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The Sky Spectacle of the Year With Full Lunar Eclipse and Super Moon Coming This Week
May 26, a Wednesday—or 'Woden's Day' for you two or three pagans in the audience—will feature both a total lunar eclipse and a full...
35 Circus Elephants Arrive in Amazing Florida Sanctuary to Retire Among Forest, Grassland, and 11 Watering Holes
Some kids dream of running away to join the circus—while the Ringling Bros. elephants that had been performing every night might have been dreaming...
New Tech Makes Perishable Food Last For Months Without a Fridge, Helping Farmers and the Planet
A food-tech startup in upstate New York has developed technology to preserve food without refrigeration for months beyond when it would normally spoil, without...
Newly Discovered Species of Saber-Toothed Cat Was So Big It Hunted Rhinos in America
The last 10 or 15 million years have given us some truly mega mammals, like mammoths, bears, cats, rhinos, and deer that were all...
79-Year-old Diver and This Fish Have Been BFFs for Nearly 30 Years After He Nursed Her Back to Health
In fishing lore, tall tales abound. Whether it’s ‘the one that got away’ or ‘the one that jumped right into the boat,’ pretty much...
Tiny ‘Mouse Deer’ Born at English Zoo is the Height of a Pencil — And Adorable
A husband and wife were taking in the sights at the Bristol Zoo Gardens when they came upon a tiny creature that stood about...
This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Rail Worker Who Saved Child From a Train Now Donates Half His Reward Money to Boy’s Family (Watch the Rescue)
After saving the life of a little boy who fell on the tracks, an Indian railway employee went viral for his kindness on the...
The Moment an Indian Rail Worker Saves a Child at the Last Second From Oncoming Train
A small boy is holding his mother’s hand as they make their way across a railway platform. Weighed down by a heavy burden on...
After 4 Winless Years, He Won the Masters and Became the First Japanese Man to Win a Golf Major
Sports fans love to root for the underdog, and golf lovers are no exception. At this year’s Masters Tournament when a low-ranked player rose...
Chef Drives 6 Hours to Vermont to Cook Her Favorite Meal—Soothing a Customer In Her Final Days
During the COVID-19 pandemic, takeout food has come to feel like an essential rather than a luxury.
Of course, if your best-loved dining spot isn’t...
This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection
In the country's oldest science fair, 17-year old high schooler Dasia Taylor submitted a surgical suture that changes colors to warn of possible infections.
This...
A Team of Maverick Engineers Want to Roll the Geological Clock Back on Sinai and Replace Desert with Lush Greenery
A pioneering Dutch land engineer wants to turn the Sinai Desert into the Sinai Forest, using techniques demonstrated on a mass scale in China.
Theorizing...
Millionaire Turned Quadriplegic Jon Ayers is Giving it All to Save Wild Cats, After Finding a New Purpose
As a quadriplegic, Jon Ayers can't move his limbs, but his voice is filled with excitement. His eyes dart around his office, projecting the...
In World First, Key African Species Will be Relocated to Another Continent After it Became Extinct in India
A team of experts from South Africa and Namibia are helping to relocate a population of cheetahs to India in an ambitious restoration program...
Pioneering Arthritis Treatment For Dogs is Rolled Out And Vets Call it ‘Groundbreaking’
A world-first arthritis treatment for dogs is being rolled out, and vets are hailing it as "groundbreaking."
The new biological therapy involves the synthesis of...
El Diseñador de Nueva Zelanda Crea un Ingenioso Tragaluz con Energía Solar que Desaliniza el Agua para Beber
Alimentando luz LED, purificando agua salada y utilizando energía solar, la desalinización solar de Henry Goglau sigue siendo finalista del Premio de Diseño Lexus.
Photographer Unites With Cuban Scientists to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Snail
There are things about the island of Cuba that don't make the news—for example, it has the world's largest biodiversity of snails.
The painted snail,...
12 Countries Have Built Roads Out of Plastic – And They Can Perform As Well or Better Than Asphalt
This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360 and is re-printed with permission.
A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop....
To Fortify With Iron, Ingenious Metal Fish Soaked in Soup Provides Nutrition And is Much Cheaper Than Pills
Many people have an iron deficiency—especially vegetarians. In fact, it’s the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world.
To address this problem, especially...