Here’s another quiz on famous women three days after International Womens’ Day Here’s another quiz on famous women three days after International Womens’ Day Here’s another quiz on famous women three days after International Womens’ Day1. This resourceful innovator Marion Donovan made her mark first in the early 1950s (then as a homemaker) by devising…Continue Reading
Europe’s Green Deal is supposed to revolutionize energy and agriculture. Now, the continent can’t afford it. German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck talking to the media in EU Council headquarters on February 28, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images) Russia’s war in Ukraine has shaken every political…Continue Reading
As if enough wasn’t going on. WEST HOLLYWOOD—I remember the first time I heard of Jim Inhofe. Carted in by my high school principal (who was ever tediously auditioning to be secretary of Education), the Oklahoma senator and then-ranking member of the upper chamber’s environment committee had reportedly gotten into it with the real brains…Continue Reading
The pandemic has led to skyrocketing milestone delays in early childhood development. The CDC has responded by lowering expectations. Recently, online sleuthing by concerned parents uncovered a discrepancy in the CDC’s language milestone trackers for children under age three, contradicting the milestone guidance set by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Although such a change seems…Continue Reading
Chris Martin’s new book is the latest to warn us about social media and its intentionally addictive quality. Will we listen? In his recent book Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media, tech expert Chris Martin pinpoints the beginning of the digital age as 1989, when Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web…Continue Reading
Fears are mounting that the catastrophe unfolding in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol — where Russian forces have struck a hospital and other civilian infrastructure — could be a sign of things to come in Chernihiv.The northern Ukrainian city has been under intense bombardment, and the Pentagon said Thursday that Chernihiv, like Mariupol, appears…Continue Reading
DARWIN, Australia — A police officer was acquitted on Friday on all charges after shooting dead an Indigenous Australian in a case that was highlighted during protests following American George Floyd’s murder in custody.Constable Zachary Rolfe, 30, denied murdering Kumanjayi Walker after the 19-year-old stabbed the police officer with scissors on Nov. 9, 2019.Rolfe also…Continue Reading
Two weeks after Russian forces streamed into neighboring Ukraine following months of buildup, evidence is mounting that the invasion has not gone to plan — and that Russia’s much-vaunted military may not be the formidable force once feared.“The word I’m hearing from everybody in the government who is watching this is ‘surprising.’ My own word…Continue Reading
The interruption of Russian oil shipments, including the U.S. import ban President Biden announced Tuesday, represents one of the largest supply disruptions since World War II, according to Goldman Sachs. With other major oil producers unable or unwilling to increase output in the short run, the per-barrel price of Brent crude, the global benchmark, hit…Continue Reading
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi continued to erupt Friday, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano.The volcano on the densely populated island of Java unleashed clouds of hot ash shortly before midnight Wednesday into early morning Thursday and fast-moving pyroclastic flows — a mixture…Continue Reading
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