Scientists create new idea on how to hack a warming planet: drying the upper atmosphere
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists have cooked up a new concept for how to potentially cool an overheating Earth: Fiddle with the upper atmosphere to make it a bit drier. Water vapor — water in its gas form — is a natural greenhouse gas that traps heat, just like carbon dioxide from burning coal, oil […]
One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here’s how to use new generative AI search sites
LONDON (AP) — It’s not just you. A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades — after all, we commonly call searches “googling” — its longtime dominance […]
Cardiac arrests, horns and 1.4 tonnes of muscle: here’s how to move a rhino – in pictures | Environment
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has successfully translocated 21 eastern black rhinos to a region where they have been extinct for 50 years. Here’s how they caught, transported and released these critically endangered creatures to their new home Photos by Ami Vitale Main image: The operation not only underscores Kenya’s conservation triumph but also signifies […]
How to deal with same-sex unions? It’s a question fracturing major Christian denominations
Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Supporters of LGBTQ inclusion welcome the move; some conservative bishops assail the new policy as a betrayal of the church’s condemnation of sexual relations between gay or lesbian partners. Strikingly, the flare-up of debate in […]
How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here. Discussions for what’s known as the Global Goal on Adaptation — a commitment made […]
Miss Universe 2023 vote: How to vote for 2023 Miss Universe pageants online?
The 72nd edition of the Miss Universe pageant is set to take place in El Salvador on November 18, hosted at the National Gymnasium Jose Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador. The event will be livestreamed at 20:00 ET, with the United States being represented by Noelia Voigt, a young contestant of Venezuelan-American descent. Miss Portugal […]
Morocco debates how to rebuild from September quake that killed thousands
MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco — When a historic earthquake struck Morocco in September, Ahmed Aazab tightly hugged his wife and four children as their home’s brick walls tumbled around them. The roof collapsed, shattering clay pots in the kitchen and trapping picture frames and homework assignments beneath rubble. When the ground finally stopped shaking, the construction […]