Maine teacher prep programs call foul after getting F’s for how they teach reading

Three of Maine’s public universities received failing grades in 2023 for one of the most critical things they do: prepare ...

PEL Learning Introduces ‘PEL Phonics App’ — Bringing Its Phonics‑Based English Learning Program to Mobile Devices

PEL Learning launched the PEL Phonics app to support early literacy by helping young learners practice phonograms, letter sounds, and pronunciation at home. HAYWARD, CA, UNITED STATES, January 2, 2026 ...
The National Interest

Bell X-1: How One Weird Plane Shattered the Sound Barrier

The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at supersonic speeds. The Bell X-1 hangs today from the ceiling of the National Air ...
siliconera

Review: Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked Is Generally Sound

Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked comes with two campaigns and six heroes. The first is Embers of Chaos, which features the elves of Neverwinter and humans of Neverwinter about to go to war ...
Rolling Stone

X’s Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts

Since he acquired Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk has taken drastic steps to change the political climate of the platform, since rebranded as X. It began with the reinstatement of banned accounts belonging ...
BGR

NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...
PC World

Creative Pebble X review: Big PC sound in a tiny package

Creative’s Pebble speakers have carved out a reputation for themselves as great sounding speakers. The Creative Pebble X fits into the lineup as an affordable sub-$100 option ($90) and, while it may ...
New York Post

NASA’s silent X-59 jet can break sound barrier with almost no noise, take passengers from NYC to London in 3½ hours

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom— soared across the California desert in its first test flight on Tuesday, ...
New Atlas

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...
National Review

Like Phonics Rising from the Ashes

Facing a 40-year decline in reading scores, California lawmakers have concluded that it’s time to ask -- politely -- that the state’s K–12 teachers to return to phonics. Bonus: Marc Joffe talks about ...
WFSB

New law looks to bring invasive species out of Long Island Sound and onto your dinner plate

MYSTIC, Conn. (WFSB) - A number of new laws take effect today, including one that helps cut down on invasive species in Long Island Sound. The goal is to help get invasive species out of Long Island ...