Why bird-like drones can help with saving energy Posted October 28, 2023 Humans may have been able to create technology to realize their age-old dream of flying long ago. But there is still a lot to learn from the avian masters of the skies. At a un…
Fueling up with waste: Kenyan company makes petrol from plastic Posted October 27, 2023 What if plastic waste could power your car? In Kenya, one entrepreneur is turning plastic waste into fuel to power cars and all kinds of engines. The complex chemical structure…
Novelist Murakami hosts Japanese ghost story reading ahead of Nobel Prize announcements Posted October 26, 2023 Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami hosted a ghost story reading event in Tokyo amid growing attention before the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, an award he …
‘Lift’ – the ballet program uplifting young people living in homelessness Posted October 25, 2023 Academy Award-nominated director David Petersen’s latest documentary “Lift” shines a spotlight on New York Theatre Ballet’s ‘LIFT’ program, in which classical ballet training is u…
Meet the hominins brought back from the ancient past Posted October 24, 2023 John Gurche helps people understand how ancient humans looked by creating lifelike models based on archaeological finds. The work requires a mix …
Why being car-free is a distant future in Berlin Posted October 23, 2023 Across Europe, several cities are taking steps to remove cars from their city centers, but one capital is going in the other direction—Berlin’s new government wants to protect dri…
Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them Posted October 22, 2023 Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of …
GoFundMe refunds money to donors after being lied to by poker player Posted October 21, 2023 The fundraising platform GoFundMe said it has refunded money to donors after a poker player admitted to lying about a terminal cancer diagnosis and accepted thous…
Free dental clinic improves the welfare of Aboriginal Australians Posted October 20, 2023 A free dental service is being provided by dental students in an attempt to raise the overall health and access to care for First Nation Australians. Many suffer …
More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5 Posted October 19, 2023 Like a growing number of students around the U.S., children in Independence, Missouri are on a four-day school schedule, a change instituted this fall by their di…