Dienstag, 12. Mai 2026

The Daily

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NBA

Two Game 4s, no morning spoilers

Detroit-Cleveland and Oklahoma City-Los Angeles were the overnight Game 4 slate in the conference semifinals. This is the clean watch-later setup: no result, score, winner, live stat or post-game series state belongs in the morning text. Wikihoops listed both matchups but had no useful vote signal yet, so there is no replay recommendation attached.
Source: NBA.com schedule + Wikihoops

Knicks shoot into the East Finals

New York closed out Philadelphia 144-114 on Sunday and became the first team into the 2026 conference finals. The shooting is the hook: 25 made threes tied the single-game playoff record.
Source: NBA Starting 5

Edwards pulls Minnesota level

Minnesota beat San Antonio 114-109 on Sunday, with Anthony Edwards scoring 16 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter. Victor Wembanyama's early ejection changed the game shape, and Game 5 becomes the next swing point.
Source: NBA Starting 5

Ajay Mitchell becomes OKC's release valve

Ajay Mitchell has turned into a real Oklahoma City rotation story, with on-ball minutes and more responsibility in Year 2. Keep it separate from the overnight result: the useful read is why OKC's depth has held up.
Source: The Athletic via NBA.com

Biotech & Pharma

A one-shot HIV therapy gets an early signal

A small UCSF-led study suggests a single infusion could suppress HIV for years. The idea borrows from cellular therapies that have already changed parts of blood cancer care. If durable immune control holds beyond a few patients, HIV treatment starts looking less like daily suppression and more like engineered long remission.
Source: NYT

Inhibrx revives the OX40 bet

Inhibrx says adding its OX40 agonist to Keytruda doubled the response rate in an early midphase look. The real test is whether OX40 can escape its history of disappointments and become a combination asset worth buying.
Source: Fierce Biotech

Bizengri tests the FDA fast lane

A rare bile duct cancer filing for the bispecific Bizengri received an FDA national-priority designation. The pharma read-through is whether this pilot becomes a repeatable regulatory asset or stays a narrow exception.
Source: Fierce Pharma

Mifepristone remains in legal pause

The Supreme Court kept mail access to mifepristone in place for a few more days while it considers manufacturer requests. FDA authority, telemedicine access and politically exposed drug distribution are now tied together in one live product fight.
Source: NYT

Science / Immuno-Oncology

NSF turmoil becomes a competitiveness warning

Scientists are pressing Congress after the dismissal of the National Science Foundation board and a slowdown in research grants. The science angle is institutional, not procedural. Delayed funding changes which work gets done, which labs survive and how much room rival research systems get.
Source: NYT

Telescope politics reaches the Atacama

U.S.-China rivalry is pressing into South American astronomy, with Washington pushing Argentina and Chile to review Chinese telescope projects. For researchers, strategic suspicion can delay observatories that depend on location, cooperation and long time horizons.
Source: NYT

Remoras find a stranger commute

New observations of remoras traveling inside manta rays complicate the tidy story of hitchhiker fish on a host's exterior. The relationship may include moments that look more intrusive than the usual commensal framing suggests.
Source: NYT

A spin glass goes two-dimensional

A new Science paper reports a spin glass in a two-dimensional van der Waals material. The value is control: a messy magnetic phase becomes thinner, more probeable and easier to compare with theory.
Source: Science

Travel

Ein kleiner Flughafen verliert den Anschluss

Spirit hat den Betrieb am Arnold Palmer Regional Airport bei Latrobe eingestellt. Damit verliert der Flughafen die Airline, die ihn für viele Reisende praktisch machte: kurze Wege, gratis Parken und echte Billigflüge. Der Reisehaken ist größer als ein einzelner Airport: Wenn Ultra-Low-Cost-Netze schrumpfen, verlieren kleinere Orte nicht Komfort, sondern Anschluss.
Source: NYT

Flugfrei wird buchbar

Die FT beschreibt Anbieter, die komplexe Reisen ohne Flugzeug planen. Interessant ist der praktische Dreh: Züge, Fähren, Übernachtungen und Puffer werden langsam wieder zur Reisebüro-Aufgabe.
Source: FT

Ein Trullo macht Apulien konkret

Condé Nast Traveller erzählt Apulien über ein Trullo zwischen Olivenbäumen statt über eine große Trendbehauptung. Für Roberts Italien-Fokus ist das brauchbar, weil Bauform, Landschaft und Ruhe sofort sichtbar werden.
Source: Condé Nast Traveller

Airlines komponieren den Start

Die FT schaut auf Boarding- und Startmusik als kleine Reiseinszenierung. Airlines verkaufen nicht nur Sitzplätze, sondern versuchen schon vor dem Abheben, Nervosität, Luxus oder Markenbild hörbar zu machen.
Source: FT