2 • 5:42 PM EDT • Business • mynewsla.com
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Man used Facebook Marketplace to advertise business selling magic mushrooms: HCSO

A Riverview man was arrested on Friday after authorities said he was running a business selling hallucinogens on Facebook Marketplace.

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Oct 2 • 5:22 PM EDT • Business • wfla.com
Bucs LB Trotter Full Participant at Practice, Playing Week 4

With Josiah Trotter coming back, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers do get a boost on the defensive side of the football. But, with multiple starters sidelined, it will take a full team effort to pick up a victory.

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Oct 2 • 5:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The multiplier effect: Wilmington film boosts local business during ‘One Tree Hill’ convention

WILMINGTON — Thousands of fans pilgrimaged to Wilmington almost two weeks ago to celebrate a show that wrapped filming in the city more than a decade ago. Some local businesses felt the boost.

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Oct 2 • 4:32 PM EDT • Business • portcitydaily.com
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Stage 12 West opens in downtown Mesa

Stage 12 West, a new restaurant that doubles as a live entertainment venue, opened its doors in downtown Mesa on Friday morning.

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Oct 2 • 4:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • ktar.com
New ADL Initiative Details Exclusion of Jews, Israelis From Art, Entertainment, Publishing

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday released a new initiative that details the exclusion and suppression of Jewish and Israeli…

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Oct 2 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • algemeiner.com
Delta Expo celebrates regional business, culture, entertainment

From live music and Delta food to shopping, stepping, books, and small-business showcases, Pine Bluff buzzed Sept. 25-26 as the first-of-its-kind Delta Expo brought businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, and community members together at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Presented by the Pine Bluff Black Chamber of Commerce and visionary president and CEO Joni Alexander-Robinson, the two-day […]

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Delta Expo celebrates regional business, culture, entertainment

From live music and Delta food to shopping, stepping, books, and small-business showcases, Pine Bluff buzzed Sept. 25-26 as the first-of-its-kind Delta Expo brought businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, and community members together at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Presented by the Pine Bluff Black Chamber of Commerce and visionary president and CEO Joni Alexander-Robinson, the two-day […]

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Fox News Entertainment newsletter: Charles, William ‘furious’ over book; Harry, Meghan’s motives unclear

The Fox News Entertainment Newsletter brings you the latest Hollywood headlines, celebrity interviews and stories from Los Angeles and beyond.

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Oct 2 • 3:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • wfmd.com
7 Science-Backed Ways to Channel Creativity

To boost creativity, we need to get into a “flow” state. New research reveals lesser-known ways proven to help anyone unlock their creative potential. Now that’s genius!

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Texas Tenors set to open Entertainment Series at the Whatley Center on October 20

September 29, 2026 Three powerhouse voices spanning country, classical, Broadway and pop will take the Whatley Center stage when The Texas Tenors perform Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. The Texas Tenors — JC Fisher, Marcus Collins and John Hagen — first gained national attention as finalists on NBC’s America’s Got Talent in 2009. Since then,…

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Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time

This Chronicle Review Deep Cut was first published in 2025. By Julianne Werlin Thanks for reading The Chronicle Review! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science had to be understood in its human context — were encountering the funhouse-mirror version of their own views in right-wing critiques of climate scientists. It was enough to give some prominent scholars pause. “Was I wrong to participate in the invention of this field known as science studies?” asked Bruno Latour, the most famous sociologist of science in the world, in 2003. “Should we apologize for having been wrong all along? Or should we rather bring the sword of criticism to criticism itself and do a bit of soul-searching here: What were we really after when we were so intent on showing the social construction of scientific facts?” In response, Latour proposed a change of method and attitude. Science studies, now chastened and contrite, would no longer seek to strip facts of their authority, but to enrich and enhance them. What this meant in practice was never fully clear. But his diagnosis of problems resonated, even if his solutions did not. Latour’s exercise in public hand-wringing signaled a shift in mood. By 2016, with the first election of Donald Trump, the idea that skepticism of science was a right-wing position, not a left-wing one, had become a commonplace, discussed eagerly in The New York Times. For liberals, vaccine denial during the Covid era and Trump’s second-term attacks on the funding of scientific research, covered extensively in these pages, added a new urgency to the defense of science on both practical and principled grounds. There was little appetite for a sociology or philosophy of science that emphasized the messiness and missteps of the scientific process rather than its integrity and triumphs. The distinguished historian of science Peter Dear’s new book, The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science (Princeton University Press, 2025), which seeks to tell the story of 18th- and 19th-century science for a general public, may seem comfortably remote from these bitter contests. In its 16 short chapters, Dear draws swift, sure sketches of major discoveries from Newton to Einstein, ably guiding the reader through debates on stellar nebulae, animal taxonomy, atomic chemistry, evolution, and other flashpoints in the history of science. But though a work of history, Dear’s book must still negotiate our polarized present. In a blurb on its back cover, the historian of biology Lynn K. Nyhart alludes to the “present moment, when scientific knowledge is being swamped by misinformation and its institutions are under siege.” Dear himself, in his conclusion, refers to the “yard signs” and “bumper stickers” that proclaim “Science Is Real.” One antidote to both anti-science propaganda and to reductive slogans in science’s defense is a robust history and philosophy of science: exactly what Dear’s scholarship has long offered. But his new book illustrates how difficult such work has become. Dear, an emeritus professor of history at Cornell University, is best known as a creative and philosophically minded historian of the Scientific Revolution. His edited volume The Literary Structure of Scientific Argument (1991) analyzed the rhetoric of Galileo’s thought experiments to brilliant effect. Discipline and Experience: The Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution (1995) was a major contribution to the analysis of scientific experiments in early modern Europe and beyond, while Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700 (2001), now in its third edition, remains one of the best overviews of the profound epistemological upheavals of 16th- and 17th-century science. But Dear has also ventured into later periods. Nearly two decades ago, in The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (2006), he turned to the 18th and 19th centuries to sketch a history and theory of scientific knowledge. Aimed at a generalist audience, Dear’s simple prose belied serious philosophical ambitions. Science, Dear argued, has two aspects: “natural philosophy,” the quest to understand the true nature of the universe, and “instrumentality,” the applied skills and technologies that allow us to manipulate the world for human advantage. Both strands are ancient, but the innovation of the phenomenon we call “science” was to yoke them together. As Francis Bacon wrote, “Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known, the effect cannot be produced,” an insight typically abridged to “knowledge is power.” Or, in Bertrand Russell’s characteristically blunt phrase, science has two functions, “1. to enable us to know things, and 2., to enable us to do things.” So far, so conventional. But Dear took issue with this familiar story in one respect. Bacon’s formula implied that theory and practice could be fused in a single method. In fact, Dear argued, the quest to understand nature and the desire to manipulate it were coupled only loosely. They could come together, but they could also pull apart. Focusing on natural philosophy, the “knowing” half of the scientific circle, he used a series of case studies from cosmology, taxonomy, chemistry, electromagnetism, and quantum theory to show how theories changed over time, in dialogue with practice, but never reducible to it. Take the case of matter, the basic substrate of the physical world. In the 18th and 19th centuries, scientists not only disagreed about what it was, but also about how well it could be known. In 1789, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier dismissed speculation about the atomic composition of chemicals as “discussions entirely of a metaphysical nature,” as he sought to orient chemistry away from philosophical abstraction and toward laboratory results. But in the 19th century, atoms returned with a vengeance in the atomic chemistry of John Dalton, who wanted to explain the underlying structure of nature. It was not just that Dalton and Lavoisier had a different set of experimental results, or even a different theory, Dear showed. What counted as an explanation had changed. In arguing that scientific theories depended on their intelligibility to human beings with complex arrays of beliefs and commitments, Dear was in sympathy with science studies. Key figures such as the sociologist Steven Shapin emphasized the importance of psychological mechanisms like trust in the formation and acceptance of scientific ideas. But in focusing on the scientific pursuit of knowledge, not its politics or economics, Dear resisted the more cynical perspective of some of his colleagues. The Intelligibility of Nature strikes a very different note than Shapin’s collection of a few years later, Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as If It Was Produced by People With Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority (2010), to name just one example. Walking a very fine line, Dear depicted science as driven at once by complex social dynamics and by the intellectual power of real discoveries. It was a testament not only to his own acumen but also to the vitality of the field that he was able to do so. Nearly two decades later, The World as We Know It returns to the questions broached in The Intelligibility of Nature. Like Dear’s earlier study, it begins with the Newtonian cosmos and ends with debates between Einstein and Bohr on quantum physics. Beyond its terminal figures, many of the same characters appear in both studies, including the naturalists John Ray and the Comte de Buffon; the chemists Étienne François Geoffroy, Antoine Lavoisier, and John Dalton; as well as Charles Darwin and Michael Faraday, among others. Its subject is nearly identical: As in The Intelligibility of Nature, The World as We Know It considers natural philosophy as opposed to instrumentality, here defined as the “desire to create a picture of what the world is really like — the world as God knows it — rather than simply having instrumental or operational control over it.” The two books also overlap in insights — and sometimes even in language. The reader who has learned in The Intelligibility of Nature that Buffon’s method of classifying animals “reflected his belief in the importance of the senses and empiricism in learning about nature (a doctrine associated with Newton and the philosopher John Locke)” will experience a sense of déjà vu on reading, in The World as We Know It, that the classification “reflects Buffon’s commitment to the epistemological stance of Newton and his philosophical underlaborer John Locke, who stressed the role of the senses in creating natural knowledge.” Later in the passage, we read that, “because of its stress on understanding the ways of life of animals in their environments, Buffon’s approach could almost be labeled (anachronistically) as ‘ecological.’” And again, “an anachronistic way of putting it would be to say that Buffon recommends an ecological mode of understanding.” Likewise, in The Intelligibility of Nature we read of Dalton that he was initially drawn to meteorology, and that: He did a bit of experimental work on these things, especially having to do with the water-holding capacity of gases, but his real interest lay in understanding what, at an underlying natural-philosophical level, was really going on physically.” Whereas, in The World as We Know It: He did experimental work on these things, especially concerning the water-holding capacity of gases — although not at a very refined level quantitatively — but he was continually trying to develop a theoretical conception of what was happening physically. The final full chapter of each book closes on the same resigned note. Intelligibility: These days, most serious work on the natural philosophical underpinnings and implications of quantum mechanics is performed not by physicists but by philosophers of science. Among scientific practitioners themselves, Bohr’s attempt to use instrumentality as sufficient grounds for a respectable science has met with a high degree of success. And again, in The World as We Know It: Bohr’s and Einstein’s concerns are now questions that are mostly discussed by philosophers of science rather than by physicists themselves. The marginalization of these sorts of questions amounts to the demise of natural philosophy, at least in physics, in the 20th century. Quantum mechanics “works,” and that’s good enough for most scientists who encounter it. Examples could be multiplied. When handling the same subject matter, some echoes are inevitable. Scholars should not feel that because they have written “Isaac Newton died in 1727” in one book, in the next they must describe him as perishing, expiring, or meeting his maker. But the repetitions of language and arguments (not to mention six reproduced images) threaded throughout The World as We Know It are more extensive than that. They should have been caught by Princeton University Press or its reviewers, and revised. Because the two books have so much in common, it is easy to see where they diverge. The World as We Know It is a less theoretical work than its predecessor. The sociology of knowledge that organized The Intelligibility of Nature has been reduced in scale and folded into readings and examples. The taut interplay between history and theory, which gave the earlier study so much interest, is there, but it is subtle. In the earlier book, the case studies demonstrated theoretical claims about the character and development of science. In the later work, each narrative of discovery is an end in itself. Insights emerge from the history, but they do not control the organization of the study. With the theory muted, it can be hard to understand the logic uniting Dear’s sprawling history of more than two centuries of scientific knowledge. The 16 brisk chapters cover an enormous amount of material. But the closer the volume edges to comprehensiveness, the more obvious the missing elements become. A chapter on “Institutions and Pedagogy,” describing the birth of the research university, illustrates the problem. Inserted roughly halfway through the book, the unnumbered chapter is designed as an “entr’acte,” in acknowledgement that it does not fit the study’s organization around scientific discoveries. Yet as Dear is well aware, no general history of the development of modern science can bracket its 19th-century institutionalization and professionalization. It was the 19th-century university, after all, that gave us the “scientist,” a term coined by the Cambridge philosopher William Whewell. Dear’s history of scientific discoveries implies a wider social and institutional history, but it remains largely subterranean, only occasionally extruded under the pressure of the narrative. It must be said that the balance is not all on the side of the earlier study. There are some advantages to the more historical, less theoretical organization of The World as We Know It. Dear’s accounts of paradigm shifts are remarkably lucid, no small accomplishment given that they span fields and centuries. He makes excellent use of the wealth of new scholarship on Darwin and his influences, to which he has himself contributed. It is satisfying to see puzzle pieces from Buffon’s natural history, Georges Cuvier’s animal taxonomy, Thomas Robert Malthus’s demography, and Charles Lyell’s geology recombined seamlessly in the Darwinian jigsaw. Likewise, Dear’s discussion of stellar nebulae, divided between chapters two and 15, shows vividly how Newton, Kant, Herschel, and Hubble reimagined insights and observations as they sought to discover whether the diffuse light that filtered through early telescopes was a glowing, gaseous substance or discrete but distant stars. Yet despite such pleasures, the book remains a more modest work than The Intelligibility of Nature. Dear has clearly not changed his views about the history of science. But in the two decades that have elapsed, the discipline and the world around it have changed, making it harder to write a sociologically and philosophically ambitious history of science for the general reader. That is a shame, because in the age of Silicon Valley and biotechnology, both the reciprocity and the tensions Dear identified between the epistemological and instrumental ambitions of science are more evident than ever. In recent years, some of the most exciting new books on the history of science in early modernity have focused precisely on this pressure point. Important studies such as Pamela H. Smith’s From Lived Experience to the Written Word (2022), James Poskett’s Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science (2022), and Vera Keller’s The Interlopers: Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge (2023) all shed new light on how early modern science negotiated the relationship between its instrumental and epistemological ambitions, or in Russell’s phrase, knowing and doing. There is every opportunity for a philosophically informed approach to draw new insights from this wealth of material. Dear, unfortunately, has not done so in The World as We Know It. But for future scholars of the history of science, his body of work over nearly four decades may provide just the model. Julianne Werlin is an associate professor of English at Duke University. 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Colossal Biosciences' Ben Lamm on AI and the science of de-extinction

Ben Lamm, Colossal Biosciences Co-founder and CEO, told CNBC's Julia Boorstin at the 2026 CNBC AI Forum about how AI helps make "magic" happen when it comes to de-extinction.

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Oct 2 • 2:23 PM EDT • Science • cnbc.com
Pokémon TCG’s Final 2026 Set Is Causing Major Preorder Chaos, Here Is How You Can Buy Delta Reign at MSRP Right Now

Find out where to preorder Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Delta Reign at MSRP in the US and UK before Elite Trainer Boxes and Booster Displays sell out.

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Oct 2 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Yankees Postseason Game-Plan Should Reflect Wild Card Series Performance

The New York Yankees have punched their ticket to the 2026 American League Division Series. A victory over the Boston Red Sox in sweep style held various positives. The Yankees need to stick to this game plan to succeed this postseason. Aaron Boone and his team entered this Wild Card Series knowing the term “Bronx Bombers” …

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Oct 2 • 1:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Africa Business and Human Rights Forum Concludes in Dakar with Call for Stronger Action on Human Rights and the Environment

/PRNewswire/ -- The fifth Africa Business and Human Rights (BHR) Forum concluded today in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together governments, businesses, the UN,...

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Oct 2 • 1:04 PM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Comedian Joey Clift writes funny, accessible book on Native history

Author and Cowlitz Indian Tribe member Joey Clift spoke with The Seattle Times about inspiration, representation and why he loves his tribe’s casino.

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Oct 2 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Last redistricting hearing comes to Jackson, MS. What happens next?

The statewide tour of redistricting hearings ended in Jackson with boos, accusations of racism and calls to delay redistricting until the 2030 census.

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Oct 2 • 12:33 PM EDT • Politics • clarionledger.com
WATCH LIVE: Trump holds rally in Alabama as he tries to boost up midterm enthusiasm
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Oct 2 • 12:25 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Is UK politics 'boomer-centric'?

An hour of debate with Miatta Fahnbulleh, Julia Lopez, Suella Braverman and Oli Dugmore.

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Oct 2 • 12:13 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Adebayo responds to play-in talk and 10 snappy Heat comments. ‘Vice City’ on tap

Ten notable comments by Heat players and Erik Spoelstra this week. And the team is planning a ‘Vice City’ night.

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Oct 2 • 12:09 PM EDT • Sports • miamiherald.com
How ‘Purposeful Growth’ Makes The Case For Business’ Most Underused Advantage

Purpose didn't fail, business misunderstood it. In their new book Purposeful Growth, Helen Trickey and Philipp Reker show how leaders turn meaning into commercial momentum.

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Oct 2 • 12:00 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Beshear, Calipari share the stage in Arkansas during KY governor’s book tour

The two discussed Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150 in 2023.

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Oct 2 • 11:28 AM EDT • Politics • kentucky.com
Presidio Investors Sells Podium Entertainment To Flexpoint Ford And Shamrock Capital

Presidio Investors has sold Podium Entertainment to Flexpoint Ford and Shamrock Capital, completing an investment that began in 2019 when Podium was an early-stage, founder-led audiobook publisher. GoldState Music is joining the new ownership group as a minority investor. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Oct 2 • 11:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • pulse2.com
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens' Pediatrics Department Hosts Pre-Launch Book Reading with Celebrated Children's Book Author

The Pediatrics Department at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens was filled with excitement on Wednesday as patients, families, and staff gathered for a special

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Oct 2 • 10:39 AM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
Five Best Books on Women in the Movie Business

The author of ‘Jungle Red!’ on revelatory stories from women on camera and behind the scenes in Hollywood.

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Oct 2 • 10:32 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com
Marquette Bookshelf: ‘When Migrants Become Political Pawns: Decoding the American Migrant Busing Crisis’

Dr. Sumana Chattopadhyay discusses her new book, which analyzes the U.S. migrant busing crisis of 2022 as a case study.

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Oct 2 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • today.marquette.edu
Why tracking business expenses matters — and how to get started

QuickBooks Free can help small business owners understand their cash flow, prepare for tax season and make informed spending decisions.

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Oct 2 • 9:19 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Halo's new steward Activision reportedly considering rebooting the series, with a team in Sledgehammer Games leading the charge

New rumours suggest Sledgehammer Games have pitched some ideas for Activision's newly-announced Halo takeover.

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Oct 2 • 9:14 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
SeatGeek Launches TourIQ, Bringing Predictive Pricing Intelligence to Live Entertainment

NEW YORK, October 02, 2026--SeatGeek, the technology company that has put data at the center of the live event experience from day one, today announced the launch of TourIQ, a predictive intelligence product built for the people who book and price live shows. TourIQ tells a promoter or venue what a concert or third party event is worth at any building, for any artist, on any date, before a single ticket is sold, then generates a price for every seat in the house so the show opens with the right

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Oct 2 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Sustainable Seaweed Farming Could Boost Coastal Communities, Economies, and Marine Health

The cold, nutrient-rich waters off British Columbia and Alaska are home to some of the most spectacular and diverse marine ecosystems in the world, featuring more than 500 known seaweed species, from smaller red and green seaweeds to towering giant kelp that can grow as much as 2 feet a day.

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Oct 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pew.org
The Democratic Playbook for Investigating Trump

Congressional oversight committees are quietly preparing for next year.

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Oct 2 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • theatlantic.com
Scientists could one day remove your bad memories. Here's how

Madeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose book How to Change a Memory was shortlisted for this year’s Royal Society Trivedi science book prize. He explains how scientists have been able to locate memories in the brains of rodents, trigger them artificially and even remove them, and reveals what the practical applications of this science could one day be for humans.

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Oct 2 • 6:55 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Are Democrats Worried About the Wrong Rich People?

As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners.

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Oct 2 • 5:02 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
𝐄𝐔–𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔–𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟑 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐋𝐂𝐂, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐄𝐔 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 “𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.”

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Oct 2 • 12:51 AM EDT • Business • eeas.europa.eu
3 Major Takeaways From Start of Phoenix Suns Training Camp

Devin Booker embraces a positionless offensive shift as the Suns prioritize continuity and recalibrated aggression, blending veteran playmaking with fresh faces to spark a pursuit for a higher ceiling.

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Oct 1 • 9:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Owners of Plot Twist Books in South Charleston looking to sell the business

An award-winning bookstore in Kanawha County is up for sale, according to ownership.https://wchstv.com/news/local/south-charleston-bookstore-earns-award-less-th

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Oct 1 • 6:01 PM EDT • Business • wchstv.com
More than just a boost: Caffeine’s effects on teens

Energy drinks and coffee are common among teens. A pediatric cardiologist explains concerns about caffeine, heart palpitations, and sleep.

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Oct 1 • 5:35 PM EDT • Health • utphysicians.com
Salmon season brings business boost to Pulaski

The Salmon River in Pulaski is full of salmon and fly fishers, and that means business is booming in the village.

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Oct 1 • 5:20 PM EDT • Business • wwnytv.com
This week in science: Loud birds, eating with company, and asteroid samples

NPR's Short Wave podcast talks about really loud birds, the benefits of eating with company and what asteroid samples could tell us about the early Earth.

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Oct 1 • 5:12 PM EDT • Science • npr.org
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Nearly $55 million awarded to boost healthcare access across rural Alabama

Gov. Kay Ivey announced that 34 grants totaling nearly $55 million are being awarded to healthcare providers and institutions throughout Alabama as part of the second round of the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program (ARHTP) funding for 2026.

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Oct 1 • 4:47 PM EDT • Health • wbrc.com
Equities rebound to close higher as surging Treasury yields recede

Us stocks closed higher after treasury yields reversed course from multi-decade highs, easing inflation fears and boosting energy and technology sectors.

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Oct 1 • 4:37 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Ten bucks says you’ll love this community science project

Today marks the first day of Rut Watch 2026 With another season of Deer Spy in the books thanks to community scientists like you, biologists are now on a mission to pinpoint the peak of the white-tailed deer breeding season in Maine. Every observation of deer breeding behavior and sign helps define the timing of the rut, and this project uses the power of community science to collect deer data all fall long. Hunters, hikers, and wildlife watchers - Rut Watch pairs well with any outdoor adventure you have planned this season. It’s a perfect excuse to slow down and connect with nature as you look for clues. So get outside, rack up that deer data and submit rut reports from now through December 1. The online form is science made simple: Location Date and time Breeding behavior observed Submit a Rut Report What to watch for Active Breeding The most obvious breeding behavior to observe is a buck mounting a doe, but that is a rare sight as it only lasts a moment. You are more likely to witness a buck “tending” a doe, following closely, chasing, nuzzling, or pawing at her rump until she is receptive. Sparring After bucks shed their velvet, sparring helps sort out who is who in the dominance hierarchy. Early season matches are often less intense than later season matches between similar sized bucks. Most sparring is complete by the time breeding begins. Rubs Don’t just look for deer, pay attention to the trees. Rubs are marks made by bucks when they rub their antlers on trees, removing bark and leaving their scent calling card in the process. Scrapes Look to the forest floor for this sign of breeding season behavior. Scrapes consist of two parts - a licking branch, and a patch of cleared earth. Bucks break a low branch around head height, then paw at the leaves below to expose the dirt. Covered in scent, a scrape tells does and other bucks, “I’m here!” Learn More More information What’s next for deer community science: Northern Maine Wintering Deer Survey Other active community science projects: Fish Tag Reporting Maine Golden Eagle Study Maine Amphibian & Reptile Atlas Project Maine Deer Management: Maine’s Big Game Management Plan Game Species Conservation & Management Report The Benefits of Hunting: Supporting Wildlife, Conservation, and Community Subscribe Share Leave a comment

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Oct 1 • 4:33 PM EDT • Science • barharborstory.substack.com
INSBANK Honors Four Middle Tennessee Business Leaders at 10th Annual INSBY Awards

/PRNewswire/ -- INSBANK proudly celebrated the 10th Annual INSBY Awards on September 30, recognizing four outstanding client businesses whose innovation,...

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Oct 1 • 4:33 PM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Science of Perception Box Podcast Named Finalist in Four 2026 Signal Awards Categories

/PRNewswire/ -- Science of Perception Box™, the award-winning podcast produced by Unlikely Collaborators in partnership with Pod People, has been named a...

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Oct 1 • 4:13 PM EDT • Science • prnewswire.com
SMU's Rhett Lashlee Takes Issue With Mustangs' Biggest Bugaboo

The Mustangs have been good on both sides of the ball, but one thing is still sticking in his paw after four games.

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Oct 1 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
RCX SPORTS AND U.S. BANK ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP ACROSS 10 NFL FLAG REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS

Partnership expands the bank's support for the next generation of flag football athletes RCX Sports, the official operator of NFL FLAG, and U.S. Bank announced...

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Oct 1 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • prnewswire.com
Macklemore announces his ‘Free Palestine’ tour dates sold out

Rapper Macklemore is thrilled that the “Free Palestine” tour he launched after being booted from Ed Sheeran’s lineup has sold out its upcoming shows overseas. “I’m honestly blown away. We

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Oct 1 • 3:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Using comic books to get serious about science

Nuclear engineer-turned-librarian Jim Ottaviani found his niche as a writer of nonfiction comic books about scientific superheroes. Move over, Marvel. Step aside, DC Comics: Einstein, Pasteur, and more, have muscled their way into the best-seller stratosphere.

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Oct 1 • 3:44 PM EDT • Science • michigantoday.umich.edu
Ms. Rachel mixes politics with preschool fame as toy expert weighs whether controversy could impact sales

James Zahn, editor-in-chief of "The Toy Book," weighs in on Ms. Rachel’s political statements and explains why controversy may not have much impact on her booming children’s brand.

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Oct 1 • 3:40 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
How the data boom is transforming the social sciences

In a video, scholars from across Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences explain how the recent explosion of data in our world presents both challenges and opportunities in their quest to better understand human behavior.

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Oct 1 • 3:28 PM EDT • Science • news.yale.edu
The rise of AI suspicion

As images, videos and text generated by artificial intelligence become more common online, people are increasingly being asked to make difficult judgments: Is this real? Was it made by a person? Can it be trusted? Those questions are no longer limited to computer scientists or technology companies. They now shape how people encounter news, social media, art and books.

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Oct 1 • 3:08 PM EDT • Science • news.asu.edu
The Politics of the Planetary

The French philosopher Guy Debord and Danish painter Asger Jorn built their book Mémoires (1959) out of a collage of purloined material. Newspaper clippings, magazine advertisements, cartoons, cutups of maps…

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Oct 1 • 2:02 PM EDT • Politics • theideasletter.org
Opus 5.5 loves to tell you 'this matters' (and other AI writing tells)

Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.

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Oct 1 • 1:50 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com