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KKR’s Henry Kravis rejected Alisa Wood in 2003 with a letter; 22 years later after receiving an unexpected call, the MBA graduate became co-CEO of a KKR investment vehicleIn 2003, Alisa Wood was rejected by KKR’s cofounder and the then-chief executive officer Henry Kravis with a letter after sharing a blind r...- How Ed Sheeran went 'Indian' & didn't mix politics with his entertainmentEd Sheeran’s Gaza controversy highlights the uneasy relationship between artists, politics and money. The writer argues that artists may ha...
- US: How sweeping job cuts have reshaped life and job prospects in the DC areaDespite living in one of the most affluent parts of the country, many in the greater D.C. area - which includes parts of Maryland and Virgi...
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas detained: How much is the ‘Home Improvement’ actor worth and what we know about his very private personal lifeJonathan Taylor Thomas, famous for his childhood role on Home Improvement, recently found himself in trouble with law enforcement in Califo...
- French mother and Black American father, kidnapped in infancy and raised as a live-in servant in a Swiss family; at 16, Daniel Pauly, ‘The Ocean’s Whistleblower’ escaped Germany and made a massive database covering 36,000+ fish speciesDaniel Pauly was born in Paris and faced numerous hardships, including being raised in Switzerland without parental love. After fleeing his...
- Why did Home Improvement star Jonathan Taylor Thomas step away from a full-time acting career? Years later worked behind the camera for this reasonAmerican actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas, known for his role in Home Improvement and voice acting in The Lion King, was recently detained. He ...
- What is a 'super El Nino' and how will it affect the weather?A significant El Nino in the Pacific Ocean is anticipated to lead to severe climate impacts globally. The World Meteorological Organization...
- Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenariosWhat companies have described as their AI agents going rogue has involved bots working toward goals set by humans, skeptics note. But the i...
- Neil Armstrong's barber collected his hair for years, then sold it to a collector for $3,000Neil Armstrong, renowned for his monumental achievement as the first human to set foot on the Moon, faced an unexpected breach of trust whe...
- British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shootingThe lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking damages to cover what t...
- Meet Julian Shapiro, the New York student who found 3 unusual dwarf galaxies and won $25,000Eighteen-year-old Julian Shapiro discovered three isolated dwarf galaxies that lack ongoing star formation, a puzzling combination for astr...
- NASA sent seeds into space for nearly 6 years; after they returned, 132,000 experiment kits reached 3.3 million students in 30 countriesIn April 1984, NASA launched a satellite carrying 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit to test how space radiation affects biological life....
- Top Business Schools 2026-27: Stanford stays on top, but IIM Bangalore makes a big move in Bloomberg MBA rankingsStanford Graduate School of Business has topped Bloomberg Businessweek’s US business school ranking for an eighth straight year, ahead of W...
- From a failing textile mill to a trillion-dollar giant: The Warren Buffett storyWarren Buffett has ended his formal leadership of Berkshire Hathaway after more than six decades, becoming chairman emeritus at 96. His son...
- In 1890, a pharmacist released 80 birds in New York’s Central Park to honour Shakespeare; 136 years later, their descendants number about 93 million across North AmericaIn 1890, eighty European Starlings were introduced to Central Park, leading to a population explosion across North America. Over the span o...
- In 1999, NASA sent 4 ladybugs aboard Columbia for 5 days to chase aphids; the aphids lost their ability to escape by falling, and the ladybugs still caught and ate themIn 1999, four ladybugs embarked on an extraordinary journey aboard the space shuttle Columbia to investigate their predatory habits in a we...
- Harvard, Stanford, Yale under scanner: Trump expands fight against elite colleges with focus on 'the diversity problem'The Trump administration is widening its campaign against US universities, shifting from antisemitism investigations towards diversity prog...
- Macklemore says Robert Kraft's pressure campaign got him dropped from Ed Sheeran's tourMacklemore alleges Robert Kraft pressured Ed Sheeran to remove him from tour dates. Kraft reportedly threatened venue access if Macklemore ...
- Quote of the day by Franklin D. Roosevelt: 'It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.' Life lessons from motivational quote on analysis, failure, continuous adaptation, perfection and actionQuote of the day by Franklin D. Roosevelt explains why action, failure, learning and adaptation matter in life. The saying came from Roosev...
- Forbes Top Universities: Degrees from these 25 colleges come with six-figure paycheques and the best ROIPrinceton has topped Forbes’ 2027 ranking of US colleges offering the best return on investment, but lower-cost public colleges are the sur...
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