– Manuscript – Scientists believe they have found a new use for facial recognition technology: saving large ocean animals known as seals. Researchers at Colgate University in the U.S. state of New York have developed SealNet. The system is a database of seal faces created by taking pictures of many harbor seals in Maine’s Casco Bay. The research team found the tool’s … [Read more...] about Scientists Use Facial Recognition to Study Seals
Some Women Denied Abortions Despite Pregnancy Complications
– Manuscript – It has been five months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The ruling ended a 50-year-old legal right to abortion nationwide. Instead, individual states now decide on whether to permit, limit or ban the medical procedure to end a pregnancy. Some doctors in states with restrictive abortion laws say they have sent more patients go somewhere … [Read more...] about Some Women Denied Abortions Despite Pregnancy Complications
Scientists Study Oldest-known DNA
– Manuscript – Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to study what life was like 2 million years ago in Greenland. Today, northern Greenland is an empty, cold area. But in the past, it was full of trees, plants, and animals. Kurt Kjær of the University of Copenhagen was the study's lead writer. He said the research “opens the door into a past that has … [Read more...] about Scientists Study Oldest-known DNA
Faces of Missing ‘Chibok Girls’ Sculpted in Nigerian Art Project
– Manuscript – A new art project in Nigeria is centered on the still missing victims of a 2014 mass kidnapping in the town of Chibok, Borno state. Militants raided a government-run school for girls there and seized many students. The newly completed project presents clay likenesses of 108 school girls who remain missing eight years later. The militant group Haram … [Read more...] about Faces of Missing ‘Chibok Girls’ Sculpted in Nigerian Art Project
The Whole Nine Yards (Idioms)
– Manuscript – Welcome to English in a Minute! A yard is a unit of measurement that's almost the same as a meter. But what does the whole nine yards mean? The Whole Nine Yards Speaker A: Dan, I'm going camping this weekend.Speaker B: Me too! What features does your camp site have?Speaker A: Features?Speaker B: Yeah! My camp site has the whole nine yards: a hot tub, … [Read more...] about The Whole Nine Yards (Idioms)