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This may be the best evidence yet that dinosaur blood can fossilize
Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells. But some aren't convinced.
What happened to Dane Cook? Inside his brother’s $12 million theft and his life today
Millions stolen, cash hidden in spaghetti sauce jars, and a family torn apart: Inside the shocking betrayal that changed the comedian’s life.
Dangerous Newborn Bleeding Nearly Double As More Parents Skip Vitamin K Shot
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Cases of a dangerous bleeding disorder in newborns nearly doubled last year as more parents turned down a routine vitamin K shot at birth, new research shows. The study, published Thursday in JAMA Pediatrics, looked at health records for more than 11 million ...
Florida's Kiyomi McMiller lands on ESPN's top 50 players list
Florida women's basketball guard Kiyomi McMiller lands on ESPN's top 50 players in women's college basketball.
How San Antonio connects military and civilian medicine
Robert Miller, MD, shares how UT Health San Antonio’s Military Health Institute advances military medicine and supports service members, veterans and their families through research, education and partnership.
SeaWorld's Christmas Celebration Kicks Off Tonight with Millions of Sparkling Lights, Spectacular Entertainment, and Return of Beloved “Miracles” Show at Orca Stadium
SeaWorld Orlando kicks off its spectacular 2026 Christmas Celebration tonight, Friday, November 6, transforming the park into a winter wonderland filled with millions of sparkling lights, dazzling holiday shows, festive music, and unforgettable family experiences!🎄 Running on select dates through January 4, 2027, this year's celebration features the highly anticipated return of “Miracles” at Orca Stadium, the beloved holiday orca presentation returning for the first time since 2019!
HHS Opens $1 Million Funding Opportunity to Strengthen Women’s Preventive Care
HHS announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Women’s Initiative for Screening and Health program.
Kalshi pumps $1 million into NYCHA public health program amid legal battle with New York
Kalshi is pumping $1 million toward a public health program for NYCHA residents, even as the prediction market platform faces a lawsuit from New York over allegations that it is operating an illegal gambling business in the state. Kalshi, the Public Housing Community Fund and Rep. Ritchie Torres announced Thursday, Nov. 5, a four-year,…
SiriusPoint posts $87M profit, down 4%
Bermuda-based SiriusPoint Ltd. posted a 4% year-on-year decline in third-quarter net income to $87 million, while its combined ratio deteriorated by 1 percentage point to 90%
Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance’s profit slides 31%
Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Company’s net income fell 31% year on year to 24 million Saudi Arabian riyal ($6.5 million) for the first nine months of 2026, even as insurance revenue grew 39%
Cigna Invests $1.5M in Regional Healthcare Access » CBIA
The Cigna Group Foundation is making a $1.5 million investment to improve access to healthcare in Greater Hartford.
A 1.9-Million-Year-Old Secret in the Jordan Valley Could Rewrite the Story of Human Migration
New dating puts ‘Ubeidiya alongside the oldest known Eurasian settlements—and hints that early humans arrived in waves.
What Omada Health (OMDA) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
Omada Health (NASDAQ:OMDA) raised its full-year 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA outlook after reporting record quarterly revenue and net income in the third quarter, driven by enrollment and growth in its diabetes and hypertension programs. Revenue rose 34% year over year to $91 million, while net
Measles, mumps and misinformation: how Crunchy Moms became ‘the most dangerous’ group on Facebook
Meta says it removes content that could cause imminent physical harm – but nearly half a million members have joined a group that regularly promotes misinformation
'True Millwall' will return, says fit-again Coburn
Millwall striker Josh Coburn believes the Lions can rediscover the form that took them to the play-offs in 2025-2026.
Florida State football seeks new coach amid $306M question: Can FSU afford it?
Florida State has $306 million in debt but insists money won’t stop FSU football coaching search or pursuit of another national championship.
Galaxy Stadium contract details revealed for Texas Tech football
The new contract that makes Texas Tech football venue Galaxy Stadium includes annual payments ranging from $4 million to $6 million-plus.
Here’s where you can get free flu and COVID-19 vaccines in Philadelphia
The shots are available regardless of insurance status and are recommended for most people 6 months and older.
Sylvamo Announces Plans to Sell Europe Business
MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 06, 2026--Sylvamo (NYSE: SLVM) is entering into a put option agreement with Midas Atlantic Partners, in partnership with The Najafi Companies, for a binding offer to acquire the company’s Europe business, including its uncoated freesheet paper mills in Saillat, France, and Nymolla, Sweden, as well as its forestry and supporting business operations.
I tried HP's RTX Spark laptop and burned through 50 million AI tokens - and it cost me $0
I ran a free, open-weights AI model locally on HP’s $7,000 OmniBook Ultra and turned 20 years of my articles into a searchable archive in a day.
Extreme heat is creating a workplace health crisis in Bangladesh’s garment industry
Rising temperatures in Bangladesh are creating an occupational health crisis for the 4.2 million workers in the country’s garment industry, reports Mongabay contributor Usraat Fahmidah. A World Bank report shows that maximum temperatures across the country have climbed by about 1.1° Celsius (2° Fahrenheit) since 1980. The country’s capital, Dhaka, hit a record 40.6°C (105°F) […]
Unfair NIL: Millionaire Quarterbacks, Broke Linemen
New data shows the massive pay gap between college football positions. Quarterbacks earn six figures while linemen struggle to buy socks.
New Mexico Health Care Authority prepares benefit recipients before sweeping changes
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – More than 20% of New Mexicans depend on SNAP benefits to feed their families, and more than 40% depend on Medicaid for health care, including Jineene Jaramillo. “When you …
Morgan Fairchild joins OnlyFans at 76 after Donna Mills' advice
OnlyFans is adding another soap opera star to its roster.
Influence Media Wraps Its $600M+ Anthem Entertainment Deal
Influence Media Partners has officially wrapped its more than $600 million deal for 'substantially all' the assets of Anthem Entertainment.
Scientists just found dinosaur blood that survived 115 million years
Scientists have discovered chemically confirmed traces of ancient blood inside 115-million-year-old dinosaur bones, challenging assumptions about how long biological molecules can survive. The extraordinary preservation could unlock new clues about dinosaur physiology and even help scientists search for ancient life elsewhere in the universe.
Lionsgate Ups Quarterly Home Entertainment Movie, TV Revenue 39%
Lionsgate Nov. 5 reported home entertainment revenue from motion pictures and TV shows of $241.1 million in the second quarter, ended Sept. 30. That was up 39% from revenue of $173.3 million in the previous-year period, according to a regulatory filing. Revenue from movies released across digital and packaged media tallied $183.8 million, up more … Continue reading "Lionsgate Ups Quarterly Home Entertainment Movie, TV Revenue 39%"
Choctaw Nation begins work on $140 million Pocola casino expansion
More than 200 people gathered Thursday (Nov. 5) morning at the Choctaw Casino in Pocola, Okla., to ceremonially mark the beginning of a $140 million expansion that when completed in...
Shopping center near Foundry Park sells for $67.8M after healthcare revamp
Chicago-based Novak Development sold the Webster Place shopping center for nearly $68 million after landing an Advocate Health facility as a major tenant.
Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp (LUCK) (Q1 2027) Earnings Call Highlights: Revenue Growth and ...
Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp (LUCK) posted 3.5% revenue growth and reaffirmed EBITDA guidance while suspending its dividend to target roughly $100 million in debt reduction.
Scientists Find Traces of Dinosaur Blood in 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil
For millions upon millions of years, the remains of a dinosaur lay buried in what is now Brazil. Over time, a familiar process unfolded: its bones eventually became fossils, preserving evidence of an ...
Milla Jovovich shares sweet birthday tribute to lookalike daughter Ever
Milla Jovovich penned a heartfelt birthday tribute to her daughter Ever and shared a photo of the 19-year-old bearing a striking resemblance to the ‘Resident Evil’ actress.
Elon Musk gambled $445 million to boost Republicans in the midterms. It came up short
Nobody may have suffered bigger losses Tuesday than President Donald Trump. But few others had more on the line than Musk, who gambled big and came up holding the midterm’s worst return on investment.
Infirmary Health opens OB-GYN clinic in Millry
Ashley Moore and Dr. Sharon Bush-Coaxum discuss how the clinic came about and the services that will be offered.
Utah hospital group to manage $48.2 million in federal rural health funding
A Utah Hospital Association subsidiary will manage nearly $48.2 million in federal funding for rural hospitals and health care providers, with grants expected t
Cowboys’ Christian Parker Calls Out Disappointing $92 Million All-Pro
The Dallas Cowboys had high hopes for a bounce-back from DaRon Bland, but it has not materialized in this 2026 season. The post Cowboys’ Christian Parker Calls Out Disappointing $92 Million All-Pro appeared first on HEAVY.
Henry Ford Health investing $15M neighborhood projects near Detroit, Jackson hospitals
According to Henry Ford Health, $11 million will support projects in neighborhoods near Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Acadia’s Bed Ramp Strategy Begins to Pay Off
Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) had a strong third quarter with $895.3 million in total revenue, up 5.1% compared with the same period in
Acadia’s Bed Ramp Strategy Begins to Pay Off
Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) had a strong third quarter with $895.3 million in total revenue, up 5.1% compared with the same period in
Elon Musk spent $445 million to help Republicans. Their losses put his businesses in the crosshairs
Elon Musk spent at least $445 million to try to help Republicans keep control of Congress
BRIEF-Inspired Entertainment Q3 Revenue USD 61.4 Million
Nov 05 (Reuters) - Inspired Entertainment Q3 net income USD -100 thousand.
Project to rebuild trust in AI era lands Laude’s $10M ‘moonshot’ award
A $10 million “moonshot” grant from Laude Institute will help Cornell researchers realize the potential of artificial intelligence, while giving online communities control over AI’s role.
Real Deals: 4 car washes sell for $22.68 million
Four tunnel car washes totaling 16,995 square feet in Benton and Washington counties recently changed hands in separate transactions totaling $22.68 million. The purchase price equals $1,336 per square foot....
Amazeum celebrates opening of $25 million expansion
The Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville marked the completion of a $25 million expansion Thursday (Nov. 5). The 11,850-square-foot project is the first major expansion since the 50,000-square-foot museum for...
A SHOCKING TWIST SHAKES UP THE RACE AND TEAMS HATCH A PLAN WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11
[] “Million Dollar Moves” – In Vientiane, Laos, a shocking twist shakes up the Race and teams hatch a plan with devastating consequences, on THE AMAZ
Idaho to receive $185 million in federal funding for rural health care
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced an initial $185 million in funding for Idaho through the Rural Health Transformation Program.
WA ‘millionaires tax’ is upheld as Initiative 645 fails
An effort to repeal Washington's 'millionaires tax' has failed, with voters rejecting Initiative 645, which sought to repeal it.
PENN Posts Q3 Profit as Snowden Calls Election Night Good for Sector
PENN Entertainment reported Q3 revenue of $1.84 billion and net income of $32.6 million, while its CEO called Tuesday's elections good for the sector.
Miami University to receive $100M investment in its business school
The Farmer Family Foundation plans to give up to $100 million to the Farmer School of Business (FSB) at Miami University over the next decade.
Oscar Health boasts ‘strongest year’ in its history after outperforming in Q3
Oscar Health is seeing the “strongest year” in its history in 2026, CEO Mark Bertolini told investors during the company’s third quarter earnings call Thursday morning. | The company also saw a 27% YOY increase in membership, ending Q3 with 2.7 million members.
Sabres Have $13 Million Josh Norris, Ryan McLeod Problem
The Buffalo Sabres lost a tough one to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. If Sabres fans are looking for some scapegoats, Josh Norris and Ryan McLeod seem like logical candidates. They have both been poor this season, and that continued on Wednesday. They were meant to be key contributors to Buffalo’s continued success and […] The post Sabres Have $13 Million Josh Norris, Ryan McLeod Problem appeared first on HEAVY.
Gusciora: Trenton Must Choose Progress Over Politics
Mayor says eight years of progress, including more than $250 million in state aid, more than 11,000 lead lines replaced and an estimated 20 percent decline in violent crime, are at stake in the December 8 runoff TRENTON, N.J. (Nov. 5, 2026) — Mayor Reed Gusciora said today that voters in the December 8 runoff will decide whether[...]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to Release Horror Thriller 'Crawlers' Digitally Nov. 10, Disc Dec. 22
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, together with Saban Films, Nov. 5 announced the retail release of horror thriller Crawlers on digital retail platforms on Nov. 10, and on packaged media Dec. 22. The movie generated more than $1.1 million at the global box office, including $688,000 across North American screens. In the movie, a catastrophic infestation … Continue reading "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to Release Horror Thriller ‘Crawlers’ Digitally Nov. 10, Disc Dec. 22"
Eilers Family Sports and Human Performance Institute marks first-of-its-kind Notre Dame partnership across athletics and academics
Pat and Jana Eilers of Winnetka, Illinois, have made an additional $25 million gift to the University of Notre Dame to create the new Eilers Family Sports and Human Performance Institute, increasing their total investment in this area to $50 million. A first-of-its-kind partnership between Notre Dame Athletics and the University’s academic units, the institute will support cutting-edge research on physiology, neuroscience, data science, and athletic performance—integrating scholarship with one of the premier athletics programs in American higher education.
AquaChile parent company signs MoU to purchase Blumar’s salmon business for USD 540 million
Agrosuper has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the 100 percent purchase of Blumar's salmon-farming interests.
Health: How Can Congress Combat The Rising Cost Of Healthcare?
The cost of most necessities is rising right now. And healthcare is no exception.In 2026, the average employer-based family healthcare plan cost a little over $28,000. And employees contributed over $7,400 more to those plans than in 2025. That’s according to analysis from the health research group KFF.And the nearly 20 million Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance are facing a 13 percent premium increase next year.Two days out from the midterm elections, what can Congress do to keep healthcare affordable in the United States?Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.
Former Citrus Health Network executive faces additional charges in alleged $400K ‘no-show employee scheme’
A former Citrus Health Network executive who was previously arrested on allegations of stealing more than $1 million is now facing additional charges after investigators uncovered an alleged “no-show employee scheme” that authorities say cost the organization and a Miami-Dade taxpayer-funded county program more than $400,000.
Everforth awarded potential $200M+ federal contract
Everforth ECS has secured a contract extension potentially worth more than $200 million to help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
North Carolina: Investigation Into Football Program Cost Nearly $1 Million
Internal records reveal a massive financial toll following misconduct claims and high-profile resignations, leaving Bill Belichick fighting for bowl eligibility to secure his future in Chapel Hill.
Kaweah Health executives claim top nine spots on public employee pay list
Kaweah Health executives hold nine of the top 10 spots in the 2025 public employee pay ranking, led by a CEO with about $1.2 million in compensation.
Exclusive | General Mills Considers Sale of Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Outside North America
Planning is at an early stage and General Mills, best known for such brands as Cheerios and Lucky Charms, could ultimately retain the business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dropbox’s New Tools Will Organize Your Messy Files. Business Owners Could Avoid Hours of Busy Work
Agentic capabilities are coming to Dropbox, the cloud storage platform with more than 700 million registered users worldwide.
Kartoon Studios Files for $300 Million SPAC IPO Targeting Media and Entertainment Acquisitions
Kartoon Studios (NYSE American: TOON), a children’s and family entertainment company, announced that Kartoon Studios Acquisition Corp. (KSAC), a newly... Read More
Davidson Building among 8 Iowa projects awarded historic preservation tax credits
The historic Davidson Building in downtown Des Moines has been awarded nearly $1.46 million in state historic preservation tax credits to support its rehabilitation, one of eight projects across Iowa receiving a combined $18.5 million in tax credits. The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced the awards this week through its State Historic Preservation Tax Credit…
LIV Golf announces plan for liquidation, marking end of league
On the heels of BC Partners pulling its $300 million investment offer, LIV announced Thursday before a U.S. bankruptcy court in New Jersey that the league is moving into a liquidation phase.
Yankees get $55.5 million contract prediction for All-Star reliever
This could really help the Yankees bullpen.
Medicus Pharma proposes $135M SkinJect spinout through SPAC business combination
Medicus Pharma CEO Dr Raza Bokhari joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss a proposed transaction involving the company's wholly owned subsidiary, SkinJect, which has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with an undisclosed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for a potential business combination. The proposed transaction contemplates a US$135 million pre-money enterprise valuation for SkinJect, alongside a concurrent equity financing intended to support the company's SKNJCT-005 clinical study in patients with Gorlin syndrome and preparations for a potential New Drug Application (NDA). Bokhari told Proactive that the proposed deal is designed to establish SkinJect as a separately listed company focused on advancing its dermatology and rare-disease development program. Under the proposed structure, the SPAC would acquire 100% of SkinJect in exchange for newly issued common shares in the combined company. Medicus Pharma intends to retain majority economic and voting ownership, allowing existing Medicus shareholders to maintain significant participation in SkinJect's potential future value. The separation would also provide SkinJect with a dedicated financing platform to fund its clinical development activities, particularly the SKNJCT-005 study targeting Gorlin syndrome, a rare genetic condition associated with the development of multiple basal cell carcinomas. The concurrent financing is expected to support the clinical program and the work required to prepare and potentially submit a New Drug Application, subject to successful development and regulatory progress. Final ownership percentages have not yet been determined. These will depend on negotiations surrounding the definitive transaction agreement and the combined company's capitalization, including retained SPAC cash, public and sponsor shares, warrants and other potentially dilutive securities. Medicus said the proposed transaction remains subject to the completion of definitive documentation and other customary conditions. The planned spinout represents a strategic step in Medicus Pharma's efforts to give SkinJect a dedicated corporate and financial structure, while allowing the parent company to retain majority participation as the dermatology program advances towards its next clinical and regulatory milestones. #proactiveinvestors #nasdaq #mdcx #tsxv #mdcx #pharma #SkinJect #Biotechnology #Healthcare #RareDisease #GorlinSyndrome #Dermatology #SPAC #ClinicalTrials #DrugDevelopment #NDA #Biopharmaceuticals
Hailey Bieber’s Rhode Pledges $5 Million to Women’s Health Research as She Discusses Her PMDD Diagnosis
Hailey Bieber is drawing on her experience with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, as Rhode makes its biggest philanthropic commitment yet. The beauty brand has ... Read More
Business News: Ateliers Associés Brings The Business Incubator Concept To Independent Watchmaking
Led by William Massena and Louis Westphalen-Lemaitre, and with plans to raise millions in funding, the initiative will bring business incubator services to as many as four new independents each year.
Cox Science Center Celebrates 65 Years
Cox Science Center & Aquarium celebrated its 65th anniversary with a Founders’ Day ceremony in West Palm Beach. Led by President and CEO Kurt Allen, the
Clover Health boosts outlook amid continued membership growth, financial momentum in Q3
Clover Health is continuing to see strong traction in its Medicare Advantage plan, with membership growing 49% year-over-year in the third quarter to approximately 157,000 members. | The company posted $130 million in profit, up 77% year-over-year, according to Q3 2026 financial results.
Sharks Skid Could Force a Major Move Soon
The San Jose Sharks recent skid may be enough to trigger a major move, one that has been sounding in the mill for a while now. The post Sharks Skid Could Force a Major Move Soon appeared first on HEAVY.
Small Business Insider: Election Response, Entrepreneurial Surge, Policy Update & More - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
● Election Results Amplify Call to Address High Costs and Economic Uncertainty ● Kerrigan in the DC Journal: America’s Innovation Economy Runs on Small Business – Why Protecting Bayh-Dole Matters ● Featured Interview on BRN: Kerrigan on CHOICE Arrangements ● ICYMI: America’s Entrepreneurship Surge Continues – Nearly 5 Million Business Applications Filed Through September ● […]
ElevenLabs now lets users publish AI-generated music directly on SoundCloud
ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated using its music models.
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Skyrockets Sony Pictures Entertainment's Quarterly Profit, Revenue
Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the top-grossing theatrical release in 2026, helped Sony Pictures Entertainment hit a fiscal grandslam in the second quarter ended Sept. 30. The fourth installment starring Tom Holland in the title role along with Zendaya as his female interest, skyrocketed Sony’s theatrical revenue almost 1,020% to $1.276 billion from $114 million in … Continue reading "‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Skyrockets Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Quarterly Profit, Revenue"
ENHA: A 77% DEAG stake builds a global sports and live-entertainment platform
An all-stock deal would give the acquirer a 77% stake in DEAG, pairing sports IP and telehealth with a live-event and ticketing platform. Combined 2027E revenue is ~$670 million; closing is expected in Q1 2027, subject to conditions.Original document: Enhanced Group Inc. [ENHA] Press release — Nov…
Sensor Tower: GTA 6 pre-orders almost reach 8m, 74% bought on PlayStation 5
Pre-orders for Rockstar's title have generated an estimated $751 million in gross revenue
Rhode Island voters approve higher education bond, providing funds for new URI integrated health building
KINGSTON, R.I. – Nov. 5, 2026 – Rhode Island voters overwhelmingly approved Question 1 on Election Day, Nov. 3, authorizing a $275 million bond investment in the state’s public colleges and universities, including $165 million for a new integrated health building at the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus. The bond approval represents a significant […]
Humble Robotics Raises $51 Million for Cabless Self-Driving Trucks
Humble Robotics raised $51 million to build electric, cabless self-driving trucks. Founder Eyal Cohen previously worked at Apple, Uber, and Waabi.
Germany's Holocaust remembrance is becoming a political performance
The memory of six million murdered Jews has become part of Germany's national identity. Yet the solemn promise of “Never again” is all too often followed by the familiar words “We strongly condemn.”
Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) Q1 FY2027 Results: Inline Revenue, Wider Loss, and Debt-Reduction Focus
Lucky Strike Q1 FY2027 revenue inline, loss wider than expected; guidance reaffirmed as it targets debt reduction and same-store sales recovery.
‘ResearchED’: Building the Case for Learning Science, One Saturday a Time
It started with a single gathering in London in 2013. Thirteen years later, it finally reaches the American heartland.
Sphere Entertainment’s (NYSE:SPHR) Q3 CY2026 sales top estimates
Content production and distribution company Sphere Entertainment NYSE:SPHRreported calendar Q3 2026 (fiscal Q1 2027) results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with revenue up 4.5% year on year to $274.3 million. Its GAAP loss of $4.84 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus…
Avanlee Care, platform for family caregivers, raises $3.5M, targeting Medicare Advantage plans
Avanlee Care, a platform to engage family caregivers, has clinched $3.5 million in seed funding, Fierce Healthcare has learned. | Avanlee Care helps MA plans and other organizations engage caregivers within their member populations, enabling them to take action and measure what happens as a result.
Mineral separation facility coming to Eastman Business Park secures $54M; Aims to strengthen American supply chains
A rare earth mineral separation facility that's coming to Eastman Business Park has secured about $54.2 million.
PENN Entertainment: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
(AP) — PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $33 million.
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.
🏀 Y! Sports AM: Bye Millennials, Hello Gen Z
The NBA’s youth movement has transformed its generational makeup.
Almost 5.2 million Texans lack health insurance. Advocates say problem is bigger than new data shows
New Census data shows more than 16% of Texans didn’t have health insurance in 2025. Advocates warn the number could already be worse.
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.
Oscar Health Profits Hit $167 Million En Route To ‘Strongest Year’
Oscar Health swung to a $167 million third quarter profit while eclipsing $1.2 billion in net income for the first nine months as Obamacare health plan membership grows.
What the Democratic landslide means for GOP booster Elon Musk and his businesses
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk reportedly spent close to $450 million backing Republican candidates. His companies could have challenging times ahead.
China proves a cut above with world-first precision laser experiment in space
Researchers use a device mounted on the outside the Tiangong space station to make millimetre-scale cuts.
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.
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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