Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
11/07/2021
Solar-Powered Electric Vehicles Are Almost Ready To Hit The Road
Startups from the Netherlands to California are developing cars capable of harnessing energy from the sun.
11/08/2021
This ‘inconvenience store’ is a pain to shop at. That’s the point.
The average supermarket carries more than 31,000 items. Sourced from a global supply chain, and bundled in colorful printed packaging, it’s hard to imagine this model ever being environmentally or economically sustainable.
11/08/2021
Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to complete spacewalk
Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country's first woman to conduct a spacewalk, according to the national space agency.
11/08/2021
New Heinz Marz Edition ketchup has implications that go far beyond flavor
First came the billionaires, then the movie stars -- now ketchup is making its mark on the space race. Heinz revealed its first "Marz Edition" ketchup with tomatoes produced on Earth in Mars-like conditions.
11/08/2021
Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes
For 12 years Didier Ndabahariye has been ferrying passengers around the streets of Kigali - one of the thousands of motorbike taxi drivers, known locally as a motos.
11/06/2021
The secret lab making the most sustainable food in the world
We cannot keep producing food the way we do now. While we currently produce more than enough food to feed the world — making hunger, maddeningly, a problem of access, not abundance — that abundance comes at a steep environmental cost.
11/05/2021
Ancient Mayan artifacts returned to Guatemala and Mexico
The discovery and return of Mayan artifacts have been making headlines lately — with some private collectors both in Germany and elsewhere voluntarily surrendering the objects.
11/05/2021
Hiring grows in U.S. as employers add 531,000 jobs, beating expectations
The economy added 531,000 jobs in October, blowing past economists' predictions of 450,000, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent from 4.8 percent.
11/06/2021
Infrastructure Bill Makes First Major U.S. Investment in Climate Resilience
The measure includes $47 billion to help communities prepare for the new age of extreme fires, floods, storms and droughts that scientists say are worsened by human-caused climate change.
11/04/2021
At One Alaskan Hospital, Indigenous Foods Are Part of the Healing Plan
In a state hit hard by Covid, seal soup, caribou stew and other traditional dishes are prepared for patients who are often hundreds of miles from home.
11/01/2021
The Saharan gazelle saved from extinction in southern Spain
A group of mhorr was given refuge in Almería half a century ago, with the aim of saving them from extinction. Now a breeding program means they are thriving back in the Sahara.
11/05/2021