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Eddie Murphy denies storming out of Oscars after loss, reveals truth
Eddie Murphy has revealed the real reason he left the 2007 Oscars early, denying he stormed out because he was upset about losing.
Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Climbs 30% on Business Transformation
We recently published 10 Stocks Already Shocking 2026 With Massive Gains. Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) was one of the top performers last week. Ondas Holdings soared by 29.95 percent week-on-week as investors took its recent corporate rebranding as cue for a broader business transformation. Effective in the first quarter of the year, Ondas Holdings Inc. […]
Former Vikings Who Might End Up Super Bowl Champs
The Minnesota Vikings will not win a Super Bowl this year. They were eliminated from postseason contention a couple of […]
Ethiopia advances youth-led food systems transformation through new science-policy-society interface workshop
Ethiopia has taken an important step toward strengthening evidence-informed, inclusive, and youth-driven food systems transformation. With the workshop “Building the Next Generation of Ethiopia’s Food Systems Leaders”, the country launched a promising national Science-Policy-Society Interface...
ALR Educational Health Services opens new campus at former Buchanan elementary school
ALR Educational Health Services opened its second campus in Buchanan on Friday.They say the new location at the former Stark Elementary School will offer progra
Paul W. Bryant's Adrienne Hunt leads top performers with 21 points, 12 rebounds
Another week, another round of high school sports. Here are the top performers across the Tuscaloosa area from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2.
Elon Musk poised to return to political spotlight
Former Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley and former Biden White House official Meghan Hays discuss Elon Musk's suggestion that he will resume funding GOP politicians ahead of the midterms on ‘America Reports.’
Health policy expert analyzes what he calls 'disgusting' Minnesota fraud
Brian Blase, a former White House National Economic Council staffer and president of the Paragon Health Institute, talks to Fox News Digital about Minnesota fraud, and Obamacare's structural failures and cost overruns.
Influential Harvard Business School Alum Backs Francesca Gino
Former HBS superstar Francesca Gino gains public support from billionaire hedge fund founder and HBS alum Bill Ackman
Influential Harvard Business School Alum Backs Francesca Gino
Former Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino William A. Ackman, a billionaire hedge fund manager and ’92 Harvard Business School, has publicly declared his support for embattled former Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino. ... The post Influential Harvard Business School Alum Backs Francesca Gino appeared first on Poets&Quants.
Yann LeCun calls Alexandr Wang 'inexperienced' and predicts more Meta AI employee departures
Yann LeCun, formerly Meta's chief AI scientist, criticized Wang and predicted that more AI employees will leave the company.
Former state House Republican to run again in Central Kentucky race
Former state Rep. Killian Timoney shared he is running in the state House District 45 race, which he previously represented for two terms.
Mamdani revokes Israel-related executive orders signed by Adams, directs team to focus on housing in first acts as mayor
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his executive powers to revoke a handful of orders put into place by his predecessor after the former mayor was federally indicted, including a directive that expanded the definition of antisemitism and another that barred city employees and agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel.
New Year's Eve entertainment
Chuck Darwin & The Knuckle Draggers performed during the New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Gettysburg Wednesday. (Darryl Wheeler/Gettysburg Times)
Former Marion business owner sentenced to 20 years for gun charges
A former Marion business owner was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison for gun charges.
Founder of popular cupcake chain says it’s closed all stores after 20 years in business
“Even though I sold the company over a decade ago, I still have such a personal connection to it and this isn’t how I thought the story would go," the former owner said.
Mamdani’s inauguration – through the eyes of five New Yorkers
A taxi driver, a campaign aide, a former comptroller, a field organizer, and a certain crime-fighting radio host.
2025 NFL All-Rookie Team: CBS Sports unveils league's best first-year players
12 former first-round picks litter this year's All-Rookie team.
How Trump upended the federal government in 2025
As President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House winds down, he has already transformed and upended the federal government.
In Mamdani’s New York, Muslims become a political and demographic force
Muslim New Yorkers formed the backbone of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election victory, ushering in a new era for New York and the city’s changing demographics.
A landmark Smyrna business is closing for the second time in 55 years
Homestead Gardens is closing about five years after reopening the former Ronny’s Garden World on Route 13 between the Smyrna Rest Area and Wawa.
Tottenham Hotspur XI vs Brentford – Predicted lineup and team news
Tottenham Hotspur travel to West London looking to start 2026 with a statement victory against Brentford. Manager Thomas Frank returns to his former home for the first time since taking the Spurs job ...
Zohran Mamdani takes oath of office as New York's new mayor
The midnight ceremony inside a landmarked former subway station precedes Mamdani's public inauguration and a massive, celebratory block party.
Mamdani to become NYC's next mayor with midnight oath underground
He'll take his initial oath at the former City Hall subway station.
How Major Entertainment Companies’ Stocks Performed in 2025
The year was a major inflection point for streaming profitability despite the continued decline of linear TV and mixed box office success.
House Judiciary Committee releases video and transcript of Jack Smith deposition
The House Judiciary Committee on New Year’s Eve released a transcript and video of its closed-door hearing with Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the two failed prosecutions of President Donald Trump.
Increased Health Care Costs Will Drag on Consumer Spending, Says Rohit Chopra
Rohit Chopra, former head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says that the expiration of ACA subsidies will impact already struggling consumers as health care costs rise and more people turn to credit cards to pay for care. (Source: Bloomberg)
‘Rot in hell’: Trump post reignites feud with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over Tina Peters
Heading into the New Year, President Donald Trump said he would like Gov. Jared Polis and others in Colorado to “rot in hell.” The object of the president’s ire is Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of state crimes for a data breach at his office. Polis, along with other Colorado officials, has defended […]
Is the college sports system broken?
NCAA president Charlie Baker and former Northeastern AD Peter Roby offer their views. I told Charlie I wouldn't take his job for all the money in the world.
How China cracked US ‘super code’, health benefits of lard: 7 science highlights
From China building world’s largest smart transformer to health benefits of lard, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
'Out of the ring, he was fighting another fight'
How former European champion James Cook changed lives through his tireless work at one of London's oldest youth clubs.
James Cook: How former European champion changed lives
How former European champion James Cook changed lives through his tireless work at one of London's oldest youth clubs.
Jon Kyl, Former Arizona Senator, Says He Has Dementia
The Republican served for almost three decades in Congress. He said he was withdrawing from public life after the diagnosis.
Lawmakers mourn Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former U.S. senator and proud Native American
Campbell served as the first Native American to chair the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. He also was known for his endeavors outside politics.
Former Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies at 92
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and US representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of Native American issues, died Tuesday. He was 92.
Former Congressman Rob Bishop poised to return to the Utah House, where his political career began
Former Congressman Rob Bishop is looking to return to the Utah House, where his political career began more than 50 years ago.
Will Lane Kiffin show up at Sugar Bowl? Ole Miss' former coach looms large ahead of Rebels' CFP clash with Georgia
A former Trump economic advisor explains why tariffs still worry him heading into 2026
Stephen Moore, the former White House economist who once called for President Trump to receive a Nobel prize, has changed his tune a bit.
Greg Lopez, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
Former congressman Greg Lopez joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Lopez, a veteran, started his political career at age 27 as mayor of Parker. He later served as Colorado’s state director for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In […]
'We're Trapped in This Containment Field': Former Sony Exec Proposes Single Gaming Format to Expand Console Market
According to former Sony executive Shawn Layden, the console market is trapped in a 'containment field', and the solution is a unified format
🎧'Absolutely incredible' - a look back on title number 20
A new hour-long special from BBC Radio Merseyside, titled 'Now, that's what we call number 20', is available to listen to and download on BBC Sounds. The programme looks back on Liverpool's record-breaking 2024-25 title-winning season, where the Reds stormed to their 20th league title in Arne Slot's first year in charge. Paul Salt and Carl Woodward reflect and offer their analysis, before the story of the campaign is told through commentary, interviews and and other soundbites from BBC Radio Merseyside's Total Sport.
Former Hamilton mayor Tom Nye named Small Business Person of the Year
In nearly 40 years in serving Hamilton, Dr. Tom Nye said he’s been “very blessed in life” as he continues to do the important work, both in business and the community.
Dan Hurley perplexed by Baylor adding former NBA pick: 'Need a commissioner'
The two-time national champion explains to CBS Sports why he's alarmed and concerned about the continual lack of leadership in college hoops
‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech
Former PM’s team suggested initial less-politicised drafts seemed patronising and appealed to ‘fuddy-duddy Britain’
Trump says pardon for Netanyahu is 'on its way,' but Herzog denies claim
President Trump said Israeli President Isaac Herzog informed him that he plans to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu amid a long-running corruption trial.
CD PROJEKT co-founder Michał Kiciński acquires GOG from CD PROJEKT
Michał Kiciński, co-founder of CD PROJEKT and one of its major shareholders, has acquired 100% of the shares in GOG, formerly part of the CD PROJEKT Group. GOG is the leading DRM-free games digital distribution
Former ‘SNL’ star gets candid about health scare — ‘back from the dead’
This iconic comic actor has revealed new details about a health scare that left him in the hospital for five weeks.
The barbarians are at Lululemon’s gate
Lululemon’s former CEO Chip Wilson is once again slamming the struggling company he founded, and he’s launching a campaign to shake up its board.
Former PlayStation Exec Says Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo Must Learn From VHS's Victory Over Betamax if They Want to Truly Expand the Console Audience
Video game console sales cap out each generation at around 250 million, so how will the console manufacturers break through that barrier? By learning a crucial lesson from the videotape format war, one former PlayStation executive has suggested.
The Year in Business Aviation: NBAA’s Top Stories of 2025
Whether advocating for the industry, keeping members informed on critical operational issues, or bringing professionals together for unparalleled connection, 2025 proved to be a pivotal year for business aviation.
CD Projekt Co-founder, Michał Kiciński, Acquires GOG.com
CD Projekt and GOG.com co-founder, Michał Kiciński (who left CD Projekt in 2010, but has remained involved with the company) now has full ownership of GOG.com.
Sooner QBs in NFL: Jalen Hurts against Buffalo Bills, Caleb Williams vs. San Francisco 49ers
Former OU quarterback Jalen Hurts' Philadelphia Eagles matched up with the Buffalo Bills, while Caleb Williams' faced the San Francisco 49ers.
Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights? – from The Audio Long Read
Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixedBy Daniel Trilling. Read by Simon Darwen
Utah travels to Washington to face old Pac-12 foe
Utah featured three 20-point scorers in its most recent contest and hopes to keep the offensive output at a high level when it takes on Washington in Seattle in a battle of former Pac-12 rivals on Monday night.
Top New Mexico sports stories of 2025 (non-prep)
Coach Jason Eck transformed the Lobos into Mountain West champions while Diego Pavia made history and UNM distance running dominated the national stage.
Takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky in Florida
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traded freezing, missile-tormented Kyiv on Sunday for the frescoed dining room at Mar-a-Lago, where he hoped to gain President Donald Trump’s sign-off on a revised 20-point peace plan to end the war in his country.
MLB rumors: Cubs sign former top prospect Hunter Harvey; Reds trade for outfielder
Here are Sunday's murmurs and moves
Panthers sign former 1st-round pick to active roster
The Panthers signed former first-round pick Isaiah Simmons from the practice squad before their Week 17 matchup vs. the Seahawks.
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer criticizes Health Department’s handling of rising flu cases
Highlights! Top Prospect Crushes Tyson Nam
A late addition to the 2025 Knockout of the Year conversation has officially arrived. Top prospect Abdul Hussein may have punched his ticket to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after brutally knocking former UFC Flyweight Tyson Nam unconscious in the main event of Ice Cage Fighting (IFC) 6 on Fri., Dec. 26, 2025, inside Espoo […]
MrBeast's former manager says the age of social-media superstars is fading
MrBeast's former manager Reed Duchscher said we're unlikely to see mega stars break out as algorithms favor smaller creators who make niche content.
What’s next for Medi-Cal? A former state health leader weighs in • The Mendocino Voice
‘What does the future look like?’: As California braces for Medicaid cuts, former health secretary to lead new commission in creating plan to protect care
Former Worcester public health commissioner Leonard Morse dies at 96
Morse said the most notable event of his career was an investigation of a hepatitis A breakout that hit the College of the Holy Cross football team in 1969.
‘The Frozen One’
Tyron Woodley continues to catch heat for his recent knockout loss to a 50-year-old Anderson Silva and this includes some backlash from former UFC middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold. Earlier this month, Woodley was asked to step up and box Silva on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua. As many expected, Silva was the […]
2025 Unfiltered: Remembering those we lost in Colorado
Rod Bockenfeld Former Rep. Rod Bockenfeld, R-Watkins, died on Feb. 13, 2025, at his home in Watkins. He was 69. Bockenfeld served in the Colorado House from 2019 to 2025, including on the Joint Budget Committee. He battled cancer during his final year and declined to run for a fourth term. Bockenfeld “led with integrity, […]
Here are 5 ways AI transformed health care in Europe in 2025
Euronews Health homes in on five ways that AI has changed the medical field this year.
Manchester City transformation: How Pep Guardiola has transformed fallen champions
After their Premier League domination came to an abrupt end last season, how has Pep Guardiola changed things tactically to bring about Manchester City's recent revival?
Kennedy Center president rebukes performer who called off Christmas Eve show over addition of Trump’s name
Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell lambasted a performer’s decision to cancel an annual Christmas Eve jazz concert, following the addition of President Donald Trump’s name to the Washington, DC, arts venue.
UNC's Big Three: Top performers so far in non-conference
As ACC play begins, three Tar Heels have emerged as North Carolina’s top performers and will be critical to the team’s success the rest of the season.
Consulting had a year of huge change in 2025. Here's how the Big Four firms performed this year.
This is how Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG performed in their latest financial years.
2025 Sports Team Values: WNBA, F1 Soar, While MLB, MLS Lag
WNBA values rose 180%, more than double the previous biggest year-over-year gain for a major sports league. MLS was the weakest performer, up just 6%.
Stardew Valley Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Out Now With Mouse Controls, Local Split-Screen, And More
With Game Share, you only need one copy to play with friends.
2025 IN REVIEW: A big year for business in east Washington County
Across Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin and Sherwood, residents and visitors were gifted with a laundry list of new places to eat, drink, socialize and even learn a thing or two. From […]
At Bernell’s, blues and women’s sports share the stage
Rita Adair and Dan Resnick blend a legacy of blues music with a space to watch women’s sports in the former Red Rooster building in Madison.
Former Laker makes season debut against old team
The Lakers saw a familiar face on Thursday.
Beverly D'Angelo admits scandalous 'Christmas Vacation' hand gesture was improvised
'Christmas Vacation' actress Beverly D'Angelo has admitted that the scandalous hand gesture she performed on Chevy Chase in the classic holiday movie was improvised in one take: 'You can't do that.'
Remember Giulia? Coach joins Sport with his daughter's blessing 🥰
Sport officially announced this Thursday (25th) of Christmas the hiring of coach Roger Silva.The former center forward, now 40 years old, returns to the club for which he had two stints as a player, i...
Politics, violence, creeping authoritarianism and those who opposed it: 2025 year in review
I joined the Minnesota Reformer in April in a more regular capacity, as a photographer and social media runner, thanks to a grant from the Bush Foundation. I’ve been a freelancer for the past five years, and this is my first time belonging in some way to a newsroom since internship-hopping in college. It was […]
Astronomers discover one of the Universe’s largest spinning structures
Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain of galaxies sits inside a much larger filament that appears to be slowly rotating as a whole. This coordinated motion is far stronger than expected by chance and hints that galaxy spin may be inherited from the cosmic web itself. The finding opens a new window into how galaxies formed and how matter flows across the Universe.
Former employee accused of stealing over $215,000 from Metro Detroit moving service business
A former employee of a Metro Detroit moving services business is accused of misappropriating funds and transferring the company’s money to her personal accounts.
Yahoo Fantasy x Arena Club Slab Packs Week 17 Drop — Joe Burrow Color Blast among chase cards
Yahoo and Arena Club are back with slab packs featuring some of last week’s top fantasy football performers.
The US banned a former EU official's visa over Big Tech rules — and the fight is playing out on X
The Trump administration targeted EU figures over platform regulation, triggering backlash from Macron and digital regulators.
How Trump’s attacks on ‘climate alarmism’ have already transformed U.S. science
Experts say the cuts to the federal workforce and climate science funding could cause decades of loss in human knowledge and discovery.
‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents
When the Justice Department released a first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday that included photographs of former President Bill Clinton, White House officials raced to amplify the importance of the new documents.
'Palace fight will have delighted Glasner'
Former Crystal Palace forward Glen Murray says Oliver Glasner will be "delighted" with the spirit shown by his side despite their Carabao Cup quarter-final exit on Tuesday evening. The Eagles fought back after Maxence Lacroix's late own goal to equalise deep into stoppage time and force penalties away at Arsenal, before the Gunners eventually progressed by winning the shootout. "When you take into consideration the way they lost the game at the weekend against Leeds, coming away to the Emirates in the quarter-final of a cup competition and digging in in the manner that they did showed character," Murray told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
Richmond startup Ohm Health launches first product: a humming, glowing "breathing lamp"
The company, founded by Temperpack cofounder James McGoff, recently began taking pre-orders for its “breathing lamp,” which allows customers to practice breathing in rhythm with the hum and glow of the light.
Vikings claim former Colts backup QB off waivers
According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Minnesota Vikings have claimed recently waived Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Brett Rypien off waivers, with starter J.J. McCarthy (hand) already out this week: Before this past Monday’s primetime game, the Colts waived Rypien, who had previously been signed to the active roster a week prior to serve as […]
Jeffrey Epstein's wills listed former bank CEOs and other Wall Street figures as possible estate executors
Jeffrey Epstein's wills named figures like Larry Summers and Jes Staley as possible executors, DOJ files show.
State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’
The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting up the Trump administration’s fight against European regulations that have impacted digital platforms, far-right politicians and Trump allies, including Elon Musk.
Sports marketing veteran to join NMSU as first Executive-in-Residence
New Mexico State University’s College of Business will welcome its first Executive-in-Residence in spring 2026, bringing marketing veteran and former Aggie student-athlete John Cordova in for...
Ben Sasse announces stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis
The former U.S. Senator and University of Florida President shared a candid message about mortality, faith and family.
Republican former senator Ben Sasse says he has terminal cancer
The 53-year-old — who was one of a handful of Republicans to speak out against Trump during his first term — said in a lengthy social media post he has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and suggested he doesn’t have long to live.
Former Sen. Ben Sasse announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is ‘gonna die’
Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he’s been diagnosed with “metastasized, stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die.”
Former WALB reporter inducted into Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame
WALB congratulates Pam Oliver on her well-deserved induction into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug
Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.
How the Trump administration is recasting government’s role in regulating health technology
Federal agencies that used to set up guardrails for health technology have transformed into cheerleaders for new risky technologies like AI.
Japan's former emperor turns 92 as heart condition stabilizes after health concerns
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 92nd birthday Tuesday as his heart condition stabilized, palace officials said, following health concerns earlier this year.
Japan's former emperor turns 92 as heart condition stabilizes after health concerns
Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito is marking his 92nd birthday as his heart condition stabilizes, palace officials say, following health concerns earlier this year
Family, friends remember former WBRC sports reporter Christina Chambers
A funeral Mass was held Monday morning at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cullman. Chambers was killed at her home in Hoover on Dec. 16, 2025.
N.Y. comptroller candidate's report decries DiNapoli's managing of pension fund
It claims the fees paid out to hundreds of Wall Street managers have underperformed, forcing taxpayers to make up the difference.