Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast. But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the family egg producer (one of the largest in the U.S., in business for over three generations) was going to get through it, financially or emotionally. One staffer broke down in Herbruck’s… Continue reading Why the Egg Industry Is Losing the Battle with Bird Flu
Naming Jack the Ripper (Ripper Suspects)
Naming Jack the Ripper (Ripper Suspects) < !- end of Google Analytics Code Snippet by GA4WP–> // tabnab protection window.addEventListener(‘load’, function () { // make all links have rel=”noopener noreferrer” document.querySelectorAll(‘a[target=”_blank”]’).forEach(link => { link.setAttribute(‘rel’, ‘noopener noreferrer’); }); }); ]]> Podcast: Download MYS362: Jack the Ripper killed 5 women in 1888 and was never caught and… Continue reading Naming Jack the Ripper (Ripper Suspects)
Parents’ Rights Are Making a Comeback
The right to opt out one’s children from studying a sinister collection of sexually explicit storybooks in suburban Maryland, and the right to opt in to a Catholic Virtual charter school in Oklahoma, will be considered this month at the Supreme Court. That these two cases are under review by the high court is a… Continue reading Parents’ Rights Are Making a Comeback
Can Quantum Gravity Be Created in the Lab?
Quantum gravity is one of the biggest unresolved and challenging problems in physics, as it seeks to reconcile quantum mechanics, which governs the microscopic world, and general relativity, which describes the macroscopic world of gravity and space-time. Efforts to understand quantum gravity have been focused almost entirely at the theoretical level, but Monika Schleier-Smith at… Continue reading Can Quantum Gravity Be Created in the Lab?
Another Thing Folks Like About the South: Public Education’s Revival
By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsApril 22, 2025 GEO Prep Mid-City Academy, located in one of the poorest sections of Louisiana, did something almost unheard of in public education – it went from dying to thriving in just a few years. Kevin Teasley, GEO Academies: “We don’t chase fads.” geoacademies.org The Baton Rouge K-8 school, which is… Continue reading Another Thing Folks Like About the South: Public Education’s Revival
Trump Team Looks to Drastically Cut Weather and Climate Agency
CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration is looking to halve the NOAA workforce, say two former officials of the agency, a member of Congress and a congressional staff member. The draconian cut, they say — which would reduce the number of NOAA employees from about 12,000 to 6,000 — threatens to cripple an agency that provides… Continue reading Trump Team Looks to Drastically Cut Weather and Climate Agency
Schools Should Be Working with Parents Like Me
Reading stories with my children has always been a source of joy for me. It’s a time to bond, share laughter, and spark their imaginations. But never in my wildest dreams did I think children’s storybooks would send me to the steps of the Supreme Court. When my local school board stripped away parents’ right… Continue reading Schools Should Be Working with Parents Like Me
Google’s AI Can Beat the Smartest High Schoolers in Math
February 10, 2025 3 min read Google’s AI Can Beat the Smartest High Schoolers in Math Google’s AlphaGeometry2 AI reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad By Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazine Google DeepMind’s AI AlphaGeometry2 aced problems set at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Wirestock, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo A year ago… Continue reading Google’s AI Can Beat the Smartest High Schoolers in Math
NIH Funding Cuts Would Hobble U.S. Medical Research, Insider Says
The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced on February 7 it was immediately cutting some $4 billion a year in funding to biomedical researchers nationwide. The move would reduce the share of NIH grants paid to “indirect” costs—lab upkeep, administration and operation—to 15 percent, cutting their historical rate almost in half, overnight. In the announcement,… Continue reading NIH Funding Cuts Would Hobble U.S. Medical Research, Insider Says
How Corals Fight Back against Warming Seas
February 11, 2025 4 min read How Corals Fight Back against Warming Seas Most corals can’t relocate, but they’re finding ways to beat the heat By Rohini Subrahmanyam edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Many corals have creative ways to fight the dangers of warming seas. imageBROKER.com GmbH & Co. KG/Alamy Stock Photo Deep underneath the… Continue reading How Corals Fight Back against Warming Seas