Report: Snakes Die of Hunger Because of Declining Frog Population Posted April 4, 2020 Scientists believe that the snakes in Panama, Central America, are starving because of frog population decline. In their report, scientists from the University…
University in California to Start Offering Free Tuition Posted April 3, 2020 The University of Southern California (USC), a private research university in Los Angeles, will start granting free tuition to students in need. Starting fall this year, USC wi…
Google Removes Apps Showing Distracting Ads from Play Store Posted April 2, 2020 Tech giant Google recently removed around 600 apps from the Play Store due to disruptive ads. According to Google, these apps violated the company’s ads policy, which f…
New AI Model Can Predict Student Performance Using Educational Games Posted April 1, 2020 An artificial intelligence (AI) model can now better determine the degree of students’ learning using educational games. Researchers from North Carolina State University create…
Apple Performs Better than Swiss Watch Manufacturers in 2019 Sales Posted March 31, 2020 Apple’s smartwatch line outsold all Swiss watch brands in 2019, a report by market and consumer research company Strategy Analytics says. According to the repo…
Study: Taking Naps May Increase Productivity Posted March 30, 2020 A study by a company that reviews mattresses online revealed that taking a nap may make people more productive. To understand how napping affects productivity, Mattress Nerd re…
Environmental Activists Protest against London Fashion Week Posted March 29, 2020 Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion staged a demonstration urging the UK government to cancel London Fashion Week. To gather support, the group c…
Woman Finds Mixtape Lost for 20 Years Posted March 28, 2020 A Swedish woman found her long-lost mixtape after it went missing for two decades. Stella Wedell lost her mixtape while on vacation in Spain when she was 12 years old. Her tape…
New Google Apps Help Monitor and Reduce Screen Time Posted March 27, 2020 Google has launched three new apps to help people monitor and reduce their smartphone use. This is part of Google’s Digital Wellbeing Experiments—an open platform for designers…
Astronomers to Increase Efforts in Exploring Potential Life Outside Earth Posted March 26, 2020 A group of astronomers is partnering with the Very Large Array (VLA), an observatory with 28 massive radio telescopes, to search the sky for traces of ext…