British Prime Minister Theresa May has managed to hold on to her position despite a leadership challenge and eroding support. Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina pleaded guilty to influencing US relations with Russia before and after the 2016 presidential election. These stories and more in this week’s “In The News”. […]
George H. W. Bush, our 41st President, passed away on November 30, 2018, at the age of 94. The stock market has been on a wild roller coaster ride thanks to the evolving US-China trade war and other crucial factors. These stories and more in this week’s “In the News” […]
As the first major world economy to legalize marijuana, Canada will be in the global spotlight to see how well it works. Saudi Arabia’s leadership has denied the allegations of involvement in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. These stories and more in this week’s “In the News” […]
An eight-year-old girl found a 1,500-year-old, pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden. Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in First Man which dramatizes the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the moon. These stories and more in this week’s “In the News”. […]
On Tuesday, Amazon announced it will be raising the minimum hourly wage for all U.S. employees of the company, while phasing out bonus and stock award programs. Survey the pluses and minuses of efficiency wages, piecework, milestone payments, commissions, promotions, stock options, and other incentives. […]
London has a new tourist! A beluga whale has wandered way off course into the Thames River. Normally found in the arctic and subarctic waters, whale experts are concerned about the warm waters and the heavy boat traffic. Learn fascinating facts about the beluga and get an overview of the mammalian wildlife that inhabits or migrates to polar waters. Learn more in this week’s edition of “In The News.” […]
The decades-long search for Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour has been narrowed down to one or two archaeological sites, in an area just off the Goat Island shore in Rhode Island, 10,500 miles from the country with which it is most famously associated. Get to know Captain James Cook, an explorer who in many ways epitomized the age of scientific discovery and—by filling in blank spots and correcting faulty maps—significantly advanced the representation of our world […]
CAR T-cell therapy, described as “a living drug”—a treatment made from a patient’s own cells—has been approved by the FDA to treat some children and young adults with leukemia and some adults with lymphoma. Explore avenues of treatment at the frontiers of science, including how a patient’s own immune system can be harnessed in cancer therapy. […]
September 11 marks the date of one of the most catastrophic and heartbreaking attacks on U.S. soil in history. With almost 3,000 fatalities and $10 billion in damage, the events of 9/11 continue to influence us even today. Relive the timeline and review the influence the terrorist attack has had on our ideas of security, politics, and world relations. […]
Physicists at CERN have observed the Higgs boson decaying into bottom quarks six years after discovering the particle. Why was the discovery of the Higgs boson such a big deal? Take a fascinating dive into the world of modern particle physics and see how the Higgs is the missing piece of a scientific puzzle. […]
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