New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday that the College Board’s latest Advanced Placement course is being offered, AP African American Studieswill be expanded to 26 schools in the 2023-24 school year. The course was rolled out in a two-year pilot program across 60 anonymous high schools in the US this year, one of them … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that sea levels will rise significantly even if global warming is “miraculously” limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius – and said it is likely the Earth will be on a warming path equivalent to “a. death sentence” for countries at risk of such a rise. … Read more
Blue Origin says that coin-sized solar cells like this one could be made from lunar material. (Blue Background Photo) Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin isn’t just working on rockets and space stations: the company based in Kent, Wash. also developing technology that could transform lunar soil into materials to produce solar cells and transmission … Read more
Mahboubian standing with a patient before and after two surgeries.Courtesy of Shahab Mahboubian Dr Shahab Mahboubian performing limb lengthening surgeries for over 13 years. He said some of the reasons patients come to him are pressure from social media and family members. Still, Mahboubian said, he refuse to perform the operation on anyone who is … Read more
If you’re still looking for a perfect – or last minute – way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, look no further than the sky above. The rarest green comet streaking across the sky in recorded human history has just one chance to say goodbye to Earth before it heads back to the edge of the solar … Read more
New Zealand’s prime minister says Cyclone Gabrielle, which has ripped through much of the North Island, is a weather event not seen “in a generation”. The Chris Hipkins government has declared a state of emergency – only the third in New Zealand’s history. About a third of the country’s population of five million people live … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – With a sixth straight failed rainy season in the east and the African Cup of Nations looming, Kenya’s president is hoping the Heavens will finally open with the help of a national day of prayer. Tuesday. William Ruto announced plans for the country’s first ever day of prayer on Sunday at … Read more
Aras has a “strong personality”, says his grandfather Mehmet Five-year-old Aras is sitting on his back playing with a model car. It is one of the miracles of Turkey. Rescue teams freed him from the rubble of his home in the now-destroyed city of Kahramanmaras, 105 hours after the earthquake. When he was admitted to … Read more
The launch of a Russian Soyuz crew capsule to replace a damaged ferry at the International Space Station is being delayed after another similar incident. damage to cargo ship Progressa senior official said on Monday. In both cases, the spacecraft suffered a complete loss of coolant, raising the prospect of high internal temperatures that could … Read more
Ministers say Scotland’s deposit return scheme could boost recycling significantly Scotland aims to become the first part of the UK to introduce a deposit return scheme for single-use drink containers. Ministers claim it would speed up recycling – but the plan is controversial, with critics calling for a delay. So what do we know about … Read more