Excluding children from school education could cost the global community around $10 trillion a year by 2030 if states do not take decisive action, the United Nations warned in a new report published on Monday. The report by the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural agency UNESCO estimates the specific costs for private individuals, states and […]
Over a trillion periodical cicadas will emerge this spring across much of the United States after over a decade spent underground. Millions of the loud, large insects will appear in Illinois. Nonetheless, it will be a rare event. While annual cicadas emerge every midsummer in Illinois, 2024 will feature an earlier, once-in-several-lifetimes event when two specific groups […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why don’t numbers end? – Reyhane, age 7, Tehran, Iran Here’s a game: Ask a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add “1” […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why don’t numbers end? – Reyhane, age 7, Tehran, Iran Here’s a game: Ask a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add “1” […]
Ukraine warns it could lose its war against Russia as Congress delays crucial aid. A dinner for graduating law students becomes a flashpoint after a Palestinian student’s protest. And a once-in-a-lifetime cicada emergence is almost here. Here’s what to know today. Ukraine warns it could lose its war with Russia without U.S. help Alex Babenko […]
Trillions of periodical cicadas will emerge from the ground this spring, bringing with them their loud buzzing and molted exoskeletons. Here’s where you will be able to see cicadas in the U.S. When are the cicadas coming in 2024? There are two groups of periodical cicadas – those that emerge every 13 years and those […]
Billions, if not trillions, of two groups of noisy flying insects are expected to emerge from the underground in 17 U.S. states in April in a rare natural phenomenon not seen since 1803. The insects, known as cicadas, are set to spring up and engage in a frantic mating frenzy lasting several weeks before they will […]
Trillions of gallons are lost from aging drinking water systems across the U.S., underscoring an economic and public health reckoning after decades of deferred maintenance and disinvestment that leave some communities struggling to provide reliable service. The problem is especially acute in older industrial and rural areas in the eastern half of the country that […]
Trillions of gallons are lost from aging drinking water systems across the U.S., underscoring an economic and public health reckoning after decades of deferred maintenance and disinvestment that leave some communities struggling to provide reliable service. The problem is especially acute in older industrial and rural areas in the eastern half of the country that […]
PRICHARD, Ala. (AP) — Water bubbles up in streets, pooling in neighborhoods for weeks or months. Homes burn to the ground if firefighters can’t draw enough water from hydrants. Utility crews struggle to fix broken pipes while water flows through shut-off valves that don’t work. For generations, the water infrastructure beneath this southern Alabama city […]
A quick bout of warm weather in the Triangle this week is leaving many of us longing for summer’s hot days and the long stretches of daily sunshine that Carolina skies seem to be so good at offering. But are we ready for the cicadas? Not to freak you out, but two broods of cicadas […]
For most retirees, their monthly Social Security income is indispensable. Based on more than two decades of annual surveys from national pollster Gallup, no fewer than 80% of retired respondents have relied on their Social Security check, in some capacity, to make ends meet in a given year. Given how important Social Security is to […]