Trump hits out at Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin with bizarre comment that his name ‘sounds Chinese’

GOP gubernatorial candidate Gregg Youngkin (L), Former President Donald Trump (R). Getty Images Trump hit out at Gov. Youngkin, taking credit for his political rise and claiming his name “sounds Chinese.” There has been speculation that Youngkin might run for president in 2024. Trump has been lashing out at political rivals amid hints of his…

An engraving on an ancient ivory lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet

An ancient lice comb, believed to be from around 1700 BCE, has on it the oldest known sentence written in first alphabet. Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority An engraving on an ancient lice comb is potentially the oldest known sentence written using an alphabet. The ivory comb bears a sentence in an early Canaanite script,…

Some colleges are so desperate for new students that they’re offering slots to high schoolers who may not have even considered applying

high Getty Images Colleges nationwide are struggling to meet enrollment goals as more young people forgo a degree Some have responded by making admissions offers to students who never officially applied. The cost of a college education has led many young Americans to explore other options. Just like raising wages to attract employees, universities are…

Why Egypt became one of the biggest chokepoints for Internet cables

Enlarge (credit: imaginima/Getty Images) The Asia-Africa-Europe-1 Internet cable travels 15,500 miles along the seafloor, connecting Hong Kong to Marseille, France. As it snakes through the South China Sea and toward Europe, the cable helps provide Internet connections to more than a dozen countries, from India to Greece. When the cable was cut on June 7,…

Why China doesn’t actually want to invade Taiwan

Lintao Zhang/Getty; Anna Moneymaker/Getty; Katsumi Murouchi/Getty; Anna Kim/Insider On Monday, in Bali, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will have their first-ever presidential sit-down. Taiwan will figure prominently on their agenda.  “Taiwan is going to be one of the central issues,” Evan Medeiros, a professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown, told Insider. “China remains concerned that…