05:10 February 19, 2024
A group of environmental organizations is seeking an official declaration that American horseshoe crabs are endangered. The groups have requested the…
04:20 February 19, 2024
A new study suggests that the climate change diet might not be good for polar bears. With Arctic sea ice declining, many polar bears have to go to la…
04:36 February 19, 2024
Trying to grow grass in the deserts or other dry places can seem like a losing battle. As a result, many people who live in such climates will use ro…
08:39 February 19, 2024
Many people who find out they have cancer are able to survive the disease because of effective drugs. Treating cancer with certain drugs is known as …
05:46 February 18, 2024
Starting this year, six- to twelve-year-olds in California will be required to learn cursive handwriting. The return to handwriting comes after many …
05:41 February 18, 2024
Microsoft says state-supported online attackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using its OpenAI tools to possibly trick targets and gain info…
06:57 February 18, 2024
Scientists are warning of the possible collapse of an Atlantic Ocean current system that would likely lead to worldwide climate changes. Researchers …
09:05 February 17, 2024
Several top U.S. universities say they will require standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT from applicants again. Some of them went “test-optiona…
04:49 February 17, 2024
Health officials in the American state of Alaska have known for nine years about a virus causing rare, mild illness. But a recent case that resulted …
05:55 February 17, 2024
Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating the return of many rhinoceroses to an area where they have not been for many years. The successful move of …
04:25 February 16, 2024
A group of South Korean rappers in their eighties has become popular in their hometown and beyond. The group raps about farm life and bringing energy…
05:44 February 16, 2024
A new United Nations report says one-fifth of the world’s migrating animals are at risk of disappearing. Animals that migrate move from one area to a…
04:27 February 16, 2024
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny – a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin – has reportedly died in a far-northern prison at the age of 47…
03:49 February 15, 2024
The U.S. space agency NASA has launched a moon lander built by a private U.S. company aiming to reach the moon next week. Thursday’s launch came afte…
05:05 February 15, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has led to more companion chatbots. As a result, some humans are developing closer connections with chatbots …
05:26 February 15, 2024
Human-made diamonds come with an appealing claim: Manufacturers say the stones are produced ethically using renewable energy. But many of the product…
06:02 February 14, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden officially has a presence on TikTok. But his reelection campaign is having to defend its decision to put him on the video sh…
06:44 February 14, 2024
A new government report says wealth inequality by race increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Federal Reserve Bank…
05:40 February 14, 2024
Each day, about 10,000 baby boomers leave the U.S. workforce. Baby boomers are the generation of people born between 1946 and 1964. The COVID-19 pand…
04:55 February 14, 2024
American businesses are reducing the number of products that they offer. The change began before the COVID-19 pandemic. It has only increased in rece…
07:58 February 13, 2024
Unclear guidelines for when to keep a child at home if they are sick might play a part in the nationwide problem of students missing too much school.…
05:30 February 13, 2024
Researchers say new evidence suggests Saturn’s icy moon Mimas likely has a large underground ocean. Astronomers based their finding on data collected…
08:15 February 13, 2024
Climate change is quickening the disappearance of the Aral Sea. Once a single body of water, the lake now exists in pieces in Kazakhstan and Uzbekist…
06:52 February 13, 2024
The oldest gunmaker in America is closing its factory in a small town in the state of New York. Remington Firearms was formed two centuries ago in wh…
04:34 February 12, 2024
The Kansas City Chiefs needed extra time on Sunday to win the American football championship called the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is the National Fo…
02:59 February 12, 2024
The Monarch butterfly population has dropped to its second-lowest number on record in Mexican forests this winter. The forests are the insects’ winte…
08:04 February 12, 2024
Women are much more likely to get autoimmune diseases than men. New research may finally explain why. Autoimmune diseases happen when the body’s natu…
08:14 February 12, 2024
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed a peace deal in 1979. The agreement, ma…
04:31 February 11, 2024
There have been a few very powerful ocean storms in the last 10 years. The expectation of more to come has some experts proposing a new category of l…
06:12 February 11, 2024
The American space agency NASA has launched a new satellite designed to closely study the world’s oceans and atmosphere. NASA launched the PACE satel…
02:14 February 11, 2024
Australia’s parliament seems likely to pass a new “right to disconnect” bill that the federal government has proposed. The law would prevent employer…
05:18 February 11, 2024
For the first time in more than twenty years, Mexico took China’s place as the leading source of goods imported by the United States. This change, wh…
10:07 February 10, 2024
Dartmouth College, the Ivy League university in New Hampshire, announced last week that it will again require standardized tests from applicants. Ame…
03:09 February 10, 2024
Emperor Constantine the First was an ancient Roman ruler who welcomed Christianity. He helped spread the religion throughout the Roman Empire. Recent…
04:46 February 10, 2024
A 15-year-old boy in Gaza was able to build a device to provide electricity to light the tent he is staying in with his family. Hussam Al-Attar got t…
04:39 February 9, 2024
The gambling industry expects this Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers to smash betting records. The …
05:36 February 9, 2024
On February 10, Asian American communities around the world will ring in the Year of the Dragon. Some Lunar New Year celebrations will be public, lik…
03:06 February 8, 2024
Dong Tao chicken has been a food of choice for generations in Vietnam for the Lunar New Year, or Tet. The rare bird is known for its strangely large …
06:52 February 8, 2024
The rise in private American space missions has led to increasing calls for rules on what can be transported to the moon. Individuals and groups have…
08:27 February 8, 2024
Old sponges from deep in the Caribbean Sea are causing some researchers to think human-caused climate change began sooner than scientists have though…
04:26 February 7, 2024
At one point, it was nearly impossible to see sea otters along the west coast of the United States. The animals were hunted nearly to extinction in t…
05:45 February 7, 2024
Technology company Apple’s new computing device, the Vision Pro headset, became available in stores last week. The device uses augmented reality tech…
04:22 February 7, 2024
A new kind of exercise idea is becoming popular in the United States. Social media is bringing attention to “cozy cardio.” It means doing light cardi…
03:35 February 7, 2024
Just over half of U.S. workers would be willing to take a 20 percent pay cut in exchange for a better quality of life, a recent survey found. Lynn Bu…
06:08 February 6, 2024
Schools around the United States are installing sensors and cameras to identify possible use of vaping devices. Some administrators are also ordering…
04:03 February 6, 2024
Inside a recording room at Queen Mary University of London, several researchers are working with new artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Their aim is…
04:06 February 6, 2024
Boeing announced this week that it was delaying the delivery of about 50 new planes to its customers because of a newly discovered manufacturing prob…
03:54 February 6, 2024
King Charles' cancer was caught early, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday. Sunak added that the nation is hopeful the king can make a fu…
05:21 February 5, 2024
In California, the second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers on Monday caused heavy rains and mudslides, flooded roadways and cut electric power. Atm…
07:11 February 5, 2024
American pop singer and songwriter Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Midnights”on Sunday at the Grammy Awards. She has now won that award four t…