2021-11-03 US Schools Debate Gifted and Talented Programs
American school systems usually have gifted and talented programs for students that show a high level of success. Such programs have been under much criticism in recent years. Some parents…
2021-10-31 Critical Race Theory Opponents Seek School Board Seats
The Guilford school system in the northeastern American state of Connecticut is seeing organized opposition from local and national groups. The opposition comes after efforts to look at issues of…
2021-11-02 Can New Variants of the Coronavirus Keep Appearing?
New variants of the coronavirus can keep appearing as long as the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic keeps infecting people. But that does not mean they will be more…
2021-11-01 Rise in Bird Flu Infections Show Risks of Fast-Changing Variants
An increase in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts. They say an earlier bird flu strain appears to have…
2021-11-04 Facebook Shuts Down Facial Recognition System
Facebook says it is ending its facial recognition system that automatically identifies users in pictures and videos. The company’s Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Jerome Pesenti, announced the change this…
2021-11-04 Early Users of Metaverse React to Facebook’s New Name
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook, said it would rename its business Meta Platforms, Inc. Early users of the virtual worlds known as the metaverse criticized Facebook’s rebranding, or…
2021-11-03 NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Finds Out More about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Researchers have made a new discovery about a huge and long-lasting storm in the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter. A study published recently in Science says that Jupiter’s Great Red…
2021-11-02 Study Finds Female California Condors Can Reproduce without a Male
A new study suggests that female California condor birds can reproduce without a male. Researchers with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said genetic tests confirmed the findings. The group…
2021-11-01 NASA Shares First Evidence of Planet Outside Our Galaxy
Astronomers say they have found evidence for the first time of a planet orbiting a star outside our Milky Way galaxy. The evidence was observed by a telescope operated by…
2021-10-31 High Tech Sensing Device Finds Ancient Structures in Mexico
A careful study of a large area in Mexico has found hundreds of ancient ceremonial centers. The new findings include a large center at an important placefor the ancient Olmec…