Editor
Anne Carson Nobel Prize — The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature has a winner, and she was listening to the wind when she found out. Canadian poet, essayist, and translator Anne Carson was named this year’s laureate by the Swedish Academy on Thursday, October 8, honored “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful … Read more
Samsung Electronics just did something no technology company has ever done. On Thursday, the South Korean giant forecast a Samsung record quarterly profit of 107.4 trillion won — about $80 billion — for the July-to-September period, a nearly nine-fold jump powered by insatiable global demand for the memory chips that feed artificial intelligence. It’s the … Read more
Buckle up: the Pacific is about to get a lot more interesting. The El Nino peak December 2026 outlook from the World Meteorological Organization, issued Thursday, October 8, 2026, says this year’s El Niño will keep intensifying before peaking in December — and it could rank among the strongest such events since records began in … Read more
Margaret Hamilton Apollo dies — the computer scientist whose code carried Apollo astronauts to the moon, and who gave the world the very term “software engineering,” died at 90. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her longtime professional home, announced her death on Wednesday; she passed away on September 30 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Margaret Hamilton … Read more
The war with Iran is costing the United States far more in the air than previously known. A new Congressional Research Service report, dated October 5, puts the US aircraft losses Iran war tally at 81 aircraft lost or damaged since operations began — nearly double the 42 counted in May, with a total value … Read more
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season finally has its threat. Tropical Storm Isaias — the ninth named storm of the year — formed Wednesday morning, October 7, in the Gulf of Mexico, and it is gathering strength fast. The National Hurricane Center projects Tropical Storm Isaias will become a hurricane by Thursday morning and could approach … Read more
The September jobs report shows the American job market nearly stalled. On Friday, October 2, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. employers added just 29,000 nonfarm jobs — a fraction of what economists expected — while unemployment ticked up to 4.2 percent. With the November 3 midterms a month away, this is the … Read more
The race to build the world’s most powerful openly available artificial intelligence just got a jolt from Paris. This week, French AI lab Mistral released its newest flagship, Mistral Le Chonk (officially Mistral Large 4) — a 1-trillion-parameter open-weight model with the playful internal codename “Le Chonk” — and claims it is now the best … Read more
The Cam Jurgens trade is official. On Wednesday, October 7, the Philadelphia Eagles agreed to send two-time Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens, shaking up the offensive line picture for both teams as the season reaches its midpoint. The deal gives Baltimore a proven veteran at its weakest position, while Philadelphia banks … Read more
The Trump Texas rally heads to San Antonio. With less than a month until the November 3 midterms, President Donald Trump will campaign with Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton at the Trump Texas rally — a visit that would be routine in a red state, except new polling suggests Texas is anything but settled. The … Read more
