Trump education secretary Linda McMahon stumbles over trillion-dollar funding math for disadvantaged students
Education Secretary Linda McMahon laughs before a Senate Appropriations hearing, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo) In a widely watched Senate hearing, US Education Secretary Linda McMahon made a significant mathematical error while defending President Trump’s 2026 education budget proposal. The mistake, which unfolded during a conversation about federal grant […]
October/November 2016
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Harvard faculty quietly drop courses as legal battle over academic freedom escalates in the US
Harvard faculty cancel courses as US academic freedom dispute intensifies As tensions escalate between Harvard University and the US federal government, several faculty members are quietly withdrawing or revising their courses, raising alarms about the future of academic freedom in the country. The developments, first reported by MassLive, coincide with Harvard’s ongoing legal battle to […]
A long-running experiment finds a tiny particle is still acting weird
The ring-shaped track that scientists used to study tiny particles called muons at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Final results from a long-running U.S.-based experiment announced Tuesday show a tiny particle continues to act strangely — but that’s still good news for the laws of physics as we […]
eSchool News January-March 2017
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JNVST class 6 admission 2026: Registration process begins, apply online by this date
The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) has officially opened the registration process for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) for Class 6 admissions for the academic session 2026-27. Eligible students can apply online until July 29, 2025, through the official websites: navodaya.gov.in or cbseitms.rcil.gov.in. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) are a network of central schools established […]
Why do animals’ eyes seem to glow at night?
A three-month-old black Labrador puppy with eyes set aglow by a camera flash. | Photo Credit: Jazzjohnn (CC BY-SA) A: Nocturnal animals such as cats are adapted to dim light. Their retina has more rod cells, which aid scotopic vision or vision under dark conditions, than cone cells, which aid photopic vision or vision under […]
eSchool News Apr-June 2017
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IIT Bombay revises eligibility criteria for MBA admissions, students from all disciplines can apply: Check details here
In a major change from the past, the 2025–27 MBA batch at the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), IIT Bombay, will welcome a larger number of students from non-engineering backgrounds. Until now, most of the students in the MBA programme were engineering graduates. However, with the latest update in eligibility rules, students with […]
Looming clash between Milky Way, Andromeda may not happen after all
The Andromeda galaxy, imaged here by a Nikon Z7 camera in 2023, is about 2.5 million lightyears away and moving towards the Milky Way galaxy at around 110 km/s. | Photo Credit: Lviatour (CC BY-SA) It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported […]