by The Editor | Feb 28, 2021 | News
To make nuclear bombs, you float a gaseous uranium compound down long distances until molecules with the heavier U-238 isotope fall away, leaving only highly fissionable U-235. That’s why during the Cold War the U.S. flew U-2 spy planes over the Soviet Union to film...
by The Editor | Feb 28, 2021 | News
Photo: Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Verizon (Getty Images)In an effort to be helpful, Verizon accidentally stuck its foot in its mouth on Sunday, and then furiously backtracked. In a tweet on Sunday, which was spotted by the Verge, Verizon Wireless CS told customers...
by The Editor | Feb 28, 2021 | News
Academic freedom is in crisis on American campuses. Last year, the National Association of Scholars recorded 65 instances of professors being disciplined or fired for protected speech, a fivefold increase from the year before. Yet many of academia’s defenders brush...
by The Editor | Feb 28, 2021 | News
By Adena T. Friedman Feb. 28, 2021 4:28 pm ET The Nasdaq stock exchange in New York, Jan. 2, 2020. Photo: Bruno Rocha/Zuma Press Nasdaq recently submitted a proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission focused on diversity of the boards of companies listed...
by The Editor | Feb 28, 2021 | News
Some 3,500 miles from Washington, on the African archipelago of Cape Verde, the Justice Department is in a struggle with Venezuela over a U.S. extradition request for Alex Saab. The Colombian-born naturalized Venezuelan works for the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro....
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