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America’s wealthiest people have urged each other to give away more of their money since at least 1889, the year Andrew Carnegie argued that the richest should give away their fortunes within their lifetimes, in part to lessen the sting of growing inequality. So, what stands in the way of the wealthiest people giving more and giving faster? Philanthropy advisers say some answers are structural, li...

Tech giant Panasonic has converted its 50-year-old microwave production facility in Cardiff, Wales, to operate entirely on renewable energy. This project, the company’s first in Europe, integrates solar, hydrogen fuel cells, and battery storage to power the factory sustainably. Inside, workers continue assembling microwave ovens, and the hope is that this entire operation will be using energy gene...

Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to try to make a dent in its huge carbon footprint. The international merchant fleet of more than 100,000 ships that transports most of the world’s trade is responsible for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now the return of ocean-going cargo ships that mainly use sails for propulsion could help solv...

The mobile clinic is one of several health programs offered by libraries across the U.S.—from tiny rural town libraries to large urban systems. They offer fitness classes, food pantries, cooking classes, conversations about loneliness and mental health, and even blood pressure monitors that can be checked out just like books. The public health programs leverage libraries’ reputation as sources of...

Campbell’s is ditching the soup—at least in name. And the change has now received the shareholders’ green light. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to change its name several months ago, saying it wanted to instead be known as the (slightly shorter) Campbell’s Co. Shareholders overwhelmingly approved the change. In a statement, CEO Mark Clouse maintained that this “subtle yet important chan...

Disabled people who use rideshare apps Lyft and Uber say their experience is not a seamless task of pressing a few buttons and being whisked to their destination minutes later. Instead, people who use wheelchairs and guide dogs have watched drivers cancel rides, charge cleaning fees for guide dogs, or outright refuse to take them where they need to go. The rideshare companies plan to push app upda...

Many of us have felt it, and now it's official: "brain rot" is the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. Oxford University Press said that the evocative phrase "gained new prominence in 2024," with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before. Oxford defines brain rot as "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overcons...

Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of many people’s regular routines and the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday—a term coined in 2005 by the National Retail Federation—has become the biggest online shopping day of the year, thanks to the deals and the hype the industry has created to fuel it. Adobe Analytics, which tracks online shopping, expected consumers to spend a record $13.2 bi...

Being a lighthouse keeper is probably one of the loneliest jobs in the world. Yet, it’s been Leo op den Brouw’s work and life for the past 25 years on Gabo Island, off the coast of East Gippsland, Australia. But now, the time has come to pass on the responsibility to the next generation. Despite the isolation, he's loved every minute of it. He's especially fond of his marine neighbors. “Well, we'r...

Paintings by the world-famous Moomins creator Tove Jansson are on show in Finland. The exhibition at the Helsinki Art Museum marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of Jansson’s book The Moomins and the Great Flood, which introduced the creatures to the world. Prior to the success of the Moomins, Jansson first made a name for herself as a talented artist who painted on commission in public s...

‘AI granny’ Daisy is the latest weapon in the fight against phone scammers. This AI-powered bot, developed by UK telecom company Virgin Media O2, is designed to outsmart fraudsters by keeping them tied up in conversation for hours. Daisy is the latest tool in the world of scam-baiting, a strategy where scammers are kept on the line to waste their time. Charity Age UK estimates a fifth of all over...

A high-tech new subway whose construction uncovered Roman and Byzantine treasures has opened in Greece. As well as sparkling new trains and stations the new line showcases the archeological discoveries which caused decades of delays in building the metro. Construction began in 2003 and unearthed a treasure trove of antiquities in a vast excavation beneath the densely populated city of a million re...

The sight was a common one for Andrew Kolpacki. For many a Sunday, he would watch the National Football League (NFL) games on TV and see quarterbacks (QBs) putting their hands on their helmets, desperately trying to hear the play call from the sideline or booth as tens of thousands of fans screamed at the tops of their lungs. When the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA’s) playing rul...

Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no trouble getting them. The 38-year-old information technology worker from New Mexico had a prescription. Her pharmacy had the drugs in stock. And her health insurance covered all but $25 to $50 of the monthly cost. For Griffin, the hardest part of using the new...

A Spanish court has upheld a ruling that a supermarket worker was unlawfully fired for having eaten a croquette that was going to be thrown away after not having been sold from the store’s deli section. The worker was fired in July 2023 after he had snarfed down the fried snack, which was destined for the trash after the store had closed for the day. In a verdict that The Associated Press saw in N...

Electric grids have buckled more frequently and outages have become longer across the U.S. as the warming atmosphere carries more water and stirs up more destructive storms, according to an AP analysis of government data. In the Pacific Northwest, a “bomb cyclone” caused roughly half a million outages. People with disabilities and chronic health conditions are particularly at risk when the power g...

Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers competed for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions to tempt Americans who haven’t recovered from recent food price inflation. Walmart, the nation’s largest food retailer, bundled the makings of a traditional turkey feast into a meal deal three years ago. This year, the 29-item offer, which included a frozen turkey and ingred...

Schools in Australia are being asked to open up their grounds after hours to give families more green space and areas for children to play. With the population of Australia’s south-eastern Victoria state growing rapidly, the demand for additional green spaces in cities and towns is also increasing. Asking to go back to school during the holidays isn’t something parents would expect from their chil...

The ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: new rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications’ risks and side effects. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spent more than 15 years crafting the guidelines, which are designed to do away with industry practices that dow...

The Vatican and Microsoft in November unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monuments while helping the Holy See manage visitor flows and identify conservation problems. Using 400,000 high-resolution digital photographs, taken with drones, cameras, and lasers over four weeks when no one was in the basilica, th...

When Massachusetts voters decided to ditch the state's standardized tests as a high school graduation requirement on Election Day, they joined a trend that has steadily chipped away at the use of high-stakes tests over the past two decades. The vote on the ballot question leaves only seven states with mandated graduation exams, a number that could soon shrink further. A backlash to standardized te...

Deep in a dark warehouse, the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing techniques dating back more than 1,000 years. Junichiro Ozawa, the 18th-generation head of Ozawa Brewery, founded in 1702, hoped sake-brewing would win recognition as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage when the de...

Health experts say walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, bolster fitness and prevent disease. Doctors say people should also add other activities to their fitness routines, including resistance exercises like lifting weights and activities that keep you flexible like yoga or stretching. “You don’t need equipment and you don’t need a gym membership,” says Dr. Sarah Eby, a sp...

As climate change warms our world, it has affected farmers and their growing practices, even threatening beloved beverages, like beer. Danish brewer Carlsberg, the world’s fourth largest, is breeding more climate-tolerant crops, hoping to future-proof its beer production. Human-caused climate change has made the world hotter and increased the likelihood of both long droughts and intense bursts of...

A new exhibition in western Germany is hoping to expand the public’s perception of Africa via art and cultural history. “The True Size of Africa” is at the Völklingen Ironworks and features works by artists from across the continent. Photographic portraits, paintings, video installations, and sculpture—26 works that organizers say explore Africa, addressing its cultural history, intellectual tradi...