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5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (685+ words) MELBOURNE, Australia " A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said on Monday. The player's departure shortly before midnight on Sunday leaves two…...
A college student's perspective on using AI in class
1+ week, 3+ day ago (346+ words) I don't see our choice as "AI or no AI" any more than past generations could halt the spread of the printing press " that widely decried threat to scholarship. Children born today will never know a world without AI. The…...
The Conversation: International adoptees; Prisoners of war
1+ week, 4+ day ago (150+ words) The Conversation: International adoptees; Prisoners of war'Hawai'i Public Radio - On Air Now Playing HPR-1 - News and information - On Air Now Playing HPR-2 - Your home for classical music The Conversation: International adoptees; Prisoners of war Audio will be added after the…...
Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do
3+ week, 3+ day ago (626+ words) When people are shown a spiky shape next to a rounded one and asked which shape is called "kiki" and which one is "bouba," people from all kinds of cultures overwhelmingly associate "bouba" with the blob-like shape and "kiki" with…...
School resource officer program launches at 3 Oʻahu high schools
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (314+ words) O'ahu's first official School Resource Officer program launched this week. It's part of a partnership between the Honolulu Police Department and the state Department of Education. Under the pilot initiative, officers will be stationed at Kaimuk, Kapolei, and Wai'anae high…...
Legislators consider adding protections for children interacting with AI chatbots
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (421+ words) The consideration comes after a constituent showed Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole alarming chat records between their 12-year-old daughter and a Character.AI chatbot. The bot was being sexually suggestive and violent, despite the girl informing the program that she was a…...
Hawaiian immersion education leaders need more funding, staff to grow the program | Hawai'i Public Radio
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (361+ words) The interest in Hawaiian language education has increased over the past 10 years, but advocates for the state program say its resources and staffing haven't seen the same growth. Kaiapuni, the state's Hawaiian Immersion School where classes are taught in "lelo…...
Reddit challenges Australia's world-first law banning children under 16 from social media
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (589+ words) Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia's world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world's most popular social media platforms. California-based Reddit Inc.'s suit filed in the High…...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (659+ words) One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half " from nearly 10 million deaths a year to under 5 million deaths…...
CDC advisers delay planned vote on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (620+ words) Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unexpectedly postponed controversial votes Thursday on changes to the current recommendation of universally immunizing newborns against hepatitis B. Confusion and disagreement over the language of the votes led the Advisory Committee…...