The robot smartphone that can do tricks Posted September 12, 2026 The first smartphone with a robotic arm has been launched in China. But are new styles of devices enough to energize the flagging phone market? A simple hand gesture triggers a…
Rubber ducks by the thousands splash into Chicago River for annual Special Olympics fundraiser Posted September 6, 2026 A deluge of 90,000 rubber ducks poured out of a truck and into the Chicago River, then bobbed along a stretch of the skyscraper-lined river in the annual Chicago Ducky Derby that …
Study says climate change doubled odds of big Canada fires, not mismanagement Posted September 5, 2026 A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires, which sent smoke…