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Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson reunite for meta show 'Brothers'
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson could be brothers from the same father, both in real life and in a new show.
MrBeast's next challenge? Writing a book. See the cover, title, plot.
If popular YouTuber MrBeast and bestselling author James Patterson have anything in common, it’s that they’re both game to try something new.
4 takeaways from Rays vs. Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani's Cy Young chances, Kyle Tucker's slump, the Rays' power outage and more
Passenger finds nearly empty Emirates business class cabin on short flight
With heat becoming deadlier, UCLA mobilizes community health workers as a front line of defense
‘Heat ambassadors’ are bring life-saving resources directly to vulnerable residents in partnership with LA County.
New Detroit restaurant, event center opens with focus on food, entertainment, and community
Pittsburgh plans to expand co-response program, pairing police with mental health clinicians
Here's how Trump's memo of understanding with Iran compares to the Obama nuclear deal
Sports with Sam: Atlanta’s power soccer team gears up for nationals
Shohei Ohtani allows season-high 4 earned runs and falls behind Jacob Misiorowski in ERA race, but Dodgers finish sweep of Rays
Health Watch: Early introduction of allergenic foods may lower kids’ allergy risk
Sweet treats stir up sweet memories at downtown Doniphan business
Within these walls, bright, cheery colors, the smells of warm chocolate and caramel, and the sounds of laughter welcome both the young and young at heart who
Exclusive | Apple Price Increases ‘Unavoidable,’ Tim Cook Says in WSJ Exclusive
The CEO tells the Journal that Apple plans to raise prices on its products to offset the surging costs of both memory and storage.
‘I don’t think Donald Trump can even sell this deal’: Sen. Warner reacts to the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding
With Protect College Sports Act under scrutiny, NIL deals with 'associated entities' creating confusion
More than 11K bottles of blood pressure drug recalled
Certain lots of a popular diuretic have been recalled due to concerns about the drug's effectiveness.
ALS Patient, 47, Gains Ability to Speak and Sustain Full-Time Job Using Experimental Brain-Computer Interface
How Brunson's clutch scoring can lead the Knicks to a repeat title + does Giannis to the Heat make any sense?
San Pedro Fish Market celebrating 70 years in business | Next Weather in Your Neighborhood
Sandro Tonali transfer news: Man City consider move for Newcastle midfielder who is also wanted by Tottenham
Richard Tapia, Mathematician Who Pushed to Diversify His Field, Dies at 88
A math whiz as a young man, he later blazed trails, both with his theoretical advances and his advocacy for minority students.
Fantasy Baseball: Scott Pianowski's 9 (favorite) mistakes for the 2026 season he's ready to learn from
Applications for business help in Detroit now open -- Here’s how it works
Mitch Marner Opens Up On Mental Health Struggles, Reflects On 'Dark Times' During Maple Leafs Years
Mitch Marner Opens Up On Mental Health Struggles, Reflects On 'Dark Times' During Maple Leafs Years
Nuanced differences on business issues separate Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls
Both Democratic gubernatorial candidates vow to boost Colorado's business atmosphere, but they offer different approaches to doing so.
Scientists discover spider that disguises itself as a parasitic fungus
Scientists have discovered a new Amazonian spider with an astonishing disguise: it looks like a parasitic fungus. The species, Taczanowskia waska, mimics both the appearance and behavior of the fungus, helping it stay hidden from predators and potentially catch prey more easily.
World Health Expo in Miami held this week to feature next generation technologies
Doctors Are Worried About AI. They Use It Anyway.
Chatbots have already wormed their way into the U.S. health-care system.
US senator demands answers from commish Rob Manfred after MLB's warning to Giants players who wrote Bible verses on Pride Night caps
World Cup 2026: Why Cristiano Ronaldo may need the tournament of his life to lift Portugal
Safety concerns remain at Edinburgh's teenage mental health ward
Inspectors find some improvements at Melville House, but say more needs to be done to protect both patients and staff from aggression.
MacArthur Park residents, business owners discuss their day-to-day since DEA raid two weeks ago
China study finds subsea cable-wrecking super currents more common than realised
World Cup Day 7 What to Watch: Tournament favorites Portugal and England begin their campaigns
Abby Phillip on suggestions Vance being an Iran fall guy: ‘where you at Marco Rubio?’
Trump beats a longtime adversary with a late Georgia endorsement, and other election takeaways
President Donald Trump finally got the best of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in one Georgia Republican race on Tuesday — but voters rejected both of them in another.
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson, in his GOP runoff election victory, says his campaign "shattered" the political class
Billionaire Rick Jackson defeats Trump-backed Burt Jones for the GOP nomination in Georgia governor’s race
NBC News projects that Jackson has won the primary runoff and will move on to the general election in the battleground state against Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Workers seen adding hydrogen peroxide to treat algae-plagued Reflecting Pool
Report: Vita Vea's non-participation in minicamp is "contract-related"
Report: Invoices show ballroom cost rose to $600 million, more than half from tax dollars
How to protect your property from an uptick in mosquitoes after rain, humidity
Iraq vs Norway Quick Highlights
Check out the full game highlights between Iraq and Norway in the 2026 FIFA World Cup™. Announced by Ian Crocker and Danny Higginbotham.
Iraq vs Norway Highlights
Check out the full game highlights between Iraq and Norway in the 2026 FIFA World Cup™. Announced by Ian Crocker and Danny Higginbotham.
Latvia pilots citizen engagement in research grant evaluations
Latvia has introduced an element of citizen engagement to the evaluation of nationally funded research grants. The aim is to both create more connections between science and society, and to improve the quality of its evaluations. The move comes as research funders across Europe are experimenting with ways to improve evaluation processes in the face of a sharpened focus on science’s impact on society. Evaluators of grant applications submitted to Latvia’s Fundamental and Applied Research Programme (FLPP), the country’s main research funder, will this year have the option of consulting citizen feedback on challenges the public thinks science should focus on to inform their decisions. “In recent years, both public discussions and policy-level debates in Latvia have highlighted the importance of demonstrating how publicly funded research contributes to society, the economy and the resolution of real-world challenges,” said a source at the Latvian Council of Science (LCS), which manages the FLPP. “At the same time, research institutions themselves expressed interest in improving the project evaluation framework while continuing to ensure that funding is awarded to the highest-quality projects,” the source added. The citizen input comes from a survey that was conducted between 25 February and 16 March 2025, to which 1,737 people responded. It gathered information on what the public views as problem areas for Latvia, and the role of science and technology in providing solutions to these problems. A summary of these responses has been included as an annex to the FLPP 2026 call for proposals that evaluators can refer to, purely in an advisory manner, when judging proposals. Results from the survey show that the main problem areas identified by the public were in healthcare and public health, followed by the development of new treatment methods and medicines, and then digital technology, data security and cyber security. At the bottom of the list was research aimed at acquiring new knowledge about the universe, matter and the laws of nature. Further analysis looked at the public view of the possible role of science in solving these problems. The survey charted 4,167 individual responses based on open-ended questions that were derived from the participants’ answers. The analysis again found that medical and health sciences topped the scoring, with 788 responses referring to the field. Humanities and the arts were bottom of the list, with 625. Digging further into the details, the survey suggests citizens are aware of and concerned about a number of research areas. This includes technologies and innovation to improve the environment or reduce pollution, the development of modern military technologies and cybersecurity tools, and the development and application of artificial intelligence, among others. “We hope this initiative will help strengthen public trust in science and create a more meaningful dialogue between researchers and society,” the LCS source said, adding that it offers benefits to researchers, evaluators and to the general public. More space for citizen engagement in evaluationsThere is a gradual but increasing use of citizen engagement in research evaluation processes around Europe, especially in healthcare, but it remains relatively rare, said Henry Sauermann, a professor at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin and an expert in citizen science.“Given that we are at a point where citizen involvement is extremely limited, there is presumably space for more, but it's not that we should do it just because we want to do it,” he told Science|Business. He said some research lends itself better to having citizen input, and this usually tends to be on the applied end of the science spectrum where the public can offer useful feedback based on their experiences. He added that advising scientists on certain topics to study is also a useful approach, in the way that Latvia is doing. “The public does fund a lot of science, there's a lot of tax money going into this. We of course do want to preserve academic freedom, but it's also not unreasonable to incorporate more feedback or input from citizens where possible,” he said. Related articlesCitizen science: where, when, and how to let the public contribute to researchHow can Europe cope with a flood of AI-assisted research grant proposals?Data Corner: Horizon Europe’s AI, digital and data call success rate is 5.2%There are several ways of involving citizens in science funding. The most minimal way is having a few representatives on a panel, such as members of a patient group or union. The most direct way is crowdsourcing funding for specific projects. There is an increasing number of online platforms that allow the public to chip in to support scientific proposals.Sauermann studied this in a recent paper and found that it can have its uses, but it still is not clear if there are benefits to it. There are various assumptions linked to citizen engagement, for example that it increases public trust in science, or that it provides a representative view of what the public thinks about science. These are not necessarily true, Sauermann found. People who participate in engagement activities tend to already be very trusting of science, and, on the whole, it is generally the well-off and well educated who contribute, giving a narrow view of public opinion. On whether citizen input can help manage the increasing number of proposals that are being submitted due to assistance from AI, Sauermann is more sceptical. “The obvious answer to the flood of AI-written proposals is AI-driven evaluation,” he said, adding that it doesn’t mean citizen engagement shouldn’t be a part of evaluations in a well thought-out manner. Southern Denmark’s successful approachOne successful example of citizen engagement in science evaluations was implemented in southern Denmark. Between 2019 and 2025, citizens in the region were invited to vote to fund one of five pre-selected projects in the field of healthcare. The project, called A Healthier Southern Denmark, was a collaboration between regional authorities, the University of Southern Denmark, and two media partners. Over the seven years, there were 75,000 votes and significant public engagement online and on social media. “It was a bit of a wild project, we’d never done something like that before and we were a bit nervous about what would be said in the media about it. But actually, people were very positive,” said Anne Kathrine Overgaard, one of the main organisers of the project from the University of Southern Denmark. The university and its researchers have learned a lot from the experience, particularly about engaging with society and shaping their research to match real-world needs. This is important with Europe’s increasing focus on competitiveness and bringing innovations to market faster, Overgaard said. She hopes to see more citizen engagement in evaluation processes and in science more broadly. “For many years, citizen engagement has been a bit of an add-on to proposals, just to check a box. But I think things are changing,” she said. It’s less about citizens just gathering data and more “about the dialogue between the public and the scientists,” she said. The initiative ended last year as the team wanted to regroup to find fresh momentum. The development of AI and AI-written proposals has made Overgaard reflect on how the project could be reworked to help evaluators. She hopes to bring it back in the future. “It could be a good idea to try this initiative again in a slightly re-worked format,” she said.
Dodgers activate Tommy Edman, designate Santiago Espinal for assignment
LOS ANGELES — Tommy Edman was activated off the 60-day injured list on Tuesday after missing the first 73 games of the season following right ankle surgery in November. They get back a multi-positional player who started 32 of 33 postseason games in his first two years with Los Angeles. To make room on both […]
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Royal Oak shop owners say road construction is driving away business
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The Courtroom Battle Over Baby Formula Isn’t About Science
A jury in a Cook County, Illinois, court awarded families $70 million in April after concluding that infant formula caused a devastating illness in premature babies. However, that conclusion hinged on a scientific theory that lacks validated evidence. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said its recent study of chemical contamination in infant formula produced by Abbott Laboratories … Continue reading "The Courtroom Battle Over Baby Formula Isn’t About Science"
MLB power rankings: Dodgers, Braves and Brewers make up all-NL top 3, followed by Yankees and Rays
SEC, Big 10 have concerns with current version of "Protect College Sports Act"
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TNA Wrestling Partners With K&M All Star Sports and Romo Performance, Both Starting At Slammiversary on June 28
TNA Wrestling announced today new partnerships with K&M All Star Sports and Romo Performance, both of which will receive prominent visibility across TNA events through the end of 2026.
Trump mulls co-endorsement in South Carolina as governor’s race proves tight
An endorsement of both candidates would be the latest example of the president hedging his bets to avoid a fight with conservative activists.
South Florida massage business damaged after car crashes through front of building, officials say
Politics Still Trumps Economics in Determining Britain’s Future
The UK economy remains at the mercy of events both in Downing Street and further afield
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