2022-11-15 Schools, Parents Disagree over Bans on Student Mobile Phones
Growing numbers of schools in the United States are limiting how much students can use their mobile phones. Educators say phones are distracting and keep children from learning. But some…
2022-11-15 World Population Hits 8 Billion, Creating Many Challenges
A United Nations report projects the world’s population hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday. Much of the growth comes from developing nations in Africa. The U.N.’s Day of…
2022-11-15 For First Time, Doctors Treat Deadly Disease Before Birth
Ayla Bashir, a 16-month-old girl from Ottowa, Canada, is healthy after doctors used a new method to treat her before she was born. She has a rare genetic disease that…
2022-11-15 What Is Happening at FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange
FTX was one of the world’s largest exchanges for digital money called cryptocurrency. FTX’s problems worsened over the weekend and threatened the entire industry. Sam Bankman-Fried founded FTX in 2019.…
2022-11-15 Japanese Company to End Beloved Candy after 114 Years
A Japanese company that has produced a beloved candy for 114 years says it will be going out of business in January. Tokyo-based Sakumaseika Co recently announced it would be…
2022-11-14 Biden: ‘No Need for Cold War’ after Meeting with Xi
American President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in person for about three hours Monday in Bali, Indonesia. The two leaders said they would try to improve the…
2022-11-14 Creating Resilience: Is It Nature or Nurture?
There is a growing debate among scientists about how people face difficulties and recover from them. The word resilience describes the ability to deal with stress and to recover from…
2022-11-14 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Visits Kherson to Celebrate Recapture from Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the southern city of Kherson Monday to celebrate its recent recapture from Russian forces. Walking the streets of the city, Zelenskyy met with soldiers and…
2022-11-14 Divers Looking for Old Warplane Find Part of Space Shuttle
Divers looking for the wreckage of a World War II airplane last spring actually found part of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger. A large piece of the spacecraft was discovered…
2022-11-14 Scientists in Israel Make Gene Bank for Wild Crops
Could the key to securing the world’s food supply for the future be hidden in the DNA of wild crops? Scientists in Israel are creating a gene bank from the…
2022-11-13 Scientists Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
Scientists say they have discovered the closest black hole to Earth. Black holes are areas in space where gravity is so strong that nothing – not even light – can…