SNP’s shameful record on education ‘failing a generation’ as string of broken promises revealed

MINISTERS have failed a generation of schoolkids with a  string of broken education promises   over the past two decades, ...
The Africa Report

Why Nigeria’s Tinubu replaced finance minister Wale Edun with Taiwo Oyedele

Behind the scenes, Wale Edun’s tenure was defined by a bruising battle over the purse strings. From blocking capital releases ...
CNET

These New Govee Outdoor Smart String Lights Let You Customize Each Bulb

Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic ...
Billboard

Australia’s Steph Strings Wows Brooklyn Crowd During Her First World Tour: 5 Best Moments

A dazzling guitarist and confident singer-songwriter, her self-released debut album Feel Alive arrived at No. 2 on the ARIA album chart. By Thom Duffy Editor Across the decades, the old, street-corner ...
Popular Mechanics

This Radical Theory Could Explain the Nature of Reality—And How Your Brain Evolved

Biological systems are notoriously tough to model, especially when it comes to figuring out the axons, neurons, blood vessels, and other structural components of gray matter, or the tissue that makes ...
Scientific American

Does String Theory Explain the Wiring of the Brain?

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our ...
Quanta Magazine

String Theory Inspires a Brilliant, Baffling New Math Proof

Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major problem in algebraic geometry. Other mathematicians had their doubts. Now he says ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Makes His Debut on ‘Tiny Desk’ After Sending Audition Tape: ‘It Only Took 12 More Years’

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...
Defense One

The awful arithmetic of our wars

At the lowest point of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln characterized the core factor between victory and defeat as finding a general who understood the “awful arithmetic” of war. War is a contest of ...
Taste of Country

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...
Gizmodo

What Ever Happened to String Theory?

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 7 minutes ...
The Conversation

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called “Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?” Hawking, who later became my ...