Biden Rejects Calls to Quit the Race, Vows to ‘Finish the Job Because so Much is At Stake’

By Steve Herman WASHINGTON —At his first solo news conference in eight months, U.S. President Joe Biden spent most of an hour responding to questions about the growing movement within his own Democratic Party to get him to step aside because of concerns he may be in cognitive decline. “I’ve taken three significant and intense […]

No Foundational Evidence for Creating an AI God

By Robert J. Marks, II, Ph.D. Some in the artificial intelligence tech industry believe they are “creating God,” according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a recent interview. And he is right. Many pursuing AI advances are trying to create God or believe humans can achieve a godlike status through technology. Yuval Harari’s bestselling book […]

Silicon Valley Steps up Screening on Chinese Employees to Counter Espionage

By Stella Hsu WASHINGTON —Leading U.S. technology companies reportedly have increased security screening of employees and job applicants, which experts say is necessary to counter the cyber espionage threat from China. While the enhanced screening is being applied to employees and applicants of all races, those with family or other ties to China are thought […]

Secrets of Augustine

By Ken Campbell Kayaking and Science in Wild Alaska Last year’s Roadless Coast expedition took the Ikkatsu Project team along Washington’s Olympic coastline where we surveyed remote beaches for marine debris. We had barely finished that trip when we decided to do another, this time to south-central Alaska, to see what might have washed up […]

Shingebiss, A Chippewa Indian Tale

IN HIS lodge on the shores of Lake Huron lived little brown duck, Shingebiss. When the fierce North Wind swept down from the glittering Land of Snow, four great logs for firewood had little brown duck, Shingebiss. Brave and cheery was Shingebiss. No matter how the North Wind raged, he waddled out across the ice […]

Raphael and His Main Works

Por centuries Raphael has been recognised as the supreme High Renaissance painter, more versatile than Michelangelo and more prolific than their older contemporary Leonardo. Though he died at 37, Raphael’s example as a paragon of classicism dominated the academic tradition of European painting until the mid-19th century. Raphael (Raffaello Santi) was born in Urbino where […]

The U.S.-China Economic Competition

VOA News correspondent Kane Farabaugh travels to Purdue University to report on the depth of economic competition between the United States and China. Both countries are vying for global dominance. This week on VOA News’ The Inside Story : Competing with China.

Fu-Sang: North American Pacific Coast

What would you think if I told you that, although Robert Gray sailed across the Columbia River bar in 1792, he wasn’t the first explorer to do so? Or if I mentioned that Juan de Fuca wasn’t the first outsider who traveled on the straits that bear his name? What if you were to find […]

Laughing Song

By William Blake    WHEN the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene When Mary, and Susan, and Emily With their sweet round mouths sing, “Ha, Ha, He! When the painted birds laugh in the shade, Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread: Come live, and be […]

Do USPS Spy Americans?

By Rep. Matt Gaetz Should every federal agency be on surveillance duty? What if the mailman is the one looking through the peephole? The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) dates back to 1772, when Benjamin Franklin created the position of “Surveyor” to audit postal accounts and investigate mail theft. Over time, the USPIS has […]