Big changes are coming to U. S. national parks. Starting next year, international visitors will pay a lot more to enter. The idea is to make sure they help take care of these special places. For Americans, there's a new annual pass with a familiar price tag. It's still $80, same as before. But ther
President Donald Trump made news on Tuesday, not just for pardoning two turkeys, but also for hinting at a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. The two turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, raised on a small farm in North Carolina, won't be ending up on anyone's dinner table this Thanksgiving. Ins
RealPage, a company that makes software for landlords, has agreed to change how it works after a big legal fight. The Department of Justice said the software helped landlords work together to raise rents unfairly. This is called "algorithmic collusion. " The deal means RealPage can't use the latest
Sound waves and cracks have a secret relationship. Scientists found that when sound waves meet a crack, they don't always bounce back. Instead, they can slip through or even change their tune. Here's how it works. A tiny crack was made in a glass plate by heating it up. Then, sound waves were sent
The U. S. is pushing a new peace plan for Ukraine, but Russia is likely to reject it. The plan is more friendly to Ukraine than the previous one. Russia's President Putin has said that the earlier U. S. plan, which Ukraine thought was too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks. He is unlikely to
Hospital stays can be tough on kids, but one hidden danger is blood clots. These clots, known as hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (HA-VTE), can be serious. To figure out how often these clots happen, researchers looked at data from multiple hospitals. The CHAT risk assessment model had alrea
Tara Reid, known for her roles in movies like "American Pie" and "The Big Lebowski, " had a scary experience recently. She ended up in a Chicago hospital after she thinks someone put something in her drink. She wants everyone to know how important it is to keep an eye on your drink. She was at a ho
Dark matter remains one of the universe's biggest mysteries. It's invisible, yet scientists believe it makes up a huge part of galaxies. The idea is that to make sense of what we see in space, there must be a lot of unseen matter out there. We know it's there because of its gravitational pull, but s
The U. S. government is planning to raise prices for international visitors to national parks starting next year. This move comes as fewer tourists from other countries are visiting the U. S. due to political tensions and a decline in foreign tourism. Starting January 1, the annual park pass for no
In the U. S. , cannabis use has become a daily habit for many, especially since legalization. High-potency products, like vapes and concentrates, are now common and can lead to dependence without users realizing it. Unlike alcohol, daily cannabis users have surpassed daily drinkers since 2022. Howev
