Disney shareholders reject push to burn its scorecard on LGBTQ rights
Disney (DIS) shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal urging the company to withdraw from the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index, a ranking that evaluates companies based on their LGBTQ policies and workplace protections.Read more…
Hydroacoustic imaging shows human traces on the seabed may be visible for decades
Human use of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea is visible on the seabed and can significantly impact the habitat of many marine species. In a new study, researchers from Kiel University have used high-resolution hydroacoustic methods to investigate the seafloor in the southwestern Baltic Sea for human traces…
Cloaked in color: Research finds some female hummingbirds evolve male plumage to dodge aggression
Why do humans wear clothes? One reason is that changing outfits allows people to tailor their look in hopes of attracting or avoiding attention. New research led by the University of Washington found that hummingbirds may take a similar approach…
Sausages, cats and the human experience: prize-winning architect’s world
5 Photos | View Slide Show › Some of the projects designed by Liu Jiakun, the year’s winner of Pritzker Architecture Prize. This one is the West Village in Chengdu, Sichuan Province…
US women’s justice group launches campaign to get Andrew Tate deported
UltraViolet attacks Trump administration for reportedly influencing Romanian officials to allow him to fly to FloridaA prominent women’s justice organization launched a campaign on Thursday to have accused rapist and human trafficker Andrew Tate deported from the US.The group, UltraViolet, also attacked the Trump administration for reportedly influencing Romanian officials to allow Tate to...
WILLIAM BENNETT, LAMAR ALEXANDER: We both ran the Education Dept. and there are 3 key things to do without it
William Bennett and Lamar Alexander ran the Education Department under two separate presidents. Key things that need to continue include The Nation’s Report Card and civil rights protection…
Here’s how some human rights and LGBTQ+ groups prepared for major foreign aid cuts under Trump
Here’s how some human rights and LGBTQ+ groups prepared for major foreign aid cuts under Trump
Nvidia Roadmap to Gigawatt AI Data Centers, Blackwell Ultra, Vera Rubin and LLMs for Humanoid Bots
At the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang was mainly about Project GR00T and AI for humanoid robots and Blackwell Ultra. The Blackwell Ultra GPU will be in the second half of 2025. It will be an upgraded chip with more memory and better communication…
Food industry mounts pushback against RFK Jr.’s artificial dye crackdown
The U.S. food industry is firmly opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive effort to eliminate artificial dyes, following his March 10 meeting with executives from major companies like PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz and General Mills. As U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Kennedy demanded that companies remove dyes from their products…