Parents scramble as shutdown threatens early learning programs for thousands of Washington Kids

The Puget Sound Educational Service District has secured emergency funding to keep classrooms open through the end of November.

Aunt Reads One-Year Old’s ABC Book—Can’t Cope With What’s Under Letter ‘W’

While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...

Inside the ‘Gen Alpha Accent’: Why iPad Kids Sound Like That, Explained

"So many people have noticed this change but didn’t quite know how to describe it until now," Vivian Peterson told Newsweek.
IEEE

Towards Continually Evolved Heart Sound Classifiers with Class-Incremental Learning

Abstract: Heart sound analysis provides a non-invasive and cost-effective method for identifying and studying various heart diseases. However, when new categories emerge in dynamic environments, ...
IEEE

Investigating the Use of Traveltime and Reflection Tomography for Deep Learning-Based Sound-Speed Estimation in Ultrasound Computed Tomography

Abstract: Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) quantifies acoustic tissue properties such as the speed-of-sound (SOS). Although full-waveform inversion (FWI) is an effective method for accurate SOS ...
The News Herald

Kim Godwin, former ABC News president, will hold lunch-and-learn session at FSU Panama City

PANAMA CITY — Florida State University Panama City will host former ABC News President Kim Godwin for a lunch-and-learn session. The event will be Oct. 15 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Holley Academic ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Endangered powerful owl among 'sound bath' of bird calls captured by recordings

Volunteers have found new pairs of powerful owls in South Australia's south-east, where the species is rarely seen. The owls' calls were recorded as part of an acoustic monitoring project across the ...