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May142023 by DmediaNo Comments

Chile’s Firefighting Goats Protect a Forest From Deadly Blazes

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In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of goats. The goats have already saved the native forest of the Bosques de Chacay once in February, preventing the…

May142023 by TechmanNo Comments

Audio Book Narrators Say AI Is Already Taking Away Business

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As people brace for the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday living, those in the world of audio books say their field is already being transformed. AI has the ability to create human-sounding recordings -- at assembly-line speed -- while bypassing at…

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Plump Chicago Snapping Turtle Captured on Video, Goes Viral

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Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it "Chonkosaurus." Joey Santore was kayaking with a friend along the Chicago River last weekend when they…

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Platypus Returns to Australian National Park for First Time Since 1970s

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The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after disappearing from the area more than half a century ago. Known for its bill, webbed feet, and venomous…

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G7 Plans New Vaccine Effort for Developing Nations

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The Group of Seven (G-7) rich nations is set to agree on establishing a new program to distribute vaccines to developing countries at next week's summit of leaders, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper said Saturday. In addition to the G-7, G-20 nations such as India and international…

May122023 by TechmanNo Comments

Elon Musk Names NBCUniversal’s Yaccarino as New Twitter CEO

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Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Friday named NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the chief executive officer of social media giant Twitter. From his own Twitter account Friday, Musk wrote, "I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter! (She) will…

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Malawi Rolls Out Nationwide Typhoid Vaccination Campaign

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Malawi has launched a nationwide rollout of the newest typhoid vaccine for children under 15. A two-year study of the vaccine, the first in Africa, found it safe to use and effective in more than 80% of recipients. Health authorities say the vaccine is expected…

May122023 by TechmanNo Comments

Apple to Launch First Online Store in Vietnam

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Apple will launch its first online store in Vietnam next week, the company said Friday, hoping to cash in on the country's young and tech-savvy population. The iPhone maker is among a host of global tech giants including Intel, Samsung and LG, that have chosen…

May112023 by TechmanNo Comments

Stunning Mosaic of Baby Star Clusters Created From 1 Million Telescope Shots

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Astronomers have created a stunning mosaic of baby star clusters hiding in our galactic backyard. The montage, published Thursday, reveals five vast stellar nurseries less than 1,500 light-years away. A light-year is nearly 9.7 trillion kilometers. To come up with their atlas, scientists pieced together…

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WHO Declares Mpox No Longer Global Health Emergency

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The World Health Organization on Thursday declared mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — no longer poses a global public health emergency. At a briefing at agency headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organization's emergency committee on mpox met and recommended…

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Insects, Butterflies Find Home in Museum’s New Wing 

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A new wing of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City officially opened to the public in in early May. The futuristic space features new galleries including an insectarium, butterfly vivarium, floor-to-ceiling collections displays and more. Evgeny Maslov has the story, narrated by…

May102023 by DmediaNo Comments

Viral Hepatitis Deaths Projected to Exceed HIV, TB, and Malaria Combined by 2040

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Health agencies warn that viral hepatitis could kill more people by 2040 than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined if it remains a neglected disease and efforts to fight it remain underfunded. The World Health Organization reports every year that viral hepatitis, a potentially…

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DNA ‘Reference Guide’ Expanded to Reflect Human Diversity

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For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person's full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as "the guy from Buffalo." But they've long known that this template for comparison, or "reference…

May102023 by TechmanNo Comments

Will Artificial Intelligence Take Away Jobs? Not Many for Now, Says Expert

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The growing abilities of artificial intelligence have left many observers wondering how AI will impact people’s jobs and livelihoods. One expert in the field predicts it won’t have much effect, at least in the short term. The topic was a point of discussion at the…

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Chinese Woman Appeals in Fight for Right to Freeze her Eggs

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An unmarried Chinese woman on Tuesday began her final appeal of a hospital's denial of access to freeze her eggs five years ago in a landmark case of female reproductive rights in the country. Teresa Xu's case has drawn broad coverage in China, including by…

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UN: Over 4.5 Million Women, Newborns Die From Preventable Causes Every Year

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A report by leading United Nations agencies says global progress in reducing maternal and newborn deaths has stalled for nearly a decade largely due to underinvestment in providing the health care. The report shows more than 4.5 million women and babies die every year in…

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Simple Measures Can Prevent a Million Baby Deaths a Year: Study

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Providing simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women — such as offering aspirin — could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing countries every year, new research said on Tuesday. An international team of researchers also estimated that one…

May92023 by TechmanNo Comments

Elon Musk and Tesla Break Ground on Massive Texas Lithium Refinery

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Tesla Inc on Monday broke ground on a Texas lithium refinery that CEO Elon Musk said should produce enough of the battery metal to build about 1 million electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025, making it the largest North American processor of the material. The facility will…

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Mexico Plans Expedition to Find Endangered Porpoises

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Mexican officials and the conservation group Sea Shepherd said Monday that experts would set out in two ships in a bid to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world's most endangered marine mammal. Mexico's environment secretary said experts from the United States, Canada and…

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US, UAE: Climate Farming Fund Has Grown to $13 Billion

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Funding for a global initiative aimed at creating more environmentally friendly and climate-resilient farming has grown to $13 billion, co-leaders the United States and the United Arab Emirates said Monday. That money means the Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climate, launched in 2021, now exceeds…

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US Backs Study of Safe Injection Sites, Overdose Prevention

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For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much. The grant provides…

May82023 by TechmanNo Comments

Congress Eyes New Rules for Tech

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Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is little consensus on how it should be done. Concerns have skyrocketed about China's ownership of TikTok, and parents have grown increasingly worried…

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Virgin Galactic to Launch Commercial Spaceflights in June

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Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it is resuming flights with a mission this month, its first in nearly two years, and the launch of commercial trips in June. The Unity 25 mission will take place in late May with four company employees…

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Colorado Clinic with International Staff Welcomes Immigrants

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Immigrants in the western U.S. state of Colorado have a unique place to go when they are not feeling well: a health care clinic that serves newcomers from many countries. For VOA, Svitlana Prystynska has more about the facility, which was founded by a Ukrainian…

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Social Stigma of Fentanyl Abuse Complicates Treatment

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says America’s leading cause of overdose deaths is synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyl, which can be up to 50 times stronger than heroin. U.S. law enforcement says illicit fentanyl is cheaply made from chemicals mostly coming from China,…

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Fentanyl Addiction Treatments Offer New Chances

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Communities Confront Double Challenges of Addiction, Homelessness

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May72023 by TechmanNo Comments

New Twitter Rules Expose Election Offices to Spoof Accounts

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Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia's elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes, was the only one carrying a blue check mark, a sign of authenticity. But ever since the social media platform overhauled its…