February 22, 1922. On this ordinary day, a luminary was born. Syed Haider Raza burned his legacy into visual art history with the ever-burning flame of his work. This legend’s art is replete with ...

Escalating political tension between the United States and China is throttling the exchange of scientific research and making it harder for the US to attract and retain talented Chinese scholars, ...

In the heart of the Middle East, where golden sands dance in the embrace of the desert winds, a remarkable metamorphosis is unfolding in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This transformation, akin to the ...

I first learned about neurons from a lecture by physicist and now newly minted Nobel Prize winner John Hopfield at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1985. Hopfield was a senior scientist there, while I ...

Western-style democracies accept the dogma that governments are best or most justly run when each citizen has an equal say in deciding who should govern — the “one person, one vote” principle. For ...

Norway is a global leader in adopting electric vehicles (EVs). EVs comprise over 26% of passenger vehicles in the country and over 91% of new vehicle sales. Increased demand for charging stations and ...

There are many potential starting points in Kamala Harris’s origin story, but perhaps the most relatable begins in India with two parents huddled together deciding whether to send their daughter far ...

The United States dollar has long held its position as the world’s dominant currency. This is mainly due to the vast size and stability of the US economy and the unmatched liquidity of its financial ...

Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein famously doubted that gravity was a force. In 1915, he posited that gravity was not a force but rather an effect of the warping of space and time in the presence ...

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ruled Iran as the Shah from 1941 to 1979. While his regime had Western support, it was not democratic. The Pahlavi regime’s authoritarian behavior led to the alienation of many ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not simply a territorial land grab. There is a long and complex history between the two countries that exist in the context of a tense global political climate. After ...

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ruled Iran as the Shah from 1941 to 1979. While his regime had Western support, it was not democratic. The Pahlavi regime’s authoritarian behavior led to the alienation of many ...