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All Byron all night against previously undefeated Du-Pec Rivermen

You typically don't expect a running clock in a game between two 6-0 teams, but then Byron isn't just any 6-0 team. The Tigers are an orange and black machine and that machine was on full display Friday as Byron defeated the Du-Pec Rivermen 59-0.

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Oct 3 • 3:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NICK STROBEL: Saturn and its rings on display

Tonight Saturn is at opposition, appearing opposite the sun in our sky. This happens as we pass by Saturn in our faster, inner orbit. This also marks the time when

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Oct 3 • 3:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • bakersfield.com
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'There’s no such thing as democracy' – Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. What does he make of Andy Burnham's plans to 'rewire' the UK economy? Radical Thinking will be published every Saturday in the Politics Weekly feed

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Oct 3 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Rajasthan Royals star creates history, surpasses Chris Gayle for highest T20 score

Lhuan-dre Pretorius has made T20 cricket history with his phenomenal score of 188 runs off 79 balls while playing for the Titans against the Knights. This feat breaks Chris Gayle's former record of 175 runs, showcasing Pretorius's exceptional talent as he maintained a striking rate of 237.97. His recent century for South Africa further underscores his remarkable consistency and prowess on the field.

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Oct 3 • 2:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Grace Cougars open district play with victory
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Oct 3 • 1:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Seattle Seahawks Depth Chart at Running Back Against Chargers

On Friday, Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald confirmed that Jadarian Price will be out against the Los Angeles Chargers, which means the depth chart at running back is a lot thinner now. Behind Price, there are three running backs expected to be active against the Chargers for the Seattle Seahawks. Those players are Emanuel […] The post Seattle Seahawks Depth Chart at Running Back Against Chargers appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 3 • 1:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Week 6: Texas high school football scores & highlights

DAINGERFIELD 35, HOOKS 70 BECKVILLE 42, WASKOM 13 JACKSONVILLE 24, KILGORE 42 TENAHA 28, OVERTON 70 PEWITT 56, UNION GROVE 22 QUEEN CITY 34, REDWATER 50 PINE TREE 42, PALESTINE 10 Plays of the Week OTHER SCORES: NEW BOSTON 35, HUGHES SPRINGS 33 HARLETON 35, ORE CITY 15 LINDEN-KILDARE 28, MERRYVILLE 36 (THURSDAY) MT VERNON […]

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Oct 3 • 1:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HIGHLIGHTS: Somerset Academy (NV) vs. Midland Lee

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Midland Lee dominated Somerset Academy from Nevada 61-6 as the Rebels improved to 4-2. Next week the Rebels kick off district play at home against Permian. Watch the video above for the highlights.

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Oct 3 • 1:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HIGHLIGHTS: Arizona Compass Prep vs. Odessa

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The Arizona Compass Prep Dragons spoiled the Odessa Bronchos’ homecoming as the Dragons won 31-27. With the loss, the Bronchos drop to 2-4, and next week they kick off district play at home against Midland. Watch the video above for the highlights.

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Oct 3 • 1:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HIGHLIGHTS: Hale Center vs. Iraan

IRAAN, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Iraan faced Hale Center in a neutral site game in Andrews and the Braves came out victorious 41-6. With the win, the Braves improved to 4-2, and next week they hit the road to start district play against Wink. Watch the video above for the highlights.

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Oct 3 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HIGHLIGHTS: Wall vs. Midland Christian

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Midland Christian hosted Wall and the Mustangs handed the Hawks their first loss since December 2024. With the win, Midland Christian wrapped up non-district play with a 3-3 record, and next week they begin district play on the road against Fort Worth Christian. Watch the video above for the highlights.

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Oct 3 • 12:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Stunning comeback as Valkyries erase 16-point deficit to down Wings, advance to semifinals

The Golden State Valkyries, who fell behind by 16 on in the decisive game of their playoff series with the Dallas Wings, rallied to win 77-73. They will face the Las Vegas Aces in the semifinals.

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Oct 3 • 12:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Play of the Night from PV
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Oct 3 • 12:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Wolff: “It’s difficult to cope” for Russell seeing Antonelli pace

The Bahrain GP in Malaysia represents a crucial moment in the Championship for Mercedes, who introduce a series of long-awaited upgrades to the W17. These updates are the first major aerodynamic changes for Mercedes in several months, who are finally responding to the developments from other teams - most notably McLaren. Despite the relative delay …

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Oct 3 • 12:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Player of the Game: Girard’s AJ Pearson

Girard junior quarterback AJ Pearson was named Player of the Game in the Indians' 46-42 win over South Range.

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Oct 3 • 12:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yikes: Northwestern 34, Penn State 13

I could give you a play-by-play or a drive-by-drive breakdown of tonight, but what use would it be? This game was a total ass kicking, one that Penn State hasn’t felt in quite some time. And it wasn’t at the hands of Ohio State or Michigan or Oregon or USC — it was Northwestern. Penn […]

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Oct 3 • 12:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
FNL fans and play of the night (10-2-26)

FNL fans and play of the night (10-2-26).

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Oct 2 • 11:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
12 SportsZone Catch of the Week: Week 6

Vote for the player who you think had the best catch during week 6 of high school football in north central West Virginia. The voting will close at noon on Monday, Oct. 5, and the winner will be revealed during the 12 SportsZone at 6 p.m. that night.

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Oct 2 • 11:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Powerhouse Plays

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The KELOLAND SportsZone returned on Friday night, which also marks the return of Powerhouse Plays. Powerhouse Plays features the top plays and playmakers from each KELOLAND SportsZone. View this week’s Powerhouse Plays in the video player above. Games featured on Power Plays:

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Oct 2 • 11:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Elijah Plumbar wins Week 7 Gatorlyte Quick Play

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — Tennessee High School’s Elijah Plumbar is this week’s Gatorlyte Quick Play winner. Plumbar made a move in the backfield and took it all the way to the end zone for the touchdown. Tennessee High School lost to David Crockett High School 31-28.

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Oct 2 • 11:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
‘Tinder Swindler’ romance fraudster promises ‘safe’ dating app – using intel from con man playbook

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

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Oct 2 • 11:21 PM EDT • Technology • foxnews.com
US Speaker Mike Johnson attends Calvary football game

Speaker Mike Johnson surprised fans at a Louisiana high school football game to watch Calvary Baptist play.

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Oct 2 • 10:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Malaysia is building a new research corridor across Asia to meet China’s rise

From next-gen semiconductors to advanced catalysts, scientists are navigating geopolitical boundaries to focus on mutual discovery.

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Oct 2 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • scmp.com
MAKING THE GRADE: From playing school to the science lab, Ca...

First-year Academy of Innovation science teacher Rebekah Cannada shares her path from elementary education to eighth-grade science and her approach to engaging ...

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Oct 2 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • vicksburgpost.com
Five teams face an 0-4 start — and only one 0-4 team has ever made the playoffs
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Oct 2 • 9:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Solo Reload Victory Cup in NA West: Event 1 Event 1 Round 1

Battle your way to Platinum in Reload Ranked to be eligible for the first and second Events of the Season, Diamond for the third, and Champion for the final Event of the Season! Compete for the opportunity to win a cash prize! Reach Round 2 (top 1600 in EU; top 800 in NAC; top 320 in OCE, ASIA, ME, BR, and NAW), where every player who earns a Victory Royale will earn $100 USD. Good luck and have fun!

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Oct 2 • 9:00 PM EDT • Technology • fortnitetracker.com
Grizzlies Face Roster Crunch With Three Cuts Needed Before Season

The Memphis Grizzlies have 18 players on standard contracts and need to trade or waive three before the regular season begins.

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Oct 2 • 8:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
No. 3 Spartans Dominate Exhibition: The Eric Nilson Show

Eric Nilson’s four-point explosion and Joshua Ravensbergen’s poised debut fueled a surgical offensive display as the Spartans dismantled Boston College to signal their pursuit of another title.

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Oct 2 • 8:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sean Mannion Reveals Regret Over Particular Playcall in Eagles Loss
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Oct 2 • 8:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Three Questions the Astros Must Answer During the Offseason

With the season over and Joe Espada's future uncertain, the Astros face a pitching staff in need of help and a handful of young players that might see more playing time in 2027.

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Oct 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Christian McCaffrey set to play in Week 4

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey on track for normal workload after two full practices

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Oct 2 • 7:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Packers HC': Bucs' Daniels 'A Very Talented Player'

With Baker Mayfield sidelined, rookie Jalon Daniels faces a high-stakes first start. Matt LaFleur warns that the undrafted dual-threat weapon possesses the tools to shock his team.

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Oct 2 • 7:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chris Godwin Jr. expected to play in Week 4

Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin Jr. on track to play after two full practices

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Oct 2 • 7:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Devin Vassell Reveals Key to Spurs' Continued Winning Mindset

The San Antonio Spurs are playing an unselfish brand of basketball, and no one demonstrates that better than Devin Vassell.

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Oct 2 • 6:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Inside Texas Politics | Full interview on Proposition A with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
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Oct 2 • 6:42 PM EDT • Politics • wfaa.com
Keaton Mitchell should be available for Week 4

Chargers RB Keaton Mitchell on track to play after a full practice

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Oct 2 • 6:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Keenan Allen misses Friday's practice, questionable to play Sunday
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Mike Evans is going to try to play through his injured ribs
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Oct 2 • 6:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Florida Put on Upset alert Before Playing No 25 Mizzou

Riding high after toppling Ole Miss, the Gators must now survive a hostile SEC road test against a motivated Tigers squad eager to derail Florida’s playoff momentum.

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Oct 2 • 6:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Doobie Brother Michael McDonald meets son he gave up at 14

Doobie Brothers singer and keyboard player Michael McDonald was reunited with the son he gave up for adoption nearly 60 years ago. In the process, the Grammy Award-winning “Yah Mo

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Oct 2 • 5:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Jaylen Wright ready to play in Week 4

Dolphins RB Jaylen Wright not on injury report after taking part in practice Friday

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Oct 2 • 5:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chris Bell on track to play in Week 4

Dolphins WR Chris Bell upgraded Friday and should be available to play

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Oct 2 • 5:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pac-12 Announces Gonzaga Women's Basketball Schedule

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Pac-12 Conference announced the 2026-27 women's basketball conference schedule, with Gonzaga set to play a 16-game league slate in its first season as a member of

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Oct 2 • 5:29 PM EDT • Sports • swxlocalsports.com
Miami Heat to play as Vice City from 'Grand Theft Auto VI' for single game, with new court and uniforms

This will also happen to be Giannis Antetokounmpo's first game against his old team, the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Oct 2 • 5:21 PM EDT • Technology • sports.yahoo.com
Bucs LB Trotter Full Participant at Practice, Playing Week 4

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

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Oct 2 • 5:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jets at Bears: 3 Props to Play

Its the Chicago Bears vs the New York Jets at Soldier Field. Here are 3 props featuring Cole Kmet, Luther Burden, and Braelon Allen.

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Oct 2 • 5:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Noah Fant limited in practice on Friday

Noah Fant is raising the potential of him playing in Week 4.

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Oct 2 • 4:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Louisville, Kentucky athletes ineligible after Court of Appeals ruling

The group of athletes now ruled ineligible includes two UofL basketball players, two UofL football players and one UK football player.

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Oct 2 • 4:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lamar Jackson on track to play in Week 4

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson should be available after two full practices

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Oct 2 • 4:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nico Collins set to play in Week 4

Nico Collins is all set to return to the lineup for the Texans.

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Oct 2 • 4:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Layoffs, Closures Planned at Newport Healthcare, Clarvida, Comprehensive Life Resources

A slew of youth behavioral health programs are closing, resulting in a wave of layoffs. Comprehensive Life Resources, Newport Healthcare and

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Oct 2 • 4:04 PM EDT • Health • bhbusiness.com
Ashton Jeanty set to play in Week 4

Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty on track for regular workload despite injury

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Oct 2 • 3:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Drake Maye on track to play in Week 4

Patriots QB Drake Maye should be available after three full practices

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Oct 2 • 3:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
P.J. Washington Could Channel Mavs Legend with Bench Move

Coming off a down year, Washington wants to return to the playoff basketball that has defined his time thus far with the Dallas Mavericks.

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Oct 2 • 3:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Patrick Mahomes expected to play in Week 4

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes ready to play after three full practices

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Mars’ North Polar Ice Is Much Cleaner Than Scientists Thought

Beneath the dusty surface of Mars’ north pole, scientists have uncovered surprisingly clean layers of ice that may preserve a hidden record of the planet’s dramatic climate history. Earth maintains a relatively steady posture in space thanks to the gravitational anchor of a massive moon. Mars lacks that stability. Tugged only by two tiny moons,

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Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time

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

Sierra Nevada meadows may cover a relatively small portion of the landscape, but scientists say they play an important role in supporting wildlife, storing water and maintaining biodiversity.

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Oct 2 • 2:44 PM EDT • Science • kunr.org
UConn men’s and women’s basketball announces UConn Health as jersey sponsor

The UConn Health branding will be prominently displayed on basketball jerseys this season.

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Oct 2 • 2:31 PM EDT • Health • theuconnblog.com
1st & 10 Football: Week 6

This is your home for OzarksFirst 1st & 10 high school football coverage. We will begin live streaming at 8:30pm every Friday in the video player above. Stay caught up on local scores, streams and the biggest stories from the gridiron, and beyond! Click here to see feature stories about our Game of the Week. […]

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Oct 2 • 2:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ESPN’s Exclusive CFP Window Closes Next Week As 24-Team Playoff Looms

The College Football Playoff has until Dec. 1 to expand for 2027.

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Oct 2 • 2:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
American Conference Front Runners Make Stand on Tulane Bye Week

The Tulane Green Wave are on their bye week ahead of conference play, which also means that the American Conference teams who headed straight into that slate are already making a splash in those standings.

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Oct 2 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pokémon TCG’s Final 2026 Set Is Causing Major Preorder Chaos, Here Is How You Can Buy Delta Reign at MSRP Right Now

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

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Oct 2 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Trey Hendrickson will not play in Week 4

Ravens DE Trey Hendrickson to miss at least one game because of finger injury

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Oct 2 • 1:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kings' Projected Starting Five Ranked No. 29 in NBA

The Sacramento Kings' quiet offseason has most projections placing the franchise towards the bottom of the Western Conference. But, the team should definitely see improvements with the addition of Darius Acuff Jr. and key players returning to health.

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Oct 2 • 1:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan State at Wisconsin: Three Best Bets

After a string of bad luck, find out which player props and alternate spreads offer the best value as the injury-riddled Spartans face a surging Badgers squad.

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Oct 2 • 1:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amid bleak financial forecast, Brown Health announces buyouts, executive layoffs

Brown University Health announced a series of cost-cutting measures Thursday on the first day of its fiscal year, including executive layoffs and non-clinical buyouts. The hospital operator projects a $64 million deficit due mostly to federal budget cuts.

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Oct 2 • 1:51 PM EDT • Health • rhodeislandcurrent.com
No designation for Chuba Hubbard

Panthers RB Chuba Hubbard on track to play after a full practice

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Oct 2 • 1:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
GTA 6 Age Rating Confirms New Details on Sex, Drug Use, Decapitation, and More

GTA 6 has received a rating of PEGI 18, revealing mentions of "decapitation," the ability for players to snort cocaine at any time, "scenes of sexual fetishes," and much more.

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Oct 2 • 1:37 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Assault charge dropped against University of Houston football player

A grand jury declined to indict Carmello Brooks on a charge of assault of a pregnant person weeks after his initial arrest.

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Oct 2 • 1:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bryce Young ready to play in Week 4

Panthers QB Bryce Young on track to play after three full practices

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Oct 2 • 1:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How to Watch the ALDS: White Sox at Guardians

Your broadcast guide for the coming playoff series!

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Oct 2 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Neto: ‘Juventus changed a lot, positive Spalletti impact’

Neto admits Juventus has ‘changed a lot’ since he last played there in 2017, but he is feeling a ‘very positive impact’ with coach Luciano Spalletti.The goalkeeper was snapped up as a free age...

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Oct 2 • 12:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Eagles opposing player to stop, Week 4 edition

Philadelphia must get after the Rams’ quarterback.

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Oct 2 • 12:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Last redistricting hearing comes to Jackson, MS. What happens next?

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

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Oct 2 • 12:33 PM EDT • Politics • clarionledger.com
Why Control Resonant Had to Take Our New Hero Outside

Some players wish Remedy's new action sequel had retained its predecessor's famous setting, but that would have been the wrong choice for this story

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Oct 2 • 12:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
How Digital Innovation Is Reshaping U.S. Small Businesses

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC) report Empowering Small Business: The Impact of Technology on U.S. Small Business examines the pivotal role that diverse technology platforms play in helping small businesses operate and compete.

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Oct 2 • 12:19 PM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
Adebayo responds to play-in talk and 10 snappy Heat comments. ‘Vice City’ on tap

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

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Oct 2 • 12:09 PM EDT • Sports • miamiherald.com
DOE Announces Up to $400M for Basic Research to Advance the Frontiers of Science

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced its annual funding opportunity of up to $400 million to advance the frontiers of scientific knowledge and lay the foundation for future technologies and innovation. The funding delivers on Executive Order Restoring Gold Standard Science by supporting rigorous, transparent, and mission-driven research across […]

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Oct 2 • 12:08 PM EDT • Science • hpcwire.com
Trump to name intelligence chief Clayton as AI tsar: Reports

The possible selection comes amid increasing calls for the government to intervene in the rapidly developing technology.

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Oct 2 • 12:06 PM EDT • Science • aljazeera.com
Yankees Birthday of the Day: Spec Shea

The pride of Naugatuck, Connecticut, Spec Shea lived out his dream when he got to play in pinstripes.

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Oct 2 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump to Name Jay Clayton to Serve as A.I. Czar

The director of national intelligence will help develop new policies, and potentially regulations, for the rapidly evolving technology.

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Oct 2 • 11:57 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Friday Open Thread

This is a slow time of year for baseball news, if your team isn’t in the playoffs. MLB doesn’t like teams to make news during the playoffs, because they want the focus to be on the playoff teams, which is fair. Jameson Taillon is going to have elbow surgery next week. He’s had Tommy John […]

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Oct 2 • 11:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Ken Welch's thorny Thursday showed exactly why he's about to join the club of one-timers

Projects delayed for retribution. Hiding from the press. Misuse of city resources. It wasn't just a bad day — it was a terrible one.

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Oct 2 • 11:16 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Tuchel would never rule out players not in top flight

England boss Thomas Tuchel says he would "never rule out" selecting someone who is not playing in the top flight, should Manchester City be relegated.

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Oct 2 • 11:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
🛫Real Madrid ease fears after Mbappé’s trip to Paris

Real Madrid has moved to dispel any hint of controversy, stating that Kylian Mbappé’s trip to the French capital was fully agreed upon between the player and the club. Unable to train or receive tr...

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Oct 2 • 10:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sophie Cunningham’s playoff presence draws attention beyond the court

Sophie Cunningham turned heads before the WNBA playoffs with a striking all-white look featuring a mini dress, dark sunglasses and strappy heels. The Indiana Fever guard’s fashion statement added another memorable moment to her growing reputation for standout pregame tunnel style.

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Oct 2 • 10:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Your used CPU might come with someone else’s Valorant ban

Anti-cheat systems for online multiplayer games can flag individual PC parts, which can be a problem if you're trying to find a deal on secondhand hardware.

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Oct 2 • 10:39 AM EDT • Technology • pcworld.com
Sean Steur Praises Ajax Star, "Incredibly Beautiful Player"

Sean Steur has praised an Ajax player.

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Oct 2 • 10:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hormuz as a Multiplayer Game: From Chokepoint Control to the Politics of Access

Transit fees, Hormuz Safe insurance, and a new strait authority: how the Iran war turned Hormuz from a chokepoint into a contest over access.

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Oct 2 • 10:29 AM EDT • Politics • geopoliticalmonitor.com
Dodgers to start playoffs still as World Series favorites

The Dodgers are still the World Series favorites as they get ready to start the postseason.

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Oct 2 • 10:19 AM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Tankards, Clough & 'creaky joints'

More than three decades since its last staging, Scottish football's cult indoor event makes a comeback with the "creaky joints" of former players taking to an ice rink.

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Oct 2 • 10:07 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
National Democrats target Eastern WA House race as ‘in play’

National Democrats see Washington's 5th Congressional District as an opportunity to flip a seat in the midterms in its pursuit of House control.

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Oct 2 • 10:04 AM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Phantom Blade Zero, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Final Fantasy Resonance, and 5 More Big October Games We've Already Played and Can Tell You About

October is here, which means the Fall is in full swing, which means some of the biggest games of the year drop this month. We've already played some of the biggest ones, so check out our previews of Phantom Blade Zero, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Final Fantasy Resonance, and more below.

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Oct 2 • 10:03 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Tom Cruise's latest risky business

Tom Cruise doesn't play things safe. Yes, obviously, I'm referring to him hanging off assorted aircraft and other insane things he does in his cinematic stunt-o-ramas.

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Oct 2 • 9:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Tom Cruise's latest risky business

Tom Cruise doesn't play things safe. Yes, obviously, I'm referring to him hanging off assorted aircraft and other insane things he does in his cinematic stunt-o-ramas. But in his 45-year history in Hollywood, Cruise has done a lot of different roles and navigated through various reinventions.

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Oct 2 • 9:58 AM EDT • Business • sanluisobispo.com
Jayden Daniels out for Week 4

Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (elbow) won't play in Week 4. QB Marcus Mariota will start against the Indianapolis Colts.

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Oct 2 • 9:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Eyewitness Sports Scoreboard for Friday, October 2

The push for the playoffs in fall sports is heating up by the day, and the race to make your case for Cortland or Syracuse is on! We had a full docket of sports in the high school ranks on Thursday, and you can catch up with all of last night's action on the Friday edition of the Eyewitness Sports Scoreboard!

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Oct 2 • 9:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump is expected to name Jay Clayton as AI czar

President Donald Trump is expected to pick Jay Clayton to be the White House’s new czar of artificial intelligence, two sources familiar with the discussion told CNN.

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Oct 2 • 9:40 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Colorectal Cancer Is Rising Among Kids and Teens—and It's Not the Same Disease Adults Get

Colorectal cancers in people 20 and under are often aggressive and delayed in diagnosis, new research shows.

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Oct 2 • 9:30 AM EDT • Health • gizmodo.com