USCIS says there will be no second round of lottery for H-1B. In a major update, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that there will be no second lottery for FY2027. “US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000…
Nearly all drinking water in the United States starts somewhere in a forest, long before it reaches a tap. About 90% of Americans get their water from public systems, and a large portion of that water comes from forestlands, which means policies affecting forests also have an impact on water. According to a new study…
A restored wetland area surrounded by our Natural Water Sanctuary. (Picture source: Suntory) For years, many rice fields in Japan have been left unused as fewer people continued farming and rural communities grew older. Without regular care, many of these fields became covered with weeds. The frogs, dragonflies and other small animals that once lived…
Chinese entrepreneur Yang Zhilin’s AI milestone triggers social media debate as to why he left the US and founded his startup in China. As Chinese AI startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a new model touted to be almost as advanced as Claude Fable 5 or GPT 5.6 Sol, a major debate erupted on social media…
Animals and their stories of existence have always surprised humans. From the way they are born to their skills of survival, all of these speak volumes on how the universe has created and empowered each being. A recent study sheds light on a similar creature of nature. Did you know that a newborn kangaroo is…
A rare combination of two major ocean climate patterns is drawing the attention of meteorologists this year. According to an analysis by Severe Weather Europe, a rare Atlantic Niña developing in the tropical Atlantic is coinciding with a strengthening Super El Niño in the Pacific Ocean. While these two events occur in different oceans, forecasters…
Health workers interact at the Evangelical Medical Center in eastern Congo. (AP Photo) Seven American aid workers who had been involved in responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being quarantined at a US-backed bio-isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced new travel restrictions requiring Americans returning…
For centuries, shellfish poisoning has been a threat to humans, and we have had no way to stop it. The ‘red tide’ algal blooms found on the Pacific coast are deadly contributors, producing one of the most vicious neurotoxins known: saxitoxin (STX). Eat the wrong shellfish, and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) follows. There is no…
Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin, accused of displaying “extremist symbols,” attends a court session in the town of Dolgoprudny outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) A Russian court on Friday convicted opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, a critic of President Vladimir Putin, of displaying “extremist symbols”, a ruling that will prevent him from contesting this year’s elections…
This Russian billionaire’s designer $300 million superyacht left Dubai and confidently sailed through the Strait of Hormuz While commercial cargo ships and oil tankers delayed their trips or turned back because of rising military tensions, a Soviet-born billionaire’s $300 million superyacht successfully passed through the highly sensitive Strait of Hormuz on a 2,000-mile journey to…
