Kate Stephens

London

Editor-in-Chief at Buro 24/7 Mexico

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Articles

Pelham Girl Scouts learn firsthand about careers that soar from women who fly airline jets and run LaGuardia

Nov 25, 2024 | pelhamexaminer.com | Kate Stephens |Amelia Pascual

On, Nov. 9 at 7:30 a.m., our sixth grade Girl Scout Troop left Pelham to attend the 2024 Girl Scout LaGuardia Career Day. After a 30-minute drive, we arrived at LGA Terminal B, and to our surprise the entire terminal was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Hundreds of people were standing outside, and for a quick moment we thought our event would be cancelled.
Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?

Sep 8, 2024 | envirolink.org | Victoria Gill |Kate Stephens

From BBC BBCA repeating tone – blip, blip, blip – is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield. That sound – pulsing from speakers inside the cavernous fuel-handling plant – is a signal that everything is functioning as it should. That is comforting because Sellafield, in Cumbria, is the temporary home to the vast majority of the UK’s radioactive nuclear waste, as well as the world’s largest stockpile of plutonium.
Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?

Sep 8, 2024 | aol.com | Victoria Gill |Kate Stephens

September 8, 2024 at 8:21 PM[BBC]A repeating tone - blip, blip, blip - is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield. That sound - pulsing from speakers inside the cavernous fuel-handling plant - is a signal that everything is functioning as it should. That is comforting because Sellafield, in Cumbria, is the temporary home to the vast majority of the UK’s radioactive nuclear waste, as well as the world’s largest stockpile of plutonium.
Discovering you're adopted at age 55

Aug 25, 2024 | abc.net.au | Stan Shaw |Kate Stephens

At 55 years of age, Peter McDermott found out he was adopted. What followed was an extraordinary and emotional journey to connect with his birth family. Story by Stan Shaw, additional production by Kate Stephens.
A mother's dying words leads Capel man to discover he was adopted

Aug 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Stan Shaw |Kate Stephens

A few days before Anne McDermott's mother died, she pulled Anne aside to reveal a cryptic premonition about Anne's husband, Peter. "[She] took my hand and said, 'Annie, I'm just gonna let you know everything isn't as it appears with Peter and his family.'"Loading... Anne had always thought of her mother as psychic, but in that moment she fobbed it off. But the message would stay with her. A few years later, Anne's sister-in-law, Kerry, invited her to go to the movies and for a coffee.
How a working dog changed little Emily's life

Aug 11, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kate Forrester |Kate Stephens

Emily Houston has been through some tough moments for an eight-year-old. She was diagnosed with leukaemia at age four and spent years living away from the family farm in a children's hospital. But one little working dog has helped to put the smile back on Emily's face.
400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef

Aug 7, 2024 | aol.com | Victoria Gill |Kate Stephens

August 7, 2024 at 11:50 AMThere have been five mass coral-bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef over the past nine years [Ove Hoegh-Guldberg]A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old coral has revealed the threat climate change now poses to the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers in Australia say temperatures in and around the vast coral reef over the past decade are the highest recorded in 400 years.
The day Ben Pettingill woke up blind

Jul 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kate Forrester |Kate Stephens

Ben Pettingill was living a pretty easy going life until one day, at 16 years old, he noticed his eyes were a bit blurry. At first, doctors reassured him it was nothing serious, until he woke up one morning and could no longer see his hands.
Five minutes with Desdemona, Robot Rockstar – Buro

Jun 12, 2024 | buro247.sg | Anna Ivanova |Asri Jasman |Kate Stephens

“Enjoy the last few years of the human era,’ Desdemona declared from the stage at the SuperAI conference in Singapore. The conference showcased the latest AI innovations, with Desdemona being one of the highlights. Desdemona, or ‘Desi’ for her friends, is a humanoid robot musician powered by a large language model (the same technology behind ChatGPT). She is the younger sister of the famous Sophia robot who was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship in 2017, becoming the first robot with a passport.
Crossbows and eerie silences - following Antarctic whales for climate change clues

Jun 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | Victoria Gill |Kate Stephens

Inside the bodies of giant humpback whales are clues about how climate change is transforming Antarctica. As sea ice continues to decline at an alarming rate in the fragile Antarctic Peninsula, scientists working with the wildlife charity WWF are carrying out up-close health checks on the massive marine mammals there. The BBC's Victoria Gill and Kate Stephens crossed the Southern Ocean, with the researchers, on a mission to follow and study the whales of this remote, frozen wilderness.