Despite the heartbreak, there is still a lot of positive news and reasons to remain hopeful — all over the world Ted Lasso may tell us to have the memory of a goldfish when it comes to the bad things ...

When leadership at Harrison School District 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado toured a tiny home village for young people in poverty created by local nonprofit We Fortify, they left feeling inspired.

New research from the University of Edinburgh has found that one activity keeps senior adults sharp in their twilight years, regardless of income, education, and overall health: gardening. In the ...

Every year, artists, architects, and designers flock to Venice, Italy for an international cultural exhibition called the Venice Biennale. Leaders in their fields show off innovative designs and ...

In HBO’s dystopian drama “The Last of Us,” a star-studded cast — led by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey — navigate a future marred by a fungal pandemic. In the series, which is based on the ...

Fiberglass casts were first developed in the 1970s with the use of plaster of Paris casting material and cotton dressing. They were clunky, heavy, and susceptible to breaking. 50 years later, ...

Early January usually falls smack in the middle of Los Angeles County’s rainy season. The moisture coaxes the browned landscape into hues of green, but that was not the case in 2024. Just 0.16 inches ...

The average pediatric wheelchair can cost thousands of dollars. And when children grow and their needs evolve — or a wheelchair gets damaged — those costs multiply. So, the team at MakeGood NOLA, a ...

Solar power is on the rise. In the last decade alone, solar has skyrocketed from generating 0.57% of the world’s energy to 5.52%. As it’s become increasingly used in tech, retail, and manufacturing ...

Twelve years ago, a Dutch nursing home — the Woon-en Zorgcentrum Humanitas Deventer — implemented a unique program. In exchange for 30 hours of their time and companionship each month, local college ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The United States has never really cared much about tackling climate change, at least at the federal level. Up ...

Boyan Slat made waves when he was just a teenager with an audacious dream to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste. Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, as the founder and CEO of The Ocean ...