For people who enjoy pranks, there is no better
holiday than April Fools' Day. Celebrated annually on
April 1, it is the only day of the year when
light-hearted tricks are not frowned upon. The origin
of this fun tradition is hazy. Some maintain that it
started in 1582 when the world moved from the
Julian calendar — which began the new year in Apr...
Easter, the oldest and most important Christian
festival, will be observed on March 31, 2024. The
holiday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus
Christ. Many American adults mark the event by
attending special church services. For children in the
US, Easter means egg hunts, parades, and the
Easter Bunny. But not everyone celebrates the holi...
Every spring, many fish species migrate from the
Vecht, a branch of the Rhine River, to the shallow
waters of the Kromme Rijn River to spawn and
reproduce. However, their journey often stops at the
Weerdsluis lock in Utrecht, Netherlands. The
manually operated lock, designed to maintain the
canal's water levels, rarely opens in the spring mo...
Earth Hour 2024 will occur on March 23 from 8:30
pm to 9:30 pm local time. The event, held annually
toward the end of March, encourages individuals,
communities, and businesses worldwide to turn off
non-essential electric lights for one hour. The
voluntary rolling blackouts are also observed by
landmark structures such as the Eiffel Tower and t...
What if you could transform the plastic spoon you
used at lunch into a cup for your water and then
change it back to a spoon? That is precisely what
researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker
School of Molecular Engineering had in mind when
they created "pluripotent plastic."
A novel gene therapy is bringing hope to children
born with a specific type of hereditary deafness. On
January 25, 2024, researchers at China's Fudan
University and Harvard Medical School (HMS)
announced that the groundbreaking treatment had
restored the hearing of five of the six test patients.
After being removed from the curriculum for over 14
years, cursive writing is making a comeback in some
US public schools. For those unfamiliar with the
term, it is the elegant form of penmanship where
letters or characters are joined together in a flowing
manner, generally to make writing faster.
March 5, 2024, was Super Tuesday. It was the day
when 16 American states held primary elections and
caucuses. This all-important day is crucial for US
presidential hopefuls because front-runners
frequently receive their respective political party's
nomination.
An 8-year-old has become the youngest player ever
to defeat a grandmaster (GM) in classical chess. For
those unfamiliar with the term, GM is the highest
title a chess player can attain. Ashwath Kaushik
achieved the incredible feat on February 18, 2024,
after beating 37-year-old Jacek Stopa in round four of
an international chess competition in Switzerland. ...
