On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education released the “Nation’s Report Card,” a national test … [+] of fourth- and eighth-grade students’ reading and math abilities. The results were stark: one-third of eighth graders cannot pick out the main idea of a text, and one-quarter of fourth graders scored “below basic” in math. Getty Images […]
Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterJan 6, 2025, 04:08 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He […]
In late September, Dominik “Domtendo” Neumayer received a troubling email. He had just featured The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom in a series of videos on his YouTube channel. Now, those videos were gone. “Some of your videos have been removed,” YouTube explained matter-of-factly. The email said that Domtendo had now received a pair […]
President-elect Donald Trump is soon to be back in office — and grandiose commitments from CEOs sure look poised to return, too. In a Monday briefing alongside SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Trump announced the company’s commitment to invest $100 billion in US projects during his second term, with the promise of creating 100,000 new jobs. […]
Materials science is a field that is seeing strong growth in the Nature Index. From 2019 to 2023, there was a 25% increase in the number of articles in the database related to the subject and last year these papers represented 27.2% of all research in its journals. In terms of the countries publishing this […]
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is widely regarded as the best gauge for the entire U.S. stock market. The index has returned 27% year to date in one of its strongest performances of the 21st century. But warning signs are starting to appear. In November, a Conference Board survey found that 56.4% of U.S. consumers […]
Only five weeks of the 2024 NFL season remain. Which means we’ve had a fair amount of time to assess this year’s top players, and maybe, just maybe, identify the best candidates to claim MVP honors. As we enter Week 14, we’ve attempted to do just that, polling more than a dozen of our NFL […]
Vodafone and Three have been cleared to create the UK’s biggest mobile operator after committing to address concerns around network upgrades and price hikes. The proposed £16.5 billion merger (about $20.9 billion) was approved by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Thursday following months of regulatory scrutiny, and is expected to be completed in […]
Of the newest paths to try and cope with brain fog, generative AI and large language models (LLMs) … [+] enter into the realm. getty In today’s column, I explore the dreary and potentially imperiling emergence of brain fog. Brain fog is a trending topic. You’ve undoubtedly heard the now-popular phrase or possibly used it […]
On Thursday, former Rep. Matt Gaetz announced he would be withdrawing his candidacy to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general after facing a furor over accusations of sexual misconductincluding having sex with a 17-year-old minor. The accusations against Gaetz, who was the subject of a years-long investigation by the House Ethics Committee, as well […]
