Top Stories from The News Owl
  • [ January 30, 2026 ] Study finds renewing city service taxes boosts commercial redevelopment in Ohio Society & Politics
  • [ January 30, 2026 ] Snakes on trains: King cobras are ‘hopping railways’ to unsuitable habitats in India Nature
  • [ January 30, 2026 ] Tropical peatlands are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, research reveals Earth Sciences
  • [ January 30, 2026 ] Meerkat sunning calls may act as ‘vocal grooming’ for social bonding Nature
  • [ January 30, 2026 ] The devastation of island land snails: Pacific leads global wave of extinctions, researchers find Nature
The News Owl
  • Careers
  • Children & Family
  • Home & Decor
  • Education
  • Lifestyle
  • Nature
  • Society & Politics
  • Travel
February 4, 2026
HomeAuthorsPhys.org

Articles by Phys.org

Economy

Why hospitality skills can help all businesses adapt to the AI revolution

Phys.org

The future of work is being rewritten by artificial intelligence (AI)—but technology competence alone will not be enough to empower the workforce of the future. While AI has massive potential to improve efficiency, accuracy, and […]

Lifestyle

‘Are You Dead?’ China’s viral app reveals a complex reality of solo living and changing social ties

Phys.org

A Chinese personal safety app called Are You Dead?—recently rebranded as Demumu—has gone viral in recent weeks, attracting widespread media attention.This post was originally published on this site

Earth Sciences

Anatomy of a heat wave: How a cyclone, humid air and atmospheric waves drove brutal heat in southeastern Australia

Phys.org

Australia has always had heat waves. But this week’s heat wave in southeastern Australia is something else. Temperatures in some inland towns in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria were up to 20°C above […]

Earth Sciences

We know how to cool our cities and towns: So why aren’t we doing it?

Phys.org

This week, Victoria recorded its hottest day in nearly six years. On Jan. 27, the northwest towns of Walpeup and Hopetoun reached 48.9°C, and the temperature in parts of Melbourne soared over 45°C. Towns in […]

Economy

Filing taxes for someone else? Here’s how to do it safely

Phys.org

Filing taxes every year is an important and necessary task in Canada. But for many, tax preparation and filing can be overwhelming. One reason is that tax forms can sometimes be hard to interpret, especially […]

Earth Sciences

Beyond keywords: Review flags bias and reliability gaps in disaster social media research

Phys.org

Far from simply a source of unstructured online content, disaster management in the digital age can be supported by careful analysis of online social-media data, suggests a paper published in Natural Hazards and Earth System […]

Nature

Baby dinosaurs were common prey for Late Jurassic predators, reconstructed food web suggests

Phys.org

Babies and very young sauropods—the long-necked, long-tailed plant-eaters that in adulthood were the largest animals to have ever walked on land—were a key food sustaining predators in the Late Jurassic, according to a new study […]

Nature

Study shows insect farming byproduct boosts soil health, reduces crop damage

Phys.org

With insect farming projected to produce millions of tons of insects in the coming years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers offer evidence that the insect farming byproduct called “frass” can improve soil health and reduce […]

Nature

Scientists marvel at a Galapagos seabird that wandered 3,000 miles to California

Phys.org

Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded sighting of the bird north of Central America.This post was originally published on this site

Nature

Wolves and other predators present ‘a crisis,’ California’s environment chief says

Phys.org

On Jan. 27, California lawmakers took initial steps toward addressing the public safety concerns posed by the state’s growing populations of wolves, mountain lions and other predators—issues the state’s top environmental official called a crisis.This […]

Posts pagination

« 1 2 3 … 90 »

Top Stories

  • Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses, and a quiet form of deregulation

    In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act—a shift that would reduce restrictions and penalties associated with the drug.This post [...]
  • Pubs are far more valuable to society than the tax they pay

    English pubs will receive a 15% discount on their business rates from April this year. The government deal, which also applies to music venues, follows a backlash from landlords who were facing a steep increase [...]
  • Climate change is reshaping how companies do business

    Climate change is not only disrupting supply chains and asset values, it is also quietly reshaping companies’ choice of business partners. New research based on nearly two decades of data from thousands of US-listed firms [...]

Highlights

  • Why hospitality skills can help all businesses adapt to the AI revolution
  • Filing taxes for someone else? Here’s how to do it safely
  • Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses, and a quiet form of deregulation
WHAT’S NEW
  • Study reveals shrinking package sizes hide significant food inflation
  • AI bosses are creating a new problem for gig workers
  • Government funding for AI jobs did not produce more jobs, research finds
  • Review finds digital tools alone do not improve finances without motivation and agency
WHAT’S INTERESTING
  • How political leanings affect views on academic freedom: New research
  • Perceiving AI as a ‘job killer’ negatively influences attitudes towards democracy, study suggests
  • Social media ban for under-16s could ‘create a game of cat and mouse’ between platforms and users
  • Banal but brutal: Career anxiety as a driving force behind authoritarianism
Last Thoughts:
  • Through the looking glass: New framework gives language to representation in children’s books
  • US hospitality and tourism professors don’t reflect the diversity of the industry they serve

TERMS OF USE

PRIVACY POLICY

CONTACT US

© 2024 TheNewsOwl.com - Your Top News & Lifestyle Stories