IN PARTS BY Newsweek What Is the Department of Government Efficiency? Musk, Ramaswamy to Lead Billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, stirred amusement and speculation after describing his unusual preparation for heading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “I rewatched Office Space tonight for the 5th time to prepare for @DOGE!” Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter) on November 24. Read More…
By Sydney Boyo • Eniola Shokunbi OF North Carolina said she wants to be president of the U.S., but first she’s making an impact on her local community. In fifth grade, she led the efforts to create an air filter system that’s able to remove cold and COVID viruses from classrooms. Eniola Shokunbi said she wants Read More…
Long before Bryan Johnson became famous for his extreme biohacking—undergoing countless tests, following strict eating habits, and taking dozens of supplements in the name of living forever—Valter Longo was obsessed with longevity. In a recent profile of the scientist in the New York Times, Longo, who is a professor of gerontology and director of the USC Longevity Institute in Read More…
A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in September 2023.© NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have Read More…
The Importance of Standing Together Against Injustice Anywhere “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” those are the now iconic words from the deeply moving letter from Birmingham jail written by MLK Jr. in 1963. While those words are powerful by themselves, just as powerful is the sentence which follows it: “We are Read More…
The teacher frustration that was at record levels last year still burns. From burnout to frustration with inadequate pay, educators aren’t feeling any better today. (Adobe Stock via Defender Network) It’s no secret. Teachers are tired, overworked, overlooked, and underpaid. Although many of the conversations about hiring and retaining teachers, especially, Black teachers, were being Read More…
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