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…
08:16 October 19, 2023
People, animals and fish who depend on the waterways connected to the Amazon River close to the Brazilian city of Manaus are facing a long period of …
04:26 October 19, 2023
A team of scientists is studying the sound of the forest in Ecuador to learn how artificial intelligence (AI) could follow animal life in recovering …
02:55 October 19, 2023
A team of international scientists collected fish samples from an area near Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant Thursday. They are examining the effects …
05:45 October 18, 2023
Wine made by ancient methods is gaining new fans. Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fruit like grapes. Natural wine uses methods that reduce proce…
07:14 October 18, 2023
Jennifer Byrne owns a heating and air conditioning repair company in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Air conditioning, or AC equipme…
06:45 October 18, 2023
A court in the United States is hearing evidence in a case against search engine provider Google. The government accuses the company of using illegal…
04:37 October 18, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden visited Israel on Wednesday after the October 7 attack by the militant group Hamas that killed more than 1,400 people. In ad…
02:48 October 17, 2023
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law last week permitting low-income Mexican students to pay the same cost as Californians to attend some co…
05:05 October 17, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic showed how useful digital technology could be for schools. But it also showed the limitations of technology in the educational …
04:27 October 17, 2023
Ed Currie is the pepper expert who grew the Carolina Reaper, which has been considered the hottest pepper in the world since 2013. Ten years later, C…
05:38 October 17, 2023
A new study suggests changes in world climate and land use are sharply reducing the number of insects needed for pollinating crops. The study looked …
04:45 October 16, 2023
An alliance of environmental groups is calling for new federal rules to protect an endangered whale from crashes with ships. The groups presented the…
05:22 October 16, 2023
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced last week that it will invest $40 million in African drug makers. The money will help produce new messe…
04:44 October 16, 2023
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said recently that China’s weak economic recovery could hurt Asian economies. The IMF also said the risk of a l…
05:00 October 16, 2023
Emergency aid for Gaza was being held up at a border crossing in Egypt Monday as Israel continued to launch air strikes into the Palestinian-ruled te…
03:54 October 15, 2023
If you visit the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, you will see the rocky grounds high above the city that include the famous ruins of the Parthenon. Howe…
06:56 October 15, 2023
Google says an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system it created is helping improve traffic flow in major world cities. The system, called Proje…
05:21 October 15, 2023
China is developing a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines that, experts say, will be more difficult for the United States and its allies to fi…
04:51 October 15, 2023
Banana plant stems are mostly useless following harvest of the fruit. It takes time and work to remove the stem from the ground. Then the farmers hav…
07:16 October 14, 2023
Canadian universities are confirming the safety of their Indian students and providing resources after a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.…
04:33 October 13, 2023
The largest Hindu religious site outside India in modern times opens to the public Monday in the American state of New Jersey. Its creators began pla…
05:06 October 13, 2023
The Mona Lisa is the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting of a woman with a mysterious smile. This week, the painting gave up a secret. Scientists used …
03:45 October 12, 2023
“Look what you…made me do,” entertainer Taylor Swift wrote on social media as she premiered Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie Wednesday night in Los …
09:51 October 12, 2023
The U.S. Marines have officially begun combining men and women during their first major training exercises called boot camp. But so far, military lea…
05:21 October 12, 2023
The problem of cross-country smoke, or haze, has caused a new disagreement in Southeast Asia. Malaysia’s environment minister wrote to Indonesia’s go…
05:10 October 11, 2023
New research confirms that a fossil of human footprints found in the U.S. state of New Mexico likely represents the oldest direct evidence of humans …
05:39 October 11, 2023
Scientists say that for the first time, they have observed the effects of gravity on antimatter. Matter includes all the things we can see around us.…
03:44 October 11, 2023
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. But it takes a lot of plants to produce the world’s coffee supply each year. This production p…
09:01 October 11, 2023
The fighting between Israelis and Hamas militants is the latest clash in a conflict that some people believe dates back to events described in the Bi…
05:20 October 10, 2023
Many Americans joke about how bad they are at math. But, labor experts and others in the United States are not laughing. They say the nation’s ever-d…
03:49 October 10, 2023
An American teacher from Minnesota has set a record for growing the world’s heaviest pumpkin, which weighed 1,247 kilograms. Travis Gienger was named…
05:10 October 10, 2023
Officials in France are worried about the spread of an insect called the bedbug as Paris prepares to hold the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Prime Minist…
08:03 October 10, 2023
Mining companies produce important metals needed to build electric car batteries and solar panels. Devices called smelters process the rock and miner…
03:48 October 9, 2023
It was a criticism about her Afro-braided hair that led Ruth Essel to create what she calls a safe space for Black dancers. The founder of Pointe Bla…
05:43 October 9, 2023
Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands of years later. Roman engineers built thick concrete se…
06:20 October 9, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a second malaria vaccine last week. The decision could offer a less costly and readily available shot to…