Clothing Industry Wonders about Effect of AI on Models Alexsandrah is a fashion model in London. She has a twin. But her twin is not her sister. The twin is a product of Artificial Intelligence, or AI. Whenever Alexsandrah is not available to work wi...
Museum Tells Stories of Arab Americans Arab Americans have long been a part of life in the United States. A small museum in Dearborn, Michigan is trying to tell their stories. Called the Arab American National Museum, it has an exhibit about Joseph H...
In Tokyo Neighborhood, Artistic Toilets Get Attention Tokyo visitors can now join a special tour of one of the Japanese city's modern wonders: its public toilets. Penelope Panczuk recently went on the Tokyo Toilet Shuttle for a two-hour visit of arti...
Globes Remain Popular, Even with Google Earth Next time you see a globe, close your eyes, and turn it quickly so it spins. Then stop it with your finger. Chances are that you will stop on a body of water. That is because water covers 71 percent of th...
Beyoncs Newest Record Dives into Country Music History American music star Beyonc released her new album Cowboy Carter last week. The singer said the country music record was born of an earlier experience in which she did not feel welcomed by the cou...
US Sports Fans Hope AI Will Help with March Madness Brackets The American college basketball tournaments known as March Madness begin this week. College basketball, or National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.) basketball, is very popular in...
Vernal Equinox Marks Arrival of Spring This year, the vernal equinox officially arrives on Tuesday, March 19 at 11:06 pm in Washington, D.C. That is 3:06 UTC on Wednesday, March 20. At that time, the sun will be exactly above the Earth's equator. The...
Secrets of US Presidential Diaries One early morning in Washington, D.C., many years ago, the president of the United States took off his clothes and jumped into the Potomac river. Moments later, he saw a dead man float to the surface. The president...
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...
Last Member of 1st Team to Top Everest Says Mountain Crowded, Dirty The only living member of the team to first climb to the top of Mount Everest says the mountain is too crowded and polluted. Ninety-one-year-old Kanchha Sherpa was part of the team t...
