The felling of the Sycamore Gap tree brought forth an outpouring of emotion last year, with local people and tourists alike left bereft by pictures showing it on its side. But the latest stage of the saga has brought some “astonishing” green shoots of recovery.
I feel such gratitude for the teachers in my life, past and present, wherever I may encounter them. For not all teachers are in classrooms or education venues. In daily life, I learn from friends, as well as strangers, who speak and live their truth in the world.
With its nine brains, the octopus has long been considered the most intelligent creature in the ocean, inspiring bipartisan legislation banning octopus farming, co-authored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, to be introduced in Congress.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo fulfills her pledge and swims in Seine as cleanup operation makes water quality safe enough to host the Olympics just in time for opening ceremonies this Friday, July 26.
Most students pursuing medical degrees at Johns Hopkins University will receive free tuition, thanks to a $1 billion gift from businessman Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic organization. “As the U.S. struggles to recover from a disturbing decline in life expectancy, our country faces a serious shortage of doctors, nurses, and public health professionals," Bloomberg said.
Many of us have fond memories of our own childhood summers: building forts in the woods, playing pick-up games of Wiffle ball, and biking around the neighborhood until it got dark. But for many kids today, this isn’t what summer looks like. Summer is an indoor, solitary time, filled with online tutoring, virtual camps, tablet time, and, of course, video games.
The global pandemic plunged the entire world into economic free fall and societal unrest. Since then, one notable country has emerged successfully to stabilize global markets and calm fears—it’s the United States, which has maintained the lowest inflation rate of any major nation.
No place outside is safe during a thunderstorm, so when thunder roars – go indoors. When you see the clouds building up, hear thunder or see a flash of lightning, it’s time to dash inside to a lightning-safe place.
Colorado used 1.5 billion fewer plastic or paper shopping bags since the implementation of the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act of 2021 that entered into force at the beginning of 2023, and is now a leader in the nation.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the federal law making it a crime for anyone subject to a domestic violence court order to possess a gun. The 8-to-1 decision was the first since the court in 2022 broke sharply with the way gun laws had previously been evaluated by the courts.
85 years after white rioters burned her family home down, Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" is moving back to the same lot, in a home gifted to her with the help of several North Texas organizations.
A new academic analysis published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine details the enormous sums that privatized Medicare Advantage plans have cost U.S. taxpayers in recent years and calls for the abolition of the program.
People are likely to act more hedonistically while on holiday. Now, travellers also look to social media for proof of how others behave. If their peers from home are throwing caution to the wind while on holiday, this can cause a domino effect of bad behavior.
Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected Mexico’s first female president on June 2, 2024, a historic milestone in a country rife with gender-based violence and misogyny.
Almost every fifth student in the U.S. and Europe says they have experienced bullying. Nearly half of teens say they have been the victim of cyberbullying, according to a 2022 survey by the Pew Research Center. Yet punishing the perpetrators tends to worsen the bullying for the victims.
For the first time in Brazil, a traditional community has been awarded the concession to manage and operate visitor facilities inside a state conservation unit. The Caiçaras, a traditional fishing peoples, of Cardoso Island have lived in what is today Ilha do Cardoso State Park since the 19th century.
For better or worse, many of us never forget high school: the unrequited romantic crushes, chronic embarrassment, desperate struggles for popularity, sexual awakening, parental pressure and, above all else, competition – social, athletic, academic. What is it about this period of our lives that makes it seem more meaningful and memorable than any other?
The Oakland School District in California is set to fully transition its school bus fleet to electric buses, meaning this fleet of electric buses and chargers will double as a virtual power plant, sending 2.1 gigawatt hours per year back to the grid, and saving 25,000 tons of emissions.
As bombs rain down on Gaza, community-led groups are providing children with psychological first aid (PFA) — play, support and laughter — alongside food and healthcare aid.
A new initiative launched by Parley for the Oceans and the Australian SailGP Team aims to fight plastic pollution by raising awareness through a group of individuals who have a special relationship with the ocean — the sailing community.
Modern technology and international cooperation are key to ending the pileup of waste in this iconic setting.
Dramatic dash cam video shows strangers on I-94 in Minnesota come together with highway personnel, and desperately fight to remove a trapped man from a car engulfed in flames — and succeed!
Too often, outdoor electric lighting installations at night are over lit, are left on when not needed, and are harmful to the environment. As a result, light pollution is a growing global issue that can negatively affect our environment as well as our quality of life.
With more than 1200 volunteers who have cleaned up nearly 9.9 tons of marine litter from beaches in East Africa’s Seychelles islands over the past five years, this Parley Seychelles cleanup effort shows the potential for citizens to tackle marine trash.
Millions of wildflowers now delight a small Vermont countryside community after two transplanted Long Islanders got tired of mowing their massive lawn all day and planted wildflowers instead, delighting the neighbors, birds, bees and butterflies.
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