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January 19, 2026

The Joy of Being a Hoosiers Fan

Are you around at all for the next hour? Wanted to stop by with the trophy!” “I sure am,” I replied. About fifteen minutes later, Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback of the Indiana University football team, walked into the lobby of the St. Paul Catholic Center on campus with the Heisman Trophy. The post The Joy of Being a Hoosiers Fan appeared first on First Things

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📈 Economy
January 19, 2026

Zero-sum economics keeps failing

The article critiques zero-sum economic thinking, arguing that it limits innovation and collaboration, ultimately hindering progress and equitable growth in society.

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💻 Technology
January 21, 2026

The UK government is backing AI that can run its own lab experiments

A number of startups and universities that are building “AI scientists” to design and run experiments in the lab, including robot biologists and chemists, have just won extra funding from the UK government agency that funds moonshot R&D. The competition, set up by ARIA (the Advanced Research and Invention Agency), gives a clear sense of…

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