Teenager Wins Top Young Scientist Award for Creating AI Handheld Pesticide Detector

Teenager Wins Top Young Scientist Award for Creating AI Handheld Pesticide Detector

3M and Discovery Education have announced the winner of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge, Sirish Subash, a 9th grader from Georgia. Sirish impressed the judges with his AI handheld pesticide detector, winning a $25,000 cash prize and the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.” Sirish competed against nine other finalists over four months before … Read more

Announcement of Debut Album by jasmine.4.t, Produced by boygenius, and Release of New Single

Announcement of Debut Album by jasmine.4.t, Produced by boygenius, and Release of New Single

Jasmine.4.t, the stage name of singer-songwriter Jasmine Cruickshank from Manchester, has announced the release of her debut album, “You Are the Morning”. Set to be released on January 17 through Saddest Factory Records, the album was produced by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. Members of the … Read more

Vornado Sets Date for Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Details On Investing.com

Vornado Sets Date for Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Details On Investing.com

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:) announced today that it will file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and issue its third quarter earnings release on Monday, November 4, 2024, after the New York Stock … Read more

Poll shows Donald Trump ahead of Kamala Harris among Arab voters

Poll shows Donald Trump ahead of Kamala Harris among Arab voters

Former President Donald Trump currently holds a slight lead over VP Kamala Harris among Arab voters nationwide, as per a recent poll. Trump has the support of 45% of Arab voters, while 43% are backing Harris, and Jill Stein is receiving 8%, according to a poll released by Arab News and YouGov. Four percent of … Read more

Starboard urges Pfizer board to ‘ensure management responsibility’

Starboard urges Pfizer board to ‘ensure management responsibility’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Activist investor Starboard Value has called on Pfizer’s leadership to take action and hold management accountable for its underperforming performance. This comes as Starboard publicly discussed its plans for the pharmaceutical company after acquiring a … Read more

Reflecting on the Past: Recent Study Highlights Key Question – What is the Impact of Educational Research?

Reflecting on the Past: Recent Study Highlights Key Question – What is the Impact of Educational Research?

(I’m republishing my best posts from the first half of the year. You can see the entire list of them here) Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay CAUSE, EFFECT, AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL WORLD, a new paper/chapter by MEGAN T. STEVENSON seems to be making a minor stir in research circles this week. I first heard … Read more

Late-night TV roundup: Jon Stewart declares we are now in the fever dream phase of the campaign

Late-night TV roundup: Jon Stewart declares we are now in the fever dream phase of the campaign

“ Late-night hosts are discussing Donald Trump’s recent antics, including his photo op at McDonald’s and his bizarre comments about Arnold Palmer’s anatomy, as the election day draws near. The Daily Show Jon Stewart, on The Daily Show, remarked on the surreal nature of the current campaign, stating that we have entered the “fever dream … Read more

Multiple injuries expected following explosion of fuel truck near Uganda’s capital

Multiple injuries expected following explosion of fuel truck near Uganda’s capital

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan police spokesman says several people might be dead after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in the East African country. Patrick Onyango said the truck had overturned after an accident and later exploded in a town just outside Kampala, the capital. A video shared online by an … Read more

Yellen declares global conditions deteriorated during Trump-era isolationist policies

Yellen declares global conditions deteriorated during Trump-era isolationist policies

Janet Yellen, the Treasury Secretary, addressed world financial leaders on Tuesday, emphasizing the strength of the U.S. economy under the Biden administration’s rejection of isolationism. This was seen as a criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies, just two weeks before the U.S. election. Yellen highlighted the U.S. economic growth during the IMF and World … Read more