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NCS, the Singapore-based technology services firm, is drawing attention over an AI mission centre in Singapore. The facility is aimed at helping organisations apply artificial intelligence to business transformation. It comes amid a broader wave of AI-driven initiatives in the city-state, with companies such as CapitaLand Investment also pushing AI and sustainability innovation.

The National Center for Science Education is hosting a member webinar featuring evolutionary biologist Joseph L. Graves Jr., who will speak on race, racism, and evolutionary biology. Graves is known for his work debunking biological theories of race, and the session aims to explain how genetic science undermines racist concepts of human difference.

The National Center for Science Education has announced that volume 46, issue 4 of RNCSE (Reports of the National Center for Science Education) is now available online. The publication covers science education topics, including evolution and climate change teaching, though details of this issue's contents were not provided in the announcement.

NCSSM-Durham defeated Punxsutawney... no—profile wrong; the school won the North Carolina 3A girls tennis dual team state championship, avenging a previous loss to the same opponent in the title match rematch.

A seasonal returns chart for First Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCPB) is circulating on Yahoo Finance, mapping how the Louisiana-based bank holding company's stock has typically performed across the calendar year. Traders use such charts to spot recurring monthly patterns in a share's price. No company news or earnings event is attached to the chart itself.

England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson has spoken for the first time since Lancashire announced he would be leaving the county. The 43-year-old fast bowler said he was shocked by the decision, adding it made him question whether there was 'something fundamentally wrong with me as a person'. He says he remains unsure whether he will keep playing.

Italy has heightened security measures as students and trade unions launch protests across the country. Demonstrations are taking place nationwide, prompting authorities to boost security preparations around the mobilisations. The protests have drawn attention internationally, with observers discussing the government's response and the scale of participation by students and union members.

The National Center for Science Education says it has been invited to join the National Technology Leadership Summit. The invitation would bring the science education group into a forum focused on technology leadership in education. Details about the summit's agenda or the scope of NCSE's role were not provided.

Business First Bancshares, Inc., a Louisiana-based bank holding company, is drawing attention with a published summary of its third quarter 2026 earnings call. The recap covers the company's latest financial performance and management commentary. Beyond the headline, no specific figures or analyst reactions are available, and details of what was discussed remain unspecified.

Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy's Crawford won the North Carolina 1A girls tennis singles title for the second straight year, while the NCSSM-Morganton duo captured the doubles championship at the state tournament. HighSchoolOT reported the results, capping the fall season for the state's smallest classification.

Equinor and Aker BP are joining forces to advance technology for extracting oil and gas from tight reservoirs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The initiative targets harder-to-reach deposits that require new drilling and recovery methods, signalling continued investment in Norwegian offshore production despite the broader energy transition.

A developer has released scaff, a new open-source tool described as 'barely a static site generator'. The project takes a deliberately minimal approach to building static websites, stripping the concept down to near-nothing. The post has drawn early attention from the Fediverse's free software community, where minimalist tooling projects often spark discussion about how much a static site generator really needs to do.

A hobby workshop user has shot a bow made from a substitute black locust wood for the first time, sharing the results with the DIY and archery community. Black locust is a prized bow wood, so attempts to replicate its performance with alternative timber draw interest among bow builders and makers discussing materials and techniques.

James Anderson has left Lancashire but has not announced his retirement from cricket, keeping open the possibility of continuing his playing career elsewhere. The former England record wicket-taker's departure ends a long county association, and attention is now on where the veteran seamer will play next.

The Sheridan Broncs hosted Cheyenne Central in a high school sports matchup in Wyoming, with Sheridan Media covering the contest. Fans are following the result as both programs compete in their conference slate, and local outlets are reporting on how the home side fared against the Cheyenne visitors.

Northwest Bancshares, the Pennsylvania-based bank holding company, is preparing to report its third-quarter results, and analysts and investors are weighing what the numbers might show. Attention is focused on how net interest margins, loan growth and deposit costs have held up as the banking sector continues to absorb the impact of higher interest rates. The report is being watched as a gauge of regional bank health.

In 1976, a gang in Nice, France tunnelled from the sewers into a bank vault and stole 46 million francs, leaving a message on the wall reading 'without weapons, without hatred, without violence'. The man who claimed to have planned the heist escaped by jumping from a judge's window and was never caught. The audacious, bloodless robbery and its missing mastermind are being retold again.