Smartphone Free Childhood: the unstoppable rise of a culture-shifting campaign
With smartphones a near-constant presence in children’s lives, one grassroots movement is pushing back – with remarkable force The post…
A New Generation of Tuskegee Aviators Takes to the Skies to Tackle Another National Challenge
Having once trained the first Black military pilots for deployment in World War II, Tuskegee University is now training another…
‘What are the odds?’ Canadian Wins New Cottage in Raffle After House Burned Down This Summer
From far-western Canada comes the remarkable story of a man who entered a raffle to win a new house—just days…
Orangutan Released After 9 Years of Intensive Rehabilitation in Nonprofit’s ‘Jungle School’
A conservation project just announced the successful release of Popi, a female orangutan rescued as an infant, into the Busang…
Brazil Records 65 Percent Drop in Amazon Area Burned by Fire, Lowest Since Monitoring Began
Last year, a historic drought in the lowlands of the Amazon Basin saw hundreds of thousands of acres go up…
This Year’s Nice Rice Price Marks an 18-year Low Amid a Doubling of Per-Acre Yield
When we think of technological advances, writes Javier Blas at Bloomberg, we tend towards picturing faster internet, smarter devices, AI,…
Chicago River Follows the Seine to Become Biodynamic and Swimmable Once Again
One day, a book will be written about the 21st century, and the topic will be how the denizens in…
Life after: The Spycops scandal
When Kate Wilson fell in love, she had no idea she was becoming part of a covert police operation and…