Flint Finishes Replacing 11,000 Lead Pipes, Concluding Activists’ Decade-Long Effort to Secure Clean Water
If there were one place in America where you’d decline a glass of tap water it would be Flint, right?…
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By Turning Themselves to Stone, These Remarkable Fig Trees Sequester CO2 Far Longer Than Normal
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone. This ‘auto-petrification’ may offer…
Years After She Saved a Magpie it Returns the Favor Saving Her Life After She Fell from Window
When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have…
Wedding Ring Lost on Virginia Christmas Tree Farm Returned After 15 Years
There are so many other ways it could have happened: they could have thrown away the sticky note containing Wayne…
Solitary Rescuer Leads 165 Children to Safety During Recent Texas Flooding–Hailed as a Hero
A little-known Coast Guard officer has been hailed as a hero after rescuing 165 people from the Texas hill country…
Baby Hedgehog Sibling is Rescued from Drain by Clever Firefighters Using a Vacuum and Tube
Using a vacuum and some plastic tubing, rescuers Macgyvered a device to rescue two baby hedgehogs who had tumbled down…
Indian Charity Organizes Limb Giveaway for 75 Afghan Amputees, Fitting Them with Free Prosthetic Feet
Though Afghanistan is rarely in the headlines anymore, that doesn’t mean the country has stopped making news. From Kabul comes…
Near-Extinct Red Fox Caught on Trail Cam in National Park After Years of Hoping to Glimpse Elusive Creatures
A California photographer recently captured three minutes of high quality camera trap footage of the state’s rarest mammal. Randy Robbins,…
Portugal Announces New 38,000 Sq. Mile Protected Area Around ‘Stunning’ Underwater Mountains
Out of a recent UN conference on the protection of the sea comes the news that Portugal has announced the…
Cooking Outdoors is the Ultimate Summer Sensation: Poll Ranks the Eight Best
The most quintessential sensations of summer are smelling a grill, relaxing at the beach, and diving into a swimming pool,…