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…