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…
Dropping in with the smokejumpers Posted October 18, 2023 As wildfires prove to be a growing threat in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is furthering its preventative and response meas…
Indoor farms bloom despite challenges Posted October 17, 2023 Eden Green Technology is one of the latest crop of indoor farming companies seeking their fortunes with green factories meant to pump out harvests of fresh produce all year long. …