Author: KnowledgeHippo

At Maysville High School in Maysville, Mo., population 1,100, classes can be a little tough for underachievers. Coursework can involve reading and algebra, but also a serious amount of blood and guts.In 2022, the high school, an hour’s drive north of Kansas City, added a farm-to-table elective taught by a family and consumer science teacher, Amy Kanak, who works with an agriculture teacher, Brandi Ellis. Students were already learning to harvest and process animals and wild game in their agriculture classes and to dissect organs in their science classes. The new lesson gives them the opportunity to cook meals using…

Saudi Arabia’s government plans to create a fund of about $40 billion to invest in artificial intelligence, according to three people briefed on the plans — the latest sign of a gold rush toward a technology that has already begun to reshape lifestyles and people’s work.In recent weeks, representatives of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund have discussed a possible partnership with Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, and other funders, said the people, who were not authorized to speak publicly. They warned that plans could still change.The planned technology fund will make Saudi Arabia the world’s…

New studies from the National Institutes of Health failed to find evidence of brain injury in scans or blood markers of diplomats and spies who suffered from symptoms of Havana syndrome, bolstering the conclusions of US intelligence agencies about the strange health occurrences.Intelligence agencies have concluded that the debilitating symptoms associated with Havana syndrome, including dizziness and migraines, are not the work of a hostile foreign power. They have not identified a weapon or device that caused the injuries, and intelligence analysts now believe the symptoms are likely explained by environmental factors, existing medical conditions or stress.The lead scientist on…

An engine fire caused by plastic packaging, a lost tire shortly after takeoff and a plane that skidded off the runway: These are among eight incidents that have occurred in the past two weeks on United Airlines flights. While no injuries — or worse — have been reported, the crashes have generated headlines and raised concern about aviation safety among federal officials and passengers.All of the incidents occurred on flights departing from or bound for United States airports, and five involved planes made by Boeing, a manufacturer already under intense scrutiny. In January, a door stopper blew off an Alaska…

They wake up in the mornings to find another family gone. Half of one village, the entirety of the next have left in the years since the water dried up — in search of work, food, any means of survival. Those who stay pick the abandoned houses and burn the pieces for firewood.They speak of the lush vegetation that once blessed this corner of southwestern Afghanistan. Now, it’s dry as far as the eye can see. Boats sit on bone-dry sandbanks. This paltry water that drips from deep beneath the arid earth is salty, cracking their hands and streaking their…

And unlike pop-culture depictions of theoretical physicists — scribbled lonely on blackboards, shrouded in clouds of chalk dust — Dr. Massey likes to work with people. In turn, people think of him so much that he says his name in the right rooms. He completes one project and soon another one falls into his lap. He also tends to inherit organizations in need of some direction – most recently Giant Magellan, which is facing financial turmoil.The involvement of Dr. Massey’s work on the telescope came toward the end of a presidency at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.…

Japan’s central bank raised interest rates for the first time since 2007 on Tuesday, pushing them above zero to close a chapter in its aggressive bid to stimulate an economy that has long struggled to grow.In 2016, the Bank of Japan took the unorthodox step of cutting borrowing costs below zero, in an effort to jump-start lending and borrowing and boost the country’s stagnant economy. Negative interest rates – which central banks in some European economies have also implemented – mean depositors pay to leave their money in a bank, an incentive to spend it instead.But Japan’s economy has recently…

It was raw and occasionally tense.Former TV host Don Lemon’s wide-ranging, testy interview with Elon Musk was released online Monday morning, touching on topics such as politics, particularly the billionaire’s recent meeting with former President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Musk’s reported drug use. Hate speech on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which it now owns; and more.The interview was meant to be the debut episode of a new talk show in a partnership between Mr Lemon and X, but Mr Musk canceled the deal a day after taping the hour-long interview at Tesla’s headquarters in Austin,…

When Joel Bervell thought of professionalism as an undergraduate, he thought of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Specifically, he thought about how the show’s residents were expected to be, though they often weren’t: on time, prepared for their situations, and respectful of everyone around them.”That was the only role model I had for what it means to be a doctor — especially someone like me, who doesn’t come from a family of doctors,” Mr. Bervell said. 28, fourth year medical student at Washington State University. Mr Bervell, who is Ghanaian-American, is one of the first black medical students at the medical college, which…

Brussels, the realm of stuffy French restaurants filled with gray-shirted diplomats, suddenly became bold and bright. Thanks to a host of young chefs with iconoclastic ideas about taste and sustainability, the city, enthralled by the rich sauces of Gaul for almost two centuries, has emerged as one of the most exciting and affordable places to eat in Europe. now.These exciting talents are transforming the city’s old-fashioned bistros and cafes with spices from places like Korea, Latin America and Morocco and “putting a vibrant modern spin on home-style local comfort food,” explained Michel Verlinden, food writer and restaurant in Brussels. critic…