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Aubry Allbridge, a 22-year-old woman from Utah with Down syndrome, has become a certified fitness instructor for the fitness programme UpBeat Barre. She recently took another step in her journey by leading her first class at a local gym, with 60 people attending the session.Allbridge had been attending several fitness classes before becoming an instructor,…

Left, Keller, Anuradha and Vikas Sinha, Brandon Buzbee, right/Image: University of North Texas Indian-origin couple Anuradha and Vikas Sinha have donated $20 million to the University of North Texas to expand education and research in artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, according to the university’s press release.The university will name its new Anuradha and Vikas Sinha…

A Colorado family has protected a 684-acre historic ranch after more than 90 years of family stewardship, ensuring that its agricultural landscape, water resources, wildlife habitat and historic character can remain safeguarded for generations. Known as Ute Ranch, the property in western Montrose County has been placed under a permanent conservation easement through the Colorado…

Family of Harish, Indian truck driver in Canada’s Quebec, is deported to India as their asulym claim was rejected. An Indian family that spent eight years building a life in Quebec has returned to India after Canadian authorities rejected its refugee claim and their attempt to remain in the country on humanitarian grounds.The Kumar family…

Almost eight years after the fire, a $26 million rebuilding project is nearing completion. For nearly a century, Paramount Ranch in California’s Santa Monica Mountains was linked to Hollywood filmmaking. The 2,700-acre property was bought by Paramount Pictures in 1927 and used as an outdoor filming location. Between 1927 and 1943, the studio made more…

It was anchored overnight before specialist crews began the operation to sink it South Australia has sunk the 40-metre MV Andrew Wilson about six kilometres off the coast of Brighton, turning the retired vessel into an artificial reef. The ship now rests upright 20 metres below the surface on the sandy ocean floor.According to the…

A lingcod guards its egg mass on the Annapolis (Image Credit: Michel Joseph via Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia) A retired Canadian warship that was deliberately sunk off British Columbia in 2015 has become an artificial reef supporting a growing community of marine life. The former HMCS Annapolis, measuring 113.1 metres in length, was…

Cement is one of the most widely used materials in construction, but its production comes with a high environmental cost. Circular Design Cement, a 2026 James Dyson Award project, is exploring a new approach to construction materials. The project uses everyday waste and industrial byproducts as recycled aggregates in cement-based materials designed for architectural applications….

PC: Swiss Academy of Sciences A photograph shared online has helped scientists identify a hoverfly species that had remained a mystery for years. The insect, named ‘Monoceromyia ndidiae’, was photographed in the Dominican Republic and posted on iNaturalist. Its unusual appearance caught the attention of an entomologist, who began asking whether the fly represented something…

Biofouling happens when marine organisms attach to or occupy submerged parts of a vessel The submerged surfaces of nearly 30,000 commercial vessels arriving in Alaska over 11 years created more opportunities for marine organisms to hitchhike to new locations, according to a research.The study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, examined 29,799 commercial vessel arrivals…