2024-02-20 Pregnant Stingray Offers Rare Lesson of Biology
Charlotte has spent much of her life in captivity at a non-profit aquarium in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. She is an ocean animal called a round stingray. She is about…
2024-02-20 Japan Loses Its Spot as World’s Third-largest Economy
Japan’s economy has dropped to the fourth largest in the world. It fell behind Germany after its economy shrank in the last quarter of 2023. The Japanese government reported Thursday…
2024-02-20 OpenAI Announces New Video Generator
The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, is a tool that instantly makes short videos based…
2024-02-20 Cooking School Provides Hope for Future
When Clarissa Haglid completed culinary school at the Delaware Food Bank last summer, it was the first time she had graduated from anything in her life. Just a few years…
2024-02-19 Groups Seek US Endangered Protection for Horseshoe Crabs
A group of environmental organizations is seeking an official declaration that American horseshoe crabs are endangered. The groups have requested the declaration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).…
2024-02-19 Study: Climate Change Diet Not Good for Polar Bears
A new study suggests that the climate change diet might not be good for polar bears. With Arctic sea ice declining, many polar bears have to go to land for…
2024-02-19 Tough Groundcovers for Dry Climate
Trying to grow grass in the deserts or other dry places can seem like a losing battle. As a result, many people who live in such climates will use rocks,…
2024-02-19 Can ‘Less Be More’ with Cancer Drugs?
Many people who find out they have cancer are able to survive the disease because of effective drugs. Treating cancer with certain drugs is known as chemotherapy. The drugs contain…
2024-02-18 Handwriting Returns in California Schools
Starting this year, six- to twelve-year-olds in California will be required to learn cursive handwriting. The return to handwriting comes after many years in which typing on computer keyboards was…
2024-02-18 Microsoft: State-supported Hackers Using Its AI Tools
Microsoft says state-supported online attackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using its OpenAI tools to possibly trick targets and gain information. Microsoft said in a report released Wednesday…
2024-02-18 Study: Collapse of Ocean Currents Could Cause Major Climate Problems
Scientists are warning of the possible collapse of an Atlantic Ocean current system that would likely lead to worldwide climate changes. Researchers identify the ocean system as the Atlantic Meridional…