January 2021

Github, a Microsoft company, has allegedly fired a Jewish employee for saying there were Nazis in response to the insurgent occupation of the US capital building last week. Business Insider reported today that…

Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday welcomed reports that the US government was pushing to expand eligibility for Covid-19 vaccines, telling CNBC that the US drug giant has adequate supplies available to support such a…

The 2020 pandemic made walking and cycling more popular than ever. Governments around the world encouraged individuals to walk or take their bikes where possible instead of using overcrowded public…

From NASA January 11, 2021 This illustration shows the planet KOI-5Ab moving across the face of a sun-like star that is part of a triple star system located 1,800 light years away in the Cygnus constellation. Credits: Caltech / R.…

In the end, it was just too much Alabama. The top-ranked Tide (13-0) scored a dominant victory over Ryan Day and No. 3 Ohio State (7-1), beating the Buckeyes 52-24 for Nick Saban's seventh national title and sixth at Alabama. Even as…

The year is 1813. The setting? Regency London. A debutante, the oldest daughter in her family, comes to a ball that looks shiny and is looking for a suitor. In order to really get the soiree into full swing, a string quartet begins to…

Last week, shortly after DeepMind's breakthrough in using artificial intelligence to predict protein folding, news came that the UK-based AI company is costing its parent company Alphabet Inc in losses of…

Brown dwarfs are the weird non-planets but non-stars in the universe, and astronomers have wondered for decades whether their atmospheres are streaked like Jupiter's or spotty like the Sun's. A team of astronomers at the University of…

In another apparent case where too much power has (possibly) been given to a single person, an unnamed U.S. State Department official is held responsible for the agency's website, which displays text indicating…

Kentucky President Eli Capilouto and Sporting Director Mitch Barnhart supported the men's basketball team on Monday after beating Florida on Saturday at the Rupp Arena before beating Florida on Saturday after the rioters stormed the Capitol…