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…
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…