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Bellingham and King handed England call-up, but Palmer overlooked
Jobe Bellingham and Josh King have been included in the final England squad of the year, but Thomas Tuchel has overlooked Cole Palmer and Kobbie Mainoo for November’s internationals. The World Cup bronze medallists are all but assured of a place in the Nations League quarter-finals ahead of next Thursday’s home game against Croatia and the trip to Spain three days later.
Confirmed: Real Madrid duo Trent, Bellingham called up by England
With the second international break of the season almost upon us, national team managers have begun announcing their squads for the upcoming matches.Real Madrid are expected to see a large number of p...
Angie Nixon reveals what’s next after losing Florida’s U.S. Senate race
Despite losing the U.S. Senate race, the fight is not over for Angie Nixon, who launched a new PAC Thursday.
Galaxy Stadium contract details revealed for Texas Tech football
The new contract that makes Texas Tech football venue Galaxy Stadium includes annual payments ranging from $4 million to $6 million-plus.
Can AI learn to understand nature? Scientists set out a roadmap for the future of ecology
An international team of scientists has outlined how a new generation of artificial intelligence models could transform our understanding of ecosystems and help predict their responses to environmental ...
Barcelona planning three more renewals after extending Raphinha’s contract
According to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona are preparing another round of contract renewals after securing Raphinha’s future until 2030, with Marc Bernal, Brian Farinas and Gerard Martin next in line ...
3 global universities for a forensic science master's degree
Explore forensic science master's degree options in Asia, Europe, and the US, from police-led training at NUS to accredited programmes at King's and Penn State.
New sporting director wanted! Ex-international linked with Hannover?
There is still no calm at Hannover 96 under head coach Sandro Wagner, despite their recent morale-boosting 2–1 win over Dynamo Dresden. Sitting 12th, the second-division club are falling short of th...
What if polarization isn’t the real problem in American politics?
Political scientist Lilliana Mason challenges how we understand America’s democratic crisis and what journalism owes the public.
8th Annual Dodgeball Tournament at Haverhill Chamber Business After Hours
Members of the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce will soon gather for the eighth Annual Business After Hours Dodgeball Tournament. What has become tradition—and legend—Chamber members and guests in teams of at least six members compete for bragging rights in the competition benefitting the Haverhill YMCA. The tournament takes place Wednesday, Dec. 2, starting at
Brookdale Biology Student Takes Research to International Stage in Iceland
Brookdale Biology Student Takes Research to International Stage in Iceland Christina Weber presents microplastics research alongside leading scientists from around the world When Brookdale Community College student Christina Weber applied to present her scientific research
Vladimir Putin calls out nations opposing Russia’s return to international sports
Several countries have said their national teams will not play against Russia following a decision by sport’s highest court to readmit Russian teams to international ice hockey.
Public News Service | News in the Public Interest
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news and information to both mainstream and alternative media.
Oregon sues Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements
Oregon has sued the Trump administration over changes to Medicaid that the Oregon Health Authority warned could impact around 600,000 Oregonians.
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.
Kings County solar project marks 10 years of renewable energy production - The Business Journal Kings County solar project celebrates 10 years
Arevon Energy's Henrietta Solar project in Kings County marks 10 years of operation as five California solar facilities generate economic benefits.
Worried about uncertainty? Science has the answers
John Maddox, the longtime editor of Nature, was once asked how much of what the international scientific journal published turned out to be wrong. His reply:
SWAN public datasets offer a deeper look at menopause and midlife health
SWAN offers something most menopause reporting lacks: population-based, multi-racial evidence that can fact-check viral claims, put local stories in context, and surface angles that a single news cycle misses.
Ranking top MLB trade candidates during 2026-27 offseason
The MLB offseason has arrived. With the Los Angeles Dodgers finally not winning the World Series, and with smaller-market teams that have built internally, like the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Bucks, having competed for the title of champion , every team has a greater sense of optimism going forward. Of course, teams are contemplating which free […] The post Ranking top MLB trade candidates during 2026-27 offseason appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Why did Jared Verse need 'conversation' with Browns teammates?
Browns defensive end Jared Verse admitted he and his teammates had a conversation after he felt they didn't respond to his body slam in Pittsburgh.
Brackets: NYSPHSAA girls' soccer tournament results, schedule
Championship games are Nov. 15
9/11 at 25: Honoring the Past, Protecting the Future
Commemorating the transformative work of the World Trade Center Health Program in clinical care and research Thursday, September 3, 2026 Provided by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program Overview This program brought together health professionals, legal experts, elected officials, journalists, and September 11 responders and survivors. 911 Health Watch worked with Mt. […]
Snacks sold in California may contain metal, prompting recall. See health risks
High exposure to the metal can potentially cause nerve damage and hair loss, the FDA says.
2027 Gold Cup Format Changes Will See USA, Mexico Part Of Two Groups Of 8 Teams
CONCACAF has announced a new format for the Gold Cup soccer tournament, shifting from four groups to two starting with the next edition.
MICHAEL AND OLIVIA DEFEND A JOURNALIST WHO IS FRAMED FOR MURDER, ON “CUPERTINO,” THURSDAY, NOV. 19
“Judith & Michael” – Michael and Olivia defend a journalist who is framed for murder in a case that exposes the vast surveillance apparatus tracking
AN INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE HUNT TAKES AN UNEXPECTED TURN WHEN THE MARSHALS ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DIAMOND HEIST SHOOTOUT, ON “MARSHALS,” SUNDAY, NOV. 29
Scarlett Burke Guest Stars as Shelby Gaines Judd Lormand Returns as Eddie Wilson Marque Richardson Returns as Patrick Burns “Bad Medicine” – Taske
Club West Brewing changes owners with plans for extensive South End brewery rebuild
Rebranded Sycamore Brewery gets out-of-state owner with plans to “start again.”
Clark County approves new short-term rental licensing process
Clark County Commissioners made changes to speed up the licensing process for short-term rentals following pressure from the courts to reopen its application process.
Miami University’s business school gets largest-ever gift of $100M
The largest donation in Miami University’s history will also push the school over its years-long fundraising goal of $1 billion, officials announced Thursday.
How Nicole Bernard Dawes built soda brand Nixie after Late July
Nicole Bernard Dawes watched her father build Cape Cod Potato Chips as a child. She went on to start Late July snacks and then sugar-free soda Nixie.
Q and A: Harrison Hughes, SVP of Hughes Commercial
Harrison Hughes, SVP of Hughes Commercial, discusses his firm's work and its vision for the North of Broad District in downtown Greenville.
Don’t trash those campaign signs. Sacramento program keeps them out of the landfill
Community members can head instead to recycling event that helps breath new life into political signs that can’t be recycled.
Predictions for the 2026 CIAC high school boys soccer tournaments
GametimeCT's Will Aldam makes his predictions for the CIAC boys soccer tournaments.
North Carolina: Investigation Into Football Program Cost Nearly $1 Million
Internal records reveal a massive financial toll following misconduct claims and high-profile resignations, leaving Bill Belichick fighting for bowl eligibility to secure his future in Chapel Hill.
Maine fisheries biologists study stocked salmon health in Albany
Songo Pond is a "put-and-take" winter salmon fishery, with most of the population expected to be harvested quickly.
Kaweah Health executives claim top nine spots on public employee pay list
Kaweah Health executives hold nine of the top 10 spots in the 2025 public employee pay ranking, led by a CEO with about $1.2 million in compensation.
After 51 years, Penn State Health physician leaves lasting legacy of compassionate care
For 51 years, Dr. Larien Bieber made caring for people the heart of his work as a physician. When he retired Oct. 30 from his position as an internal medicine physician at Penn State Health Lime…
Rodrigo Martin Suarez on leadership and education in Fresno
Meet Rodrigo Martin Suarez of California Teaching Fellows Foundation. Discover how his journey shapes education and leadership in the Central Valley. Read more.
Bigger bacon and ditching breakfast: Wendy’s reveals turnaround plan as sales slump continues
Wendy’s reported its seventh consecutive quarter of declining sales, prompting the company to reveal a turnaround plan while rejecting a massive takeover offer.
International business drives Fairfax’s premium growth
Canada-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.’s property and casualty insurance and reinsurance businesses recorded a 9% year-on-year growth in gross premiums written to $8.9 billion in the third…
Swiss Re seeks alternative capital for hyperscale data centers
Swiss Re AG is in talks with alternative capital providers to cover peak data center losses as capacity falls short of demand from a growing number of hyperscale projects, according to Gianfranco Lot…
Geneva Health Forum 2026: Rethinking cooperation in global health
From November 10 to 12, at the Biotech Campus in Geneva, the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) will bring together healthcare professionals, researchers, institutional leaders, and representatives from international and humanitarian organizations for three days of debate, networking, and the sharing of experiences.
Small Business Insider: Election Response, Entrepreneurial Surge, Policy Update & More - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
● Election Results Amplify Call to Address High Costs and Economic Uncertainty ● Kerrigan in the DC Journal: America’s Innovation Economy Runs on Small Business – Why Protecting Bayh-Dole Matters ● Featured Interview on BRN: Kerrigan on CHOICE Arrangements ● ICYMI: America’s Entrepreneurship Surge Continues – Nearly 5 Million Business Applications Filed Through September ● […]
Greenville takes a strategic look at downtown retail
The Greenville City Economic Development Corp. has focused on strategically recruiting new retail stores to downtown Greenville.
Building on success, growing with purpose with Harper General Contractors
Harper General Contractors welcomes Bryan Royal as president and CEO, continuing its legacy of strategic growth and leadership continuity.
A bitter end for Ronaldo - the icon who transformed Portugal
As Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international football, Guillem Balague looks at why and what is next for the Portugal legend.
US Department of Justice Intervenes in Health Insurance Whistleblower Lawsuit Brought by Lieff Cabraser Against Centene Corporation
The Lieff Cabraser law firm represents a former employee. NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On October 27, 2026, the United States sued one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, Centene Corporation, for fraud under the False Claims Act. Lieff Cabraser’s Nashville Office is proud to represent the relator, who brought this matter to the government after internal
Apple iMac M6 review: Faster, more expensive and deeply in need of a refresh
Most buyers would be better off with a Mac mini and a bigger external display.
Scientists Discover an Unexpected Aging 'Cliff' in Sperm RNA
"A new era in reproductive health."
Scientists Discover an Unexpected Aging 'Cliff' in Sperm RNA
"A new era in reproductive health."
Oregon was once a Republican stronghold. This politician started shifting the balance in 1954
For much of the first half of the 20th century, Oregon was effectively a one-party Republican state. Democrats had not won a U.S. Senate seat in 40 years, had not won a U.S. House seat in 18 years, and had controlled the state legislature for only four of 74 years since 1880. Into this landscape emerged Richard Neuberger, a Portland-born journalist of Jewish heritage whose prolific writing career, progressive convictions and remarkable personal drive would reshape Oregon politics.
Carson Daly joins 'Saturday Today' beside Laura Jarrett, will keep 'Today' job
And on the sixth day, Carson Daly said, "Let there be 'Saturday Today,'" promising to rest on Sunday.
Las Vegas tattoo artist builds business by prioritizing art over price
The longtime Las Vegas tattoo artist says customer service, collaboration and a focus on artistic quality help his downtown shop compete with bargain-priced rivals.
Report: Japan's Tashima to stand against Infantino for FIFA presidency
Kozo Tashima, the honorary president of the Japanese Football Association (JFA), will challenge Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency, according to reports. Infantino’s position appeared under threat after a dropped plan for private investment in the World Cup caused consternation, but he has rallied and now looks to be in a strong position to win a fourth term at FIFA Congress in Morocco next year.
Cristiano Ronaldo announces international retirement
Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday he was retiring from international football at the age of 41.- 'Will stay with me forever' - The Portuguese Football Federation said it would organise a "fitting tribute" to Ronaldo's "immense career".
The Daily Mauling: 11/5/26
Kansas Jayhawks News The Topeka Capitol-Journal has Leroy Blyden and Tre White’s reactions to the Fordham win Andy Kotelnick talked to the press and gave his preview of this weekend’s UCF game ICYMI, the women’s hoops team won their season opener over Omaha this week Links! Jacoby Brissett is going to try and save Baltimore’s […]
A clever molecular trick unlocks previously impossible properties in glass
Scientists have discovered how to reprogram the internal structure of glass using a special molecule that rearranges chemical bonds while lowering the melting temperature. The breakthrough could unlock entirely new glass materials with precisely controlled magnetic and optical properties, opening possibilities for advanced electronics, sensors, and other technologies.
Cristiano Ronaldo confirms retirement from international soccer
After years of spending time and elevating the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo is done with international soccer . Ronaldo was a part of the Portuguese team for almost 23 years and represented the squad in 6 FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026). Amid his ongoing suspension and miscommunication with manager Jorge […] The post Cristiano Ronaldo confirms retirement from international soccer appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international football
Ronaldo calls time on his career with Portugal as international football’s all-time top scorer after a dispute with his country’s federation
The Bulletin welcomes 2026 editorial fellows
The Bulletin proudly welcomes its largest editorial fellow class yet. Fellows work closely with Bulletin editors to produce cutting-edge journalism focused on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, or biosecurity. As part of a Bulletin initiative focused on uplifting the next generation of experts, our Editorial Fellows Program is possible because of readers and supporters alike.
Vida Y Salud-Health Systems & Hampton Regional Medical Center Settle Data Breach Lawsuits
Settlements have been agreed to resolve class action data breach lawsuits against Vida Y Salud-Health Systems & Hampton Regional Medical Center. Vida Settlements have been agreed to resolve class action data breach lawsuits against Vida Y Salud-Health Systems & Hampton Regional Medical Center.
🚨 BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo announces international retirement
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to his record-breaking career with Portugal.The 41-year-old confirmed the news in a video posted on Instagra...
Black-owned businesses impact in Charlotte ‘undeniable.’ New event aims to celebrate it
Marketplace ‘Black on the Block’ arrives to spotlight Charlotte entrepreneurs at Bojangles Coliseum.
Peoria brunch business looks to add alcohol to its menu
A Peoria brunch business has taken the first step toward adding alcohol to its menu.
Scores, updates for Delaware high school girls volleyball playoffs
Check back with Delaware Online/The News Journal each day throughout the state tournaments for updated schedules, scores, photos and highlight videos.
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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European Enterprises Face Growing Pressure to Turn AI Investment into Business Value, ISG Says
PARIS, November 05, 2026--The ISG AI Impact Summit will explore operating models and data and governance frameworks to scale AI, November 9–10 at the Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel.
Five Takeaways: Spokane's Startup Scene
For its latest episode of Elevating The Conversation, the Journal sat down with Fred Brown, a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Omniscia AI, to discuss Spokane's startup scene.
Small business loans boost bank earnings in Q3
Rising small business loan demand is bolstering some Inland Northwest banks in the third quarter, but persistent inflation, high interest rates, and trade tariffs are depressing agricultural and commercial borrowing.
RiverBank leads Spokane County in SBA lending
Two years after developing its Small Business Administration lending department, RiverBank Holding Co., the parent company of Spokane-based RiverBank, has become the county’s top SBA lender. The increase in SBA lending comes as the community bank establishes a director of fintech position…
Wild Birds in Lincoln Heights changes ownership
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Storhäug Engineering expands beyond Spokane
Storhäug Engineering Inc. is experiencing high demand for its engineering, design, and consulting services in Spokane County, prompting the Spokane-based company to expand its geographic reach, says principal Austin Storhäug.
Bridging the NIL gap
When college athletes gained the ability to profit from their name, image, and likeness in 2021, Gonzaga University student Jesse Riodil saw an opportunity that never materialized for him during his four years playing on the men’s soccer team.
World Market opens Spokane Valley location
Alameda, California-based World Market LLC has opened its second Spokane-area store, bringing 60 jobs to a 17,000-square-foot retail space, at 15110 E. Indiana in Spokane Valley.
AI threats challenge cybersecurity landscape
Artificial intelligence is accelerating cybersecurity threats against businesses and government agencies, allowing criminals to potentially impersonate employees, steal sensitive information, and compromise corporate networks faster than organizations can respond, warn some cybersecurity experts.
Houlihan Lokey Expands European Business Services Capabilities with Senior Hire
Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, added Adnan Choudhury as a managing director in its business services group. Based in London, Choudhury will focus
Longer reproductive lifespan and hormonal history may influence brain vascular health
A longer reproductive lifespan and a history of using birth control pills or menopausal hormone therapy were associated with certain signs of blood vessel health in the brain, according to a study published November 4, 2026, in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Scientists grow human eye lens, possibly paving way to new treatments
Scientists have grown a realistic human lens from stem cells for the first time which could potentially pave the way for new treatments for cataracts and other eye conditions. In a new breakthrough, r...
Meta President on Data Center Politics
Dina Powell McCormick of Meta tells WSJ editor-in-chief Emma Tucker that a newly elected Governor who ran on a data center platform said "as soon as we get past the inauguration, let's meet, because we don't want to lose this investment."
'Bad politics': Blue tsunami visible months before it emerged
Voters across the political spectrum became increasingly irritated by President Trump's flippant governance, which congressional Republicans enabled.
'Bad politics': Blue tsunami visible months before it emerged
Voters across the political spectrum became increasingly irritated by President Trump's flippant governance, which congressional Republicans enabled.
Inside CVS’s Decision to Break Up a Healthcare Juggernaut
The company is splitting its drugstore and insurance businesses amid mounting regulatory pressure.
Local writers earn National Entertainment Journalism Awards finalist spots
Telling local stories that matter and are award-worthy.
$2M gift aims to address Nevada’s shortage of rheumatologists
Nevada faces a severe shortage of rheumatologists, with just one for every 125,000 residents, according to UNLV Health.
Amy Acton’s Ohio gubernatorial win inspires young women in politics
Acton became the first women elected to be Ohio's governor Tuesday.
Strong Spine Chiropractic Opens Business In New Location
The Strong Spine Chiropractic has moved from its former Harrison Street location to a new office at 7 Rugby Place. The move allows the husband and wife owned business to expand both customer and building wise as their business continues to grow. Strong Spine Chiropractic is owned by Kevin Strong and Rosalie Betts. The pair […]
Paul F. Tompkins, Skye Townsend, and Aparna Nancherla share the secrets of Dropout's 'MP3'
Plus, learn how Jeremy Culhane's kisses bit was born.
'A mandate for change': Democrats remake Texas politics in election rout
Nov 4 (Reuters) - Texas Democrats, shut out of every statewide office for more than three decades, have toppled Republicans from the top of the ballot to the bottom, remaking the political landscape of the nation's largest conservative state in a single earth-shattering night.
'A mandate for change': Democrats remake Texas politics in election rout
Nov 4 (Reuters) - Texas Democrats, shut out of every statewide office for more than three decades, have toppled Republicans from the top of the ballot to the bottom, remaking the political landscape of the nation's largest conservative state in a single earth-shattering night.
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