Outdoor learning is the focus of a new elementary school near Port Orchard

We’re here for the kids who are daydreaming in class, the ones who feel boxed in by worksheets,” the website says.

Babies learn a lot in their first year. But their behaviour doesn’t always tell the full story

If a baby doesn’t show a clear response at a particular age, it does not necessarily mean they have stopped learning or missed an important step.
Discover Magazine

Seal Brains Hint at Strong Vocal Flexibility, Giving Us Clues to the Origins of Speech

Discover the neural similarities of seals to particularly vocal birds and even humans, suggesting the foundations of speech may not be uniquely human after all.
IEEE

M 4 SER: Multimodal, Multirepresentation, Multitask, and Multistrategy Learning for Speech Emotion Recognition

Abstract: Multimodal speech emotion recognition (SER) has emerged as pivotal for improving human–machine interaction. Researchers are increasingly leveraging both speech and textual information ...
IEEE

Parallel Local and Global Context Modeling of Deep Learning-Based Monaural Speech Source Separation Techniques

Abstract: The novel deep learning-based time domain single channel speech source separation methods have shown remarkable progress. Recent studies achieve either successful global or local context ...
PBS

WATCH: President Donald Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared during Tuesday's marathon State of the Union that "we're winning so much," saying he'd sparked a jobs and manufacturing boom at home while imposing a ...
Variety

‘Free Palestine’ Cut From BBC Broadcast of ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Director Akinola Davies Jr.’s BAFTAs Speech

After winning the BAFTA Film Award for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, “My Father’s Shadow” helmer Akinola Davies Jr. ended his speech by saying “free Palestine.” However, ...