It’s a familiar story. After the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, there was national soul searching and protests, and racial justice suddenly became fashionable. Money that once had been a trickle flowed into racial equity and anti-racism efforts across the board, from corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs toContinue Reading
A July poll shows that a majority of the American public does not support sending U.S. troops to defend Taiwan or Ukraine, sentiment that lines up with findings from other recent surveys on these heated subjects, which suggests that Americans appear to be warming to restraint and non-interventionism inContinue Reading
To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s rejection of signature petitions in favor putting an abortion rights initiative on the November ballot, Read MoreContinue Reading
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed in Botswana. The 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever found in a mine, the government said., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) speaks during a press conference discussing gun violence prevention on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you theContinue Reading
Voters walk to a polling station in Tempe, Ariz., in November 2020. Matt York/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt York/AP The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Arizona to enforce for now part of a new state law that requires election officials to reject any state voter registration forms that areContinue Reading
The push for solid-state batteries could lead to extra-long battery ranges as soon as 2027. By Dan Gearino Solid-state batteries—which pack more energy into each unit of volume than current batteries and will stretch the range of electric vehicles—have long felt just out of reach. Continue Reading
Re: “Seattle, the liberal city, just ‘book-banned’ a cultural exhibit” [Aug. 17, Local News]: Thank you to columnist Danny Westneat for poignantly exposing the pain Seattle “liberals” have inflicted on those of us in the Seattle Jewish community. This was absolutely Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis-style book-banning, and it’s no moreContinue Reading
AMD’s Radeon Instinct MI300X storms to the top in Geekbench OpenCL benchmark, besting Nvidia’s RTX 4090…Continue Reading
Space photos remind us that, around every corner of our vast universe, something spectacular awaits. From the newest James Webb Space Telescope images to historic photos of groundbreaking space missions, join us every Sunday as we explore the wonders of the universe, and humanity’s place in it. See more incredible space photos: 35 jaw-dropping JamesContinue Reading
The Hubble astronomers have released a stunning new image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 4879. This Hubble image shows UGC 4879, an irregular dwarf galaxy some 3.6 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / K. Chiboucas, NOIRLabContinue Reading
Russian security services (FSB) initiated a criminal investigation against CNN journalist and two Ukrainian correspondents for allegedly crossing the Russian border in Kursk Oblast illegally, according to Russian news agency Interfax. This comes as Ukraine continues its Kursk operation which began on 6 August. Ukrainian forces have managed to maintainContinue Reading