Leben (Life aka misc)
Should Schools Get Rid of Homework?
Federal survey data shows that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining for the past decade. Some educators and parents say this is a good thing — students shouldn’t spend six or more hours a day at school and Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
UAE To Leave OPEC Amid Hormuz Oil Crisis
The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it would exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (source paywalled; alternative source), or OPEC, along with the wider group of partners known as OPEC+, effective May 1, in what could be a blow to control over prices by the group, long Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
New Report Finds Some Babies Spend Up To Eight Hours a Day on Screens
More than two-thirds of babies under two use screens, a report has found, and some are exposed for up to eight hours a day. Nearly a third of newborns were found to be watching screens for more than three hours a day, while almost 20 percent of infants of four Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Study Finds a Third of New Websites Are AI-Generated
Researchers working with data from the Internet Archive have discovered that a third of websites created since 2022 are AI-generated. The team of researchers — which includes people from Stanford, the Imperial College London, and the Internet Archive — published their findings online in a paper titled “The Impact of Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms
The Trump administration says it will reimburse energy companies $885 million to cancel two planned offshore wind farms, with the firms in turn agreeing to put money into oil and gas projects instead. “The deals are modeled after a similar agreement last month with the French energy giant TotalEnergies, TotalEnergies Read more…