The Math Gap Is Back
The numbers don't look good. Not anymore.
Global math scores reveal a trend that should disturb everyone. Girls are falling behind. Hard. And fast.
In 2023....
The Tick That Eats Beef
Alpha-gal syndrome isn’t going away.
In fact it is multiplying. As tick season reaches its fever pitch the allergy it triggers gets worse too. This...
Rural AI Is Broken Here’s Why
It is missing.
The tech isn’t enough if nobody knows how to use it. That’s the blunt takeaway from a recent Texas Tech University study....
AI and IVF: Hype vs. Hope
Fertility tech companies are all in. They’re betting big that artificial intelligence can save the day for couples trying to conceive via IVF. It’s...
Predicting the Future on the Court
The ball didn't have to go fast enough to break a record. It just had to be fast.
Thiago Agustín Tirante launched a 148-mph serve...
Yondr pouches are losing me
The Check
They call it a solution.
A small neoprene sack with a magnetic lock that snaps shut like a vault door. Inside goes the phone....
Saving Myself From the Classroom
I quoted Olu Dara. That moment hit hard. In an application for a fellowship, I lifted words he gave to Nas:
Quit school if you...
9 Ways iOS 27 Actually Changes Your iPhone
Skip the newsletter sign-up box. Just read this.
Every June Apple gathers its developer army. The 2026 WWDC showed us what’s coming. iOS 27. iPadOS...
The AI Rulebook Is Wrong
Schools are rushing to draft policies. They panic. They write rules.
Is that actually the first step?
Maybe not.
This week on the podcast we skip the...
Why Men Hit the Wall
Running hurts. It hurts more at mile twenty. There is a specific moment in a marathon when everything falls apart. Runners call it “hitting...
Stop Selling Scams Called “Education”
Twenty-two billion dollars.
That’s what the market decided BYJU’S was worth.
Today?
Zero.
By their own founder’s admission.
I’m not here to spit on the grave.
I’m here because we’ve...
The White House Wants to Find Aliens. Is It Just PR?
Avi Loeb didn’t need a sales pitch. A rep from the Office of the Director of National Intel visited him. He signed up. Now...
The Digital Accessibility Clock Just Ticked Zero. Schools Aren’t Prepared.
The deadline hit this month.
It wasn't subtle. Federal law has mandated digital accessibility for decades. Glenda Sims knows this better than most. She’s the...
Degrees Aren’t Dead. AI Just Made Them Scarier.
The headlines were brutal. College was dead. Burn the diploma. Forget the four-year plan. Then came COVID-19, accelerating a drift away from higher education...
NASA’s TESS Accidentally Snaps a World It Was Never Meant To See
It seems NASA’s TESS mission is an overachiever.
Launched in 2018 with a single mandate, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite had one job. Watch nearby...
.50 Caliber Fire from the P-40
Museum displays are static. Quiet, too. You look at a fuselage and think of history frozen in time. Occasionally a bird flies at an...
LineShine Just Took The Top Spot
First time ever.
China has the world's fastest supercomputer. The name? LineShine.
It sat at number one in the latest TOP500 rankings. These come out twice...
Teaching When The Ground Is Shaking
It isn't radical. Not to ask for basic care. Yet here we are.
Moving to New Mexico felt like waking up from a long, dull...
Supreme Court slaps a pause button on phone location sweeps
Your phone is spying on you. Not in a paranoid way, in a factual way.
Right now it knows where you are. Where you live....
The universe has a new director
The biggest movie about everything just started filming. Not in Los Angeles. Out in Chile.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is now wide open, scanning...