07:45 February 22, 2024
On February 20, 1824, British scientist and Christian clergyman William Buckland spoke before the Geological Society of London. He described the find…
09:34 February 22, 2024
Luciana de Oliveira considers herself transnational. That means she is more than one nationality. de Oliveira grew up in Brazil, but she moved to the…
05:59 February 22, 2024
The Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. The ruling immediately influenced the way fert…
02:14 February 21, 2024
The first human patient who received a brain chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered. The patient is able to control a computer mouse usi…
06:26 February 21, 2024
A new study found that a majority of retired people who experienced virtual reality (VR) said they liked using the technology. The study is part of a…
06:12 February 21, 2024
For five years, a New York City man lived for free in a famous central New York City hotel. He made use of a little-known housing rule to avoid payin…
04:27 February 21, 2024
South Korea's biggest hospitals canceled medical procedures and turned away patients seeking emergency care on Wednesday. The moves came after thousa…
05:52 February 20, 2024
When Clarissa Haglid completed culinary school at the Delaware Food Bank last summer, it was the first time she had graduated from anything in her li…
05:59 February 20, 2024
Charlotte has spent much of her life in captivity at a non-profit aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains. She is an ocean animal called a…
03:30 February 20, 2024
The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generat…
03:39 February 20, 2024
Japan’s economy has dropped to the fourth largest in the world. It fell behind Germany after its economy shrank in the last quarter of 2023. The Japa…
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…