Maria Machado education: An engineer with a Nobel-winning vision for democracy
María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for defending Venezuela’s democracy. (Getty Images) Oslo loves a plot twist. Donald Trump—who touts himself as the man who “stopped wars” from the Middle East to Central Africa and dabbled in DRC–Rwanda peacemaking—was back in the Nobel chatter. But when the card was read, it wasn’t his […]
RRI technique yields certified randomness with one qubit
A wafer of quantum computers. Representative image. | Photo Credit: Steve Jurvetson Randomness is essential today. From encrypting sensitive information to simulating biological systems, unpredictable numbers are indispensable. Yet most everyday random numbers aren’t truly random. Conventional computers use algorithms called pseudorandom number generators to produce sequences that look random but are ultimately predictable if […]
Last five years’ Nobel Peace Prize winners: How educated are they?
María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for pro-democracy work. (Getty Images) Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, an industrial engineer turned democracy activist, has become the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The announcement sparked frustration within the MAGA movement, as US President Donald Trump had been hoping to receive the honour this year. […]
Student loan forgiveness quietly resumes during US shutdown: Here’s why relief is still going out
US Department of Education sends student loan forgiveness notices despite shutdown. Despite the ongoing US government shutdown, some federal student loan borrowers have begun receiving notices that their debt will soon be discharged. These unexpected emails from the US Department of Education confirm that loan forgiveness is proceeding, even though much of the government’s operations […]
Princeton to reinstate SAT or ACT in 2027, leaving Columbia as only test-optional Ivy: Here’s why it’s a major shift
Ivy League testing update: Princeton ends test-optional policy, Columbia remains test-free. (AI Image) Princeton University has announced it will require SAT or ACT scores for undergraduate applicants beginning with the fall 2027 admission cycle. This decision ends a seven-year period of test-optional admissions at the university, a policy initially introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to […]
Texas DACA ruling could strip Dreamers of their right to work and access to education: Here’s why it matters nationwide
Texas DACA ruling could remove work and education rights for thousands. (AI Image) Tens of thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients living in Texas may soon lose their legal right to work and access to in-state tuition under a recent court decision that applies only within the state. The US Fifth Circuit […]
Hydropower project on Chenab gets clearance
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol on a boat at Chenab river ahead of Diwali festival near India-Pakistan border on October 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI An apex committee of the Environment Ministry has accorded a fresh environmental clearance to the Sawalkote hydroelectric project, proposed to come up on Chenab river in Ramban, Jammu […]
5 ways the Department of Education is upending public schools: Here’s why it matters to every family
Education Secretary Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump. (Getty Images) Five ways the Department of Education is upending public schools: here’s why it matters to every familyThe Department of Education under the Trump administration has implemented a series of rapid changes that could reshape public schooling across the US. Over just eight months, political appointments […]
Harvard cuts 25% of union staff at SEAS: Is it gutting the school to save its reputation?
Harvard cuts 25% of union staff at SEAS amid US funding pressures. (AP Photo) Harvard University has laid off roughly 25% of staff represented by the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), according to internal communications obtained by The Harvard Crimson. The move is […]
Sawalkote hydropower project on Chenab gets fresh environmental clearance
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol on a boat at Chenab river ahead of Diwali festival near India-Pakistan border on October 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI An apex committee of the Environment Ministry has accorded a fresh environmental clearance to the Sawalkote hydroelectric project, proposed to come up on Chenab river in Ramban, Jammu […]