The SPCA of Texas received a $100,000 grant from The Dallas Foundation to support its Adoptions Preparation Program, which prepares roughly 8,000 animals a year for adoption.
Twenty volunteers will sleep overnight with dogs at Cincinnati Animal CARE on April 18 to raise funds for medical care, day-to-day care, and resources to help shelter animals find homes faster.
Western Digital announced an alliance with Open Quantum Design and QuScript to develop open source quantum error correction technology and to apply its data reliability expertise to future quantum and storage systems.
At Augusta National, golfers and their children took part in a family-friendly Par-3 Contest ahead of the Masters on April 8, 2026, and photographers captured moments of parents and kids on the short course.
Researchers at Rothamsted Research used CRISPR to cut free asparagine in wheat during two years of field trials, and bread and biscuits made from the edited grain showed substantially lower acrylamide while yields were maintained.
A UC Riverside mouse study published in Cell Host & Microbe found diets high in casein and wheat gluten reduced cholera colonization by up to 100-fold; researchers say the findings are preclinical and effects in humans remain untested.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has postponed the planned end of Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians, finding the earlier termination attempt unlawful. The Department of Homeland Security had announced in December that protections would end on Feb. 13.
The Writers Guild of America published a memorandum for a four-year contract with the AMPTP that the guild says would restore health-plan sustainability and deliver an estimated $280 million in studio contributions; the deal also includes minimum pay increases and new AI information provisions and will go to members for ratification.
A sleep‑lab study of 44 adults found that vivid, immersive dreams during N2 sleep were linked with higher reported sleep depth, while fragmented, vague experiences were tied to shallower sleep. The authors say the results are observational and do not prove causation.
Jim Whittaker, who became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 1, 1963, has died at 97; he later served as a manager and CEO at the outdoor co-op REI.
