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Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school&rsquo;s library in Watertown, Mass., on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and feel the celestial event.

Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology

Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school&rsquo;s library in Watertown, Mass., on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and feel the celestial event.

March 29, 2024, 9:19am Clark County Health

While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event. Read story

Harbor seals keep watch July 30, 2020, from a small island off Portland, Maine. The problem of bird flu jumping from birds to marine mammals, such as seals, is worse than initially thought, scientists say. (Robert F.

Bird flu hitting seal colonies hard

Harbor seals keep watch July 30, 2020, from a small island off Portland, Maine. The problem of bird flu jumping from birds to marine mammals, such as seals, is worse than initially thought, scientists say. (Robert F.

March 29, 2024, 6:02am Life

Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the devastating virus. Read story

Tina Wu and Rick Salvador pose for photographs March 18 amid the Yoshino cherry blossoms at the University of Washington Quad in Seattle.

Cherry blossoms attract tourists — and UW researchers

Tina Wu and Rick Salvador pose for photographs March 18 amid the Yoshino cherry blossoms at the University of Washington Quad in Seattle.

March 26, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

Couples strolled, TikTokers danced and friends shared takeout under the gnarled branches dappled in pale pink blossoms on the University of Washington’s Quad on the last night of winter. Read story

Adult male oceanic killer whale OCX012 diving to feed on a successful predation event involving a pygmy sperm whale.

Scars offer clues into orca groups in Pacific

Adult male oceanic killer whale OCX012 diving to feed on a successful predation event involving a pygmy sperm whale.

March 26, 2024, 6:00am Life

A group of killer whales spotted hunting off the coast of California and Oregon over two decades may actually be their own unique population of animals, a new study says. Read story

A prickly shark, or Echinorhinus cookei, swims along the ocean floor.

Shark gathering puzzles scientists

A prickly shark, or Echinorhinus cookei, swims along the ocean floor.

March 26, 2024, 6:00am Life

Deep underwater, a group of elusive predators gathered off the coast of Panama. The gathering was “atypical” and a first of its kind for the area. Read story

AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real from what’s not.

One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images

AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real from what’s not.

March 24, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. Read story

This photo provided by NASA shows three APEP rockets at NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Feb. 21, 2024, with Mission Principal Investigator Dr. Barjatya, top left, and NASA Mission Manager Jay Scott, top right, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and NASA personnel. During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, the rockets will blast off with science instruments into the electrically charged portion of the atmosphere near the edge of space known as the ionosphere.

April’s total solar eclipse promises to be the best yet for experiments

This photo provided by NASA shows three APEP rockets at NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Feb. 21, 2024, with Mission Principal Investigator Dr. Barjatya, top left, and NASA Mission Manager Jay Scott, top right, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and NASA personnel. During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, the rockets will blast off with science instruments into the electrically charged portion of the atmosphere near the edge of space known as the ionosphere.

March 22, 2024, 8:29am Life

April’s total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft and telescopes — and cosmic chance. Read story

This Aug. 23, 1965 photo provided by NASA shows astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, near the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico during training. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday, March 18, 2024. He was 93.

Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93

This Aug. 23, 1965 photo provided by NASA shows astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, near the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico during training. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday, March 18, 2024. He was 93.

March 18, 2024, 3:11pm Life

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93. Read story

Blobby creatures washed up on West Coast beaches during marine warming, sucking up energy

March 18, 2024, 8:01am Life

During recent marine heat waves, millions of gelatinous, pickle-like filter feeders washed up on West Coast beaches. Read story

FILE - Visitors hold their hands out to receive the sun's energy as they celebrate the Spring equinox atop the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Spring gets its official start Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in the Northern Hemisphere. On the equinoxes, the Earth's axis and orbit line up so both hemispheres get the same amount of sunlight.

The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?

FILE - Visitors hold their hands out to receive the sun's energy as they celebrate the Spring equinox atop the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Spring gets its official start Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in the Northern Hemisphere. On the equinoxes, the Earth's axis and orbit line up so both hemispheres get the same amount of sunlight.

March 18, 2024, 7:55am Latest News

officially, at least. Read story