The MIT Press announces the acquisition of textbook publisher University Science Books from AIP Publishing, a subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). University Science Books was founded in 1978 to publish intermediate- and advanced-level science and reference books by respected authors, published with the highest design and production standards, and priced as affordably as possible. Over…
Happy Pride! We have a new candidate for supreme grill season himbo, courtesy of Henry Cavill. The actor recently posted a nine-photo Instagram dump of ribeye steak and pasta that he seemingly cooked, and it swiftly made the rounds in Eater’s Slack channels for its childlike candor. Feast your eyes: I don’t know anything about…
A jury has found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of drunk driving in the death of her police officer boyfriend in a divisive and high-profile case that dueling lawyers presented as either a tragic love story or a sinister cover-up. Read, 45, was accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston police…
On June 16, a federal judge in Boston ruled that the National Institutes of Health’s termination of hundreds of research grants was illegal and ordered the funds reinstated. In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young called the terminations “arbitrary and capricious.” A small handful of the roughly 200 federal grants to Harvard…
The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold, but signaled it might make two cuts this year, as Donald Trump continues to break with precedent and demand lower rates. Policymakers at the American central bank lifted their projections for inflation this year, as the US president stands by his controversial tariff plans, and downgraded…
Law enforcement establish a security perimeter near the residence of senior Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman after Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed earlier in the day, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, U.S., June 14, 2025. Tim Evans | Reuters The home of murdered Minnesota Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman was broken into on…
I always believe in the serotonin-boosting power of trinkets and tchotchkes, but especially when they’re functional. That’s what I’m so enamored by the influx of personality-forward, food-themed phone cases in recent years; for one, you take your phone with you everywhere, so your happy emotional returns on the case are seemingly never-ending. I also can’t…
Clovis Salmon, regarded as the first black documentary film-maker in the UK, has died at the age of 98. His family said he died at south London’s Kings hospital on Wednesday morning. Salmon was best known for filming the Brixton riots in 1981. Often using a concealed camera to avoid getting it confiscated by officers,…
A Social Security Administration office in Washington, D.C., March 26, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The trust fund Social Security relies on to pay retirement benefits may be depleted in 2033, according to an annual report released by the Social Security Board of Trustees on Wednesday. That is unchanged from last year’s projections….
Just a block away from Fisherman’s Wharf, chef Francis Ang is creating modern Filipino food in San Francisco’s Kimpton Alton Hotel. He hopes to pay homage to traditional recipes while using California ingredients — plus plenty of pork. “Pork in the Philippines is a very big protein, there’s a lot of different variations of pork,”…
