2024-04-11 Tech Companies Want to Build Artificial General Intelligence
In the middle of the 20th century, computer scientists dreamed of building a computer as smart as humans. Now, tech companies are in a race to build it. Called artificial…
2024-04-11 More Writing Feedback: What Is Your National Dish?
In this week’s Everyday Grammar, we continue a trip around the world. But, instead of seeing famous places, we will learn about wonderful foods of different countries. We will also…
2024-04-10 OpenAI Introduces Voice Cloning Tool, But Waits for Public Release
ChatGPT developer OpenAI has introduced a new tool that it says can reproduce human voices with just a short audio sample. The tool is among several developed by technology companies…
2024-04-10 Peru Claims World’s Oldest Person Ever at Age 124
Peru’s Andes Mountains might be home to the oldest person ever to have lived — at the age of 124. The South American country’s government has claimed that a man…
2024-04-10 Where Will China Sell Its Electric Cars, Solar Panels?
China can produce and sell a lot of very low-cost electric vehicles and solar panels. This worries the U.S. Treasury Department, President Joe Biden and opposition candidate and former President…
2024-04-10 Report Finds Amazon Tribe Has High Mercury Levels
The Yanomami tribe of Brazil is the largest native tribe in the Amazon rainforest. The group has little contact with the rest of Brazil. But a recent report says that…
2024-04-09 EU Climate Agency: Another Record High Temperature for March
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story had several typographical errors in the Words in This Story section. They have been fixed and we regret the errors. The European…
2024-04-09 Study Aims to Find Out Why Some People Are Left-handed
What do Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, and Bill Gates have in common – aside from their fame? They are all left-handed. But why are 10 percent of people left-handed while…
2024-04-09 Skhidnytsia: My Beloved Retreat
I’m Nataliia Vasylchenko and I teach English at Lyceum 17 of Khmelnytskyi. In the land of unexpected feelings, Skhidnytsia, a rural settlement, stands as an endless testament to my heart’s…
2024-04-09 Officials: Air Quality Is Problem at US Schools
During the COVID-19 pandemic, public officials brought renewed attention to indoor air quality in schools. Improving ventilation and airflow was considered a way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and…