More than three-quarters of the land on Earth is permanently drying due to climate change Posted January 11, 2025 Much of Earth's land is drying out and damaging the ability of plant and animal life to survive, according to a United Nations report released at talks where countries are working…
California to consider requiring mental health warnings on social media sites Posted January 10, 2025 California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on social media sites if lawmakers…
Hong Kong will display 2,500 panda sculptures to capitalize on a local bear craze Posted January 9, 2025 Thousands of giant panda sculptures greeted residents and tourists in December 2024 in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local them…
Philadelphia goes the distance with RockyFest week dedicated to ‘Rocky’ movies Posted January 8, 2025 Rocky Balboa fans went the distance—by bus, on ice skates, by 72 steps—to honor Philly’s favorite fictional fighter almost 50 years after the first movie launched the enduring ser…
Sumo to hold second-ever event outside of Japan, returning to London after 34 years Posted January 7, 2025 Sumo wrestling will return to London for the first time in 34 years in 2025 as the historic Royal Albert Hall hosts a Grand Sumo Tournament next October—just the second official e…
Is Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren’t laughing Posted January 6, 2025 An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron, the Houston-based energy company that exemplified the worst in American co…
End of an era for the largest model railway in southeastern Europe Posted January 5, 2025 It’s the end of an era for the largest model railway in southeastern Europe. The Backo Mini Express—a 1.5-kilometer model railway with 150 mini locomotives—has it…
Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows Posted January 4, 2025 Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Some neighborhoods were most vulnerable to the …
What billionaires and their advisers say keeps them from giving more and faster Posted January 3, 2025 America’s wealthiest people have urged each other to give away more of their money since at least 1889, the year Andrew Carnegie argued that the richest should give away their for…
Panasonic opens its first fully renewable energy factory in Europe, powered by solar and hydrogen Posted January 2, 2025 Tech giant Panasonic has converted its 50-year-old microwave production facility in Cardiff, Wales, to operate entirely on renewable energy. This project, the company’s first i…