analysis The Daily Wire’s latest documentary seeks to discredit Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott Published May 20, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro speaks during Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in remembrance of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP) EarlierContinue Reading
Mitali Chowdhury ’24 and Christina Kim ’24 have been selected as 2026 Gates Cambridge Scholars. The highly competitive fellowship offers fully funded opportunities for postgraduate study in any field at Cambridge University in the U.K. Kim is a second-time Gates Cambridge Scholar. MIT students interested in the Gates Cambridge ScholarContinue Reading
The MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) showcased its high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology, essential for fusion energy and increasingly relevant to superhot geothermal applications, to Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass) during his March 12 visit. High-field electromagnets are required to confine plasma in fusion reactors, and PSFC’s HTS technologyContinue Reading
New Mexico authorities say three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were assessed for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a rural home for a suspected drug overdose, Read MoreContinue Reading
Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places, Read MoreContinue Reading
Cubans in Havana and Miami react to the US charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro., Cubans react to US indictment of former President Raul Castro NewsFeed Cubans in Havana and Miami react to the US charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro over the 1996 downing of civilian planes.Continue Reading
Chip giant announces $80bn stock buyback scheme and dividend hike in boon to shareholders., Chip giant announces $80bn stock buyback scheme and dividend hike in boon to shareholders. Nvidia has announced record quarterly profit and revenue amid explosive demand for its advanced AI chips. The US tech behemoth said on Wednesday that profit soared to $58.3bn for the February-April period, up 37 percent fromContinue Reading
Victor Glover, who grew up in the Inland Empire, is now the only pilot to have flown NASA’s Orion capsule., Read MoreContinue Reading
4 hours ago Noel Titheradge Investigations correspondent BBC The bungalow doesn’t look much like a children’s home. A sheet of privacy film wrongly placed outside a window is peeling. Inside, the wallpaper is flaking, carpets are frayed and doors are broken. The children’s home is unregistered and therefore illegal butContinue Reading
Iran Threatens War Will Spread Beyond Middle East If The Traitor Resumes Attacks, Lebanon’s Health Ministry Says at Least 22 People Killed in Israeli Attacks Despite Ceasefire, Israeli Forces Intercept Last Remaining Boats with Gaza Sumud Flotilla, Abducting Over 400 Activists, Israel’s Far-Right Finance Minister Smotrich Says ICC Seeks ArrestContinue Reading
Psyche was barely 2,800 miles above Mars during its gravity assist flyby. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is currently en route to a small, metal-rich asteroid near Jupiter. However, the barely 3,600-pound probe recently requiredContinue Reading
The moon’s cratered surface. Could these shadows help with making lunar GPS? (Image credit: NASA) Placing ultrastable lasers inside some of the coldest, darkest lunar craters could help scientists establish a GPS-like navigation system on the moon, allowing future Artemis astronauts and spacecraft to navigate the lunar surface more easily. Researchers at the National InstituteContinue Reading
Are additional song rights investments in the near-term cards for Shamrock? Possibly, as the firm has officially closed its Content Fund IV with $813 million worth of capital commitments. Shamrock Capital formally announced that oversubscribed fourth fund’s final closing today. All told, the LA-based entity’s 11-year-old “Content Strategy” is said to have north of $3.3Continue Reading