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How the NCAA tries to ensure game integrity amid a sports betting boom and the latest point-shaving scandal
Two months before Selection Sunday, a widespread college basketball game-fixing scandal was revealed. How can the NCAA stop it from happening again?
"I genuinely thought my controller wasn't working" - Crimson Desert players are getting so annoyed with its clunky controls they're asking for launch day refunds
Crimson Desert is out, and players are already having issues with the game's controls.
10 tried-and-true methods to stay off your phone, according to our readers
We asked our audience to share the creative ways they limit their own phone use. They range from the practical (keep your phone in another room) to the creative (pair your phone with a fun paperback).
Attorney general asks if Kemi Badenoch would object to Jewish public prayer
Exclusive: Richard Hermer, who is Jewish, says Tory leader and shadow minister seem ‘to only have an issue with Muslim events’
America started a war. The economic pain will be borne by countries that never asked for it
The war in Iran has delivered what economists call a “black swan” event — an unforeseen shock so destructive, no one is immune to it.
March Madness boosts local businesses in WNY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Basketball fans have been flooding local bars and restaurants in Buffalo as the first of the March Madness games are underway Thursday night at KeyBank Center. “I…
The Big Dance brings action to Downtown St. Louis, as city leaders move to finalize sports and entertainment district
St. Louis is feeling March Madness. It’s not just the games taking place on the court in the Gateway City; the Saint Louis University men’s basketball team drew many eyes Thursday night as the Billikens faced Georgia in the NCAA tournament.
The Big Dance brings action to Downtown St. Louis, as city leaders move to finalize sports and entertainment district
St. Louis is feeling March Madness. It’s not just the games taking place on the court in the Gateway City; the Saint Louis University men’s basketball team drew many eyes Thursday night as the Billikens faced Georgia in the NCAA tournament.
March Madness scores, winners and losers: North Carolina, Wisconsin collapse, Nebraska makes history
The Cornhuskers celebrated a program first, while the Tar Heels and Badgers are in the news for all the worst reasons
2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Highlights: Duke Escapes Siena
The 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off today, and we’re tracking every top moment of the Big Dance!
New dispute emerges around Subnautica 2’s early access release
Lawyers for the ousted—and now partially reinstated—leadership team of Unknown Worlds, the studio behind Subnautica 2, are crying foul over news that the game will be released into early access in May. The release announcement earlier this week was made improperly, potentially “damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community,” the lawyers said in a letter sent on Tuesday to Vice Chancellor Lori Will of Delaware’s Court of Chancery. In their letter, the lawyers also floated the idea of asking Will to find Krafton in contempt of the court’s ruling. The letter was sent just one day after Will’s bombshell ruling that publisher Krafton had breached its contract with Unknown Worlds’ executive team, when it fired them last June. The new issue isn’t necessarily the May early access timeframe, but how the news was announced. The letter and Krafton’s response have not been previously reported. A quick recap of prior events: Subnautica 2 is an unreleased, underwater survival adventure and the most-wishlisted game on Steam. Last year, longtime Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill, along with studio co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, were fired by Krafton. They swiftly sued, saying the publisher had terminated them to avoid paying out up to $250 million in potential performance-based bonuses. The studio leaders had hoped to earn that with an early access release of the game, which Krafton had blocked. The publisher argued in court that Subnautica 2 wasn’t ready, which the ousted execs disputed. On Monday, Will ruled that Krafton had violated its contract, firing the execs to avoid the performance payouts, and that it had to reinstate Gill and give him full authority over any early access release for Subnautica 2. On Tuesday, IGN reported on a new memo issued that day to Unknown Worlds staff by Steve Papoutsis, the executive Krafton had put in charge of Unknown Worlds after the 2025 firings. In the note, Papoutsis said that Subnautica 2 had passed a key development milestone “last week” and that he and Krafton had determined the game “is ready for Early Access release in May.” This news appeared to catch the lawyers for Gill, Cleveland and McGuire by surprise. On Tuesday night, they sent a letter to Will expressing “serious concerns” about whether it would be possible to forge an agreement with Krafton consistent with the judge’s order. Papoutsis’ memo was a problem, they wrote. He didn’t have the authority to declare anything about Subnautica 2’s release. As of 9am ET on Monday, March 16, the effective date of Will’s order, Papoutsis wasn’t CEO of Unknown Worlds. Gill was. And, per Will’s order, only Gill could make Subnautica 2 release decisions. They continued: Krafton self-servingly announced the launch without any regard to its impact on the game, the team, or the community—let alone this Court’s Opinion. Announcing the release of a game is momentous, and it is typically accompanied by significant marketing activity, fanfare, and community coordination. And most importantly, the announcement is carefully designed to maximize excitement for the game. That entire process was supposed to be driven by Mr. Gill. However, in defiance of the Court’s Opinion, Krafton has now taken that away, further damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community. The lawyers speculated that Krafton had “intentionally leaked” Papoutsis’ memo and then issued an official statement to confirm the leak. Game File is a reader-supported publication. My reporting is only possible through support from readers like you. To support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe On Wednesday, lawyers for Krafton defended their client in their own letter to vice chancellor Will, saying nothing they did violated her order nor showed contempt: Papoutsis’s message was simply celebrating the UW employees’ efforts toward a past event: Krafton’s pre-Opinion determination that Subnautica 2 was ready for Early Access release. There was nothing improper about conveying the results of the milestone review or thanking the development team for their dedication and talent. They added that Gill could still make his own call about Subnautica 2’s release: In his role as CEO, Gill will be able to assess independently his views on the state of Subnautica 2 and the appropriate release schedule; nothing in Papoutsis’s message alters Gill’s authority or discretion. Vice chancellor Will has not responded to the letters and doesn’t necessarily have to. Both parties were previously ordered by Will to confer this week and submit a proposed judgment consistent with her ruling. The letter from Gill’s attorney’s this week doesn’t indicate whether he would or would not support a May release for Subnautica 2. But it could limit his options. And, if Gill’s lawyers are right, the lack of marketing fanfare around the leak of the May date could dull the launch of the game. Any harm to Subnautica 2’s launch is an extra sensitive issue given the context of the legal dispute: millions of dollars of payouts are on the line, tethered to the scale of the game’s initial performance. In her ruling on Monday, Will noted that there was obvious “bad blood” between Gill’s side and Krafton but that the two would need to work together: “They can—and must—act in good faith to navigate their remaining contractual relationship.” Item 2: A new kind of couch co-op game A highlight of GDC each year is the Alt.Ctrl showcase that features games played with extremely experimental controllers. Perusing this year’s offerings last Friday, I found a game controlled with giant scissors, another with big toothbrushes and one that amounted to dumpster diving. My favorite was Pivot, a co-op game about collectively maneuvering a couch. It was developed by students at the University of Utah’s masters of arts and engineering games program. Players lift and tilt the physical couch in order to control the position of a virtual one. That virtual one is moving through an obstacle course on-screen, while being pursued by a giant skull. Developer Nishant Verma told me at GDC that the couch is made of styrofoam (this became more evident as I watched!) and that the name was a riff on an episode of the sitcom Friends. Item 3: In brief… 🚫 Ubisoft is laying off more than 100 workers at its Red Storm studio, as the North Carolina location known for decades for its Tom Clancy games, ceases in-house game development, VGC reports. 👀 On Monday, Nvidia’s revealed its DLSS 5 AI-driven graphics technology that purports to improve game graphics… and it has been roasted about it by the media and the online gaming public for the remainder of the week. The tech changed the faces of characters in footage from Resident Evil Requiem, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC, drawing accusations of giving carefully art-directed games the generic look of AI “slop.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had said on Monday that “DLSS 5 is the GPT moment for graphics—blending handcrafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a dramatic leap in visual realism while preserving the control artists need for creative expression.” By mid-week, Huang was telling Tom’s Hardware that the new tech’s critics were “completely wrong” because game-makers could still “fine-tune the generative AI” to suit their game’s aesthetics.
USA TODAY Sports unveils 2026 ALL-USA Southwest Boys Basketball Team
Reese Alston, Kavian Bryant headline 2025-26 ALL-USA Southwest Boys Basketball Team.
We’re still talking about women’s sports
Well, at least I am, and specifically basketball. Because during tournament season where it’s men’s basketball this and men’s basketball that, we should still show up for women’s sports. If you’re not as interested in ...
Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves Are Fulfilling Lakers’ Expectations
Here comes the Los Angeles Lakers. Don’t look now, but the Lakers are playing some incredible basketball. Not only that, but they also look GOOD doing it. Just a few weeks ago, fans were down on what the ceiling was for this team. Another first-round exit? Maybe a possible Play-In appearance even? But now, the […] The post Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves Are Fulfilling Lakers’ Expectations appeared first on The Lead.
CNBC Sport: This year's March Madness will test the health of Cinderella
NIL and the transfer portal has put smaller school men's basketball runs at risk, potentially harming many positive externalities for non-Power 4 universities.
How will the Iran war widen the rift between the US and China?
Trump asks to delay planned summit with Xi
Basketball Classics now available for Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch
8-bit basketball game Basketball Classics is now available for Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch for $9.99 with a 10 percent-off launch discount, publisher Acclaim and developer Namo…
Sarah Sanders flipped off, kicked out of restaurant that claims employees were 'uncomfortable'
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she was asked to leave Little Rock restaurant after staff claimed her presence made employees feel threatened.
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, top predictions from college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
Why Generative AI Threatens Creative Roles In Media And Entertainment
Generative AI is bound to shrink the labor market for creatives, according to this task-technology fit analysis, by making them more efficient and by supplanting them.
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, top predictions from advanced college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
March Madness 2026 live updates: Where to watch NCAA basketball today, time, channel, what to know
Follow March Madness live as the 2026 NCAA men's basketball tournament kicks off with major matchups and potential upsets across the country.
Casagrande: What if college sports aren’t as broken as they say?
Sometimes you have to take a step back and ask yourself who is controlling the narrative and what do they have to gain?
When asked following the Lakers’ 124-116 win in …
When asked following the Lakers’ 124-116 win in …
A clarinetist, a high school student, and four climate deniers write a science paper, with a little help from AI…
Papers like this are like kindling for anyone 'just asking questions' about climate change, or 'doing their own research,' stoking the flames of climate denial.
Trading or gambling? How a new way to wager on sports is evading Nebraska’s betting ban
Prediction markets have allowed Nebraskans to put money on everything from Husker basketball to Omaha's mayoral election. The markets say their users aren’t "betting" — they’re "trading."
Under Trump, the government’s watchdogs are losing their independence
Inspectors general are subject to growing partisan pressures as the White House and political figures seek greater influence over them than ever before.
One big question: how have increased energy costs affected your business?
For this week's One Big Question feature, we ask business leaders how increasing fuel and energy costs have been affecting their bottom lines.
Rangers looking at Just
Rangers are keeping tabs on Motherwell's Elijah Just - with Celtic also keen on the New Zealand playmaker. Daily Record) Rangers are set to find it difficult to sign Wolves loanee Nasser Djiga permanently this summer because he has a contract until 2030 and could command a sizeable asking price. Football Insider) Rangers icon Barry Ferguson has let slip in a podcast that goalkeeper Liam Kelly, the 30-year-old who signed a two-year deal in 2024 after leaving Motherwell, has signed a contract extension at Ibrox.
The rise of the AI knock-off McKinsey consultant
Developers are building AI agents modeled on the work of consultants. We asked a former McKinsey consultant to test it out.
Your NCAA Basketball Tournament Viewing Guide: March 19, 2026
Not just the 16 first round games on the men’s side, but the second pair of First Four games on the women’s side as well!
Alexa+ launches in the UK, the first country in Europe to get Amazon's next-generation AI assistant
Powered by generative AI, the smarter, more conversational Alexa can complete tasks from start to finish—and is genuinely British.
KETV Sports speaks with Nebraska basketball play-by-play legend Kent Pavelka one-on-one
From his enthusiasm on the call to catch phrases, Kent Pavelka is the voice of Nebraska basketball.
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions from top-notch college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, upsets, Cinderella teams: Best model simulates March Madness 10K times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: 68 Names to Know Heading Into March Madness
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Alumna supports students through sports
Alumna Chrystal Starling has built a dynamic career combining sports, education, and youth development. From Hokie student athlete to professional basketball player to assistant principal at a New York charter school, Starling credits writing and the influence of Nikki Giovanni for helping her find her voice and her purpose.
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions from top-tier college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, upsets, Cinderella teams: Best model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
Anchorage doctor and husband sentenced in $12.5 million health care fraud scheme
Dr. Claribel Tan and Daniel Tan each pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of tax evasion in U.S. District Court in Alaska last November.
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, upsets, Cinderella teams: Top model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, upsets, plus Cinderella teams: Model simulates March Madness 10K times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, upsets, plus Cinderella teams: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
WATCH: Sen. Paul asks DHS nominee Mullin if he believes violence can resolve political differences
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, upsets, and Cinderella teams: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions from seasoned college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
Where to watch Nebraska vs. Richmond in March Madness First Four: Time, TV Channel
The No. 11 Nebraska Cornhuskers face the 11 Richmond Spiders in the First Four of the women's NCAA Tournament. Here's how to see all the action
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, best upsets, Cinderella teams: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
Beat our March Madness expert bracket: Picks for every NCAA game
Detroit Free Press sports columnist Shawn Windsor picks every game in 2026 March Madness. Check out his predictions and see if you can beat him.
Georgia WBB on 'a business trip' in Iowa City for March Madness
For Georgia women's basketball coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, Saturday is just another business trip. Here's why.
Meet the Mid-Penn Conference winter sports all-stars
See who made the Mid-Penn Conference all-star winter teams in basketball and wrestling.
Wisconsin lawmakers approve measure to allow tribes to offer online sports betting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As sports fans wager billions of dollars on the NCAA basketball tournaments, Wisconsin lawmakers are taking a shot at an expanded sports betting plan that could ...
Wisconsin lawmakers take a shot at joining the ranks of states allowing online sports betting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As sports fans wager billions of dollars on the NCAA basketball tournaments, Wisconsin lawmakers are taking a shot at an expanded sports betting plan that could bank big bucks for…
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, top upsets, Cinderella teams: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
Colorado voters will decide whether to ban trans kids from gendered sports, outlaw gender-affirming surgery for children
Voters will also be asked whether to make child sex trafficking punishable by life in prison without the possibility of parole
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions by unbiased college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
A gaming CEO asked ChatGPT how to avoid paying a $250 million bonus. It didn’t work
Krafton's AI-assisted scheme to oust the makers of Subnautica 2 just collapsed in court after a judge ruled the company had to reinstate the CEO and payout the bonus.
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, Cinderella teams, upsets: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions by longtime college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
Dante Moore reveals mental health struggles, asks Oregon governor for more state resources
In a letter to Oregon's governor, Moore cited the pressure thrust upon him as an 18-year-old freshman starting quarterback at UCLA in 2023.
PR firm solo operators use AI to support their strategic services
Boutique PR agency solopreneurs use AI to streamline tasks, allowing focus on client strategy and creative work.
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions by top-rated college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, Cinderella teams, upsets: Model simulates March Madness 10K times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
Chapelle’s power hitting senior nears end of five-year run as a two-sport varsity standout
The roots of Kelsie Schmidt’s success as a two-sport standout at Chapelle began on the spray-painted lines of a basketball court outside her family home in Kenner.
Zambia's election: Aspiring female politicians asked for sexual favours, official says
These reports harm attempts to close the wide gender representation gap in Zambia, activists say.
Study finds ChatGPT gets science wrong more often than you think
A new study put ChatGPT to the test by asking it to judge whether hundreds of scientific hypotheses were true or false—and the results were far from reassuring. While the AI got it right about 80% of the time on the surface, its performance dropped significantly when accounting for random guessing, revealing only modest reasoning ability. Even more concerning, it frequently contradicted itself when asked the exact same question multiple times, sometimes flipping answers back and forth.
Morning Sports: March 17, 2026
Sheridan HS Boys Basketball: It takes a team effort to win a state championship in a team sport such as basketball. Twenty-three different teams wore Sheridan Bronc jerseys since SHS last won a boys basketball state championship in 2003 and this year’s team put it all together and ended the slump. Head Coach Jeff Martini […]
Nebraska football commit invited to renown quarterback competition
Nebraska quarterback commit Trae Taylor earned an invitation to the Elite 11 Finals in Los Angeles following his play at the Dallas Regional.
Knox County Republicans battle over provocative political mailer
Far-right conservative campaign consultant Erik Wiatr asked state officials to weigh in on a mailer that targets him and his candidates.
Back to Dresden: Lin Dunn's grit in fight for women's sports was baked in South
IndyStar visited basketball legend Lin Dunn in her hometown Dresden, Tenn., where she first realized life wasn't always fair for women in sports
Can the Keto Diet Really Improve Mental Health?
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently said that the diet could “cure” schizophrenia. We asked experts about the claim.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang pitches tokens as recruitment strategy
Jensen Huang said engineers will soon be asking "how many tokens comes along with my job?" and is willing to pay them tokens worth half their salary.
Basketball box scores and results, other sports results for Monday, March 16, 2026; Playoff schedule
MONDAY’S RESULTS Boys Basketball PIAA CLASS 5A PLAYOFFS Semifinals Western Region Chartiers Valley vs. West York, ppd. Eastern Region Upper Moreland...
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, Cinderella teams, best upsets: Model simulates March Madness 10K times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
Accused DC pipe bomber tells court Trump’s broad Jan. 6 pardon should apply to him
The Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the 2021 US Capitol riot asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss his case, arguing that President Donald Trump’s expansive pardon of January 6 rioters applies to him.
CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court
The CEO of Krafton used ChatGPT to push out the head of the studio developing Subnautica 2 against the advice of his own legal team and failed miserably.
March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA Tournament picks, predictions by top college basketball model
SportsLine's model has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its optimal NCAA Tournament bracket 2026
4 Takeaways From the College Basketball Crown Bracket Reveal
FOX Sports' Michael Cohen offers up four takeaways following the reveal of the 2026 College Basketball Crown bracket.
NCAA Tournament predictions: South region Cinderella, team to avoid and winner from college basketball expert
College basketball expert Thomas Casale looks at the South region in the 2026 tournament and picks a Cinderella, team to avoid and regional champion
NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket picks, Cinderella teams, best upsets: Model simulates March Madness 10,000 times
SportsLine's college basketball model has called 25 first-round NCAA Tournament upsets by double-digit seeds
Judge delivers bombshell order for Krafton to reinstate fired Subnautica 2 devs and CEO, putting $250m bonus package back on the table
A judge has ruled that fired Subnautica 2 leads including the former Unknown Worlds CEO must be reinstated, with their $250m bonus package extended.
From the sports desk: Let the ‘Madness’ begin
On Selection Sunday, Duke, UConn take top seeds in men’s and women’s brackets.
Partisanship and science
I recently participated in a symposium of the Denver-based Institute for Science & Policy, during which I had a “fireside chat” with Tony Mills of the American Enterprise Institute. Mills has written extensively on the politicization of science, and the two of us had a very enjoyable hour-long conversation on the topic. You can watch it below. The main questions we dealt with are why there is such a vast partisan gap in trust of science, and to what extent this is a unique moment. Mills helpfully brings a good deal of data to the discussion, as he did in this useful piece at Issues in Science & Technology. Tusk depends on reader support. To support this work, please become a paid subscriber. Subscribe Note this graph, drawing on a range of survey data to demonstrate partisan attitudes toward science since 1970s. As it demonstrates, there’s been a very sharp partisan divergence in confidence in science during the Trump Era, starting prior to the Covid pandemic. At least in part, we can attribute this to a rise in populist anti-science rhetoric embraced by Trump, his appointees, and those in his media orbit. But as the graph also shows, the partisan divide has existed in the past, and it’s not always in the same direction. The largest divergence in party views toward science prior to 2016 was in the 1970s, when liberals equated scientific achievement with the military-industrial complex and thus trusted it less. That era of scientific mistrust is often overlooked. Indeed, as Mills notes, the Moon landings (1969-72), which today are considered one of the last great moments of national unity, were experienced nothing like that at the time. There was sharp debate back then over whether the Apollo missions were worth the vast expenditures when the country had so much else to deal with. It’s outside the dataset, and we don’t have the partisanship lens for it, but the 1950s was another deeply anti-science decade, with critics of intellectuals and college professors alleging their ties to communism and their lack of commitment to basic American moral beliefs. This was the subject of Richard Hofstadter’s 1962 book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, in which he quotes religious leaders like Franklin Graham: [In place of the Bible] we substituted reason, rationalism, mind culture, science worship, the working power of government, Freudianism, naturalism, humanism, behaviorism, positivism, materialism, and idealism. [This is the work of] so-called intellectuals. Thousands of these “intellectuals” have publicly stated that morality is relative—that there is no norm or absolute standard.… This fervor was heavily whipped up by Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Wisconsin), although it’s clear that not all his fellow Republicans were on board with his red-baiting. What ended that era? The simple answer is the 1957 launch of Sputnik. Americans became afraid that they were losing to Soviet scientists, and suddenly university researchers and government projects were awash with funding. In our conversation, I asked Mills about the possibility of us having a Sputnik moment again that would rally the American public in favor of science today. Mills argued that the COVID-19 pandemic was essentially a Sputnik moment — a terrifying threat to all Americans that required scientific advances to address. But thanks in part to political polarization and the populist and conspiratorial leanings of Donald Trump, we got the opposite of a unifying moment. Many Americans turned against science, despite science actually stepping up in that moment. As we discussed in the chat, it’s not clear what scientists could or should be doing in this moment to increase faith in their work. As Mills notes, one of the chief complaints against scientists and professors is that they’ve become too political; scholars becoming even more political might not help them achieve their goals. This (mainly Republican-driven) anti-science era will end, of course, but it’s not clear what event will bring that about. Share
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Farage Mega Donor Exposes Vulnerability in UK Politics
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Wisconsin will lose to High Point, CBS Sports’ Clark Kellogg predicts
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