MIT Claims the Top College Spot After Princeton’s 15-Year Reign
A New Number One U.S. News & World Report ranked MIT number one on its annual list of Best National Universities, bumping Princeton to number two after 15 consecutive years in the top spot. It’s a seismic shift in the world of college rankings —…
Federal Investigators Step In After Delivery Driver Fatally Shoots Dog in Hyattsville
A Dog Is Dead and Federal Agents Are Involved A dog died Monday night after a delivery driver reportedly shot it in the Hyattsville area of Prince George’s County — an incident serious enough to draw in federal investigators and temporarily shut down part of…
Wars, AI and a Historic Leadership Race Define This Year’s UN General Assembly
The World’s Stage Opens in New York The United Nations General Assembly kicked off its high-level General Debate today, September 22, drawing nearly 130 world leaders to New York for one of the most consequential gatherings in recent memory. This year’s session is being held…
Polar Ice Is Vanishing Faster Than Ever and the Oceans Are Paying the Price
A Loss Almost Too Large to Comprehend About 12.5 trillion tons of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979 — enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet deep across the entire continental United States. That staggering figure comes from a…
Michael Burry Says Big Tech Is Sitting on a $3 Trillion AI Time Bomb
A Familiar Warning From a Familiar Face The man who predicted the 2008 housing collapse is sounding the alarm again — and this time, his target is the artificial intelligence spending frenzy gripping the world’s biggest technology companies. Michael Burry, the hedge fund investor immortalized…
AI Scientists Outnumber Humans in Stanford’s Virtual Drug Company
A Drug Company With No Employees The latest company to spin out of a Stanford Medicine lab is a biotech undertaking with 37,000 employees — and none of them are human. There’s no lab space, no lunch breaks, and no payroll. Instead, there are tens…
What Doctors Actually Do Differently After Watching Their Patients Suffer
Lessons Learned the Hard Way People who work in medical professions — doctors, nurses, and EMTs — often see firsthand what can happen to the human body in a worst-case scenario. Recently on Reddit, they shared the daily habits they’ve changed as a result of…
Popular Safety App Citizen Goes Global as Real-World Crises Test Its Promise
From American Streets to International Hotspots Citizen, the leading public safety app in the U.S., has expanded its reach across three major cities in Mexico: Mexico City, Tijuana, and Guadalajara. The move marks a significant step in the company’s ambition to become the world’s go-to…
Louisiana Lawyer Poised to Plead Guilty in Hurricane Ida Insurance Fraud Scheme
A Scheme Built on Deception A former New Orleans attorney has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a Hurricane Ida insurance scheme that left eight homeowners without money to repair their roofs. The case against Richard William Huye III, 34,…
Teen’s Origami Experiments Could Transform How We Build Disaster Shelters
Paper, Dumbbells, and a Big Idea The apparatus for one of the year’s most celebrated student experiments was humble: paper and gym equipment. Miles Wu, 14, of New York City, spent his project folding the same origami pattern over and over — 54 systematic variations…
