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Generic image of a school bus (Pixabay) HOUSTON – Riding the school bus can be stressful for both parents and students, but several Houston-area school districts are using tracking devices to record when and where students board and exit their buses. The following districts have implemented technology aimed at keeping students safe and providing parents…
Iranian student inventors have achieved notable success by winning nine medals at two major international competitions: the 2025 Yakutia International Science Fair in Russia and the 2025 International Olympiad of Inventions and Innovations in South Korea. Mehdi Rashidi Jahan, head of the Iranian student teams, told IRNA, a partner of TV BRICS,…
Number one grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen, has won the inaugural online chess competition at the Esports World Cup. The 34-year-old Norwegian will take home $250,000 (around £188,000). The Esports World Cup (EWC) being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest multi-discipline tournaments in competitive professional gaming. The inclusion of chess in this year’s…
A new law in Brazil could cause “significant environmental harm and human rights violations”, and represents a “rollback for decades” of protections in Brazil, including for the Amazon, a UN expert has told BBC News. Plans to speed up approvals for development projects were criticised by Astrid Puentes Riaño, a UN special rapporteur, as the…
A rare hurricane that raged high above Earth’s North Pole in 2014 packed a surprising punch, and may be even stranger than scientists first thought. The phenomenon, called a “space hurricane,” unleashed intense space weather effects normally seen only during major solar storms, despite the sun being unusually quiet that day, according to a new…
Studio Morgan Harvey Hayman and Holly Hudson founded their own studio after graduating from a game design course When Holly Hudson enrolled on a university video game design course, she imagined a job at a studio would be waiting at the end of it. Her dream was to work as a 3D artist, but the…
BBC Listen to this article being read Andrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager. The first leg of his flight from London to Singapore was fairly smooth. Then suddenly the plane hit severe turbulence. “Being on a rollercoaster is the…
Aug. 8, 2025—Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Centerannounced it will begin using a new FDA-approved ultrasound device to perform targeted, non-invasive treatment of liver tumors. The new treatment, called histotripsy, uses ultrasound energy to destroy liver tumors in a single outpatient procedure. “Our team at Memorial Hermann is excited about the implications of this new technology for…
