A 14-year-old in San Diego, California, was named the grand prize winner of this year’s 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition. Leanne Fan developed Finsen Headphones, a low-cost headphone device that uses machine learning and blue light therapy to detect and treat mid-ear infections in children—potentially preventing up to 60%...

It was not long ago that if a parent admitted they were fans of smoking pot, it could draw concern from friends and family members. Fast-forward to 2021 and many countries across the world have decriminalized cannabis. However, some of the social stigmas around the use of cannabis still remain, especially when it comes to...

Beijing is aiming to control rain and snow across half the country. But it is the reason it wants to do this that is really frightening. Remember when Donald Trump wanted to nuke hurricanes so they didn’t hit the US? Everyone laughed uproariously, but Trump’s warped little mind was actually on to something. You may not be...

Elon Musk is “one of the greatest entrepreneurs” in the last 100 years, according to Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, who cited Tesla, SpaceX and the Boring Company. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Gorman was discussing his bank’s loan that helped Musk finance his acquisition of Twitter.  Asked if Morgan Stanley would ever end...

HELSINKI: Finland’s war against fake news starts from a young age. Schools in the Nordic country are teaching children media literacy. The curriculum covers various topics, from questioning where stories come from to the right to freedom of expression. One Finnish student said: “In today’s social media, everyone has their own kind of bubble, with its own ideologies....

Emerging technology and pandemic-related disruptions are redefining the skills people need to succeed in their jobs. In fact, according to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, which surveyed executives across 15 industries in 26 countries, 73% of employers plan to offer reskilling and upskilling opportunities to their employees by 2025. As the CEO of...

Most of us waste an extraordinary amount of time on situations and relationships that don’t nurture or fulfill us. Below are 10 questions that can help you reevaluate where you are in your life right now, where you want to be, and how you can go about getting from A to B. The sooner you...

Sargassum, the invasive, sewage-scented seaweed piling up on beaches across the Caribbean, isn’t something most people look upon kindly. But for Omar de Jesús Vazquez Sánchez, his first encounter was “love at first sight.” “Everyone said, ‘It smells horrible!’ and I remember thinking, ‘There’s something more here,’” says Mr. Vazquez, the founder of Sargablock, a...

Intelligence can take many different forms, all of which are equally valid and valuable. Someone who is highly intelligent might be particularly understanding, creative, logical, self-aware, or good at solving problems. They might be all of that rolled into one, or they might have particular strengths.  Traditionally, however, the word intelligence is associated with someone...

When you were at school, did you have the impression that once you’d left and become an adult, you’d automatically know what you were doing? That you’d have it all figured out and know everything you need to know to do life right? Yeah, me too. Only it turns out that’s not the case at...

A paralysed man has regained the ability to walk smoothly using only his thoughts for the first time, researchers said, thanks to two implants that restored communication between brain and spinal cord. The patient Gert-Jan Oskam, now aged 40, said the breakthrough had given him “a freedom that I did not have” before. The Dutchman...

The eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia on November 13, 1985, led to one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in South American history. The once-thriving town of Armero, home to 29,000 residents, was almost completely wiped out. Approximately 20,000 people perished in the town alone, and the death toll across the...