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Inventor, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil appeared on I've Got a Secret in 1965 when he was 17 years old. His secret was related to his theory of Singularity, when the computers will take over the functions of the human brain.

Gymnast Agnes Keleti is a 10-time Olympic medallist. At 100 years old, she’s also the oldest living Olympic Champion. And when she sees the new generation of athletes like Team GB's youngest Olympian, Sky Brown, she knows that together, we’re stronger than the darkness can ever be.

More than 80% of the ocean floor is still unexplored. An un-crewed robotic surface vessel that can deploy and recover autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) has been developed. The team behind the technology, GEBCO-NF, won this year’s Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE which looks for the best new technolog

In Loving Memory - Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1924 - Ocrtober 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American actress and singer who played many film, theatre and television roles. Her career, one of the longest in the entertainment industry, spanned over 80 years, much of it in the Unite...

Billy Joel is getting the world back in a New York state of mind. The piano man has dropped the music video for his first new track in 17 years, and it features a hefty dose of AI. The New York icon, 74, on Friday released the video for “Turn the Lights Back On,” which opens with the Grammy winner

Buildings are a big environmental headache. They account for nearly half of the world's climate changing emissions. But things may be different in the years ahead, as VOA's Rosanne Skirble discovered in a laboratory on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist and author who was called the “poet laureate of medicine” died in his New York City home Sunday. He was 82. “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” spoke with Sacks in 1989. Joanna Simon asked him how he would like to be remembered in 100 years: “I would like it to be thou

Former FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer was on a routine run in lower Manhattan when he saw a plane aim and crash into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Pfeifer was initially in charge at the scene and made critical decisions that likely saved thousands of lives.

Memories! This nostalgic trip crosses generational boundaries at times, and is designed to show nothing is permanent but change.Changes in society and technology are parto of our history and steps in the development of the modern age.