Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against British tabloid publisher, awarded 140,000 pounds Posted January 11, 2024 Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit in December against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuit…
Is a floating dairy farm a solution for climate change? Posted January 10, 2024 The Floating Farm is one of the latest attempts to think outside the box when it comes to adapting to climate change. Mussel farms or attempts to grow kelp and ot…
Australian hospital uses music to stabilize children’s heart rates Posted January 9, 2024 For the past 30 years, the Queensland Children’s Hospital has been using music therapy to stabilize the heart rate of children during and after medical procedures…
With no supermarket for residents of Atlantic City, mobile groceries bring food and produce to communities in need Posted January 8, 2024 In the seaside resort of Atlantic City, New Jersey, where $5 billion worth of in-person and online gambling gets done each year, there still is not a supermarket. A state agenc…
The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch—but also because he can sell Posted January 7, 2024 Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world’s biggest sports stars…
Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping the unhoused so they’re not left behind Posted January 6, 2024 John Littlejohn remembers the days when lots of people had a couple of dollars to spare to buy a copy of Street Sense, the local paper that covers issues related to the homeless a…
Tiny urban parks provide Sydney residents with much-needed green space Posted January 5, 2024 In Sydney, tiny urban parks provide local residents with much-needed green space amidst the hustle and bustle of city life. These tiny inner-city parks are called…
Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is No. 1 at the box office, a first for the Japanese anime master Posted January 4, 2024 For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki’s latest enchantment, “Th…
Brewer Carlsberg opens attraction at site of first brewery, opened in 1847 Posted January 3, 2024 In an old corner of the Danish capital Copenhagen sits a piece of brewing history. Now, visitors can come here for what Carlsberg's adverts have long called th…
Cures for disease may be step closer thanks to release of largest ever whole genome sequencing data Posted January 2, 2024 The UK Biobank has been tracking the medical outcomes of people since 2006. Inside this giant freezing unit, a robot can access samples provided by half a million people in the UK…