A new study of the impact of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires has found that even after fires are extinguished, residents who return to their homes may remain at risk of exposure to known carcinogens because of smoke damage. (more…)
Graduates are being prohibited from performing their traditional waltz to foreign songs.
Students from a school in the Ryazan region chose Sting’s “Shape of My Heart” back in January for their dance. They paid a choreographer (5,000 rubles per person ($66), 50,000 in total ($660)) and spent several months preparing. However, the school administration shut down the idea and banned the track. (more…)
“Financial freedom” used to be a distant milestone – something tied to retirement plans, savings accounts, and decades of disciplined budgeting. It was about accumulating enough wealth to eventually stop worrying about money. (more…)
At one time, generative AI was thought of mostly as a research project; however, it is quickly becoming one of the major components of digital infrastructure and is no longer considered only a niche capability related to chatbots or image generation. Through 2026, continued investment will allow generative AI to be used to help change how organizations develop systems, make decisions, and innovate; therefore, generative AI is far from simply a new tool. (more…)
Direkt nach dem Abitur oder erst nach einem langen Berufsleben: An der Universität Freiburg studieren Menschen in ganz verschiedenen Lebensphasen. Zwei Erstsemester des Wintersemester 2025/26 – 17 und 65 Jahre alt – erzählen von ihrem Weg an die Universität und was sie am Studium besonders begeistert. (more…)
For busy parents juggling work, family logistics, and a few quiet minutes on the couch, mindless technology use can start as a break and end as hours lost to digital distraction. The core tension is familiar: the thumb keeps scrolling while the mind feels foggy, and emotional disconnection quietly replaces real rest. When technology and self-awareness drift apart, even small mindful tech challenges can feel strangely hard to begin. Still, that uneasy numbness can be a gentle signal to reconnect with mental and spiritual health. (more…)
ARMONK, N.Y. – There is a pattern we keep seeing in technology. When software moves from product to platform and then from platform to infrastructure, the rules change. (more…)
The doctoral candidate is leveraging Brown’s culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Smell has long been an undervalued sense, says Chanelle Dupuis. (more…)
