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According to the World Health Organization, more than 2.2 billion people globally have vision impairment. For compliance with disability legislation, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States, media in visual formats like television shows or movies are required to provide accessibility to visually impaired people. This often comes in the…
Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them
Some spider species eat their siblings, especially when food is scarce David VILLA/SCIENCEIMAGE CBI CNRS A species of spider avoids cannibalising its siblings while they are alive, but does not seem to have qualms about eating its brethren as soon as they die. This suggests some spiders come to tolerate one another by learning to…
Tehran reels after Israeli strikes
Zahra, a 53-year-old Iranian woman, was jolted awake at around 3.30am on Friday by the deafening sound of explosions that shook her apartment in Tehran. Initially disoriented, she wondered if it was just a thunderstorm. But as she stepped on to her balcony, a grim reality set in: neighbours in the western district of Chitgar…
Dream’s Rhyne Howard ties WNBA record with 9 3s in win vs. Sky
Jun 13, 2025, 10:37 PM ET Rhyne Howard made a career-high nine 3-pointers — tying the WNBA single-game record — and finished with a season-high 36 points as the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 88-70 on Friday night. In addition, Atlanta’s Brittney Griner moved into second place on the WNBA career blocks list, passing…
Would you buy your child a ChatGPT‑powered Barbie? I’m queasy at the prospect of a real‑life Small Soldiers scenario
Mattel is partnering with OpenAI to build AI‑powered toys, which might lead to some amazing fun, but also sounds like the premise for a million stories of things going wrong. To be clear, I don’t think AI is going to end the world. I’ve used ChatGPT in a million ways, including as an aide for…
New research prompts rethink on chances of life on Uranus moons
SPL Artwork: Uranus and its five largest moons had been thought to be inactive and sterile. The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought. Instead, they may have oceans, and the moons may even be capable of supporting life, scientists say. Much of…
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The Iranian commanders and scientists killed in Israeli strikes
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Israel killed several of Iran’s top generals and scientists in a devastating large-scale attack that pushed the Middle East into a new war. Major General Mohammad Bagheri As chief of staff of Iran’s…
Did the US know about Israel’s attack all along?
Foreign diplomats at an event in Tehran this week mingled with little sense of urgency, waving away as posturing the US move to pull some non-essential personnel from the Middle East. Iran and the US were due to hold crunch nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday, and Washington was making a show, was the consensus…