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DoorDash plans to buy Instacart for $17 billion
The $17 billion deal will give DoorDash a leg up over Uber and Amazon in the world of grocery delivery.
Record number of purges as Xi emphasises 'party discipline' at China political gathering
Xi's anti-corruption campaign has become "an effort to consolidate and maintain authority", observers say.
Joe Manchin slams political extremes on 'Hang Out with Sean Hannity'
Sean Hannity shares an exclusive preview of his upcoming podcast interview with former Sen. Joe Manchin. Manchin discusses the rise of political extremes running the country and calls for common-sense Americans to speak up.
Auburn's Defensive Line Faces Major Test Against Trinidad Chambliss
Auburn football must improve its pass rush against Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss after struggling to pressure LSU's Sam Leavitt. Head coach Alex Golesh wants more consistency from the Tigers' defensive line, especially when rushing four defenders and containing mobile quarterbacks.
Scientists can now rewire living brains
The tool could eventually lead to an entirely new approach for treating mental health
3 Ways ProgenyHealth Can Transform Maternity and Infant Health, Claims Management
Pregnancy and NICU admissions are among the most complex areas in healthcare. A new report from ProgenyHealth highlights how the company can work with Medicaid and commercial health plans to uncover insights and hidden risks critical to improving maternal and infant care and reducing costs.
SIGA to Host Business Update Call on November 9, 2026, Following Release of Third-Quarter 2026 Financial Results
NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SIGA Technologies, Inc. (SIGA) (Nasdaq: SIGA), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company, today announced that management will host a webcast and conference call to provide a business update at 4:30 P.M. ET on Monday, November 9, 2026. Participating in the call will be Diem Nguyen, Chief Executive Officer, and Daniel Luckshire, Chief Financial Officer. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the Company's website at http://www.siga.com in
“Some UFOs can disappear without a trace.” Why scientists still struggle to explain certain reports
Some UFOs seem to vanish so abruptly that the footage looks almost impossible. The real mystery is determining if the object disappeared—or if our ability to see it did.
Scientists may have found new dwarf planet
Rubin Observatory has spotted a distant world beyond Pluto as its decade-long survey begins revealing the hidden solar system.
Attorney General Neronha to announce health care system proposal
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will announce a proposal to change the state’s health care system.He plans to restructure state agencies that overse
Jared Goff Makes Stunning Leap in NFL Quarterback Rankings
Detroit Lions QB Jared Goff takes the No. 1 spot in CBS Sports' Week 8 NFL quarterback power rankings, ahead of Josh Allen and Joe Burrow.
Why Is Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Expanding Its Small Business Payroll Reach?
Automatic Data Processing (NasdaqGS:ADP) and PNC Bank announced a new integrated payroll and HR solution for small businesses. The partnership embeds ADP payroll and HR tools directly into PNC’s digital banking platform for business clients. Small enterprises using PNC’s online banking are expected to access payroll, HR and cash management functions within a single interface. The ADP and PNC embedded payroll launch highlights how integrated finance and HR platforms are reshaping small...
South Georgia State Fair returns with rides, food and entertainment
The South Georgia State Fair opens Thursday with rides, fair food and family entertainment, drawing crowds of all ages.
Richard Clode: That cloud business is incredibly strong
Richard Clode, Technology Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors, discusses Alphabet's mixed earnings, AI spending, cloud growth, Amazon's outlook and software stock volatility.
Here are 5 things to know about NFL Week 8
The NFL season is approaching its midway point, and the stakes are getting higher.
Penn State vs. Purdue: Game Preview
The Nittany Lions are still seeking their first conference win as they welcome Purdue on Halloween. Penn State (3-4, 0-4) vs. Purdue (3-4, 2-2) Kickoff: 4:15 p.m., Beaver Stadium, State College, PA The Betting Line: Penn State -7.5 (Fanduel) TV: BTN, 4:15 p.m., Chris Vosters (play-by-play), Anthony Herron (analyst), Dannie Rogers (sideline) Weather: Matt Campbell: PENN STATE RECORD: 3-4, […]
Micah Parsons could make the Packers legitimate Super Bowl contenders
Micah Parsons is inching closer to a return. It could be the thing that makes the Packers a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
The Daily Mauling: 10/29/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Michael Swain of 247 wrote about Lance Leipold’s sudden aggressiveness on 4th down against Baylor. I know the question has been raised here as to whether Leipold is the guy who makes these types of in-game decisions. It certainly sounds as though he has final say Also on the topic of playcalling, […]
Ria Health Brings 24/7 Peer Support to Virtual Alcohol Treatment Through Partnership with CHESS Health
Patients in all 50 states now have round-the-clock access to peers, community and crisis support through the Connections app, extending care far beyond the scheduled visitSan Francisco, CA, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cravings, stress and isolation don’t keep office hours. Ria Health, the nationwide telehealth provider of alcohol use disorder treatment, is making sure its patients never face those moments alone. Through a new partnership with CHESS Health, every Ria Health patient now has
Alphabet should split its search business from its cloud business, says D.A. Davidson's Gil Luria
Gil Luria, D.A. Davidson head of technology research, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the quarterly earnings results of Alphabet and Microsoft, impact of AI chatbots on Alphabet's search business,
Kim Kardashian reveals 'irregularities' on esophagus that need to be 'cut out'
Kim Kardashian provides a health update in the new episode of "The Kardashians." She was diagnosed with esophagitis, which her dad died from in 2003.
Dan’s Daily: Trade Standoff; Gloomy Hughes Update; Penguins Bypass
The Pittsburgh Penguins will most likely activate a couple of players from injured reserve Thursday, but in the process will […]
Draft pundit reveals Broncos’ biggest need in 2027 NFL draft
What do you believe will be the Broncos' biggest need for the 2027 NFL draft?
Business Brief: Columbus Realtors recognized at state convention
Two Columbus Realtors were recognized during the Mississippi Realtors Annual Convention and Expo this month.
Computerized clairvoyance: psychics push back against AI-generated readings
Human practitioners warn computer-generated offerings lack the empathy and connection central to divination
New NASA Workforce Isn’t All Rocket Science
And, in the case of NASA and its workforce, it isn’t all rocket science.
New NASA Workforce Isn’t All Rocket Science
And, in the case of NASA and its workforce, it isn’t all rocket science.
This Week in Sports Trivia: Oct. 29, 2026
How closely were you following the sports news this week? Find out and test your knowledge by taking The Athletic's weekly quiz.
From New York to Calabash to Surfside Beach: Bagel Dock Cafe set to open on South Strand
For years, Brian Bonsignore has helped run the ever-famous Bagel Dock Cafe in Calabash, co-owning the bagel shop that has developed somewhat of a cult following around the coastal North Carolina town.
Commentary: Netflix is going through an identity crisis
Netflix has found itself in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. The streamer laid off around 1,000 employees — its largest staff cuts since 2022 — and underwent
Hayden Panettiere death investigation closed by police in South Carolina
(CNN) — Police in South Carolina closed the investigation into actress Hayden Panettiere’s death after it was determined she died of an accidental drug overdose, the Greenville police department said
Scientists Ran 100,000 Simulations of Comets Striking Earth. The Results Are a Surprise.
“A one-in-a-million occurrence.”
Stop Human Trafficking Coalition hosts third annual conference
“If you're witnessing it, you need to make that 911 call," Kauffman, the executive director for the coalition, said.
Preview: Bruins continue their road trip in St. Louis
Home of the giant arch. But just one arch, two arches means McDonald’s.
Tennessee Titans news: Internal progress must be made vs. Bengals
The Tennessee Titans are getting ready to play their Week 8 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Phillies' rotation is set, but they can't procrastinate on adding depth
Late-season injuries left the Phillies searching for innings in back-to-back years. Four possible additions could keep them from scrambling again.
Michelin-recognized Sifr is opening a cafe in River North
Sifr Café, set to open Nov. 11, will be located inside the Middle Eastern restaurant.
Greg Hinz: The Bears stadium deal is suddenly looking real. Here’s why.
The Chicago Bears appear closer than ever to a stadium deal in Illinois. Greg Hinz explains why Pat Ryan, Roger Goodell and JB Pritzker are key.
Bicycle Therapeutics Reports Recent Business Progress and Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results
CAMBRIDGE, England & BOSTON, October 29, 2026--Bicycle Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: BCYC), a pharmaceutical company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle®) technology, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, and provided recent corporate updates.
Advancing SAP Lakehouse and New Data Fabric Innovations in SAP Business Data Cloud for the Autonomous Enterprise
Explore the new lakehouse and business data fabric capabilities that will help enterprises build AI agents act with greater autonomy.
In Creole Country, Black Residents Ask What the Fight for Voting Rights Delivers
Opelousas has shaped the fight for Black voting rights for centuries. Today, residents disagree over whether Democrats, Republicans, or racial solidarity offer a path forward.
Republicans are trying to make the Texas Senate race about “manliness”
Ken Paxton keeps accusing James Talarico of being “low-T.” Do voters care?
Mary Means Business: New Salon opening in Columbus next month
More life is being breathed into Catfish Alley with a new business opening next month.
Jamie Lee Curtis plays Elizabeth Holmes in intense 'You Can See Everything' parody
Fallon gives his best Nathan Fielder.
4 Indian-Origin Science Communicators Win Schmidt Awards 2026
4 Indian-origin science communicators win Schmidt Awards 2026 in US. Learn about Aatish Bhatia, Harini Bhat, Anand Varma & Rupsa Chakraborty.
Trump and Obama trade barbs on campaign trail in final days before midterm election
Former president says ‘these are not serious people’ as Trump holds rallies for Republican candidates
Less than 42 minutes of bright daylight linked to higher dementia risk
Getting more daylight could be linked to a surprisingly powerful benefit for brain health. In a study of more than 87,000 adults, researchers found that higher daytime light exposure was associated with a 16% lower risk of dementia, with longer exposure to bright light linked to even greater reductions. Remarkably, getting less than 42 minutes of bright daylight daily was a stronger predictor of dementia than six established risk factors.
How Katie Lee channeled a chaotic coming of age into a business empire
Katie Lee is a success, by any metric. She has four bustling Katie’s restaurants to her name in St. Louis and a line of packaged goods—jarred sauces and pasta bakes and frozen pizzas—selling at retailers across the U.S. She also boasts 500 employees and a brand synonymous with Italian chic. Keep up with local business […]
Iraqi court hands down prison terms to 2 politicians and an oil official in graft case
BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi court sentenced two prominent politicians and the head of a state-run enterprise responsible for distributing oil products to prison sentences in a corruption case, officials announced Thursday.
Alaska's governor orders investigation after NYT report on alleged Dem-linked Senate election scheme
Following a New York Times report on an alleged Democrat-linked scheme involving the state's U.S. Senate contest, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, ordered an investigation.
Research report: The prince and the scientists
A commentary in EMBO Reports argues that scientific leadership is a distinct, neglected skill and that institutions should be managed as ecosystems built on trust.
An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’
Anthropic and OpenAI say they’ve disproved a key tenet of computer science. Researchers are struggling with the fall but also feel like “overexcited bunnies” as they look at new questions to explore.
Will Hurd Worked With Sam Altman. His (P)Doom Is “Not Zero.”
Will Hurd was scared about AI way before you were.
New simulation of the universe shows the first 2 billion years after the Big Bang play out in stunning detail
A new program aims to help scientists figure out how the ingredients of the universe formed early galaxies, which lit up the cosmos after a "dark age."
CMS COO: Hospice, Home Health Moratoria a Successful Approach
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) temporary moratoria on hospice and home health provider enrollment in Medicare has been
Jones County welcomes new mental health liaison
Emma Smith, who works for Foundation 2 Crisis Services, is Jones County’s first mental health liaison. She’ll respond to mental health-related 911 calls, follow up with people who have mental health needs, collaborate with school resource officers and supplement the mental health work done by county law enforcement.
Surf Air Mobility Provides SurfOS Business Update, Highlighting OperatorOS Commercial Launch and Enterprise Growth Priorities
LOS ANGELES, October 29, 2026--Surf Air Mobility Inc. (NYSE: SRFM) ("Surf Air Mobility" or "the Company") today provided an update on recent achievements and priorities for SurfOS, the Company’s AI-enabled software operating system powered by Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) ("Palantir").
Vaso Rahimzadeh Joins Sen. Mark Kelly's Office as Science Detailee
Vaso Rahimzadeh joined Sen. Mark Kelly's office as an AAAS science detailee effective Sept. 1, 2026. Read more on the staff move and Kelly's committees.
Kim Kardashian’s Political Future Depends on Two Big Priorities
Kim Kardashian has opened up about her political ambitions, suggesting that a move into politics may still be a long way off. According to a report, the reality TV star wants to pass the bar exam and ...
PNC and ADP integrate payroll tools into small business banking
PNC and ADP integrate payroll and workforce tools into digital banking, targeting small businesses with embedded services.
Support Hubs Help New Researchers Break Through Bottlenecks at Big Science Facilities
A formative evaluation of a Horizon Europe project finds that dedicated support hubs significantly raise the odds that new researchers clear technical feasibility checks at European research infrastructures, while a downstream gap between laboratory validation and industrial
George Cheeks sets Skydance TV leadership across studios, sports, entertainment, news
Skydance TV co-chair and chief content officer George Cheeks has named the leadership team that will work under him across the company's studios business, entertainment, sports and news.
With new digital dashboard, Morrisey promises to move at ‘the speed of business’
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey launched a new digital dashboard that offers a one-stop shop for businesses applying for permits. The system, which had a soft launch Oct. 1, pulls together permit applications from 13 different agencies. It will also include a fast-track application process. The One Stop Shop Permitting Portal is part of the Speed to Build initiative.
37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group: Q3 sales grew, but launch spending and investment losses drove a sharp adjusted-profit decline
Q3 revenue rose YoY and QoQ, led by strategy, casual and overseas growth, but adjusted profit fell sharply as new-game promotion costs were front-loaded. A Zhipu-linked investment loss also weighed on reported earnings.Original document: 37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group Co., Lt…
The NHL season is one month old. Here are strong starts we believe.
The 2026-27 NHL season is officially one month old. Here are strong starts that have staying power.
Browns using Steelers' iconic 'Renegade' hype song at practice
The Cleveland Browns are preparing for their Week 8 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers by blaring "Renegade" at practice.
Owensboro business asking community for help ID’ing robbery thief
A $1,000 reward is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest.
Jen Walker, Full Strength Physical Therapy top Chamber ALX's 2026 Best in Business awards
A committee of past winners read 58 applications and picked 36 finalists in six categories, according to remarks at Wednesday's ceremony
Nestlé and BirdLife Europe & Central Asia partner to measure how regenerative agriculture practices support biodiversity
A science-led collaboration will use farmland birds as trusted indicators of biodiversity.
A serial killer, an obsessed cop and an undercover FBI agent. Welcome to Apple's 'Nocturne'
Stephen Graham dives into the mind of a serial killer for his role in the new Apple TV series “Nocturne.” | Talk 1370
Only about half of social science findings held up when retested, major replication project finds
Psychology’s replication problems drew wide attention after 2015. A new study in Nature suggests the challenge is not unique to psychology: across economics, education, business, sociology, and political science, success rates were similar.
Commentary: Why I believe in voting
I think everyone should vote, but not for the aggravating script we’ve heard over the last two decades. I think people should vote because they matter, their lives matter, their voice matters, and they deserve to be heard.
In the Lead: The Daily Record announces 2026 Best Family-Owned Businesses
Surely, some families and businesses just aren’t meant to mix. But in other cases, the personalities, skill sets and trust are a perfect match. The Daily Record is proud to honor our In the Lead: Best Family-Owned Businesses who got that recipe right.
‘She could have gotten away with’ murder: The dangerous science behind the Queen of Crime
New explorations reveal the early education and adventures of bestselling author Agatha Christie, who did more than dip her toe in the world of science.
Trump administration kills science ed program named for Lou Stokes; Rep. Shontel Brown appeals
U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown wants the Justice Department to provide the evidence it used to support canceling several National Science Foundation programs including one named after former Rep. Louis Stokes of Cleveland
Political homelessness: How the Michigan Senate race divided the Jewish community
The high-stakes race caused a rift among Jewish voters unhappy with Abdul El-Sayed
It's a 'socialist' bank — and North Dakota Republicans love it
Democratic socialist candidates have held up North Dakota's state-owned bank as a model to emulate.
Liability for clinical AI
Aligning accountability with clinical authority to protect patients and support responsible innovation. Learn more.
Georgia is single-handedly shifting the conversation on Black women in politics
It’s a milestone years in the making, backed by major efforts to organize and register voters.
The Trump Aide Trying to Stop a Blue Wave
James Blair, the president’s top political strategist, planned for a different midterm cycle. Then Trump attacked Iran.
Street artist Barry McGee brings color and community to Jeffrey Deitch
Barry McGee, the celebrated graffiti artist who caused an uproar when his pop-up installation at a 99 Cents Only Store on Wilshire Boulevard drew a wild crowd, is bringing his street art to Jeffrey Deitch gallery.
Television Q&A: Why do dogs get barking mad at 'The Traitors'?
You have questions. I have some answers. Q: My wife and I started watching “The Traitors” but had to stop after two episodes. There is a whistle during the show
'Music Man' review: Revival isn't up to CTG standards
A non-Equity national tour of Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man,' directed by Matt Lenz, opens at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Television Q&A: Why do dogs get barking mad at 'The Traitors'?
You have questions. I have some answers. Q: My wife and I started watching “The Traitors” but had to stop after two episodes. There is a whistle during the show
How Ireland became Hollywood's latest hub for global filming
Ireland, with its storytelling tradition, infrastructure, experienced crews, lower labor costs and competitive tax incentives, has become a major filming destination for American films, TV series and even game shows as movie and TV productions leave Los Angeles to film elsewhere.
Study reveals new clues to why colorectal cancer in young people is so deadly
Colorectal cancer in young people shows genetic and structural differences that may make it more aggressive and treatment-resistant than the cancer tends to be in older people.
How hospitals are reworking care for sicker patients
Hospitals are treating sicker patients, spurring health systems to expand capacity, standardize care and cut costs.
Do You Still Need Your Antidepressant? What to Know Before You Stop
Do you have to take antidepressants forever? The answer isn’t the same for everyone, explains psychiatric medication expert Jane Sundberg, PharmD, BCPP of University of Rochester Medicine.
Pens Points: Mammoth Sighting
It was a much needed four day break for a battered Pittsburgh Penguins team, but now the schedule resumes and it wastes no time throwing the team right back into the fight with another matchup against the Utah Mammoth, the same team that just beat up on the Penguins 11 days ago to close out […]
MARIA BARTIMORO TO HOST AMERICA BUSINESS FORUM 2026
America Business Forum today announced that Maria Bartiromo will serve as Host of America Business Forum 2026, taking place December 16-17 at Kaseya Center in Miami. Across two days, Bartiromo will guide the conversations on the forum's main stage, before a live arena audience and a global broadcast.
Ice cream business new to Aiken coming to the Southside. Where will it be located?
AIKEN — Work has begun on the Southside to turn a former barbershop into an ice cream business. Stone Cold Creamery’s first location here will be in the shopping center that Target anchors on Whiskey ...
Patrick’s Politics: You can’t afford to vote Republican
Rising inflation and sky-high gas prices. Blatant mismanagement of foreign policy. A fading president losing his grip on reality. These were all attacks used by Republicans against former President…
Is Montana holding the key to undoing Citizens United?
A measure on Tuesday's ballot aims to stem the flow of dark money spending in the state—and maybe beyond.
Exclusive: Ro launches AI agent for healthcare
Ro is just the latest healthcare company to launch an AI agent. Can it become a healthcare "quarterback?"
A golden age of science is coming
It’s almost hard to remember, but just a few years ago, a lot of very smart people thought that science was in terminal decline. Respected researchers were writing papers with titles like “Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?”, “Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time”, and “Slowed canonical progress in large fields of science”. In 1996, science writer John Horgan even published a book called The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age. The fundamental idea was that the Universe only has so many insights to discover, and that we’ve picked the low-hanging fruit. It was the idea that Joseph-Louis Lagrange expressed when he said that “we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish.” As the big ideas and the simple ideas get mined out, we’re forced to throw ever more brains at the mysteries of nature just to keep scientific progress going at a fraction of its old pace: It looked like science was hitting a wall. Then along came AI. It’s far too early to tell how much AI will eventually speed up the growth of total factor productivity. But already we can see signs of a speedup in science. Anthropic Founder Jack Clark assembled some of the hopeful data points in a recent lecture: [ Dror Poleg@drorpoleg "If you pick different parts of science, you see the same pattern show up: Progress is accelerating, and it has started to accelerate in the last two years." Jack Clark @jackclarkSF I’m speaking at the IMF in an hour about the singularity and why I believe it has begun and the choices we'll need to make. Watch live here: https://t.co/Hj9HzcXx5h 6:08 PM · Oct 18, 2026 · 21.2K Views 2 Replies · 10 Reposts · 123 Likes ](https://x.com/drorpoleg/status/2111882070376980529) Anthropic is accelerating its investment into drug discovery, and is already announcing some impressive preliminary results: [ BioTender@Junioryu136689 BREAKING: Anthropic unveils early results from six Claude-powered drug development collaborations. • 70% shorter CAR-T signaling domain • ~35,000 antibody designs • >10× tighter antibody binding • 89% less batch-record review time Still largely preclinical. Anthropic @AnthropicAI Over the past few months, Anthropic scientists have engaged in deep research partnerships with six organizations developing new medicines. We've also begun drug discovery efforts of our own. In doing so, we’ve learned much more about how Claude can support the many stages of 9:43 PM · Oct 27, 2026 · 11.2K Views 3 Replies · 24 Reposts · 205 Likes ](https://x.com/Junioryu136689/status/2115197821150495150) Claude also appears to be enabling rapid progress toward a treatment for food allergies. OpenAI, meanwhile, announced a possible breakthrough treatment for neurodegenerative disease. Meanwhile, Google Cloud Chief Scientist Pushmeet Kohli has a list of recent scientific advances that have been enabled by its new Gemini model, including breakthroughs in nuclear fusion reactor design, rare disease research, and quantum computing: [ Pushmeet Kohli@pushmeet Gemini 4 Argon is a step change in model performance. In recent weeks, it has had a transformative impact on the Science projects in our team at @GoogleDeepMind and our external collaborators, and helped make a number of remarkable advances across scientific disciplines. 🧵👇 4:47 PM · Oct 13, 2026 · 36.5K Views 8 Replies · 41 Reposts · 497 Likes ](https://x.com/pushmeet/status/2110049807385702623) But as cool as these stories sound, they’re just very minor, preliminary efforts. There are a number of reasons to think that AI is going to propel us into a golden age of scientific discovery. That age might not last forever — AI might still run into diminishing returns eventually. But the next few decades are probably going to be an absolutely amazing time for human science. The number of “effective researchers” is no longer limited The most important input into science is scientists themselves. Until this year, that meant human brains — talented, highly trained human brains. The number of trained human brains could be increased by sending more people to grad school, but only to a point — the smartest people tend to be sent into the hardest research fields first, and if you 10x the number of researchers, the average quality will go down. This constraint was already starting to bite, as Ekerdt and Wu argued in 2024: We argue that a substantial portion of the downward historical trend in U.S. research productivity is a composition effect resulting from self-selection in researcher ability and the dramatic expansion of the research sector…[W]e find that this composition effect has lowered average researcher ability by between 37% and 53%[.] And of course, low fertility was making the problem worse, because fewer children meant fewer people who were able to become future scientists. AI just blows up this constraint completely. If an AI agent can function as an autonomous researcher, there’s no constraint on the number of researchers in the world — you can just build more of them, by building more computer chips and data centers that enable the running of more AI agents. Whether or not massive hordes of agents can collaborate to solve individual problems much faster, increasing the number of agents allows them to tackle many different research questions in parallel. What’s more, these AI “researchers” can be trained incredibly quickly compared to human beings. A human scientist takes decades to train, and more years to reach the frontier of their research field by diligent reading and conversation. This is the “burden of knowledge”, and it’s commonly believed to be one reason ideas have been getting harder to find — by the time human scientists can get up to speed, they’re often so old that their ideas are no longer novel. AI just annihilates this constraint — it can assimilate the entire literature and reach the frontier of research extremely quickly, and it can also tell human scientists where the frontier lies without forcing them to discover that for themselves. It can also pivot to new research directions more easily than humans can. And there’s also a self-reinforcing economic cycle here. Because scientific advances enable higher GDP, they enable more resources to be invested into the creation of yet more electronic “scientists”. Now that doesn’t mean the amount of scientific research goes to infinity — there may still be some essential bottleneck task that human researchers are still needed to perform. There are some indications that AI’s progress on open-ended conceptual research tasks is slower than in other dimensions, and it may be that humans are still needed to provide some of this long-term conceptual thinking. I’d bet against this being true for much longer, but it might be true for a long time. Even in this most “pessimistic” case, though, the amount of effective capital that scientists can use to leverage their work just went up by a lot. AI eliminates the theory bottleneck Science proceeds by an iterative process of theory and experiment. The theory part of that cycle is typically short, but non-trivial — it took a couple of years after the blackbody radiation spectrum was observed for Max Planck to come up with the quantum hypothesis to explain it, and decades longer before quantum theory as we now know it was created. It took about a year for Watson and Crick to figure out the shape of DNA after the requisite data was gathered. AI will basically eliminate the theory bottleneck entirely — or at least shorten the turnaround time between experiment and theory by an order of magnitude. AI is an absolute beast at math. Recently, an OpenAI model solved some of the most important open problems in computer science, math, and theoretical physics, and no one even batted an eyebrow because that sort of triumph is becoming increasingly commonplace. One of those solutions was a proof that the Standard Model of Particle Physics could be mathematically well-defined — a problem that human theorists had so far been unable to tackle. Not all research relies equally on theory, but understanding novel experimental results almost always involves some important component of either mathematical or spatial reasoning. That part of the task has now been made much, much faster. And on top of that, science is now open to a greater number of humans who aren’t naturally good at theorizing. AI can read the whole literature Much of the work of human scientists involves reading and understanding endless amounts of papers and going to endless conferences and seminars. The purpose of that work is to understand the existing scientific literature. Understanding the literature allows scientists to do the following things: Come up with new ideas for hypotheses to test Avoid doing research that someone else has already done Synthesize approaches from different areas or fields AI can reduce this effort to almost zero. Consider this excerpt from OpenAI’s blog post about their new research into neurodegenerative disease: The team divided the analysis among thousands of AI agents powered by GPT‑Rosalind, an approach we call distributed biological reasoning. The agents examined a whole-brain CRISPR atlas…a dataset showing how gene disruptions affect different types of cells across the mouse brain. Each agent investigated a gene disruption, analyzed cellular responses, searched scientific literature, and proposed explanations for the results. Their reports were combined into a reasoning atlas linking genes, cellular effects, relevant publications, and possible biological mechanisms. The research team estimated that comparable human analysis and literature review, conducted one perturbation at a time, would take months to a year. The agents reproduced findings from human analyses while uncovering additional leads. Their assessments of novelty and scientific value also aligned with judgments from blinded human experts. These findings help prioritize further experiments needed to test the proposed biological mechanisms. Some of these insights point to new leads for understanding brain disease. [emphasis mine] This is one case in which parallel work by a large number of agents really does make a huge difference: [ Haider.@haider1 this is actually insane openai deployed thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents to analyze millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes, work that could take human researchers months to a year also the agents uncovered new leads for brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's OpenAI @OpenAI GPT-Rosalind surfaced a new lead for drug discovery: could restoring cholesterol transport protect neurons from degeneration? DCTN1 is a gene linked to Perry syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disorder. In mouse-brain data, disrupting it increased expression of genes involved in 2:41 PM · Oct 21, 2026 · 51.5K Views 26 Replies · 95 Reposts · 1.26K Likes ](https://x.com/haider1/status/2112917197903540516) Not only does instantaneous literature review vastly speed up the research process, but it allows AI to make novel conceptual leaps from combining approaches from wildly different fields of research. AI regularly does this in math research, combining results, approaches, and theorems from far-flung places that no human mathematician would have thought to combine. It can do it in science, too. Much of scientific innovation, historically, has been “recombinant” innovation — scientists applying insights from one field to another. With AI, essentially all research is now cross-disciplinary — AI can read not just the literature on a particular subject, but the literature on a million other subjects that might have produced useful techniques or insights for the problem at hand. Superscience So far, all of the factors I’ve listed are ways that AI can speed up science as it’s already done. I’ve basically described how AI can send gigantic hordes of superhumanly fast, superhumanly well-read, superhumanly mathematically gifted researchers to re-accelerate scientific discovery. But it’s also possible that AI will enable types of discovery — and ways of understanding the natural world — that no network of humans, no matter how large or how brilliant it was or how long it had to work, would ever be able to discover. In a post back in July, I wrote about how that might work: What if there are lots of…aspects of the Universe that [are] too complex to understand in terms of simple laws, but not so complex that they just dissolve into unknowable chaos? It’s possible that we can reliably control these complex phenomena with AI, even if we never reduce them to the kind of principles that we can teach a grad student in a textbook… Another way of saying this is that there may be laws of the universe that humans can’t understand but AI can. I call these “cloud laws” — causal regularities that can be exploited by technology, but which are too diffuse and complex for an individual human being to either intuit or communicate… Perhaps social sciences like economics, sociology, and political science obey similarly complex regularities, and AI can help us find them. Perhaps there are physical processes — plasma, or topological materials, or aerial turbulence, etc. — that obey cloud laws instead of chaos?… [H]uman collaboration is bottlenecked — it’s limited by our ability to intuit patterns at an individual level, and to communicate these patterns from one individual to another. AI, being a computer, just doesn’t have this sort of limitation; it can work with vast, diffuse patterns without having to break them into pieces or simplify them in order to compress them into the tiny pipelines of person-to-person explanation… If much of the Universe turns out to be ruled by cloud laws, we could be on the precipice of a scientific renaissance. In order to discover cloud laws, AI will need huge amounts of data about the natural world. AI figured out human speech by assimilating essentially all of the text humans have ever written. If it’s going to figure out hidden patterns in biology, neuroscience, materials science, etc., it’s going to need similarly massive amounts of data from physical instruments. That data will be far, far more than humans — individually or collectively — would be able to parse, label, characterize, or model. But AI was built to do this. If scientists simply build huge arrays of sensors to measure complex phenomena like the brain, the cell, the economy, etc., they may be able to feed this flood of data to AI directly and bypass human cognitive intermediation entirely. AI would then learn about the world directly, and it might learn things that humans never could. This “superscience”, if you want to call it that, would actually go beyond the kind of science humans have done heretofore. Many of the technologies it yielded would be beyond human comprehension — indistinguishable from magic. But to the AIs, they would make perfect scientific sense. In any case, it seems clear that the scientific slowdown that threatened human progress will now be delayed — at least for a while. Unless humans have somehow found most of the actual exploitable regularities in our Universe, we’re about to enter a new golden age of science. Subscribe Share
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