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Mass Effect petition has enough signatures for the Canadian Government to potentially save BioWare
There may be some good news for Mass Effect and Dragon Age fans hoping for some sort of future for BioWare that isn't death.
First time buying health insurance during open enrollment? Here’s what to know
Not many 22-year-olds share DJ Mikunda’s enthusiasm for health insurance coverage. “You know what sounds like a good Friday night? It’s looking at he
Marvel's Wolverine's Sales Numbers Are Looking Pretty Dreadful
Sony's Q2 2026 earnings report just released, and Logan is currently being outsold by Rhythm Heaven Groove
PENN Entertainment: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
(AP) — PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $33 million.
MSUM Political Science Professor shares insight on Kupec, Peterson Minn. Senate race separated by four votes
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - DFL State Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead has always been aware that his District 4 sea...
Sotera Health (SHC) Could Be 28% Below Fair Value As Earnings Beat Lands
Sotera Health (SHC) is back in focus after reporting third quarter 2026 results that topped Wall Street forecasts, reaffirming its full year revenue and earnings outlook, and securing a Moody's credit rating upgrade. Recent trading tells a mixed story, with Sotera Health’s share price up 2.25% on the day of the earnings beat yet down about 12% over the past week and 11% over the last month. At the same time, the 1 year total shareholder return of 3.67% and 3 year total shareholder return of...
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho revisits AI themes in latest thriller 'Paradise Lost'
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho explores artificial intelligence in his films, including his latest, “Paradise Lost.”
HEALTH FIRST: Novant health surgeon highlights warning signs of GERD and when to see a specialist
As the holiday season approaches with larger meals and richer foods, occasional indigestion is common for many people.
Report: Japan's Tashima to stand against Infantino for FIFA presidency
Kozo Tashima, the honorary president of the Japanese Football Association (JFA), will challenge Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency, according to reports. Infantino’s position appeared under threat after a dropped plan for private investment in the World Cup caused consternation, but he has rallied and now looks to be in a strong position to win a fourth term at FIFA Congress in Morocco next year.
Mars’s Volcanoes May Not Be Dead But Merely Sleeping. Could A Volcano Erupt On Mars Someday?
After at least 2 million years without an eruption, you might be forgiven for thinking Martian volcanism is dead, but that’s a brief nap to a planet.
Prep talk: Three-sport standout Kai Beary plays role for 27-0 JSerra flag football team
Kai Beary, standout in shotput and soccer, is also a girls' flag football star for unbeaten JSerra High.
SAP Business One: 30 Years of Growing Together
For 30 years, SAP Business One has been growing alongside small- and medium-sized customers. Read to learn more about the solution.
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho revisits AI themes in latest thriller 'Paradise Lost'
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho explores artificial intelligence in his films, including his latest, “Paradise Lost.” | 830 WCCO
Former Wisconsin starter drops double digits in South Carolina debut
Former Wisconsin Badgers starter Aleksas Bieliauskas wasted no time making an impact in his South Carolina debut.
The Daily Mauling: 11/5/26
Kansas Jayhawks News The Topeka Capitol-Journal has Leroy Blyden and Tre White’s reactions to the Fordham win Andy Kotelnick talked to the press and gave his preview of this weekend’s UCF game ICYMI, the women’s hoops team won their season opener over Omaha this week Links! Jacoby Brissett is going to try and save Baltimore’s […]
Business leaders welcome Minnesota’s growth era
Plus: Face Foundrié hits a milestone and Beth Ford’s “most important work.”
The oddsmakers like the Red Sox. Why don’t we?
Note: this column assumes there will be a 2027 MLB season. Please disregard in advance should it not come to pass. Thank you. I was more than a little surprised at how negative the Over the Monster staff was in our recent assessment of 2026. “No, it was not a success. Of course it wasn’t,” […]
Vance Breaks With Trump and Steps Into Political Abyss | WSJ Politics Newsletter for Nov. 5
Plus, Democrats’ disciplined messaging on the economy paid off on Election Day, and how midterm results threaten America’s AI boom.
Former NBA Star Predicts Giannis Antetokounmpo Will Return to Bucks
As Miami’s season turns cold, DeMarcus Cousins claims the Greek Freak’s heart remains in Milwaukee.
Keith Gaskin: Faith, politics and the trap of moral disqualification
Scroll through social media during any campaign season, and you won’t just see debates over tax rates, health care or foreign policy. You will see sweeping verdicts on souls.
2026 iPad mini review: Maximizing the mini
It's more compelling than ever, but also more expensive.
How do octopuses remember? Scientists uncover a surprising secret
How do octopuses remember what they learn? A new study reveals a surprising “molecular switch” in the octopus brain that helps preserve memories by keeping connections between nerve cells strengthened over time, without the need to produce new proteins. The discovery sheds new light on one of nature’s greatest mysteries: how creatures with vastly different brains evolved remarkably sophisticated learning and memory abilities.
Sophia Choukas-Bradley and Longfei Shangguan were named Rising Stars of Science
The ranking by Research.com highlights exceptional early-career researchers.
400,000-year-old teeth reveal a stunning twist in human evolution
A groundbreaking discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution, revealing that an ancient human species once thought to be an evolutionary dead end may have left genetic traces in people alive today. By extracting proteins from 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth discovered in China, scientists uncovered evidence suggesting that these early humans interbred with Denisovans, another mysterious ancient human group. That genetic connection may have eventually reached modern populations in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and other parts of Southeast Asia.
A clever molecular trick unlocks previously impossible properties in glass
Scientists have discovered how to reprogram the internal structure of glass using a special molecule that rearranges chemical bonds while lowering the melting temperature. The breakthrough could unlock entirely new glass materials with precisely controlled magnetic and optical properties, opening possibilities for advanced electronics, sensors, and other technologies.
Empowering frontline health workers to detect outbreaks earlier
To spot health threats quickly and respond before they spread, these workers need the skills to identify risks, understand local health challenges and work together effectively. To strengthen these skills, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a series of trainings and simulation exercises in August 2026.
'I Play Rocky,' 'The Cat in the Hat,' 'Ramayana' top list of new films
'Jimmy,' 'Once Upon a Time in Harlem,' 'Godzilla Minus Zero,' 'Possible Love' and 'Wild Horse Nine' are also opening
Phillies News: Dave Dombrowski, Cristopher Sánchez, Albert Pujols
Will we see some action soon?
2026 NFL Week 9: Hart’s Picks
Mile High Report’s Christopher Hart predicts the straight-up winners for every Week 9 matchup of the 2026 season.
In an AI World, Sport’s Competitive Advantage May Be Its Oldest One
Today’s guest column is from professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. We know with relative certainty, professional and big collegiate sport organizations are spending heavily on artificial intelligence. Player performance, ticket pricing, fan engagement—GMs and ADs alike believe that there is a new “secret sauce” available, and the evidence is pretty compelling. AI offers the …
Shedeur Sanders Has Something to Say Amid Browns QB Report
Shedeur Sanders may get another shot to start for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Deshaun Watson is in concussion protocol, leaving the door open for the second-year quarterback to be named the QB1 against the New Orleans Saints. He had something to say about the development and shared it with the media. Sanders entered the […] The post Shedeur Sanders Has Something to Say Amid Browns QB Report appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.
Mary Means Business: Quirky Audacious Goods opening this month
For Shannon Voges-Haupt, her latest entrepreneurial venture might seem niche at first glance, but she promises there is a little something for everyone.
Cristiano Ronaldo confirms retirement from international soccer
After years of spending time and elevating the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo is done with international soccer . Ronaldo was a part of the Portuguese team for almost 23 years and represented the squad in 6 FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026). Amid his ongoing suspension and miscommunication with manager Jorge […] The post Cristiano Ronaldo confirms retirement from international soccer appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Interview: SU political science professor Grant Reeher talks Election Day aftermath
SYRACUSE., N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — After speaking with NewsChannel 9 just before the 2026 election, Syracuse University political science professor Grant Reeher talked about the impact of the results. Watch ...
Zac Taylor Details DJ Turner, Cedric Johnson's Health After Team Arrival in Spain
Cincinnati is settled in Spain.
Unfinished business for Cantero as Pearson chases a Chilean double
Last Sunday in San Pedro de la Paz, five men came off the bike together and only 44 seconds separated them at the line. Seven days later, almost all of them…
ID@Xbox Deep Discounts Sale now live with over 800 indie game deals
The ID@Xbox Deep Discounts Sale is now up and running on the Microsoft Store, offering a bevy of big discounts across a bunch of indie games.
Sony Announces Official Marvel's Wolverine Sales Figure for the First Time, Raises PlayStation Sales Forecast With GTA 6 Imminent
Sony has raised its sales forecast for its gaming business, while announcing an official sales figure for Marvel’s Wolverine for the first time.
Vail Resorts facing a proxy fight over its board, business strategy
Oasis Management, which owns 10% of the resort operator’s stock, is calling for a strategic shift, saying “Vail Resorts has gone downhill”.
Panthers' 2026 1st-round pick receives harsh midseason grade
Monroe Freeling's midseason grade from CBS Sports doesn't sit atop the 2026 draft class.
What State Street Health Care SPDR (XLV) Bought: Eli Lilly Leads on Nov. 3
The fund added $330.3 million in net purchases, lifting all 60 of its positions with no sells.
As she debuts on Broadway, Kailey Boyle praises Madison theater scene
Boyle, a Middleton High School grad, makes her debut in “Wanted” on Broadway this fall. The show opens officially Nov. 8 in New York.
Palm Beach County 'Best of Season' arts and culture preview
From Broadway hits to classical concerts, here are the top arts and entertainment events coming to Palm Beach.
Economic Development Director Announces Quarterly “Rochester Business Exchange” to Connect Business Owners with Local Government, Other Resources
Rochester Economic Development Director Michael Scala is pleased to announce “Rochester Business Exchange,” an informal discussion connecting municipal officials and staff, developers, and business owners and managers to share information, exchange ideas, discuss local issues, and strengthen relationships within Rochester’s business community. The purpose of the meetings is to share updates related to municipal government,...
Why Barry Diller thinks Skydance shouldn't try to beat Netflix
The mogul has advice for the Ellisons and everyone else: "You are simply never going to beat Netflix, ever, unless they do something weird."
Vida Y Salud-Health Systems & Hampton Regional Medical Center Settle Data Breach Lawsuits
Settlements have been agreed to resolve class action data breach lawsuits against Vida Y Salud-Health Systems & Hampton Regional Medical Center. Vida Settlements have been agreed to resolve class action data breach lawsuits against Vida Y Salud-Health Systems & Hampton Regional Medical Center.
Bryan Adams is thinking about war with America (in 1814)
"It's about respect," said Adams, whose new album reflects Canada's conflicts with President Trump. "Have have some respect for the past, and not just decide one day, 'Oh, this is better for America or whatever.'"
'Passing Strange' premieres in L.A. at Pasadena Playhouse
'Passing Strange,' a 20-year-old rock musical about a striving musician in downtown L.A. has gone to Broadway and been filmed by Spike Lee — but it has never been produced in SoCal. A highly anticipated revival at Pasadena Playhouse is changing that.
Sharon Horgan says 'Youth' is her most personal project yet
Sharon Horgan stars in 'Youth' season 1. (Natalie Seery/HBO)
Schools Crack Down on Energy Drinks as Health Experts Sound the Alarm
High caffeine intake is linked to anxiety and energy crashes later in the day that can interfere with learning.
Where to recycle those political signs in your yard
The Missouri Botanical Garden is teaming up with Republic Services and OneSTL to offer recycling drop-off sites for the signs this week and next week.
Sporticast: Atlanta Braves Give MLB and Union CBA Talking Points
On the 601st Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Kurt Badenhausen discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Mark Walter looking to sell at least part of the Formula 1 racing team he controls at a $3 billion valuation. F1 team values have soared with cost caps introduced and Liberty …
Kim Kardashian Notes ‘Irony’ of Undergoing Endoscopy at UCLA Health Center, Which She and Her Sisters Funded in Their Dad’s Honor
Kim Kardashian discusses the irony of receiving an endoscopy at the UCLA esophageal health center she and her sisters funded after their dad Robert died of esophageal cancer.
Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from Portugal duty
Cristiano Ronaldo’s career representing Portugal has officially come to an end. The 40-year-old star took to social media to post a video confirming his retirement from the national team.Portugal’...
Alchemy Theatre presents 'Guys and Dolls' for three weekends
HUNTINGTON — With an array of great songs written by composer Frank Loesser and a book written by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, the rollicking musical “Guys and Dolls” debuted
Burn the boats! Why a 500-year-old myth became a rallying cry for sports teams
“Motivation isn't just about how much you want something,” a professor wrote. “It's also about whether you believe you have other options.”
PlayStation sees record high player numbers and increased revenue for Q2 2026, and a lot of that success is down to Marvel's Wolverine
Strong sales in software, but declining numbers in hardware: here's how the past three months have looked for Sony.
Annie Andrews' Senate upset shakes up South Carolina politics
Annie Andrews' victory over Darline Graham in the U.S. Senate race was a history-making, nationally significant upset. What it means for SC politics.
Rankings Nebraska's final four opponents of the season
Nebraska dropped its third straight game of the season. Now, the Huskers enter November at 5-3 and are in for a rough stretch.
Predictions, how to watch for this weekend's NJSIAA football playoffs
The fate of 29 South Jersey football teams will be determined this weekend as the NJSIAA playoff continue. Here are our pick and how to watch
Sony Group: Record Q2 performance lifted FY26 guidance, with entertainment growth offset by cost and market risks
Q2 sales, operating income and net income rose strongly, while FY26 guidance was raised across major measures. Entertainment platforms and hit content supported growth, with memory costs, market softness and cybersecurity among the risks.Based on Sony Group Corporation [6758] Q2 2027 Audio Transcri…
You Don’t Need to Be a Gambler to Be on ’Tilt’
The term captures the self-defeating loop of losing and not being able to stop. It also describes doomscrolling, politics and our society’s default state.
Report: Mets Hire A.J. Ellis To Major-League Coaching Staff
The New York Mets are hiring A.J. Ellis as their major-league strategy coordinator, The Athletic’s Will Sammon reported Wednesday. The club has not yet announced the move. Ellis becomes the latest addition to manager Andy Green’s coaching staff as the Mets continue preparing for the 2027 season. His arrival also reunites Green with a familiar …
Midterm AI data center backlash could help Amazon, Microsoft, Google
The AI data center backlash could strengthen Amazon, Microsoft, and Google by limiting competition and driving up cloud computing prices.
Inflation pushes young voters to Democrats in 2026 midterms
Younger Americans are worried about the economy and high prices. They also swung Democrat in the midterms.
SNP calls on US policymakers, investors to advance brain health and nutrition efforts
The Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) has released a new white paper outlining strategies to help improve brain health in the U.S.
Commentary: Why aren’t employers hiring right now?
The economy is growing strongly, so why is nobody hiring? The latest data show growth hit 3.4% in the third quarter of this year, faster than expected. Yet during that
Midterm Voters Split on Abortion and Trans Healthcare Ballot Questions
The nationwide blue wave in the midterm election didn’t necessarily carry over to ballot measures on abortion and transgender issues.
The South flexes political power in midterms, sets regional influence in 2028 election
Tuesday's dramatic midterm results have transformed the electoral map, ensuring the path to future power for Democrats and Republicans must run through the South and its diverse voting population.
Four evening games in winter
The next seven matchdays in the Bundesliga have been scheduled. Eintracht play four times at 18:30, while the second half of the season begins on a Sunday.The Bundesliga has confirmed the schedule for...
World of Warcraft: Forever is off to a great start with Blizzard's smoothest launch in memory
Aside from some transportation issues and some layering quirks, World of Warcraft: Forever's launch went off without a hitch.
A tiny chunk of Australia seeded Southeast Asia's tropical forests 50 million years ago, plant fossils preserved in amber reveal
An analysis of plant fossils preserved in amber from Myanmar revealed that the West Burma Block, a chunk of crust that broke off of Australia, seeded Southeast Asia's lush tropical forests.
Video: Democratic Health Professionals Win Seats in Congress
Some Democratic doctors and nurses ran and won congressional seats by centering their campaigns on opposing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
When papers become currency: a Chinese debate about trust in science
Last Saturday, 31 October, I went to the University of Hong Kong’s Beijing Centre for its Talent Forum. It was the fourth stop in the series this year, following events in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang, Shenzhen’s Qianhai, and on HKU’s main campus. The programme covered a remarkable distance in one afternoon. HKU’s Xiao-Jing Wang discussed computational neuroscience, intelligence, and the prefrontal cortex—before even delivering his inaugural public lecture to students back in Hong Kong. His colleague Bing Zhang took us from the Big Bang to artificial intelligence. Tsinghua’s Xue Lan asked how AI might reshape the institutional infrastructure underpinning higher education. There were lively panels featuring industry leaders from JD.com, Xiaomi, Haier—and Kaiser Y Kuo on the closing panel discussing innovation and international connections. I cannot pretend to have followed every detail of the brain models or the astrophysics. The talk that stayed with me was closer to something we have covered before: Zhou Zhonghe 周忠和 on papers, evaluation, and scientific trust. Zhou is a palaeontologist, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is also editor-in-chief of The Intellectual (知识分子), China’s leading science commentary platform. His subject was uncomfortable enough for a room full of successful academics: what happens when the system for recognising good science starts rewarding something else? Part of my interest came from our sister newsletter, The East is Read, which covered the controversy around “Geng Tongxue” in May. A PhD dropout from Beihang University, Geng has publicly challenged papers by prominent researchers through detailed online allegations of manipulated images and fabricated data. At Tongji University, an investigation into a challenged Nature paper found academic misconduct, and the dean of its life sciences school was removed. The affair brought doubts about academic integrity well beyond laboratories and university committees. How could someone outside the established hierarchy spot problems in papers that had passed through prestigious journals and institutions? And what, exactly, had all that prestige guaranteed? Zhou approached these questions through two essays published in July by The Intellectual: one by Wang Xiaodong, director of the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, and a response by Wang Liming, of Shanghai’s Shangsi Institute of Natural Sciences. Both began with the controversy over Geng. Their arguments deserve a wider audience, so I want to put parts of them alongside what Zhou said on Saturday. Wang Xiaodong’s starting point is evolution. A research system selects for the behaviour it rewards. Grants, jobs, journals, talent programmes, and prizes collectively determine which scientists prosper and which practices get passed down from advisors to students. “Whatever the system rewards is what it will evolve to produce,” he writes, citing the ancient Chinese saying: The King of Chu loved slender waists, and many in the palace starved to death. That is a more demanding diagnosis than saying there are dishonest people in science. Punishing a fraudster does not change the selective environment that made a particular kind of research profitable. His account also gives scientific success an awkward role in the story. As Zhou put it on Saturday, science became a victim of its own success. Once research became central to industry, national power, and economic growth, universities and laboratories expanded, and public money followed. That created an administrative need for rapid decisions: who should get the next grant, the next laboratory, the next appointment? The difficulty is that the true value of a discovery may take years or decades of testing and building to become clear. Resource allocation cannot wait that long. Publication counts, journal prestige, impact factors, and citations therefore become convenient ways to make an instant judgement. “The real problem is not that these indicators have no value,” Wang Xiaodong writes, “but that they are trying to answer a question that only time can answer.” Telling administrators simply to stop counting papers will never be enough. They still have budgets to distribute and appointments to make. Something has to replace the shortcut. Zhou described the consequences inside publishing. Papers acquire ever more requirements: a complete story, polished presentation, extensive datasets, and accessibility to readers beyond the immediate field. Individually, those demands sound reasonable. Together, he warned, they produce formulaic “eight-legged” papers 八股文 and rigid reviewing, while genuinely original or non-consensus work struggles to get past journal editors—some of whom wield immense gatekeeping power despite having limited laboratory experience themselves. Meanwhile, the demands for sprawling, “complete” narratives have fuelled a wider replication crisis. Wang Xiaodong uses a mahjong metaphor to describe the result: put the complex papers published by the exact same lab over several years side by side, and they often look like “Thirteen Orphans” (十三不靠)—every tile completely unrelated to the next, and none of them reproducible by outsiders. Zhou also spoke frankly as an editor who has trouble finding reviewers. Everyone wants someone else to review their work; qualified senior researchers have little time to return the favour. The labour is anonymous, unpaid, and brings almost no institutional recognition, so it increasingly gets passed down to postdocs and graduate students. And while anonymity protects reviewers from rank and personal favours, hyper-specialisation means an author’s most qualified reviewer is often a direct competitor, shielded from accountability. The protection and the problem coexist. Wang Liming takes the argument a step further. The decisive change, in his essay, is the instant conversion of academic honour into material resources. Once a paper can be cashed in for funding, a job, students, commercial investment, or even a company valuation, scientists are alienated from their work: they must keep minting this “research currency” to keep their teams alive. He is careful not to romanticise the past. The old world of gentleman scientists—financially independent figures like Boyle and Darwin who needed nothing from external funders—was also a closed club that excluded people without inherited wealth, women, and much of humanity outside the West. Professional science allowed ordinary people, himself included, to become researchers. Nobody should want to undo that. The problem, in his account, is an exchange system that becomes too uniform and too difficult to correct. His most pointed Chinese example is the “hat” (帽子): the prestigious talent designation that brings continuing access to money, laboratory space, students, and institutional influence. “If papers are the circulating currency of the research system, then a ‘hat’ is a bond that pays interest over the long term,” he writes. A paper at least requires another round of peer review. A title in the Chinese context can lock in a judgement made years ago and turn it into permanent status rent, regardless of whether its holder is still doing good science. Here, official institutions hire, organise, and evaluate scientists. Unlike honours awarded by autonomous academic communities in the West, a Chinese “hat” blends non-scientist administrative power with state authority. Once granted, it turns a past judgement into permanent status rent that is nearly impossible to revoke—because taking a hat off would imply that official authority erred in putting it on. Both Wangs see China as experiencing, at compressed speed, pressures present across global science. Research expansion, rising investment, publication growth, and elaborate evaluation metrics arrived in China within two or three decades rather than two or three centuries. Zhou agreed with that international framing—noting that recent US White House science policy documents and the new president of the US National Academy of Sciences, a fellow palaeontologist who recently visited Zhou’s institute in Beijing, have raised strikingly similar warnings about consensus-bound peer review, short-term project grants, and the replication crisis. Still, Zhou emphasised that China’s traditional hierarchy, personal networks (guanxi), and the ethos that “a good scholar becomes an official” (学而优则仕) amplify those pressures at home. So what would change things? Here Zhou’s tone differed from the call for a revolution in scientific trust in Wang Xiaodong’s essay. As an evolutionary biologist, Zhou favoured patchwork repair (修修补补). Living systems survive through accumulated adjustments; dramatic mutations are usually fatal. Science cannot return to a small, slow-moving pastoral era, especially after the successive accelerations of professionalisation after the Second World War, the internet, and now artificial intelligence. But it can alter the local environment in which researchers work. He pointed to domestic experiments designed to support unconventional research and diversify funding, including Tencent’s New Cornerstone Investigator Program, the Xplorer Prize, and the Future Science Prize. He also mentioned participating in reviews for “major non-consensus projects” under the National Natural Science Foundation of China. One guiding principle he recalled was wonderfully direct: “Failure is allowed; corruption is not” (允许失败，不允许腐败). That distinction would mean quite a lot if taken seriously. An honest attempt that fails should not have to disguise itself as a success to survive an assessment. Wang Liming’s essay adds a sharp caveat to the optimism about new domestic funders. Multiple organisations do not automatically produce multiple ways of judging science. If the same pool of senior domestic scientists makes the decisions through the same two-round review procedures, it is still “fake diversity.” He argues for three distinct kinds of money: broad baseline funding governed by fair procedures; patient funding for questions that take ten years; and non-consensus funding based on individual taste, deliberately empowering a few genuine experts to make biased, contrarian bets on eccentric ideas that would inevitably be averaged out by a committee. Replacing one monopoly with another achieves little; a healthy ecosystem needs variance. Zhou’s proposals for publishing were similarly concrete: strip papers of their resource-allocation burden and return them to recording discoveries and establishing priority; separate dissemination from evaluation, as eLife and Peer Community In do; adopt more modular “micro-publications” and real-name endorsements; recognize the labour of editors and reviewers; and give replication work proper credit rather than treating it as an unpublishable dead end. AI makes every part of this debate more urgent—and Zhou wove it throughout his talk. In his own preparation, he used AI to survey the declining influence of academic monographs, noting how tools are already changing how scholars gather information. More fundamentally, he placed AI as the latest great acceleration in scientific history: just as the internet sped up the pace of research and tightened external resource pressures, AI is compressing the cycle again. In the essays Zhou cited, AI cuts both ways. Wang Xiaodong expects large language models to erase much of the English-writing disadvantage long faced by Chinese scientists, further swelling the flood of papers coming out of Chinese labs. Wang Liming sees AI accelerating both ends of the trust crisis: it lowers the cost of paper mills and fabricated images just as quickly as it lowers the cost of automated image forensics, data auditing, and code reproduction. “Whoever builds the verification layer wins,” Wang Liming writes. His proposed alternative to the static, packaged “story paper” is a continuously versioned “unit of discovery” containing a falsifiable claim, raw data, analysis code, experimental parameters, and an ongoing log of independent checks—where negative results and failed replications are recorded rather than buried. Zhou ended his keynote by bringing AI back to the question of scientific honour and credit. Citing a recent Intellectual discussion on “What AI Means for Mathematics” featuring Fields Medalist Deng Yu 邓煜—at a moment when AI is already batch-solving mathematical conjectures, as HKU Vice-President Lin Chen noted in his opening remarks—Zhou agreed that human researchers must remain the principal agents: AI is a tool that frees scientists from tedious calculation to think about deeper, messier real-world problems. Yet that partnership creates a thorny new evaluation problem. When a breakthrough is made with AI, what is the human contribution and what is the machine’s? And since AI models distil centuries of accumulated human scholarship, is it right that the credit and value flow so heavily to the private AI companies building the tools? The old struggle over how to assign scientific honour is acquiring a whole new layer. What I took away was a serious discussion of how science can remain trustworthy as its scale, incentives, and tools change. These were scientists with real standing inside China’s system questioning how that standing is produced, and proposing changes that would affect their own institutions and peers. That made the afternoon at HKU’s Beijing Centre worthwhile. At the close, Wang Feng, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at HKU, said the value of the forum series—which heads to Hangzhou in December and cities like Chengdu early next year—would lie in the real cooperation it helped bring about. The university has plenty to celebrate: this week it topped the QS Asia rankings for a second consecutive year, alongside its 11th-place position in the QS World University Rankings 2027. For me, bringing this debate to an audience beyond the people who review papers and allocate grants was a useful contribution. 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Ballon d'Or winner Kane extends contract with Bayern Munich
Harry Kane said he felt "right at home" after he signed a two-year extension at Bayern Munich, keeping the Ballon d'Or winner at the club until 2029, the German champions announced on Thursday. Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund said the club were "absolutely delighted" to extend Kane's deal, adding: "With Harry Kane we have the Ballon d'Or winner on the pitch -- a team player, a leader, the best all-round striker in the world.
Patriots’ Mike Vrabel doesn’t sound thrilled about catching up with Tom Brady before he calls Packers game
Tom Brady will return to Gillette Stadium on Sunday, but this time he won’t be wearing a Patriots uniform. The seven-time Super Bowl champion will be at the stadium as a FOX Sports broadcaster for New England ‘s Week 9 matchup against the Green Bay Packers. His return also gives former teammates a chance to reconnect. However, Patriots head coach […] The post Patriots’ Mike Vrabel doesn’t sound thrilled about catching up with Tom Brady before he calls Packers game appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The leader of a German conservative party is found dead at a Berlin hotel
BERLIN (AP) — Hubert Aiwanger, the leader of a conservative party that has become a mainstay of Bavarian politics and sought to expand its influence across Germany, has been found dead at a Berlin hotel.
Sony says PlayStation 6 development is ‘progressing as scheduled’, as PS5 sales hit 97.9m
The company intends to make ‘solid progress’ on development of PS6 next year…
PRDots Launches in Dubai, Bringing Earned Media, Digital PR, AI Visibility and Link Building Services to Businesses Across the UAE
Dubai-based PR and digital communications agency aims to help startups, growing businesses and established brands strengthen their media presence,...
Art is good for your health? Allow me a quick eyeroll
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Five Takeaways: Spokane's Startup Scene
For its latest episode of Elevating The Conversation, the Journal sat down with Fred Brown, a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Omniscia AI, to discuss Spokane's startup scene.
Small business loans boost bank earnings in Q3
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RiverBank leads Spokane County in SBA lending
Two years after developing its Small Business Administration lending department, RiverBank Holding Co., the parent company of Spokane-based RiverBank, has become the county’s top SBA lender. The increase in SBA lending comes as the community bank establishes a director of fintech position…
Wild Birds in Lincoln Heights changes ownership
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Storhäug Engineering expands beyond Spokane
Storhäug Engineering Inc. is experiencing high demand for its engineering, design, and consulting services in Spokane County, prompting the Spokane-based company to expand its geographic reach, says principal Austin Storhäug.
Bridging the NIL gap
When college athletes gained the ability to profit from their name, image, and likeness in 2021, Gonzaga University student Jesse Riodil saw an opportunity that never materialized for him during his four years playing on the men’s soccer team.
World Market opens Spokane Valley location
Alameda, California-based World Market LLC has opened its second Spokane-area store, bringing 60 jobs to a 17,000-square-foot retail space, at 15110 E. Indiana in Spokane Valley.
AI threats challenge cybersecurity landscape
Artificial intelligence is accelerating cybersecurity threats against businesses and government agencies, allowing criminals to potentially impersonate employees, steal sensitive information, and compromise corporate networks faster than organizations can respond, warn some cybersecurity experts.
Dissecting Colorado’s Democratic sweep
Swoosh. Donald Trump came into his second term with a swoosh. He brought in Elon Musk and his tech bros with a swoosh. They swooshed out thousands of government employees across the nation. Then Trump’s ICE agents swooshed out thousands of recent immigrants, with some American citizens caught in the crossfire. Then Trump swooshed in […]
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Full English Voice Cast Revealed
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is out now, and so we have confirmation of the full English voice cast for the first time.
Nintendo’s First-Half Profit Rose on Stronger Software Sales, New ‘Mario’ Movie
The Japanese videogame maker said Thursday that net profit rose 11% from a year earlier to 220.92 billion yen, equivalent to $1.39 billion, for the six months ended September.
Brandt Clarke’s ‘fortunate’ message amid potential breakout season
The Los Angeles Kings have struggled early in the 2026-27 NHL season . They began the year winless, and did pick up some big wins after breaking that first losing streak. On Wednesday, they did pull out a big win over the San Jose Sharks as well. However, they are near the bottom of the Pacific Division at this time. One major bright spot for this […] The post Brandt Clarke’s ‘fortunate’ message amid potential breakout season appeared first on ClutchPoints.
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Spins Up Massive Numbers for Sony's September Quarter Earnings
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" delivered a major boost to Sony's September quarterly earnings.
Nintendo Switch 2 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch bite
Sales of Nintendo's flagship Switch 2 plunged in its fiscal second quarter after the Japanese gaming giant rolled out price hikes amid soaring memory costs.
PS5 shipments top 97.9 million, Marvel’s Wolverine tops 2.4 million
PlayStation 5 has shipped 97.9 million units worldwide, Sony announced in its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2026.
Sacramento postal worker accused of withholding political mail tied to local supervisor race
Leonardo Raises Annual Order Forecasts as Defense Spending Boosts Bookings
Leonardo raised its annual order forecasts once again as its core defense business continues to benefit from elevated geopolitical tensions that are prompting governments to invest in security.