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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, land...
We’ve poured more than 150 million metric tons of plastic garbage into the ocean since 1950. Plastic bits have turned up in places as remote as the bottom of the Mariana Trench, where scientists recently found an intact plastic bag some 6 kilometers below the ocean surface. So it should come as no s...
The intaglio was likely set in a signet ring and used to stamp correspondence at Bremenium, a military outpost located roughly 25 miles north of Hadrian’s Wall...
For years, many chief information officers (CIOs) looked at VMware-to-cloud migrations with a wary pragmatism. Manually mapping dependencies and rewriting legacy apps mid-flight was not an enticing, low-lift proposition for enterprise IT teams. But the calculus for such decisions has changed dramati...
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Researchers have long speculated that humans introduced spiny-tailed iguanas to Mexico’s remote Clarion Island about 50 years ago. However, a recent study suggests the Clarion iguanas are likely native to the island, arriving long before human colonization of the Americas. Clarion Island is the westernmost and oldest of a small group of islands in Mexico’s […]
From left to right, Sheldon Gooch, Kari Rittenbach, Connie Butler, Jody Graf, Andrea Sánchez, Elena Ketelsen González, and Ruba Katrib. Photo Noel Woodford/Courtesy MoMA PS1 With its 50th anniversary looming, MoMA PS1 has revealed details for the 2026 ed...
During the Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century, the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire underwent a dramatic transformation from a rural market town with a population of about 13,000 people to an industrial powerhouse with a population of over 100000 people. Consequently...
From AI breakthroughs to self-driving cars and mainstream green energy, innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Around the world, new patents and inventions are emerging daily, but a select few regions are ahead of others. The 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII), released by the World In...
Article created by: Dominyka ProškėnaitėOur home is our sanctuary—the place where we spend much of our time and unwind from the outside world. It’s only natural to want to love what we’re surrounded by and to create the kind of atmosphere that feels right. Bringing those ideas to life can be expensi...
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Mindset may play a big role in shaping how students study and how well they perform academically, according to a new study. Students typically use two strategies when studying. One involves skimming material and memorizing facts just long enough to pass a test. The other involves more critical think...
Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental roots and push them deep into the oceanic mantle. Data from the Indian Ocean confirms this hidden rec...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Lately, headlines and social media threads have warned pregnant people to avoid acetaminophen (often known by the brand name Tylenol), implying that using it could increase the risk of autism or ADHD in children. These claims have stirred confusion, worry, and ev...
Some revolutions begin not with technology, but with a feeling. For Gregg Treinish, that feeling was guilt. He was spending years on long wilderness expeditions—crossing ranges, sleeping rough, watching the world’s edges—and began to wonder what any of it added up to. “I was spending years in the wi...
The name "Naruto" is now famous worldwide, forever associated with the popular manga/anime series of the same name. Those better versed in Japanese culture may also recognize the name as that of a delicious delicacy - narutomaki is a type of fish cake that's shaped like a cloud and has a pink spiral...
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Data scientist James Zou discusses new findings that reveal fundamental gaps in how language models understand human perspective....
When a parent with young children faces a cancer diagnosis, it brings on many emotions. One of the most difficult aspects can be deciding how much to disclose to the children. This can vary tremendously depending on a child’s age. The older they are, the more they are able to understand and even rea...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Dementia is something that touches more and more families every year. Globally, someone develops dementia every three seconds. In the U.S. alone, more than 6 million people live with some form of the condition, and that number is expected to double by 2060. Even ...
Sometimes, the best reassurance during anxious times is simply a reminder that we're all human and completely in this together. That is exactly what a Delta airline pilot did for his passengers when he took to the intercom to let them know they were in good hands. When the U.S. government shut down,...
Though many teachers are leaving the profession, not all of them are making national news. Maggie Perkins, 32, made headlines in 2022 when she quit the teaching profession to work at Costco, and showed no interest in looking back. "The conditions were worsening rapidly, and I realized they weren't g...
