Two chemists spent decades on a question that sounds abstract but matters to how medicines are made: how a reaction ends up producing one mirror-image molecule and not the other. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on October 7 to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for discovering non-linear… Continue reading The Chemistry Nobel Went to Two Scientists Who Showed How Molecules Pick a Side. Drug Makers Rely on That Work.
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Three of This Year’s Four Fields Medalists Work at American Universities. One Is Only the Third Woman to Win.
The most prestigious prize in mathematics went to three researchers at American universities this summer, and to only the third woman in the medal’s history. The International Mathematical Union announced the 2026 Fields Medals on July 23 at the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia. The congress ran through July 30… Continue reading Three of This Year’s Four Fields Medalists Work at American Universities. One Is Only the Third Woman to Win.
The Next Artemis Flight Won’t Land on the Moon. NASA Briefs the Public Friday.
The next Artemis flight will not go anywhere near the lunar surface. NASA will update the public Friday on how the schedule behind it is holding up. NASA will hold a public briefing on the Artemis program Friday, October 23, at 2 p.m. Eastern at its Washington headquarters, according to SpacePolicyOnline. Administrator Jared Isaacman, Associate… Continue reading The Next Artemis Flight Won’t Land on the Moon. NASA Briefs the Public Friday.
The Nobel in Physics Went to a Detector NSF Built Under the South Pole. The House Wants NSF’s Budget Cut 20%.
The top prize in physics just went to an experiment the federal government mostly paid for and built beneath the South Pole. A House spending bill would cut the agency behind it by a fifth. Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 6 for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory… Continue reading The Nobel in Physics Went to a Detector NSF Built Under the South Pole. The House Wants NSF’s Budget Cut 20%.
Americans Have Vandalized Police Surveillance Cameras in at Least 36 States
A quiet, decentralized backlash against a license-plate-tracking company has turned into one of the most visible acts of civil disobedience against surveillance technology in years — camera by camera, pole by pole. Flock Safety cameras, automated license plate readers used by more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide, have been vandalized, disabled or stolen in… Continue reading Americans Have Vandalized Police Surveillance Cameras in at Least 36 States
Jobless Claims Keep Falling. The War With Iran Is Still Showing Up in Prices.
The labor market keeps sending calm signals even as the war economy behind it gets louder — layoffs remain rare, but the price of that stability is being paid at the gas pump. Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 206,000 for the week ending August 15, the Labor Department… Continue reading Jobless Claims Keep Falling. The War With Iran Is Still Showing Up in Prices.
It’s Been Nine Days Since the Storm Hit Gary, Indiana. The Power Still Isn’t Back.
Thousands of families in northwest Indiana are throwing out spoiled food, lining up for hot meals and hunting for a place to charge a phone — more than a week after a storm hit, and with no firm date for when the lights come back on. Tens of thousands of residents in northwest Indiana entered… Continue reading It’s Been Nine Days Since the Storm Hit Gary, Indiana. The Power Still Isn’t Back.
A Congresswoman Is Racing to Stop Trump’s Name From Going Back Up at the Kennedy Center
A federal judge already ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center once. Now the same judge has to decide whether the center’s Trump-appointed board can put it back up in three places at once. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, filed an emergency motion Thursday night asking U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper to block the Kennedy… Continue reading A Congresswoman Is Racing to Stop Trump’s Name From Going Back Up at the Kennedy Center
Trump Proposed Zeroing Out the National Endowment for the Arts. Congress Funded It at $207 Million Instead.
For the second time during his presidency, Donald Trump asked Congress to eliminate federal arts funding entirely. For the second time, lawmakers said no — and this year, they didn’t even cut it. The National Endowment for the Arts will operate on a $207 million budget for fiscal year 2026, identical to the prior two… Continue reading Trump Proposed Zeroing Out the National Endowment for the Arts. Congress Funded It at $207 Million Instead.
The CHIPS Act Promised America Its Own Chip Factories. Most Won’t Make a Single Chip Until 2028.
Congress and two administrations have poured tens of billions of dollars into rebuilding America’s semiconductor industry, but the honest timeline for most of that capacity to actually produce a chip runs three more years out. The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act authorized $52.7 billion in federal loans, loan guarantees and grants over five years to… Continue reading The CHIPS Act Promised America Its Own Chip Factories. Most Won’t Make a Single Chip Until 2028.
