Paradox of choice: from improving electric cars to developing Facebook algorithms, physicists can apply their skills in a wide variety of roles. (Courtesy: iStock/Delpixart) Before I chose to study physics, I remember hearing more than once that ”you can do anything with a physics degree”. As encouraging as that statement sounds, it is also vague.
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Visa — Shares of the payment processor fell 4.7% in midday trading after a report said the Justice Department is investigating whether business practices at the payment processor’s debit-card business is leading to unlawful market dominance. The Wall Street
The Brad Furman-directed crime thriller City of Lies has had quite a journey, but the Saban Films release finally hits theaters today before dropping on digital and on demand April 9. Based on the book, LAbyrinth, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Randall Sullivan and adapted by Christian Contreras, City of Lies follows the investigation into the infamous murder of
The question of what it means to behave responsibly in space has taken on increasing urgency following a series of Russian anti-satellite weapon tests. WASHINGTON — As more satellites are launched into space, there is a growing conversation about the need to keep the cosmos safe and establish rules of the road for orbital activities.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger — all Facebook services seem to be experiencing outages around the world. Many users have been posting on Twitter about not being able to log into any of the Facebook services, and Gadgets 360 staff also found that we can’t send messages on WhatsApp, or open the other sites. According
[This stream is slated to start at 4:40 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time] President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Asian American leaders in Atlanta on Friday in the wake of the shooting rampage that left eight people dead, including
News Music Venues Will Soon Be Able to Apply for COVID-19 Relief Applications for the Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant will open next month By Matthew Ismael Ruiz March 19, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, participates in the Save Our Stages marquee campaign, March 13, 2021. (Photo by Paras
The NCAA has a chronic problem with undervaluing women, writer and host Jemele Hill said Friday — and the latest controversy over weight room discrepancies puts a spotlight on that inequality. “This has been a long standing, consistent problem when it comes to the lack of equity between men’s and women’s sports,” said Hill. “This
It’s been a few years since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s October 2018 Australia royal tour, but one accessory to emerge from the trip has remained steadfast: the effortlessly chic Veja sneakers the Duchess of Sussex sported on a boat in Sydney. As anyone else who’s ever waited for a restock of Veja’s core styles
American Horror Story Season 10 has a title! Ryan Murphy took to social media earlier this week to tease fans that an announcement about the theme would be coming today (Friday, March 19), and while it may be a bit later in the day than we’d have liked, we finally have some intel. The franchise
If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. Without want, there is no personhood. Whether the flush thrill of sex, or the gratification of a good meal (or both, and
The Oprah Winfrey Network is getting ready to say goodbye to the popular and long-running Iyanla: Fix My Life TV series. The show, which began in 2012, features inspirational speaker, author, and life coach Iyanla Vanzant as she helps guests overcome various problems in their lives. The eighth and final season of Iyanla: Fix My
The highly contagious variant first identified in the U.K. likely accounts for up to 30% of Covid-19 infections in the United States, White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday. The variant, called B.1.1.7, has also been reported in at least 94 countries and detected in 50 jurisdictions in the U.S., Fauci said
Peering through the thick bars cutting a horizontal strata in the window, I watch the streams of fog soften the edges of the housing unit’s silhouettes lined up outside. Towering stadium lights illuminate the prison grounds when it is dark; this morning they beam a soft light through the mist. This is what mass incarceration
By: Hannah Pell I recently relocated from the bustling Washington, D.C. metro area back to my south-central Pennsylvania hometown. My new space is in a quiet, wooded area; outside my back window I see an expanse full of trees (“Pennsylvania” actually means “Penn’s Woods”) — and a small solar farm is nestled in between them.
With the first green shoots of spring — and mass vaccinations — bringing hope for continued drops in Covid-19 cases, some events and venues sidelined for the past year are cultivating comeback plans. Below is a running list of theme parks and movie theaters that are reopening, movies rescheduled, and awards shows, film festivals and
WASHINGTON — SpaceX has agreed to maneuver any of its Starlink satellites that come close to the International Space Station or other NASA spacecraft in low Earth orbit as part of an agreement between the agency and the company. NASA announced March 18 it had signed a Space Act Agreement with SpaceX regarding coordination of
Apple’s rumoured mixed reality headset will come with advanced eye tracking system, a report suggests. According to a report citing analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the mixed reality headset could also support iris recognition. The eye tracking system is said to feature a transmitter and receiver that can analyse eye movements. Previous reports about the rumoured mixed