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Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
'The consortium shared our long-term philosophy'
"Liverpool has always been built by thinking beyond one season," Fenway Sports Group (FSG) president Mike Gordon has said after agreeing to sell around a third of the club to a consortium including billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In a statement, FSG confirmed it had "entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of a minority equity stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings".
Gov. Jeff Landry says he’s not talking to N.O. Mayor Helena Moreno after Liz Murrill indictment
The governor said he won’t personally talk to New Orleans leaders until he knows “who did what” about a grand jury indictment of the attorney general.
MLB Predictions and Moneyline Picks for Friday, Aug. 14
Moneyline leans and insights for Friday, Aug. 14 from Colby Marchio. Check out the teams he's backing which includes the Royals at a reasonable price.
SEC Prepares to Ease Rule on Wall Street Political Donations
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to ease a rule that restricts investment advisers from working for public pension funds if they’ve made political donations to state and local elected officials.
Kingdom Hearts Is a Billion-Dollar Franchise, Disney Declares Ahead of Hotly Anticipated D23 Panel
Kingdom Hearts is one of nine billion-dollar franchises Disney has under its video game banner.
Scientists hope to shed light on young universe by using dark side of the moon
UK team seeking to put suitcase-sized satellite in orbit around moon in search for 21cm line radio frequency signal
Get informed, Get Protected: Catch Up on HPV Vaccination
by Lucia Gutierrez, VDH Summer Intern Academy Becoming a young adult brings new routines and responsibilities, from managing school and work commitments to taking a more active role in your […]
Vikings HC comments on J.J. McCarthy's future with the team
Kevin O'Connell made a brief comment on J.J. McCarthy's future with Minnesota.
Samsung Is Finally Working on the One Audio Product It’s Missing
After 10 years, Samsung may finally revive a long-dead audio category.
Patriots’ Alabama Product Steps Up After Sudden RB Shakeup
Hours before the New England Patriots opened their preseason against the Indianapolis Colts, their running back depth chart changed in a hurry.Terrell Jennings landed on injured reserve, ending his season, while New England brought back JaMycal Hasty. The moves came one day after the Patriots signed Hassan Haskins, leaving a crowded but unsettled battle behind […] The post Patriots’ Alabama Product Steps Up After Sudden RB Shakeup appeared first on HEAVY.
D23 Entertainment Showcase start time (by time zone), runtime, and what to expect
San Diego Comic-Con 2026 may have come and gone in a heartbeat, but the era of breaking announcements is just getting started. Disney has many franchises and pr
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight over White House ballroom
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to step into a dispute over the legality of a massive new ballroom he’s building at the White House.
No Mora progress for Roma, so Galatasaray contact FC Porto
Roma’s talks for Rodrigo Mora seem to have collapsed over conditions making the option to buy an obligation, letting Galatasaray in. ‘There’s a lot of noise, nothing more than that,’ said Fran...
Netflix leans into young adult dramas as YouTube threat grows
Netflix is making it easier for fans to find hundreds of YA films and TV shows, including supernatural mystery "Sid & Zoey" and coming of age tale "Sunshine Girls."
US consumers cut retail spending sharply in July
Retail sales fell 0.6% in July from the prior month, marking the steepest drop since May 2025.
Robert Saleh Reflects on Cam Ward's Decision Making vs. 49ers
Despite a strong opening drive, Tennessee's quarterback struggled with rushed mechanics and inconsistent play, leaving the coaching staff to focus on correctable mistakes before the regular season.
What Does Science Say When “the Science” Refuses to Speak?
The data from the COVID-19 pandemic must be objectively reviewed and defended. Invoking science means accepting responsibility for outcomes and interpretations of the results.
Classroom Learning Meets Community Impact | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
MHS student Mark Poisler helped expand access to safe drinking water and learned how environmental health complements a career in medicine.
Alumni Spotlight: Naya Moser, MSPH '24 | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Alumna Naya Moser is a health promotion & programs manager for the Lung Health Foundation in Toronto.
Taking the stairs could protect your heart and help you live longer
Simply choosing the stairs could have surprisingly big benefits for your heart and longevity. A large analysis involving more than 480,000 people found that regular stair climbers were 39% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease and 24% less likely to die from any cause than people who rarely took the stairs. They also had lower risks of heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine could help unlock massive quantum computers
A tiny superconducting engine has successfully converted heat near absolute zero into useful work, demonstrating the first cyclic quantum heat engine of its kind. Future versions could operate autonomously inside quantum computers, potentially eliminating huge numbers of costly, noise-producing microwave cables.
The Friday Checkout: Can Kroger’s new e-commerce chief sort out its messy online business?
Nate Faust brings a founder’s energy and an outsider’s perspective to a digital business that has become overly complex.
Eagles teammates taking notice of Darius Cooper's impressive training camp
Darius Cooper is having a fantastic second training camp and his Eagles teammates are taking notice.
Ranking the Titans’ 5 projected cornerbacks from best to worst
The Tennessee Titans totally revamped the cornerback room this offseason. They signed three unrestricted free agents to notable contracts. After trading Roger McCreary and Jarvis Brownlee last season, they cut L’Jarius Sneed earlier this summer. With a new-look cornerback room, we’ve ranked the Titans’ projected five cornerbacks from best to worst. Alontae Taylor The Titans […]
I Wore an Electrical Muscle Stimulation Body Suit to Zap Myself Into Fitness
Can electrifying your workout offer a shortcut to a stronger, fitter you? I sweated in a skintight EMS suit for two months to find out.
Glenn Fogel runs the world’s largest online travel business. He still personally reads customer complaints because ‘you gotta get that sh*t right’
The travel industry, like every sector, is experimenting with the best use cases for AI. Fogel is working towards a world where tourism becomes an intelligence system in its own right
Glenn Fogel runs the world’s largest online travel business. He still personally reads customer complaints because ‘you gotta get that sh*t right’
The travel industry, like every sector, is experimenting with the best use cases for AI. Fogel is working towards a world where tourism becomes an intelligence system in its own right
States Take Uneven Approach to Convictions Built on ‘Junk Science,’ State Court Report Examines
States are implementing divergent legal frameworks regarding criminal convictions predicated on forensic evidence subsequently identified as 'junk science,' resulting in varied outcomes for incarcerated individuals seeking relief, according to a recent analysis by State Court Report.
The year Elvis changed entertainment takes center stage at Graceland
70 years after Elvis claimed his crown as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, his fans celebrated his meteoric rise during the “Elvis 1956” event at Graceland.
Post-COVID, audience behavior at live shows seems worse
Texting, talking, and generally ignoring the rest of the crowd, audience members seem to have forgotten that live entertainment is a communal experience.
How Wonderskin Turned TikTok Fame Into a $200 Million Beauty Business
With $50 million in Series A funding and 1,500 new US retail doors through Sephora, the brand behind the ubiquitous metallic blue lip stain has turned virality into lasting growth.
Sporting News ranks 1995 Nebraska as top team ever
Sporting News released its ranking of the 20 greatest college football teams since 1886. Nebraska's 1995 group was declared the greatest team.
Championship 2026-27 season preview: Club-by-club guide to new campaign
BBC Sport correspondents take a closer look at the 24 teams taking part in the 2026-27 Championship season.
How Rep. Max Miller’s Democratic opponent is navigating a ‘surreal’ political opportunity
Brian Poindexter has built a unique coalition around the establishment and Bernie Sanders and is sticking to his working-class message in a suddenly competitive Ohio race.
A new happy hour in the Marigny features a special performer: A singing dog named Skinny
After decades at Pat O’Brien’s, the pandemic forced Henrietta Alves to find a new gig. She didn’t expect to get a singing dog as a bandmate in the Marigny, but that’s exactly what happened.
‘We’re seeing lots of people who feel dizzy’: how heatwaves are taking a toll on people’s health and the NHS
Doctors and nurses describe rise in fall injuries and other heat-related problems on top of stifling working conditions
Sporting Lisbon Makes Luis Suarez Decision Amid Newcastle Transfer Links
Newcastle United continues to be linked with attacking reinforcements as Matthias Jaissle shapes his squad for the new Premier League season. One of the Magpies’ previously reported targets, Sporting Lisbon striker Luis Suarez, has resurfaced amid uncertainty in Portugal. Following some worrying developments surrounding his situation in the Iberian club, Portuguese outlet A Bola reports […]
Kingdom Hearts Is A "Billion-Dollar" Franchise, According To Disney
Square Enix is currently working on the fourth game
Create, connect, and cultivate with hundreds of businesses at the 2026 Triad Business Expo
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, an established business owner, or a professional looking to elevate your success, the 2026 Triad Business Expo has something for you.
U.S. Bank Names Gonzales Healthcare Business Banking Region Executive, West
U.S. Bank named Eric Gonzales healthcare business banking region executive for the West, where he will lead a growing team of 18 bankers serving medical,
Llewellyn King: 'New weather' will define life, politics (Opinion)
I have never done political consulting. So it was novel to me when a candidate in the midterms asked me what he should be worried about in 2027. I repeated
Warriors 2026-27 schedule: Breaking down the biggest dates
The Stephen Curry show has its tour dates.
Taiwan’s ‘White Wolf’ leads lonely crusade to ‘reunify’ with China
Taipei is seeking to dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party over its alleged ties to Beijing.
Steelers Make Aaron Rodgers Decision Before Packers Preseason Opener
Pittsburgh's quarterback plans are taking shape ahead of Mike McCarthy's first game as head coach. The post Steelers Make Aaron Rodgers Decision Before Packers Preseason Opener appeared first on HEAVY.
$5 billion science research bond clears California Assembly committee
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to advance a UC-sponsored bond measure that would fund scientific research across the state. The California Science and Health Research Bond Act – or Senate Bill 895 – would create the California Foundation for Science and Health Research to award $5 billion in grants and loans to public and private research institutions, including UC campuses.
Matthew McConaughey's got buzz with 'The Rivals of Amziah King'
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ORED files to stop arena, parking garage work
This post tracks developments in the case filed by Oklahomans for Responsible Economic Development against multiple authorities, including the city of Norman, in regard to the city-approved Rock Creek Entertainment
Blue Jays Announce Starting Pitchers For Crucial Series vs Yankees
The Toronto Blue Jays are gearing up for a crucial three-game series with the New York Yankees this weekend. After taking a massive series against the Boston Red Sox, Toronto will be looking to keep up the winning ways against another American League East rival. The Blue Jays have been trying to battle back from […] The post Blue Jays Announce Starting Pitchers For Crucial Series vs Yankees appeared first on HEAVY.
Apple’s next iPhone battle just got more complicated
Apple is walking into an AI fight with an unusual disadvantage
Who is Drew Allar? Meet the Steelers' rookie quarterback
Allar is making his NFL preseason debut tonight
In-Depth: Trump’s vaccine order could split up MMR. Here's the science, history and what that means
President Donald Trump is seeking major changes to the way childhood vaccines are recommended in the United States. His call to separate MMR provides options for parents, but what are the implications? WRAL examines the history, science and global practices of MMR.
“Taking the Twinkle Out of Stars” presented by Kona Science Cafe at Hawaiʻi Keiki Museum
Join Staff Astronomer Preethi Krishnamoorthy and Adaptive Optics Scientist Avinash Surendran as they explain how Keck Observatory takes the twinkle out of stars at the Hawaiʻi Keiki Museum’s upcoming Kona […]
Business and labor groups both backed Golden in 2024. Now they’re split over LePage v. Dunlap
With U.S. Rep. Jared Golden on his way out of Congress, the business and labor groups that united behind him are once again at odds in the 2nd District. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed Republican Paul LePage in the race Thursday. In contrast, Democrat Matt Dunlap has the backing of several major unions. It’s […]
Virginia hemp businesses file lawsuit over new restrictions taking effect Saturday
A major change is about to reshape Virginia’s hemp industry, with new restrictions set to take effect Saturday as several businesses try to stop the law.
Several Giants show progress in light practice before Vikings game
Several New York Giants returned in limited roles during a light practice ahead of Saturday’s preseason opener against the Vikings.
Michigan football 2026 position group breakdown: Linebackers
Michigan Football enters 2026 with a largely unproven linebacking corps, but the talent is undeniable. Here’s our position breakdown of the linebackers:
Steelers vs. Packers: Preseason Opener Offers Plenty to Watch
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers will kick off their 2026 preseason Thursday night, with both teams looking to evaluate young players, new additions and key position battles. For Pittsburgh, one of the biggest storylines will be the first preseason snaps for Will Howard and Drew Allar in a Steelers uniform. Howard, a 2025…
‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Review: There’s No Business Like Bee Business
Matthew McConaughey stars as an Oklahoma honeymaker in a perplexing film that also features Kurt Russell and Angelina LookingGlass.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens Achieves Major Milestone with Successful Completion of First Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Queens, NY – NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens today announced the successful completion of its first Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), marking a significant
6 New Features Added To Your Xbox In The August 2026 Update
Microsoft is making it easier to game even with required software updates, while also improving cloud saves, wishlists, and Xbox 360 compatibility.
Record-breaking heat takes mounting toll on the U.S. economy
Exploring how discretionary time impacts health | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Time may be money, but is time health? That’s what doctoral candidate Laura Chen is trying to find out.
M&M’s Makes NASCAR Return With Epic Kyle Busch Bristol Tribute
Joe Gibbs Racing made a surprise announcement on Thursday that will stun the sports world.M&M’s will make a shocking return to NASCAR racing after leaving the sport at the end of the 2022 season. The late Kyle Busch’s famed M&M’s bright yellow paint scheme will be back on track with Ty Gibbs, who just won […] The post M&M’s Makes NASCAR Return With Epic Kyle Busch Bristol Tribute appeared first on HEAVY.
Hasan Piker event cancellation sparks intervention from top House progressive
Rep. Pramila Jayapal said she is working with the University of Washington after it canceled Hasan Piker's campus event over process concerns.
BREAKING: Netflix to shut down two more game studios
Netflix is sticking with video games but once again reducing the number of studios it owns making games. The streaming giant is closing Los Angeles-based Night School studio, which it acquired in 2021 and plans to close Helsinki-based Moonloot, which was founded in 2022. Just six weeks ago, Night School had released Unhinged, a novel 30-minute first-person horror game, streamable on TVs to Netflix users. The game was hailed by Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters in a call with investors. Six weeks later, Night School is closing. Prior to its Netflix tenure, Night School had developed the award-winning supernatural thriller Oxenfree. A second Oxenfree game followed after the purchase, as well as a mobile game designed to tie in to an episode of the Netflix show Black Mirror. Netflix attributed the studio closures to a prioritization around kids gaming, party games, story-driven fare and games with mainstream hooks, such as a recently released FIFA game. “We see an opportunity to be more focused in our execution, so we are making organizational changes to the business to match those priorities,” a Netflix spokesperson told Game File. Netflix is also cutting jobs from its internal games team. A rep declined to say how many jobs were being lost by these cutbacks. “We are incredibly grateful to the talented colleagues we’re saying goodbye to today. We thank them for all their contributions to Netflix, and wish them the best,” the rep said. Netflix started releasing video games, initially on mobile as a free bonus to subscribers, in 2021. By 2023, Mike Verdu, then the head of Netflix’s game operations, was telling me that the company was committed to growing carefully, as it offered more games and built up internal game studios. At the time, it hadn’t made any gaming job cuts. Since then, Netflix has altered its approach. In 2024, it shut down Team Blue, a start-up studio led by ex-Call of Duty and Halo developers that was exploring making a high-end first-person game for the service. Last October, Netflix shut down another studio, Boss Fight, shortly after Peters praised the team’s Squid Game game to investors. (One of Boss Fight’s main developers now works on the Netflix FIFA game for outside studio Delphi.) And in December, Netflix sold cozy game studio Spry Fox back to its founders. Amid all of this, Netflix has shifted from emphasizing mobile games to offering games through TVs and PCs, via streamed connections, with phones used as controllers. That’s how Night School’s Unhinged worked, along with games such as Boggle and Party Crashers that have collectively helped the Netflix game controller app chart well on mobile app stores. The studio cuts leave Netflix with a central gaming team that works with external developers, and a dedicated first party studio in, Helsinki-based Next Games, which produced many of the company’s couch-centric party games. The move away from having a roster of internal game studios aligns with Netflix’s own approach to shows and movies, which are largely produced externally. The company owns few TV/film production studios of its own. The gaming industry overall is seeing large holders of multiple studios cut back, with Sony, Ubisoft, Embracer, Microsoft and other giants closing or selling off studios. Cuts in California-based studios, where costs often run relatively high, have been particularly acute. Netflix has faced skepticism about its gaming plans for years. The moves today are likely to fuel them, and the company has few upcoming projects to counter the narrative. Among the few hinted, acclaimed independent studio Don’t Nod said last year it was working on a game tied to a major Netflix franchise.
Octavia Spencer Talks Giving 'Visibility' to Missing Indigenous Women
The narrator and executive producer of the ID series talks about the "duty" she feels to amplify the stories of missing and murdered native women and the current efforts toward seeking justice.
Nurses at 10 SSM Health outpatient clinics in Dane County working to unionize
Nurses at 10 outpatient clinics in Dane County are working to unionize, saying they were inspired by a similar effort at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.
After 50 Years, Physicists Find Strong Evidence For What Really Holds Matter Together
A discovery half a century in the making.
After 50 Years, Physicists Find Strong Evidence For What Really Holds Matter Together
A discovery half a century in the making.
Scott Colangelo: There's going to be a reckoning for NY, California amid fleeing businesses
Prime Capital Financial Chair and managing partner Scott Colangelo weighs in on Bob Iger and Josh Kushner looking to buy the Los Angeles Lakers and the impact of the business exodus on New York and California.
Where every Big Ten team ranks in CBS Sports’ preseason 1-138 rankings
CBS Sports ranked Ohio State and Oregon ahead every FBS team around the country in its preseason rankings.
PFT's 2026 preseason power rankings
As the full exhibition slate starts, here's how the 32 teams stack up.
Another Ship Reportedly Taking USS Abraham Lincoln’s Place In Middle East After Reports Of Mental Health Crisis
The USS Abraham Lincoln has been supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran for more than 260 days.
'Chemical process' at Hudson MA business hospitalizes 16 people
Hudson firefighters responded to what they are calling a "mass casualty incident" on Parmenter Road.
CRISPR roadblocks: Scientists identify genes blocking gene therapy success
Like a delivery driver navigating crowded city streets, a gene-therapy-toting lipid nanoparticle faces a gauntlet of potential detours on its journey toward a cell's nucleus. First, there's entering the ...
Instagram Unveils New Logo and People Are Already Making Fun of It
Meta's Instagram proudly launched a new logo Thursday -- its first update in a decade -- and the trolling has already begun.
Lehigh Valley Dunkin’ location’s health license suspended until fixes are made
Following inspection, the Easton Health Bureau closed the Dunkin’ restaurant at 54 Centre Square in downtown Easton due to flooring issues.
Business Briefs: Aug. 14, 2026
Greenfield Cooperative Bank to host networking workshop in Northampton GREENFIELD — Greenfield Cooperative Bank will host “Building Your Business Community: Networking That Feels Authentic,” featuring Colleen DelVecchio from Maxady. The interactive conversation with DelVecchio will help local small business owners learn how to build relationships that lead to referrals, collaborations, new opportunities and lasting support. The workshop […]
Lunchbreak: Myles Price Tabbed by FOX Sports as Vikings ‘Year 2 Breakout Candidate’
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Out for Business at the Heritage Hotel presented by the Southbury Chamber
The Southbury Chamber, an affiliate of the Waterbury Regional Chamber, will host its next Out for Business networking event on Thursday, August 20, 2026, from 5 to 7 p.m. at […]
Sen. Todd Young tours Indianapolis business Thomas and Skinner
Sen. Young was joined by SBA administrator Kelly Loeffler during a tour of the Indianapolis manufacturing facility.
Fresno ranks among top cities for entrepreneurs as California business climate draws scrutiny
Fresno ranks sixth nationally for entrepreneurship as California small businesses face new rankings and the failure of an ADA lawsuit reform bill.
Kingdom Come Salvation Targets 2028: The Engine Upgrades We Need to See
A rapid return to Bohemia.
Jennifer Aniston’s Surprising Response to Brad Pitt Breaking His Sobriety Finally Revealed: ‘What Happened to Jen Was Painful’
Are they on good terms?
New Executive Order Undermines Child Health
On August 10, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making major changes to federal vaccine policy. Among several other actions, this order would make major revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule, direct care providers to administer monovalent vaccines as soon as they are available (starting with splitting up the MMR (measles, mumps, […]
Oklahoma slips to No. 39 in CNBC’s Top States for Business rankings
Oklahoma ranked 39th in CNBC's top states for business, dropping two spots with strong business costs but weak workforce and economy scores.
AI needs science’s search history
“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.
Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket for offering unlicensed sports betting
The battle between sportsbooks and prediction markets continues, in the form of states and local governments attempting to shut down what arguably amounts to unlicensed bookmaking.
Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket for offering unlicensed sports betting
The battle between sportsbooks and prediction markets continues, in the form of states and local governments attempting to shut down what arguably amounts to unlicensed bookmaking.
Putting tiny backpacks on butterflies—for science
With the Project Monarch App, users can track their 3,000-mile-long migration.
Hegseth criticized for locking Democrats out of closed-door defense budget talks
Republican lawmakers express concern after US defense secretary repeatedly excluded Democrats from briefings
Group sues AMA seeking transparency over Medicare billing codes
PatientRightsAdvocate.org says it wants to republish the proprietary billing codes that guide billions of dollars in health care payments.
Darksiders 4, Next Kingdom Come Game Both Planned to Launch Before March 2028
Plenty of time to catch up
Pennsylvania weighs mental-health focus in health and PE standards
A proposed state update could add mental-health awareness, healthy relationships and help-seeking skills to health and PE instruction.
College football Top 150 player rankings: Ohio State star Jeremiah Smith claims the top spot
College production and tape take center stage as we stack the deck with the most impactful players returning for the 2026 campaign
Apple TV Gains Classic Movies Collection
Apple has again added a collection of classic movies to Apple TV that subscribers can now stream at no extra cost. The films are located in a new "Great Movies Available Now on Apple TV" carousel inside the Apple TV app. So far, free titles are showing up for subscribers in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with the exact selection differing by country.
Andy Burnham and the politics of accents
His way of speaking marks him out in a long line of posh-sounding PMs
5 Minnesota Vikings Bold Predictions for Preseason Opener vs Giants
Saturday’s Minnesota Vikings preseason opener against the New York Giants is approaching quickly. Fans shouldn’t expect to see head coach […]
Business Beat : St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School seeking to hire food staff member
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB- St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School is currently seeking a dedicated individual to join ...