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 […]
Techies everywhere are freaking out over the NanoPhone. Why? It’s an Android smartphone that’s smaller than a credit card. People are grabbing them for their micro appeal (they’re great for travel) or as a backup for their primary phone. We’re slashing the price of this mini smartphone to $89.97 during our end-of-year sale and making […]
But if there is a green queen, it’s “brat green,” the green that adorns the cover of Charli XCX’s wildly-acclaimed sixth album and its the-same-but-different remix companion. In an interview with Billboard she said she thought the shade was “actually quite disgusting” and wanted it to be “unfriendly and uncool.” Somehow that “disgusting” shade—Pantone 3507C—became […]
Ars has reached out to the lead author, Megan Liu, but has not received a response. Liu works for the environmental health advocacy group Toxic-Free Future, which led the study. The study highlighted that flame retardants used in plastic electronics may, in some instances, be recycled into household items. “Companies continue to use toxic flame […]
Most neutrinos that stream through Earth are produced by fusion reactions in the Sun.Credit: NASA/Goddard/SDO Physicists in Italy and China have for the first time observed glimmers of the ‘neutrino fog’, signals from neutrinos that mimic those expected to be produced by dark matter. The observations are a double-edged sword, says Nicole Bell, a theoretical […]
Hackers have gained sweeping access to U.S. text messages and phone calls — and in response, the FBI is falling back on the same warmed-over, bad advice about encryption that it has trotted out for years. In response to the Salt Typhoon hack, attributed to state-backed hackers from China, the bureau is touting the long-debunked […]
Ever since the early 20th century, we’ve known that the universe is expanding. Exactly how quickly it’s expanding, however, remains something of a vexed question. Until now, our theoretical understanding of the universe predicted a rate of expansion that’s about 8% slower than what we calculated from our actual observations. This discrepancy is referred to […]
Film Clinic and Front Row Productions have teamed up with Arabia Pictures Group and Rotana Studios to produce the offbeat Saudi rom-com A Matter of Life and Deathwritten by Sarah Taibah (last year’s Red Sea International Film Festival opening film Hwjn, Jameel Jeddan) and directed by Anas Ba-Tahaf (Fay’s Palette, Jameel Jeddan). Starring Taibah (Mandoob, […]
“We have since determined that while the capsule was dipping in and out of the atmosphere, as part of that planned skip entry, heat accumulated inside the heat shield outer layer, leading to gases forming and becoming trapped inside the heat shield,” said Pam Melroy, NASA’s deputy administrator. “This caused internal pressure to build up […]
Chelsea boots are a classic for a reason: They never go out of style. Sure, designers might introduce a few unexpected twists each season—like, a chunky lug sole or, maybe, metallic leather—but year after year, the silhouette remains a quintessential footwear staple. The essential style has a long history, in fact. Defined by their low […]
