The novel The School for Good Mothers begins with Frida Liu–a single working mother who is at her wit’s end–having a bad day that culminates in her losing her daughter to protective services. As her punishment she will be part of a new program to rehabilitate bad moms and if she is successful, then and
Taken from the January 2022 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Thirty years after the World Wide Web first expanded from Europe to North America, Michael Riordan reveals how physicists and programmers played important roles in shaping the current wave of
Leading up to the COP26 conference, in September 2021 several hundred protesters met in London’s Parliament Square before marching to the Home Office / Photo by Alisdare Hickson / Flickr “Our world is not falling apart, we’re at a turning point. An old paradigm is dying, and a new world is being born.” This hopeful
In this article HOOD Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev attend Robinhood Markets IPO Listing Day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Stock trading app Robinhood said Wednesday will let most of its 3,400 person workforce work remotely on a permanent basis. The newly public brokerage is headquartered in
TAMPA, Fla. — Intelsat has ordered two software-defined satellites from Thales Alenia Space as the operator edges closer to emerging from bankruptcy. The Intelsat 41 (IS-41) and Intelsat 44 (IS-44) satellites, scheduled to enter service in 2025, will be based on Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire platform. They will join two other satellites that Intelsat
Amazon Great Republic Day Sale dates announced on Wednesday. The four-day sale will begin on Monday, January 17, and will last until January 20. Amazon claims that it will offer deals across smartphones, TVs, electronics, and large appliances, among others. The Amazon sale will also bring instant bank discounts and no-cost EMI options. Among other
In this article HSBA-GB SBUX DUK Senators Kyrsten Sinema speaks at the ceremony where U.S. President Joe Biden will sign the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act”, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, November 15, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Two of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s former aides have lobbied for corporate giants
Travis Scott‘s album cover from years ago is landing him in hot water in France … where one artist is definitely not saying “c’est la vie” over what he claims is outright theft of his art. A man named Mickaël Mehala — who also goes by Black Childish — is suing Travis in his home
An “Open House” sign is displayed in the front yard of a home for sale in Columbus, Ohio. Ty Wright | Bloomberg via Getty Images Mortgage rates have moved to their highest level in more than a year, and that may have potential homebuyers nervous that their affordability window is closing faster than expected. Home
Who got caught in the crossfire? On Teen Mom: Family Reunion Season 1 Episode 1, Maci and Cheyenne organized a family reunion, bringing moms from across the franchise together. It also brought franchise villain, Farrah Abraham, into the fold, leading to a blowout fight. Meanwhile, Briana made a comment that started a brutal war of
A Notebook is No Place To Keep a Secret Jean Chen Ho Share article “Kenji’s Notebook” by Jean Chen Ho Tuesday evening, Fiona rode the 6 train downtown after seeing Kenji home from the hospital. She’d tucked him into bed and made sure the packet of OxyContin lay within his reach on the nightstand, next to
People walk in Regent Street, in London. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — There are growing calls in Europe for Covid-19 to be treated as an endemic illness like the flu despite strong warnings from global health officials that the pandemic is far from over. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is the
Stock futures held steady in overnight trading Tuesday after a rally on Wall Street as investors bought the dip following a five-day sell-off in the S&P 500. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were also flat. The overnight session followed a rebound in the
Broadway’s traditional post-holiday January doldrums teamed up with a slate of show closings and a national skyrocketing surge in Omicron cases to send box office tumbling by nearly a third last week. Combined grosses of $18 million for 27 Broadway productions were down 31% from the previous week’s $26 million. The figure – $18,251,734, to
WASHINGTON — Astroscale U.S., a provider of on-orbit services to extend the life of satellites, has signed an agreement to use Orbit Fab’s in-space refueling tankers, the companies announced Jan. 11. Orbit Fab, a startup offering “gas stations in space,” will refuel Astroscale’s geostationary satellite servicing spacecraft known as LEXI, short for Life Extension In-Orbit.
Apple paid out around $60 billion (roughly Rs. 4,43,300 crore) to developers in 2021, the company revealed in its latest App Store figures. The new figures show an increase in money paid to developers compared to previous years, which comes after Apple’s decision to reduce the commission collected from smaller developers. The company also revealed
President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued his most explicit call yet for the Senate to bypass its filibuster rule to pass voting rights bills, calling the move necessary “to defend our democracy” against Republican-led restrictive voting laws pushed around the country. “Today, I’m making it clear, in order to protect our democracy, I support changing
News Foo Fighters Share Trailer for Horror Film Studio 666: Watch The clip shows the band moving into a haunted mansion to record their 10th album By Matthew Ismael Ruiz January 11, 2022 Facebook Twitter Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, image courtesy of Nasty Little Man Facebook Twitter Foo Fighters have shared the first trailer for