04:29 November 7, 2023
Face coverings, or masks, are back on the streets of New Delhi as residents deal with an increase in air pollution. The city’s government has ordered…
05:11 November 6, 2023
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people. The American Ornithological Society announced the move Wednesday. Next year, the organiz…
05:47 November 6, 2023
A group of health experts recently announced that a new gene editing treatment for sickle cell disease was safe for patients. The treatment could pro…
04:17 November 6, 2023
Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, large animals from Africa. The South American country aims to control th…
06:20 November 6, 2023
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that more than 10,000 Palestinians have died in the current conflict with Israel. The agency, howev…
04:12 November 5, 2023
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe are getting the option to use the social media services without seeing advertisements. However, they will have…
04:26 November 5, 2023
Antarctica has not always been a land of ice and snow. Earth's southernmost continent once was home to rivers and forests full of life. Scientists ar…
05:17 November 5, 2023
Members of the Native American Navajo tribe in Arizona have been raising sheep for over 500 years. The Navajo started working with sheep when Spanish…
06:16 November 5, 2023
The trip through the Darién Gap forest area in Panama has become increasingly popular with migrants thanks to social media. Panamanian officials say,…
10:19 November 4, 2023
Valerie Do of Vietnam is in her third year of college at Miami University in the Midwestern U.S. state of Ohio. The school has about 19,000 students,…
03:30 November 3, 2023
University of South Dakota law professor Sean Kammer’s friends told him they were unsure about the seriousness of his upcoming class on musical perfo…
03:37 November 2, 2023
Listeners want to feel close to the musicians they support. And most would jump at the chance to talk with their favorite artist one-on-one. But famo…
04:52 November 2, 2023
Major corporations in industries that produce clothing, food, drinks and technology services use a lot of water. However, many companies say they wan…
04:51 November 2, 2023
As November begins, many countries in North America and Europe are turning the clock back as daylight saving time ends. Daylight saving time is the p…
04:28 November 1, 2023
Cuts to United Nations aid for refugees living in Rwanda are threatening education for children from more than 100,000 families. The families fled co…
05:07 November 1, 2023
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says many world electrical grids will need major improvements to support international climate change goals. In…
04:39 November 1, 2023
A recent study says African countries are less likely to follow East Asia’s development model of expanding manufacturing to reduce poverty. The study…
06:03 October 31, 2023
Some schools in the U.S. are considering whether to ban chatbots, which use artificial intelligence, or AI. However, some math and computer science t…
05:57 October 31, 2023
German businesses are increasingly turning to robots to fill jobs as the country faces a severe labor shortage. The situation left about 1.7 million …
03:51 October 31, 2023
A drought is endangering communities in the Amazon, a large rainforest in South America. Public officials in Brazil are attempting to transport food …
06:18 October 31, 2023
Vietnam is holding talks with companies that manufacture semiconductors for the electronics industry to increase investment in the country. Two busin…
02:45 October 30, 2023
The British Museum, in London, recently announced plans to make digital copies of all the objects it keeps. The museum said in August that about 2,00…
05:52 October 30, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an executive order related to artificial intelligence. Biden signed the order on Monday. He said the government n…
04:51 October 30, 2023
A study led by the Stanford School of Medicine in California says hospitals and health care systems are turning to artificial intelligence (AI). The …
03:31 October 30, 2023
The United Auto Workers (UAW) reached a tentative agreement with General Motors (GM) on Monday. The agreement once approved by UAW members will end t…
03:19 October 29, 2023
Antonio Vivaldi’s famous musical work, The Four Seasons, was first performed in the 1700s. Many music historians call it a “masterpiece,” the musical…
06:44 October 29, 2023
Scientists now believe the largest quake ever recorded on Mars was the result of seismic activity, not a strike by a space object. Instruments attach…
05:59 October 29, 2023
Vietnam plans to restart its biggest rare earths mine next year. The project could greatly increase the supply of the elements to compete with China.…
07:07 October 28, 2023
Many American education experts are concerned about students’ performance in the subject of mathematics. Scores on standardized tests are falling, st…
05:20 October 28, 2023
Scientists say a mineral found in moon dust suggests Earth’s moon is 40 million years older than scientists had believed. The finding was made by res…
04:14 October 27, 2023
A “new” song from the Beatles, with help from artificial intelligence, comes out next week. The song, called Now And Then, will be available on Novem…
04:39 October 27, 2023
The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered large whale species. Its population loss appears to be slowing. But scientists w…
03:57 October 26, 2023
China launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station Thursday. The launch is part of the country’s plan to put astronauts on the moon…
02:54 October 26, 2023
The U.S. State Department is working on a test program that would permit some work visa holders to renew their documents in the United States. The pi…
05:23 October 25, 2023
A new study says that no matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a large and important part of Antarctica is expected to disappear. …
06:13 October 25, 2023
Scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that aims to predict different virus versions, called variants, before they appear. Crea…
02:14 October 25, 2023
The technology company Google will work together with the United States and Australia to offer internet service to Pacific Island nations such as Tuv…
06:50 October 25, 2023
The Pakistani government has approved the creation of several deportation centers for hundreds of thousands of Afghans living illegally in the countr…
05:29 October 24, 2023
An increasing number of American states are requiring that students receive personal finance education in order to complete high school. At the same …
06:43 October 24, 2023
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation went on strike Tuesday. They are pushing for an end to unequal pay and gender-based viole…
07:04 October 24, 2023
The U.S. government needs money to operate. A lot of that money comes from taxes. However, much of the money the U.S. government uses to pay its cost…
06:48 October 23, 2023
British naturalist Charles Darwin presented his theory of evolution in the 1859 book On the Origin of Species. He proposed that biological species ch…
04:37 October 23, 2023
Paul Lane uses his mouth and face to push buttons and guide his virtual car on Gran Turismo, a game on the PlayStation 5. It is how he has been playi…
05:56 October 23, 2023
The Philippines has accused Chinese ships of crashing into two of its boats Sunday in disputed waters in the South China Sea. Philippine Defense Secr…
06:33 October 23, 2023
People, rich and poor, crowd into Owino Market. Owino is a huge open market in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. People here are mostly looking fo…
07:18 October 22, 2023
Scientists say they have built an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can successfully identify and confirm supernovas. A supernova is an “extreme…
07:20 October 22, 2023
Antarctic krill, a relative of shrimp and crabs, are only a few centimeters in size. But scientists say they are important to the area’s food web, in…
03:31 October 21, 2023
American high school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than 30 years. The average score of stu…
04:26 October 20, 2023
Australian researchers say they have produced the most complete history of the universe to date. An Australian National University team says the stud…
05:04 October 20, 2023
New York Mayor Eric Adams has been using artificial intelligence (AI) to make robot phone calls in several languages. The technology changes Adam’s v…