August’s supermoon kicks off four months of lunar spectacles. Here’s how to watch
The first of four supermoons this year rises next week, providing tantalizing views of Earth’s constant companion.
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Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class
Roughly one in four students in the 2022-23 school year remained chronically absent, meaning they missed at least 10% of the school year. That represents about 12 million children in the 42 states and Washington, D.C., where data is available.
Older Americans prepare themselves for a world altered by artificial intelligence
The students — most with gray hair, some with canes, all at least in their 60s — couldn’t believe what they were hearing.
New Mars study suggests an ocean’s worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface
Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests.
Could 2 NASA astronauts be stuck at the space station until next year? Here’s what to know
NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule.
Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago
Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning them the nickname “hobbits.”
Flavor Flav helps Olympic discus thrower Veronica Fraley who said she struggles to pay the rent
Vanderbilt’s discus thrower and Olympian Veronica Fraley lamented on social media that she needed help paying the rent. Hip-hop artist Flavor Flav and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian decided to help.
Paris Olympics sweetheart: Rugby player Ilona Maher promotes body positivity through social media
Ilona Maher, America’s rugby-playing social media sweetheart, walked onto the terrace of Team USA House carrying a sandwich, the United States’ first ever rugby sevens Olympic medal hanging around her neck.
Scholarships help Lahaina graduates afford to attend college outside Hawaii a year after wildfire
College was the furthest thing from Keith Nove Baniqued’s mind after her family’s home burned down in a deadly wildfire that decimated her Hawaii town.
FDA warns about more ground cinnamon tainted with lead. Here’s what you need to know
U.S. health officials are warning that several types of ground cinnamon sold at certain discount and specialty grocery stores are contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded.
Meet the Olympics superfan who spent her savings to get to her 7th Games
Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris. The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over the span of 40 years.
Full-time scientist and part-time basketball player Canyon Barry chases gold in 3×3 at Paris Games
Barry, who will take the courts at the Paris Games searching for a 3×3 gold medal for the U.S. men’s team, has an undergraduate degree from the College of Charleston is in physics and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering is from Florida.