2022-05-19 Baby Giraffe with Leg Problem Gets Special Braces
A baby giraffe born with a leg abnormality has been fitted with special leg braces to help her walk. The giraffe is named Msituni. She was born on February 1…
2022-05-19 COVID or Not, Sales of Peking Duck Continues
Beijing recently placed a ban on eating inside restaurants to help control the spread of COVID-19. That means restaurants in the Chinese capital must now depend on carryout sales to…
2022-05-19 Japan to Permit Limited Foreign Travel Groups
Japan’s government will begin permitting small group tours from four countries later this month. Japan is slowly opening up to foreign tourism after putting in place strong border restrictions because…
2022-05-16 How to Grow, Eat Sunflowers
Sunflowers are huge plants with bright yellow flowers. They have a long history in North America. There is evidence they were used for food and for medicine by Native Americans…
2022-05-16 ‘Replacement Theory’ Fuels Deadly, Racist Attack in US
A gunman killed 10 people at a food store in Buffalo, New York, over the weekend. Law enforcement officials said the gunman, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, drove over 300 kilometers from…
2022-05-16 As Ukraine Resists Russian Offensive, EU Pushes Plan to Ban Oil Imports
Ukraine reported Monday that its forces had pushed Russian troops back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv. Some of the troops pushed even farther north from Kharkiv to reach the…
2022-05-16 North Korea Reports Widespread Sickness for First Time in Pandemic
North Korea is reporting widespread disease and at least 50 deaths related to a “fever” for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic. North Korean health officials released details Monday.…
2022-05-16 Scientists Grow Plants in Dirt from Moon
For the first time, scientists have grown plants in moon soil collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts. The scientists had no idea if anything would grow in the moon dirt. They…
2022-05-15 NASA Releases New Black Hole ‘Sounds’
The American space agency NASA has released sounds it created with data collected from black holes. The sound production process is called sonification. NASA says it used astronomical data recorded…
2022-05-15 Google Says New Eyeglasses Can Translate Languages in Real Time
Ten years after introducing “Google Glass,” Alphabet Inc. has created a new kind of smart eyeglasses. The company says the wearable computer device can translate different languages in real time.…
2022-05-15 Study: Shipping a Major Threat to World’s Biggest Fish
Marine biologists have noticed that whale shark numbers have been falling in recent years. But the scientists have not known exactly why. A new international study suggests that collisions with…
2022-05-15 US Cities, States Returning to Facial Recognition for Policing
From 2019 through 2021, many American state and city governments passed laws restricting the use of facial recognition software in crime prevention. Facial recognition is a way of using software…
2022-05-15 In Africa, Chinese Employers Accused of Abuse
A court in the central African country of Rwanda sentenced Chinese man Sun Shujun to 20 years in jail last month. Sun was found guilty after a video of him…