Last Thursday, after a seven-month-long journey of over 300 million miles, NASA’s Perseverance rover gave the world its first close-up look at a Mars landing with an incredible photograph of the red planet. Equipped with an amazing 25 cameras and two microphones, the rover touched town near an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater, which,…
Last March, while the United States was struggling to control the spread of COVID-19, Russian cyber spies placed a tiny piece of computer code into part of the network management software belonging to a company called “SolarWinds Orion.” A popular software product used by thousands of I.T. departments worldwide, SolarWinds Orion gave these hackers access…
On February 1, the Myanmar military staged a coup d’etat, overthrowing the Southeast Asian country’s government. This restricting takeover, involving the detainments of government officials and internet shutdowns, came after a 12-year quasi-democratic rule under State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. In 1948 Myanmar’s government began to shift between military rule and civilian administration. While…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced last Tuesday that, after 26 years as CEO, he will be stepping down and handing over the position to the head of Amazon Web Services, Andy Jassy. Sometime this summer, Bezos will transition to the role of executive chair, allowing him to shift his focus without creating too much commotion….
Three months after the Constitutional Tribunal’s October decision to expansively ban abortions, the Polish government brought the ruling—over 200 pages long—into legal force last Wednesday. The newly implemented policy permits abortions only in cases involving rape, incest or dangerous circumstances for the mother, excluding the majority of pregnancy terminations that occur because of fetal defects….
“My mission,” said Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the residents of the state of Michigan last Wednesday evening, “is to find common ground so we can emerge from this crisis stronger than ever.” In her third State of the State Address, Governor Whitmer urged Michiganders to focus on working together in order to “fix the damn…