Several US states are trying to prevent handwriting from going extinct as classrooms increasingly swap pen and paper for tablets and computers.
The US government removed the skill from the core curriculum in 2010 due to claims it was time consuming and would not be useful in the age of technology which meant schools could instead focus on typing classes.
Handwriting is considered a fine motor skill that stimulates and challenges the brain, but with schools turning to technology instead,
The category winners and shortlisted entries in the Open competition of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards have been unveiled – and the images featured are as extraordinary as ever.
The prestigious contest runs several competitions every year, with more than 395,000 photographs from more than 220 countries and territories entered into this year’s overall awards.
Standout images from the Open contest include a scene from New Mexico that could be an alien planet, a moonrise burning across the horizon
From an alien theme to a one-of-a-kind pizza, a foodie has lifted the lid on what the most unique McDonald’s restaurants in America have to offer.
Dylan Huynh from California set of on a McNugget filled adventure to visit five of the country’s wackiest outlets in a bid to rank which one is the ‘coolest McDonald’s ever.’
In a YouTube video documenting his trip, he starts his journey in Roswell, New Mexico, where he checks into a McDonald’s shaped like
How you say in English… total liability?
Two days after news broke that Alec Baldwin will be re-charged with involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, his fake-Spanish wife Hilaria took to the streets of New York, scantily-clad in 30-degree weather.
Truly, there is no indignity that these two won’t exploit. All attention is good attention to the Baldwins, it seems.
And so, with snow still on the ground, Hilaria paraded for the paparazzi, a cohort
Earlier today, three witnesses came before Congress to testify about their experiences with unidentified flying objects. A former Navy pilot spoke of the mysterious objects that he has seen with his own eyes and through radar, and how frequently pilots encounter them in the air. A retired Navy commander described the time he pulled his jet up to a Tic Tac–shaped object hovering over the ocean, then watched it suddenly speed up and vanish.
The most anticipated remarks, however, came
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