Who Will Be the Next Pope?

Click Here to Read: Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here Are Some Possible Contenders. Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman Catholic Church might take by By Emma Bubola, Elisabetta Povoledo, Gaia Pianigiani, and Neil MacFarquhar in The New York Times on April 21, 2025.

Saint Peter’s Square. Image: Diliff Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

Click Here to Read: Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet: Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable by By Carl Zimmer inj the New York Times on April 16, 2025.

This artist’s impression shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. Image:  ESA/Hubble.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands

Click Here to Read: Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands: Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules By Vimal Patel in the New York Times on April 14, 2025.

Harvard Hall Image: Daderot  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.