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How to Watch Browns vs. Steelers: Time, TV Channel and Live Stream

Learn which TV channel or how to live stream the NFL Week 17 Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers game, Sunday, Dec. 28.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 1:14 PM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
Central Michigan vs Northwestern live updates in GameAbove Sports Bowl

The Central Michigan Chippewas are playing the Northwestern Wildcats in the 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl in Detroit.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 11:53 AM EST • Sports • freep.com
Northwestern vs. Central Michigan prediction, odds: 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl picks from proven model

SportsLine's computer reveals its CMU Chippewas vs. Northwestern Wildcats best bets

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Dec 26, 2025 • 11:05 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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POLITICS: Michigan sees decline in green investment

POLITICS: Michigan sees sharp decline in climate investment; lawmakers demand probe after detainee dies in ICE custody.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 10:04 AM EST • Politics • ourmidland.com
Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, New Study Warns

New research reveals organized networks linking paper mills, intermediaries, and compromised academic journals

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Dec 26, 2025 • 9:54 AM EST • Science • scitechdaily.com
The 20 best college towns across the US, ranked

WalletHub ranked over 400 cities based on affordability, social scene, and academic opportunity. These are the top 20 best college towns in the US.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 9:22 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Michigan targets Kyle Whittingham: Ex-Utah coach emerges as Wolverines' top candidate

Whittingham stepped down from the Utah job this month after 21 seasons

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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:46 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Michigan reportedly zeroing in coaching search on Utah's Kyle Whittingham
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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:22 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Northwestern vs. Central Michigan prediction, odds: 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl picks from proven model

SportsLine's computer model reveals its CMU Chippewas vs. Northwestern Wildcats best bets

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:59 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Huntsville Nightlife Businesses Launch Unified Safety Initiative While Navigating Privacy Questions

Huntsville City Councilwoman Michelle Watkins joined local club and restaurant owners to announce a coordinated, business-led effort to improve safety across

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • huntsvillebusinessjournal.com
New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed For Linux Akin To Microsoft Windows' "Modern Standby"

An exciting post-Christmas patch series out on the Linux kernel mailing list this morning is proposing a new runtime standby ABI that is similar in nature to the 'Modern Standby' functionality found with Microsoft Windows.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 6:23 AM EST • Technology • phoronix.com
CMU vs Northwestern preview and prediction for GameAbove Sports Bowl

Central Michigan looks to finish its season with a bowl win over Northwestern at Ford Field.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 5:09 AM EST • Sports • freep.com
M&T Bank discusses business banking trends, 2026 economic outlook

Shannon Lazare, business banking market manager for New Jersey, New York City, and Long Island at M&T Bank, discusses the shifting economic conditions outlook for 2026.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Business • roi-nj.com
Why scientists are catching whale breaths....with drones : Short Wave

Scientists in the Arctic are catching the exhaled breaths of whales to better understand their health. How? Drones. Whales breathe through their blowholes, which are the equivalent of nostrils on their heads. By studying the microbes in exhaled whale breaths, scientists are piecing together how deadly diseases spread in whale populations. Host Emily Kwong and producer Berly McCoy talk to All Things Considered host Juana Summers about what scientists can do with this information, from reducing stress on whales and monitoring ocean health to warning people who could be in close proximity to whales carrying zoonotic diseases. Interested in more science on charismatic megafauna? 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.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 3:00 AM EST • Science • npr.org
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Why scientists are catching whale breaths....with drones : Short Wave

Scientists in the Arctic are catching the exhaled breaths of whales to better understand their health. How? Drones. Whales breathe through their blowholes, which are the equivalent of nostrils on their heads. By studying the microbes in exhaled whale breaths, scientists are piecing together how deadly diseases spread in whale populations. Host Emily Kwong and producer Berly McCoy talk to All Things Considered host Juana Summers about what scientists can do with this information, from reducing stress on whales and monitoring ocean health to warning people who could be in close proximity to whales carrying zoonotic diseases. Interested in more science on charismatic megafauna? 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.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 3:00 AM EST • Health • npr.org
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New Mexico Wellness Wire: Rural health care funds

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last week awarded $20 million in grants to 32 rural health organizations across New Mexico.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 1:30 AM EST • Health • santafenewmexican.com
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What channel is Northwestern vs CMU today? Time, TV for GameAbove Sports Bowl

Northwestern and Central Michigan face off in a true Midwestern matchup at Ford Field in Detroit. How to watch, including time, TV schedule and more:

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Dec 26, 2025 • 1:01 AM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
Inside Iowa Politics: Issues to watch in 2026

Iowa lawmakers begin the 2026 session on January 12th with economic, health, education, and workforce questions to consider.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 11:42 PM EST • Politics • ktiv.com
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The economy is growing. That doesn't mean companies are hiring more.

Can't find a job, but keep hearing that the economy is strong? That might be the economic story of 2026.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 8:45 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians, Trump says

A Defense Department official, who insisted on animosity to discuss details not made public, said the U.S. worked with Nigeria to carry out the strikes, and that they'd been approved by that country's government.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 8:32 PM EST • Politics • nola.com
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This common food ingredient may shape a child’s health for life

Scientists discovered that common food emulsifiers consumed by mother mice altered their offspring’s gut microbiome from the very first weeks of life. These changes interfered with normal immune system training, leading to long-term inflammation. As adults, the offspring were more vulnerable to gut disorders and obesity. The findings suggest that food additives may have hidden, lasting effects beyond those who consume them directly.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
This common food ingredient may shape a child’s health for life

Scientists discovered that common food emulsifiers consumed by mother mice altered their offspring’s gut microbiome from the very first weeks of life. These changes interfered with normal immune system training, leading to long-term inflammation. As adults, the offspring were more vulnerable to gut disorders and obesity. The findings suggest that food additives may have hidden, lasting effects beyond those who consume them directly.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Health • sciencedaily.com
Trump says US military struck ISIS terrorists in Nigeria

President Donald Trump said Thursday he’d ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, who he has accused of persecuting Christians in the country.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 6:19 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Asus could produce DDR5 RAM to ease memory shortage and keep laptop prices reasonable

With DDR5 RAM prices out of control, Asus may have a strategy that will benefit laptop buyers and gamers. A new report suggests that it will begin manufacturing DRAM as soon as 2026. Even with this development, Asus would struggle to open factories without the help of Samsung, Micron, or SK Hynix.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 6:11 PM EST • Technology • notebookcheck.net
This $40 Microsoft bundle makes an old PC feel brand new

Spoil an old PC with this bundle.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 6:00 PM EST • Technology • mashable.com
This week in science: Swearing, bird bills and the pandemic, and whale breath samples

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:09 PM EST • Science • npr.org
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Researchers create world's smallest programmable, autonomous robots

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense ...

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Dec 25, 2025 • 3:50 PM EST • Technology • techxplore.com
Trump rings in Christmas Day with a flurry of posts denouncing perceived foes and casting doubt on the 2020 election

The president posted on Truth Social over 100 times overnight, also touting his own economic policies and efforts to end foreign wars.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 2:43 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Northwestern and Central Michigan are heading for a defensive showdown in GameAbove Sports Bowl
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Dec 25, 2025 • 2:36 PM EST • Sports • 10tv.com
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Entertainment group closes out year with open mic night at Little Jamaica

444Force Entertainment hosted its final event of the year with an open mic night that brought together music, poetry and creative expression at Little Jamaica, a restaurant and lounge that

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Dec 25, 2025 • 2:17 PM EST • Entertainment • kdhnews.com
NFL Week 17 predictions by Microsoft Copilot AI for every game

Microsoft Copilot picks all of the NFL Week 17 games after going 12-4 predicting the results of the previous week's contests.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:18 PM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
Year in review: Trump’s environmental policy : The NPR Politics Podcast

As we approach 2026, the NPR Politics Podcast is taking a look back at the year that was in different political areas. Today, we look at how America’s stance on environmental policy has shifted under the second Trump administration and what the potential impacts could be.This episode: voting correspondent Ashley Lopez, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, climate correspondent Michael Copley, and automotive and energy correspondent Camila Domonoske.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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'Radical Left Scum.' Trump Xmas cheer greets rivals, heralds economy

Trump heralded Christmas with messages criticizing 'Radical Left Scum' and promoting the country's economic growth.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 9:18 AM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Houston hailed as one of America's 10 best cities for startups

Houston's favorable economic climate is enticing entrepreneurs.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 9:01 AM EST • Business • houston.innovationmap.com
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WA students try out new tech at 'Hour of AI'

Microsoft's one-hour lesson in Bellevue aimed to introduce kids to fast-evolving AI and helping them use it responsibly.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 8:30 AM EST • Technology • seattletimes.com
Northwestern vs. Central Michigan prediction, odds, spread: 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl picks from proven model

SportsLine's computer model reveals its CMU Chippewas vs. Northwestern Wildcats best bets

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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A surprising brain cleanup reduced epileptic seizures and restored memory

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals avoided epilepsy altogether. The treatment used drugs already known to science, raising the possibility of quicker translation to people. The results offer new hope for patients who do not respond to existing medications.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Astronomers discover one of the Universe’s largest spinning structures

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain of galaxies sits inside a much larger filament that appears to be slowly rotating as a whole. This coordinated motion is far stronger than expected by chance and hints that galaxy spin may be inherited from the cosmic web itself. The finding opens a new window into how galaxies formed and how matter flows across the Universe.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
A Christmas tree 80 light-years wide appears in space

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree. Known as NGC 2264, this distant star-forming region sits about 2,700 light-years away and is filled with newborn stars lighting up clouds of gas and dust. The stars form a triangular shape called the Christmas Tree cluster, crowned by the dramatic Cone Nebula and wrapped in the swirling Fox Fur Nebula below. Together, these features create a festive cosmic scene spanning nearly 80 light-years, showing how young stars shape their surroundings on a truly galactic scale.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Mid-Michigan entertainment for the weekend of Dec. 26-28 and beyond

Check out what’s going on around the area.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 6:26 AM EST • Entertainment • themorningsun.com
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I moved to the US from India. Here's how I landed a job at Microsoft after first misunderstanding the Big Tech hiring process.

Rishab Jolly moved to the US to get his MBA after starting his engineering career in India. He was hired at Microsoft in 2017 as a product manager.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:05 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Northwestern-Central Michigan GameAbove Sports Bowl picks, odds

USA TODAY's college football experts lock in their picks for the 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl on Dec. 26.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:02 AM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
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New technology eliminates “forever chemicals” with record-breaking speed and efficiency

A new eco-friendly technology can capture and destroy PFAS, the dangerous “forever chemicals” found worldwide in water. The material works hundreds to thousands of times faster and more efficiently than current filters, even in river water, tap water, and wastewater. After trapping the chemicals, the system safely breaks them down and refreshes itself for reuse. It’s a rare one-two punch against pollution: fast cleanup and sustainable destruction.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Raiders vs. Giants Injury Report

See who's in and who's out for the Week 17 matchup between the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders on December 28, 2025.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:44 PM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
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Native American entrepreneurs expanding business opportunities in North Dakota

The Department of Commerce says entrepreneurship is growing in the state of North Dakota. Native American business owners are playing a growing role in that economic momentum.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:05 PM EST • Business • kfyrtv.com
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Lessenberry: A fateful year awaits in Michigan politics

LANSING — Well, it’s Christmas, and I hope everyone reading this, whatever your beliefs may be, is having a wonderful and relaxing day. While this isn’t ...

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:00 PM EST • Politics • toledoblade.com
VA in 2026 looks to get EHR rollout back on track, embark on health care reorganization

VA is planning for its new EHR from Oracle-Cerner to go live at 13 sites in 2026 — starting with four sites in Michigan in April 2026.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 3:18 PM EST • Health • federalnewsnetwork.com
Obama Foundation partner expands vendor network for small businesses

Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative said more than 75 Chicago area organizations have joined its network to collectively negotiate service contracts, which will help lower costs.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:29 PM EST • Business • chicago.suntimes.com
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How micro-business grants strengthen ‘backbone’ of Springfield economy

The Farmer's House Restaurant, just 18 months old, received $5,000 from a program.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:46 AM EST • Business • masslive.com
The top 5 major African cities with the best health care at the end of 2025

A high healthcare index was more indicative of long-term national competitiveness, social stability, and economic resilience than it was of hospital quality or doctor accessibility

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:30 AM EST • Health • africa.businessinsider.com
Northwestern Aims for Sixth Straight Bowl Win in GameAbove Sports Bowl

DETROIT — Northwestern football will play its second bowl game in three seasons as it takes on Central Michigan in the GameAbove Sports Bowl, hosted at Ford ...

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:42 AM EST • Sports • nusports.com
Check your physics knowledge with our bumper end-of-year quiz

Try our new interactive end-of-year quiz compiled by Colin White

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Science • physicsworld.com
Gold, silver and platinum hit record highs as investors look for Santa rally; BP to sell stake in Castrol for $6bn

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Dec 24, 2025 • 2:38 AM EST • Business • theguardian.com
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NJBIA Business Outlook Survey Spotlight: NJ's Economic Climate

NJBIA released its 67th annual Business Outlook Survey on Dec. 2. While much of the attention of the survey focused on 2055 energy cost increases and

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:53 AM EST • Business • njbia.org
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Asian Legal Business Again Recognizes Ning Zhang Among the Top Dealmakers in Asia

Partner Ning Zhang has been named to Asian Legal Business’s 2025 Dealmakers of Asia list. This marks the third consecutive year he has been recognized among the region’s most influential and accomplished legal professionals who have made significant contributions to the dynamic landscape of Asian business law and are shaping the future of dealmaking across the continent.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Business • morganlewis.com
Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase

: Plans move to Rust, with help from AI

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:39 PM EST • Technology • theregister.com
Scientists Released Caged Mice Into The Wild, And an Incredible Thing Happened

This may have implications for humans.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:00 PM EST • Science • sciencealert.com
Business owners stress economic damage from power outage in San Francisco

Some local business owners are just starting to figure out just how much economic damage was done by the holiday weekend outage in San Francisco.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:26 PM EST • Business • nbcbayarea.com
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MSU defensive back announces plan to enter transfer portal

A Michigan State football defensive back announces he'll be entering the transfer portal

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:24 PM EST • Sports • spartanswire.usatoday.com
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We are living in a golden age of species discovery

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, plants, fungi, and beyond. Many species remain undiscovered, especially insects and microbes, and future advances could unlock millions more. Each new find also opens doors to conservation and medical breakthroughs.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
‘Silver tsunami’ of retiring business owners leaves Main Streets at a crossroads

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) ALPENA — Mary Rajasekhar had owned Olivet Book and Gift for 35 years when she decided last Christmas it was time to retire. But, with her children spread out across the country and into their own […]

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Business • dailypress.net
This tiny peptide could help stop brain damage after injury

A four–amino acid peptide called CAQK has shown powerful brain-protective effects in animal models of traumatic brain injury. Delivered through a standard IV, it zeroes in on injured brain tissue, calming inflammation and reducing cell death while improving recovery. The peptide worked in both mice and pigs, whose brains are closer to humans in structure. Researchers are now preparing to move toward early human clinical trials.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Death certificates reveal new information about Rob Reiner and wife Michele's deaths

The death certificates for Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner have revealed new information about the timeline of the filmmakers' deaths.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:24 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Plant science with a twist

From morning glories spiraling up fence posts to grape vines corkscrewing through arbors, twisted growth is a problem-solving tool found throughout the plant kingdom. Roots “do the twist” all the time, skewing hard right or left to avoid rocks and other debris. Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:15 PM EST • Science • newswise.com
Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? : Consider This from NPR

2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists and officials who worry that those cuts could cause the United States to lose its competitive edge as a global hub for research and innovation, and steer future generations away from careers in science. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Michael Levitt, with audio engineering by Zo vanGinhoven. It was edited by Sarah Handel, Scott Hensley and Amina Khan. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 4:27 PM EST • Science • npr.org
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OPERA: Addressing Societal Needs with Satellite Data

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:55 PM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
Year in review: Trump's economy : The NPR Politics Podcast

As we approach 2026, the NPR Politics Podcast is taking a look back at the year that was in different political areas. Today, we look at President Trump's handling of the economy, including his tariff policy.This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell & Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 12:05 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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The $100 million investment that kept San Francisco tourism afloat

Unlike other parts of SF tourism, cruises excelled after the pandemic.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:50 AM EST • Business • sfgate.com
Scientists create replica human womb lining and implant early-stage embryos

Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Science • theguardian.com
Why This Business Model Is Opening the Door to Entrepreneurship for People With Almost No Capital

Micro-franchising helps people with limited resources become business owners by offering low-cost and proven franchise models.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Business • entrepreneur.com
“My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030” — Microsoft bets on AI to finally modernize Windows

A distinguished engineer outlined a "previously unimaginable" plan to rewrite millions of lines of code using AI agents and algorithms.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:30 AM EST • Technology • windowscentral.com
Michigan Matters: An anniversary at The Henry Ford, and looking back at politics in 2025
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Dec 23, 2025 • 10:18 AM EST • Politics • cbsnews.com
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"Time Is Not Broken": US Officials Work To Correct Time, After Discovering It Is 4.8 Microseconds Out

After a particularly nasty windstorm in Boulder, Colorado, official US time slowed ever so slightly.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:11 AM EST • Science • iflscience.com
Michigan Matters looks back at politics in 2025
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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:08 AM EST • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Economic growth surges in late summer, the highest in two years

“This was the strongest six months of growth since late in 2023, but it certainly didn’t feel that way for most people,” one analyst said.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:36 AM EST • Business • washingtonpost.com
Brand Innovators Outlook 2026: Entertainment

The entertainment industry faces a year of change and adjustment in 2026. New technologies and merger activity will keep movies, TV and live events in play. With the limitations of the COVID pandemic firmly in the rear-view mirror, the sector anticipates consumers will indulge in movies and live events, and brands will find new ways […]

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:08 AM EST • Entertainment • brand-innovators.com
Your roommate’s genes may be shaping your gut bacteria

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of social partners. Some genes promote certain microbes that can spread between individuals living together. When researchers accounted for this social sharing, genetic influence on the microbiome turned out to be much stronger than previously thought. The study suggests genes can affect others indirectly, without DNA ever being exchanged.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug

Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.

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