In 2005, after Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina devastated the state, then-Alabama Department of Insurance commissioner Jim Ridling was surveying storm damage when a thought dawned on him. Realizing that ...
On April 13, officials in Bangladesh rescued an endangered Bengal slow loris, locally known as the Lajjabati Banor, which roughly translates to “shy monkey.” The adult male slow loris had wandered ...
On Monday, April 13, Malala Yousafzai gave her first-ever TED Talk. Many already know her as the Pakistani activist who, at just 15 years old, was shot in the face by the Taliban for her outspoken ...
In Glen Burnie, Maryland, Springer Blankenship spends most of his off days traipsing through overgrown lawns. The Navy veteran volunteers with I Want To Mow Your Lawn, a nonprofit that provides free ...
When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature. A walk in a park. Sitting by the ocean. Watching a sunset. Is this just a pleasant feeling, or is there something deeper at work ...
Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are concerned with spreading the net wider — or getting more helping hands on ...
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Find four hobbies you love: One to make you money, one to keep you in shape, one to be creative, and one to make the world a better place.
“I’m pretty sure the sluts are gonna save us,” Instagram influencer Jess Olivia Fox said in a recent video. She is referring to the folks at Minneapolis sex shop Smitten Kitten, who have mobilized to ...
There are a lot of awareness ribbons — trust us, we spent a lot of time putting together this list — and it can be challenging to know which colors are associated with which causes. Fortunately, we’ve ...
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