A few years ago, interest in offshore wind energy was so strong that developers proposed spending tens of billions of dollars to plunk hundreds of turbines the size of skyscrapers in the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Virginia.But several of those projects have recently...
ImageLast month, NASA welcomed Richard Danne to its headquarters in Washington to celebrate work he had done nearly half a century ago.Mr. Danne never studied the stars. He never built a rocket.But he and his design partner, Bruce Blackburn, came up with one of...
After a 40-year-old Army Reservist named Robert Card went on a shooting spree in Lewiston, Maine, in October, his community grasped for answers.Eighteen people were killed. Neighborhoods were locked down for days as the police hunted for Mr. Card. Then, after he was found...
In the wake of a controversy at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard over antisemitism, a debate has arisen over whether academics are best suited to lead big schools.ImageImageRethinking university leadership After weeks of criticism from alumni, donors and public officials — and disastrous...
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From the halls of Congress to America’s streets and universities, a once largely academic issue has roiled national discourse, inciting accusations of bigotry and countercharges of bullying.The brutal shedding of Jewish blood on Oct. 7, followed by Israel’s relentless military assault on Gaza, has...
