Stocks are up, Bitcoin’s down ahead of today’s big retail sales report

Will the wheels come off the childcare bus?

Employers fell short of helping parents and kids amid the pandemic. Are schools doing the same? Read More

Timeline: From the first coronavirus cases to the first vaccinations

In 2019, a pathogen reared its head. By the end of 2020, the novel coronavirus had changed the world—perhaps permanently. The dizzying cascade of COVID-related events has consumed our lives, and with vaccines now being deployed to some (however unceremoniously), it can be difficult to keep track of just what happened and when. Stories can […]

Google and China duke it out’quantum supremacy’

After the lately overdue daredevil Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947, observers understood it from the thunderous boom which rang out on the Mojave desert, indicating the accomplishment. For many its epochal-sounding importance, no glorious sonic clap conveys the accomplishment of “quantum supremacy. ” No more roar pierces […]