Rodney King and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts
NCS — Here’s a take a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of 4 white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the…
OPEC Fast Facts | NCS
NCS — Here’s a have a look at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The purpose of OPEC is to “coordinate and unify the petroleum…
Virginia isn’t a one-off. Here’s a (growing) list of celebs and lawmakers who got in trouble over blackface – NCS
Virginia isn’t a one-off. Here’s a (growing) list of celebs and lawmakers who got in trouble over blackface NCS With information from
How the technology behind ChatGPT could make mind-reading a reality
NCS — On a current Sunday morning, I discovered myself in a pair of ill-fitting scrubs, mendacity flat on my again in the claustrophobic confines of an fMRI machine at…
Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts
NCS — Here is a have a look at the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of many deadliest mass shootings in US historical past. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho…
AI chip exports: US escalates tech battle by cutting China off from more semiconductors
Editor’s Note: Sign up for NCS’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Hong Kong/WashingtonNCS —…
Las Vegas’ Sphere venue debuted this weekend with concerts by U2. Here’s what it was like
Las VegasNCS — For a number of years a mysterious spherical construction has been rising on the skyline of this desert playground, teasing guests in current months with its wraparound…
Zhao Wei and Zheng Shuang: Why is the Communist Party clamping down on China’s biggest stars and fan clubs?
Editor’s Note: A model of this story appeared in NCS’s Meanwhile in China publication, a three-times-a-week replace exploring what it is advisable to find out about the nation’s rise and…
Tornadoes Fast Facts | NCS
NCS — Here is a take a look at tornadoes, rotating columns of air that usually, however not at all times, are seen as funnel clouds. According to the National…
Wolfgang Puck: The original celebrity chef
NCS — Just in time for his twenty fifth Governors Ball, the glitzy Academy Awards after-party on February 24, NCS Travel caught up with Wolfgang Puck to look again at…