SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
RESERVA FEDERAL-TASAS, AP
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced on Wednesday that the central bank would cut rates amid President Donald Trump’s attempts to reshape the Fed’s independence.
The chairman announced that the Federal Reserve would cut the interest rate by .25 points, the first time that it cut interest rates since December.
The rate cut comes as inflation has continued...
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
Temples protected by gods.
Rukmini, the daughter of Bhishmaka of Vidarbha and the chief queen of Krishna in Dwarka, is revered in texts as the very incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi. Yet her place in living worship is uneven across India. In South Indian temples, she is inseparable from Krishna’s divine form, invoked in rituals, marriage festivals, and daily...
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
Reading shlokas.
The Bhagavad Gita has 700 shlokas. Each one speaks about life, duty, choices and peace of mind. Reading the full book can feel hard. But if you read one shloka a day, it can change the way you see yourself and others.
A Calm Start
Reading a shloka in the morning gives a quiet start. The words slow...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
Logs are sorted in British Columbia, where lumber mills are being squeezed. - James MacDonald/Bloomberg News
Falling lumber prices are sounding an alarm on Wall Street about potential problems on Main Street.
Wood markets have been whipsawed of late by trade uncertainty and a deteriorating housing market. Futures have dropped roughly 25% since hitting a three-year high at the beginning...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
Credit: Maximilian Schanner (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany) | The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel
A recent study published inScience Advances reveals that a temporary collapse of Earth’s magnetic field, known as the Laschamps Excursion, had profound effects on early humans.
Drawing from multidisciplinary research led by archaeologists and geophysicists, and echoed in an article from The Conversation, this new insight connects space weather...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 delivers a long, blood-red moon. - WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images
Tonight (Sept. 7–8, 2025), the moon will slip into Earth's shadow for a total lunar eclipse — creating a dramatic 'blood moon'.
It's completely safe to watch with the naked eye; no filters or glasses are needed. All you need to do...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
Geoffrey Hinton delivers his Nobel Prize lecture in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2024. - Pontus Lundahl—TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images
Computer scientist and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton predicted artificial intelligence will spark a surge in unemployment and profits as companies replace workers with AI. But it’s not the technology’s fault, he told the Financial Times, attributing it instead to...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Defense Department as the 'Department of War.' - Brian Snyder, REUTERS
President Donald Trump said the U.S. "never fought to win" any war since World War II as he signed an order renaming the Defense Department the Department of War.
"We won the first world war, we won the second world war, we won...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
In the letter, EPA employees had criticized the Trump administration and agency, saying it has strayed from its core mission to protect human health and the environment. - Brian Snyder/Reuters/File
The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to suspend more than 100 staffers who signed a letter of dissent against the Trump administration’s policies in July, a representative of the union covering...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
West Point alumni group cancels Tom Hanks award ceremony event. - Jesse Dittmar/For The Washington Post
The alumni association at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has canceled an award ceremony for actor and veterans advocate Tom Hanks, citing a desire for the Army service academy to focus on preparing future officers for war after several political controversies involving the Trump...
