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St. Lawrence County employers invited to BOCES facility tours Nov. 9-13
The “Business Connections: Spotlight on BOCES Resources” initiative includes informational sessions and student-led tours.
New Jersey Devils Road Trip Will Be Pivotal
The upcoming New Jersey Devils road trip will test whether New Jersey can carry its recent momentum into three challenging matchups away from home. It begins Saturday against the Islanders before a quick turnaround in Toronto on Sunday. Tuesday’s finale in Winnipeg brings an emotional storyline, as Connor Hellebuyck returns to face his former team. …
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Nov. 5, 2026, puzzle No. 773
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Connor Shaw’s nonprofit partners with Prisma Health to expand CPR education
Former South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw’s nonprofit, HRTHUDL, is partnering with Prisma Health to expand CPR education, raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest and increase access to automated external defibrillators, or AEDs.
Amador business owner facing theft, elder abuse charges tied to unpaid loans
Gregory Brotherton, 66, faces multiple felony charges connected to more than $100,000 he allegedly persuaded a senior to lend, but never repaid
Fairview Health Services Partners with hellocare.ai to Expand Enterprise Virtual Care and Bring Connected Care to the NICU
Minneapolis, MN and Clearwater, FL — Fairview Health Services and hellocare.ai today announced an enterprise partnership to expand virtual care capabilities across Fairview’s inpat | Minneapolis, MN and Clearwater, FL — Fairview Health Services and hellocare.ai today announced an enterprise partnership to expand virtual care capabilities across Fairview’s inpatient environments, including a dedicated deployment designed to connect NICU patients, families, and care teams.
Recon: Sino, Boehringer ink cancer drug deal worth $7B; CVS to split pharmacy business from insurance
Welcome to Regulatory Reconnaissance, your regulatory news and intelligence briefing.
Everyone's talking about the next James Bond. So, what do we actually know?
Callum Turner, Josh O'Connor and Jack Lowden are all in the conversation, but the identity of the next 007 remains a mystery.
DNA links convicted bank robber to McHenry business burglary; man sentenced
A 39-year-old man is sentenced for the 2024 burglary of a McHenry business after authorities connected DNA from the crime scene to evidence from a bank robbery months later.
Patriot Support Programs of UHS and Wounded Warrior Project Join Forces to Connect Veterans with Specialized Behavioral Healthcare and Ongoing Support - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report
Collaboration creates a connected continuum of care and long-term support tailored to the needs of Veterans, Service members and their families. November 4, 2026 — Universal Health Services’ Patriot Support Programs […]
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Nov. 7, 2026, puzzle No. 775
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Sabres Learn Chances of Nikita Kucherov Trade
The Buffalo Sabres continue to cast their line in pursuit of a big fish. They went after Connor Hellebuyck but came up short. They’ve apparently got interest in Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin, but they aren’t on his approved team list at the moment. That brings us to Nikita Kucherov. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s […] The post Sabres Learn Chances of Nikita Kucherov Trade appeared first on HEAVY.
Derry's last chance to turn chaos into cup glory
Derry City boss Mark Connolly talks to BBC Sport NI as he prepares his side for an FAI Cup final meeting with Waterford on Sunday.
Patriots’ Mike Vrabel doesn’t sound thrilled about catching up with Tom Brady before he calls Packers game
Tom Brady will return to Gillette Stadium on Sunday, but this time he won’t be wearing a Patriots uniform. The seven-time Super Bowl champion will be at the stadium as a FOX Sports broadcaster for New England ‘s Week 9 matchup against the Green Bay Packers. His return also gives former teammates a chance to reconnect. However, Patriots head coach […] The post Patriots’ Mike Vrabel doesn’t sound thrilled about catching up with Tom Brady before he calls Packers game appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Springfield wellness event connects residents with mental health, housing and recovery resources
Springfield residents had the opportunity to explore mental health services, housing assistance and recovery programs Thursday during a community wellness event hosted by Behavioral Health Network …
Mike Boynton’s Second Game Is the UConn Title Rematch
Mike Boynton's second game as Michigan's head coach is the national title rematch with UConn. #GoBlue
‘A common interest amongst everybody’: Yampa Valley Entertainment brings performances, community together across Northwest Colorado
From local festivals to major entertainment venues, Craig’s Nick LaGorga is helping communities connect through live music while envisioning a growing role for entertainment in Moffat County’s future. For LaGorga, the magic of live entertainment...
Vendor Day connects German businesses with U.S. Army opportunities
WEIDEN, Germany - Nearly 200 local and regional business representatives gathered Oct. 29, 2026, for Vendor Day, hosted jointly by the Chamber of Commer...
‘I Play Rocky’ star Anthony Ippolito recalls ‘incredible’ conversation with Sylvester Stallone: ‘A privilege’
Ahead of playing Sylvester Stallone in ‘I Play Rocky,’ Anthony Ippolito had the chance to connect with Stallone to talk about his ‘dark’ times.
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy released from hospital after stroke
The 53-year-old Democrat said in a statement Friday that doctors are “encouraged by the progress” he’s made so far.
UConn women’s basketball lands commitment from five-star Sydney Savoury
UConn, Geno Auriemma land first recruit in class of 2027 as Michigan native Sydney Savoury commits to Huskies.
Weill Institute alumni share lessons for careers in science
The alumni panel “Journey Through Science” connected a day of interdisciplinary research presentations, discussions, and a poster session with the question: What comes next?
A compact slow-light silicon modulator for faster, more energy-efficient data transfer
As artificial intelligence (AI) drives demand for faster data transfer, conventional silicon optical modulators face speed and energy-efficiency limitations, often requiring power-hungry electronic circuits. By designing electrical and optical structures together, researchers built signal equalization into a compact slow-light silicon modulator. The device achieved data rates of 180 Gb/s without digital signal processing equalization and 200 Gb/s using a low-complexity 11-tap digital equalizer, offering potential for high-capacity, energy-efficient optical connections in future AI data centers.
CT Science Center plans its largest original exhibit, featuring dinosaurs
The Connecticut Science Center dinosaur exhibition will open in Hartford in 2027, featuring more than a dozen robotic animals and a local fossil.
Nyberg: What to know when starting a small business
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Small business owners looking to build a brand are about to get some help. Laura Ward of Brand Clarity Intensive sat down with Ann Nyberg to discuss what people shou…
LGBTQ+ community health fair in Bay Shore connects Long Islanders with care and support services
Free event hosted by the New York LGBT Network helped Long Islanders learn about healthcare providers, support programs and affirming services.
Connected Nation Study Links Broadband Adoption to Better Health Outcomes
Connected Nation data scientist David Nunnally says reliable internet, devices, and digital literacy connect rural residents to healthcare services and information, making broadband vital to state investments in rural healthcare.
OHCA invites rural providers to apply for help connecting to statewide health data network
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is now accepting applications from eligible rural healthcare providers who want help with any combination of joining Oklahoma’s statewide Health Information Exchange, purchasing an electronic
Michigan Hoops Expected to get BIG BOOST vs. UCONN
Michigan basketball is expected to get Moustapha Thiam back against UConn. Here's why his return could be a major boost for the Wolverines.
Sony revives its classic 1979 Walkman headphones for modern listeners – with a surprisingly affordable price
The new MDR-3R wired on-ears have the same design as the originals, now with a USB-C connection
Academy of Computer Science and Engineering vs Haddam-Killingworth Football
View pregame, live and post-game details from the Academy of Computer Science and Engineering vs Haddam-Killingworth Connecticut game on Nov 7, 2026
Salem artist, business owner keeps creativity local
Jessica Ramey, 48, of Salem, owns Art Department in downtown and uses art as a way to connect community members.
Shelter-in-place lifted after shooting near Yale Health Center, police say
No one was injured, and no Yale community members were involved, according to the university.
Fairfield women’s basketball beats Binghamton in season opener
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — Katey L’Amoreaux recorded a double-double with 23 points and 10 assists to lead the Fairfield women’s basketball team to a season-opening 90-63 win over Binghamton on Friday night. The game is part of the America East-Metro Challenge. Meg Anderson hit two 3-pointers in the opening 30 seconds en route to 22 […]
Ask Your Business a Question, Get a Real Answer: VirtuMCP Brings Secure AI to Miami Beach Companies
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... VirtuWorks, a Coral Gables-based provider of managed IT services and cybersecurity, is bringing VirtuMCP to Miami Beach businesses. The secure gateway connects AI assistants such as Claude and Microsoft Copilot to the systems companies already run on, so owners can get answers from their own data without giving up […]
400,000-year-old teeth reveal a stunning twist in human evolution
A groundbreaking discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution, revealing that an ancient human species once thought to be an evolutionary dead end may have left genetic traces in people alive today. By extracting proteins from 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth discovered in China, scientists uncovered evidence suggesting that these early humans interbred with Denisovans, another mysterious ancient human group. That genetic connection may have eventually reached modern populations in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and other parts of Southeast Asia.
Gamethread: Iowa State versus Baylor
Following a 51-49 Halloween thriller over then No. 24 Oklahoma State, the Cyclones head south on Interstate 35 to take on Baylor and interim head coach Joe Klanderman. The Bears demolished UCF in Orlando 41-9 on Oct. 30. Iowa State has four players listed as OUT: Keyon Washington, Connor Moberly, Beni Ngoyi and Ka’Mori Moore. […]
Mueller earns Global Challenge Award
A brief conversation with a fellow high school student led Raya Mueller to write an essay that earned her a scholarship and connected her with fellow students driven to make the world a better place.
Wisconsin infant is US’ third measles-related death this week
An infant in Wisconsin has died in connection with an large, ongoing measles outbreak, the state health department said Thursday. The death marks the state’s first measles-related death in more than 35 years and the third reported in the US this week.
Do People Want CEOs to Shut Up?
Public support for CEO activism has declined, but the message for leaders is to be more selective about when they speak. A CEO’s public voice belongs to the enterprise, and its legitimacy depends on a clear connection between the issue and the company’s purpose, expertise, or operations. By working with their leadership teams and boards to establish boundaries in advance, CEOs can respond consistently to pressure and reserve their influence for issues on which their companies have a meaningful role.
Georgia Southern’s Director of Business Incubation joins International Business Innovation Association board of directors
Sheffie Robinson, the director of business incubation at Georgia Southern University’s Business Innovation Group, has been appointed to the board of directors for the International Business Innovation Association.
Dan Hurley gives brutal reaction to being given game ball
Say what you will about Connecticut Huskies basketball coach Dan Hurley, but he is never going to win anyone over with a charm offensive. Hurley has been incredibly successful at UConn, but he’s also drawn criticism for his antics and outbursts, especially his treatment of referees. But when it comes to his press conference escapades, Hurley can sometimes…
Felicity Porter is messy, earnest and a little cringe. Her Gen Z fans are here for it.
For all her quirks and flaws and rash decisions, Felicity keeps learning to trust herself. It’s another reason Gen Z viewers feel connected to her.
Connor Hellebuyck’s Departure From Jets Nearly Got Much Uglier
Connor Hellebuyck’s divorce from the Winnipeg Jets was messy.But according to one NHL Insider, it nearly got much uglier.Hellebuyck is arguably the best player in the history of the Winnipeg Jets, leading the franchise with 125 point shares.After the star netminder made it clear he no longer wanted to play for Winnipeg, Hellebuyck sat on […] The post Connor Hellebuyck’s Departure From Jets Nearly Got Much Uglier appeared first on HEAVY.
Salem artist, business owner keeps creativity local
Jessica Ramey, 48, of Salem, owns Art Department in downtown and uses art as a way to connect community members.
Federal funding backs behavioral healthcare upgrades in Fulton County
McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A care agency is expanding its services in a rural part of the Midstate. TrueNorth Wellness Services received a federal grant to help upgrade technology to support its cri...
New study warns of dangers behind AI chatbots and 'concerning' health advice from private clinics
AI chatbots are directing users to potentially misleading health information pushed by private medical providers, according to a new Simon Fraser University study published in BMJ Connections Digital ...
New York Jets Flight Connections 11/07/26
Happy Saturday, Jets fans! We are one day away from the Jets visiting the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. The Jets will be shorthanded as number one wide receiver Garrett Wilson has been ruled out with a concussion. The offense will, however, get Breece Hall back. Beating the Chiefs on the road will be […]
New guidance for women's heart health aims to connect the dots of cardiovascular risk throughout life
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women, but many factors that influence a woman's heart health can emerge decades before her...
Business Aviation Is About Connecting With People
Networking, industry involvement, mentorship and meaningful professional relationships can open doors to rewarding aviation careers.
Entertainment
Playhouse at McConnellstown has launched its “Raise the Roof” Capital Campaign to raise $30,000 for repairs to the theater’s roof and gutter system. Donations of any amount are being accepted
Festival highlights mental health resources and client access to care
Over 20 community organizations gathered at the Gainesville Opportunity Center on Friday, connecting residents with mental health resources and raising questions about how easy it is for those in need to access support.
Grading UConn football’s loss to North Carolina
Bill Belichick held UConn’s offense in check. Here’s how we graded UConn’s performance in its loss to North Carolina.
Quiet Revolt Media Group Launches New Connected Media and Entertainment Production Ecosystem
Aiming to be a home for world-class storytelling, the company brings together high-end production, distribution, live cultural touchpoints, and original IP incubation, with an active slate of projects covering food, travel, music, lifestyle, and more
UConn Gathering Connects the Science of Reading with Classrooms Worldwide
A student exchange with Hebrew University builds on Haskins’ history of discovery and its work with educators close to home and around the world
Wisconsin reports infant death linked to measles outbreak
By Siddhi Mahatole Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said on Thursday that an infant had died in connection with the ongoing measles outbreak in the state.
MIT Scientists Break a 20-Year Rule And Unlock Never-Before-Seen Crystal Structures
Think different.
Scientists Discovered a Surprising Chemical Connection Between Cats and Their Owners
A new study suggests cats and their owners share a surprising hormonal connection that could help explain their emotional bond.
St. Tammany arrests man in connection with copper theft at local business
According to deputies, Mark Geri, 48, entered several storage buildings at the business and removed 240 copper plates and more than 240 feet of copper wire.
Apps Can Now Try to Stop You From Canceling Subscriptions
Apple today added a new subscription retention feature for developers, allowing them to show retention messages when a subscriber goes to cancel. Apple says retention messages will appear in the subscription cancellation flow and can include text, images, or a special offer. Retention messages can be added in App Store Connect for auto-renewable subscriptions, with options for subscriber eligibility and wait time between messages.
CVS Health split: What it could mean for CT pharmacies
Connecticut had 569 active pharmacies listed in the state’s current license database, down 128 from a peak of 697 in 2021, according to state data.
‘Chocolate Rain’ Creator Reflects on ‘Surreal’ Viral Fame, Says Meme Culture 20 Years Ago ‘Connected Us with Being Human’ (Exclusive)
The internet personality, now 44, gives an update on what he’s been up to
Columbia County students explore health care careers
EVANS, Ga (WJBF)- More than 400 high school students are getting a closer look at what a future in health care could look like. The Columbia County school district is connecting students with local…
Tidelands in downtown Seattle connects visitors to Indigenous stories
Tidelands hosts a quarterly book club with some 600 members and carries a wide selection of books by Indigenous authors.
Aging Untold: What older adults should know about sexual health and protection
On this episode of Aging Untold, we address sexual health after 60, discussing essential screenings and how older adults can stay protected while dating. We explore how creative outlets like music, dance and art can support mood, dignity and connection for loved ones living with dementia.
Xbox is testing a way to use your phone as a controller on smart TVs
Xbox is testing phone controls for Cloud Gaming on smart TVs, plus a Wi-Fi mode that connects its new Nano Controller straight to the cloud in the US.
A hacked fridge is a warning for every connected business
"The systems that keep businesses running may be exposed through connections their security teams do not know exist," writes Dr. Guy Waizel, a Tech Evangelist and Senior Researcher at Cato Networks.
Chamber launches Small Business Expo
BATAVIA — What if one conversation, one connection, or one new idea could make a difference for your business?
Xbox previews two new ways to control cloud games
Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting a phone controller and new direct Wi-Fi connectivity for the Xbox Nano.
How do octopuses remember? Scientists uncover a surprising secret
How do octopuses remember what they learn? A new study reveals a surprising “molecular switch” in the octopus brain that helps preserve memories by keeping connections between nerve cells strengthened over time, without the need to produce new proteins. The discovery sheds new light on one of nature’s greatest mysteries: how creatures with vastly different brains evolved remarkably sophisticated learning and memory abilities.
Patriots-Packers History Features Forgotten Super Bowl Connection, Overtime Thriller
The Patriots and Packers haven't met at Gillette Stadium since 2018, and their history includes a Super Bowl, an overtime thriller and one of the NFL's strangest kickoff returns.
Women in Business panel inspires CVU students on Church Street
The CVU Women and Business Club hosted a panel at Phoenix Books, connecting students with local female entrepreneurs to discuss career planning and entrepreneurship.
North Carolina Given Excellent Chance to Grab Win vs Uconn
The Tar Heels need to get a win to build some momentum for the rest of the year.
Memorial Healthcare System Mobile Health Program Connects Thousands to Care, Reduces Hospital Admissions - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report
November 5, 2026 – Memorial Healthcare System’s Mobile Health Program continues to expand access to care across South Broward, serving more than 2,000 patients through more than 2,800 visits in the […]
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Nov. 8, 2026, puzzle No. 776
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Kevin O'Connell Scrutiny Returns Amid Vikings QB Struggles
Despite high-profile roster upgrades, Minnesota’s offense remains stagnant. With Kyler Murray struggling to find his rhythm, pressure mounts on Kevin O’Connell to adapt his system before the season slips away.
Former Gamecock QB Connor Shaw talks recovery, heart health advocacy
Former South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw recently sat down with WIS to reflect on his recovery and discuss his statewide advocacy work, just over a year after surviving sudden cardiac arrest.
NFL connects with small business eyeing Super Bowl LXI contracts
More than 100 small business owners gathered in Inglewood on a recent Tuesday night looking to land work tied to Super Bowl LXI.
Convicted bank robber connected to prior McHenry business burglary through DNA link, receives prison sentence
A 39-year-old man is sentenced for the 2024 burglary of a McHenry business after authorities connected DNA from the crime scene to evidence from a bank robbery months later.
Economic Development Director Announces Quarterly “Rochester Business Exchange” to Connect Business Owners with Local Government, Other Resources
Rochester Economic Development Director Michael Scala is pleased to announce “Rochester Business Exchange,” an informal discussion connecting municipal officials and staff, developers, and business owners and managers to share information, exchange ideas, discuss local issues, and strengthen relationships within Rochester’s business community. The purpose of the meetings is to share updates related to municipal government,...
Sony revives the Walkman’s iconic MDR-3 headphones with USB-C for $60
Sony is bringing back its iconic Walkman MDR-3 headphones for the modern era with a USB-C connection and a price...
Fitzgerald ready to advance DMARC’s mission in new development position
Brianne Fitzgerald’s whole career has been about connections. Whether she was selling advertising at the Des Moines Register, helping people find the right outfit in retail or working at a bank, Fitzgerald has focused on building relationships and learning others’ stories. This desire to build community led her to philanthropy. “It’s about putting yourself out…
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Nov. 6, 2026, puzzle No. 774
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In lecture, physicist connects dots between space-time and politics
At a Thursday talk on her new book, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a University of New Hampshire physicist explored a wide range of subjects, including space-time, dark matter, storytelling and why the night sky matters.
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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