US Insurance Group Rates Most Driver Assistance Systems Poor An American insurance industry group has given most driver assistance systems poor ratings after a series of safety tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) carried out the...
Stone Tools Might Be Earliest Evidence of Human Ancestors in Europe Researchers say they have identified stone tools that might represent the oldest-known evidence of humans in Europe. The recent research suggests that the human ancestors started set...
US Agency Warns: Mass Coral Bleaching Expected in Near Future The American agency that follows the risk of coral bleaching around the world says the worst bleaching event in the history of the planet may come soon. Those are the words of Derek Manzel...
Pacifics Gray Whale Found off Atlantic Coast Scientists have confirmed the presence of a gray whale off New England in North America recently. The large sea animal disappeared from the Atlantic Ocean two centuries ago. The scientists are thrilled wit...
The Wild Winter Sport of Skijoring What do you get when you cross the sports of rodeo with skiing? An extreme winter sport called skijoring. The competition involves riding horses that tow skiers by rope over jumps and around barriers. At the same ti...
Greek Grandmother Makes Scarves for Children in Need In her small home in the capital of Greece, Athens, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need from Greece to Bosnia to Ukraine. She has no plan...
Filipino Man Makes Library in His Home A good book is easy to find. That is the message on a sign at Hernando Guanlao's home in the Makati area of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Guanlao has turned his home into a free public library. Visitor...
War and Peace at the Oscars American film Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles, California. The Academy honored the film about a creator of the atomic bomb with seven Oscars. The televised event presented a usual...
France's 'Invader' Could Surprise Olympic Games Visitors When visitors come to Paris for the Olympic Games starting in July, they will be entering the territory of France's most famous street artist: Invader. It will be one invasion coming face-to-fa...
An Italian Shop in Rome Is Behind 17 Academy Awards In many movies, the clothing the actors wear is an important part of the story. In Rome, there is a workshop that has been a big part of Italian and international film history for 60 years. Tirelli...
