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UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team reports that more than half of the world’s countries now enforce national bans on mobile phones in schools, reflecting growing concern about classroom attention...
A bright fireball streaked across parts of Texas on March 21, visible to residents and noted by NASA, agency reports said. Witnesses reported seeing the luminous object around 4:40 p.m. CDT. Preliminary tracking places...
Last summer at the Idaho National Laboratory, Department of Energy officials convened to map a new direction for U.S. nuclear power under the new administration. The session was led by Seth Cohen, a 31-year-old lawyer...
Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake, formed about 4.4 million years ago and sits at the heart of Shiga Prefecture. For millennia it has supported waterborne transport, supplied municipal water and sustained a fishing...
Last summer at Idaho National Laboratory, 31-year-old lawyer Seth Cohen — a newcomer from the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency with little nuclear experience — led a Department of Energy meeting on the...
Three Tennessee high school students have filed a lawsuit in California alleging that Elon Musk’s xAI image-generation tools were used to create sexually explicit images that portray them. The plaintiffs, seeking to...
World Hand Hygiene Day is observed each year on May 5 to promote a simple, vital idea: clean hands save lives. Led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the 2026 campaign continues the long-running initiative SAVE...
As of 2026, Sun Day is drawing growing attention as a symbolic reminder of the value of solar energy and the need for environmental stewardship. Not an official global holiday, it functions as a focal point for people...
World Laughter Day 2026 falls on Sunday, May 3, marking the first Sunday of May when people worldwide are encouraged to celebrate laughter as a tool for well‑being. The annual observance highlights how simple, shared...
NASA has approved an April launch for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to travel to lunar distance in five decades. The agency says the remaining technical problems have been mitigated or resolved, but inspectors...
A new wave of AI-manipulated videos is flooding social platforms, inserting global political figures into odd and often humorous situations that straddle satire and misinformation. The most recent viral clip appears to...
A video circulating on social media shows a humanoid robot apparently 'arrested' by police in Macau after it allegedly frightened a 70-year-old woman, the South China Morning Post reported. The incident occurred last...
