In 1995, strange marks appeared in a photograph of an English estate; 31 years later, archaeologists say they may have uncovered the foundations of a lost 18th-century building
Representative image from Canva In the summer of 1995, an unusual photograph of Temple Newsam, a historic estate in Leeds, England, captured strange marks across the grass. To Mike Turpin and other local archaeology enthusiasts, the patterns looked like…
‘Only high IQ individuals need apply’: Trump announces ‘AI Force’
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday (local time) the creation of an “AI Force” to protect artificial intelligence (AI) from being “decimated” by what he termed the “Radical Left…
Wage mismatch: Why did USCIS revoke an H-1B petition in Florida? Here’s what happened
Wage mismatch and an H-1B petition revoked in Florida. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they revoked an H-1B petition in Florida because of an issue over wage mismatch. While it was an individual case, it serves as a warning…
In 2017, a California farming family began fighting a rule tying a second home on 267 acres to future commercial farming; nine years later, the US Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal
Representative Image (AI-generated) A California family’s attempt to build a second home on its 267-acre coastal property has ended at the nation’s highest court, after the US Supreme Court declined to hear the family’s appeal in June…
Congress set aside Washington’s East Potomac land for public recreation in 1897; 129 years later, a plan costing up to $49 million could transform its public golf course into a championship venue
The East Potomac Golf Links opened in 1919 Congress set aside Washington’s East Potomac Park for ‘recreation and the pleasure of the people’ in 1897. The park includes the East Potomac Golf Links, a historic public golf course that opened in…
At 18, Pat Lightizer joined a Massachusetts company where letters were still drawn by hand; 53 years later, she retired and her colleagues surprised her with a font bearing her name
Lightizer joined the company’s type division straight out of high school at age 18. At the time, the business was known as Compugraphic Corp. For most people, retirement comes with a card, a cake or perhaps a watch to mark the occasion. For Pat…
Should Indian students abandon the ‘American Dream’ amid F-1 visa volatility? 4 things immigration experts suggest
Students planning to study in the US in the next 1-2 years should prepare differently, immigration experts suggest. International students in the US faced immense volatility this year because of several new rules — some are being proposed, some are…
T. rex had a body temperature of 36.3°C, almost the same as humans; fossil tooth chemistry reveals the 66-million-year-old predator was warm-blooded and could survive in cold climates
Representative Image via Canva For 66 million years, the body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) lived only in speculation. Now, a new study has taken the dinosaur’s temperature using chemistry locked inside its fossilised teeth, finding an average…
‘People who call me a paperwork American’: Indian-origin Trump aide triggers MAGA row, says she faces racist comments daily
Harmeet K Dhillon says she faces racist attacks daily. US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K Dhillon was at the center of a mini-MAGA implosion this weekend as she said she faces racist attacks daily. One side of MAGA asked her to…
In 2017, a 64-acre golf course built for workers at England’s Rugeley Power Station closed; nine years later, work is turning it into wetlands, meadows and ponds with a 1.5km public trail
For years, the land beside the River Trent in Rugeley had a very different purpose. It formed part of the former Rugeley Power Station site and included a golf course used by the station’s staff. According to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, the course…
