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(BigStock photo) Washington’s K-12 system was completely inadequate for the COVID-19 pandemic. While our educators have done an admirable job, too many children have lost learning opportunities that will be difficult to catch up with. The pandemic has also highlighted educational inequalities that have persisted in our public schools for decades, if not since their … Read more
In a 2014 photo taken while serving as a U.S. Senator, Bill Nelson (center) examines a model of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with ex-astronaut Chris Ferguson as a guide. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) President Joe Biden’s decision to head NASA – former US Senator Bill Nelson … Read more
Daniela Braga, CEO of DefinedCrowd. (Photo by Dário Branco) Artificial intelligence is the fourth industrial revolution, and women should play a prominent role in its development, says Daniela Braga, CEO of Seattle startup DefinedCrowd. “We have left the code era to men for the past 30 years and see where it has led us,” Braga … Read more
Diamonds weren’t always a girl’s best friend. Before the 1930s, they were no longer synonymous with weddings than opals, rubies, and sapphires, which had been routinely used in engagement rings for centuries. It was only when DeBeers – the South African mining company that in the past controlled around 85 percent of the international diamond … Read more