2023-01-24 California Experiences 3 Mass Shootings in 8 Days
California, the most populous state in the United States, has experienced three deadly mass shootings in just eight days. On Monday, police arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of…
2023-01-24 US Officials Propose Yearly COVID Shot for Most Americans
U.S. health officials are proposing that most American adults and children should receive a single, yearly COVID-19 vaccine shot. The plan, put forward by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),…
2023-01-24 Unusual Programs Bring Attention to Colleges
Many colleges in the United States offer unusual learning programs for their students. Some teach students how to use robots in medical operations. Others let them use million-dollar supercomputers to…
2023-01-23 Artists Worry over AI-created Artworks
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are using imaging information from paintings and photographs to create new images in the same style. DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are among the AI tools…
2023-01-23 Scientists Find Dinosaur Fossils in Patagonia
Scientists in Chile’s Patagonia area have found the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica. The fossils include remains of megaraptors that would have controlled the area’s food chain before their…
2023-01-23 Lunar New Year Shooting Shocks California Community
Police in California are investigating the deadly mass shooting Saturday night in the city of Monterey Park, near Los Angeles. The gunman killed 10 people — five women and five…
2023-01-23 Strange Green Growths on Your Tree? Fear Not!
Have you ever seen a tree covered in parts with green growth and wondered what it was? Were you concerned that the spreading green life might hurt the tree? Well,…
2023-01-22 2022 Was One of Warmest on Record
Government science groups say that 2022 did not quite set a record for heat. But it was in the top five or six warmest years on record. The exact placement…
2023-01-22 Researchers Discover World’s Oldest Runestone
Researchers in Norway say they have found what they believe is the world’s oldest runestone – a stone with ancient writing on it. Runes are the characters in several Germanic…
2023-01-22 Group of Ducks Helps Control Pests for South African Wine Maker
That is the sound of ducks. Are you picturing these birds fishing or floating on a nice lake somewhere? A normal reaction to be sure — but these ducks are…
2023-01-22 Climate Concerns Push Scientists to Move Species to New Areas
Scientists increasingly are aiming to move animals threatened by rising temperatures to new areas where they never lived before in an effort to save them. One example is a project…