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Researchers Invent Way to Turn Harmful Mine Waste into Healthy Soil
An Australian-Canadian science and engineering team has discovered a way of turning mine waste into arable soil that is already being used to grow...
Get Ready for the Solar Eclipse When Moon and Sun Form Perfect Line With Earth in a ‘Ring of Fire’
The 2023 solar eclipse is passing over the United States this year, giving millions of Americans in the northwest a chance to glimpse a...
Montana Youths Sue State Over Climate Change–And WIN–Citing the State’s Constitution
In an historic first, 16 young plaintiffs sued the state of Montana, and won, after asserting that the U.S. state violated their constitutional right...
Taylor Swift is a Hero to Food Banks Across the U.S. at Each Stop of Her Eras Tour
Economists told CNN recently that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is becoming such a massive phenomenon that it's having demonstrable impacts on the US economy...
Some of the Best National Parks Where You Can Avoid the Summer Crowds
Last year, America's national parks received overflowing record crowds during the summer months. Places like Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Shenandoah, Sequoia, and...
12 Famous American Waterfalls Are Looking Gorgeous on New Stamps From USPS
The US Postal Service has taken a peculiar interest in its latest commemorative stamp collection—waterfalls.
12 news stamps attempt to communicate the majesty of the...
Spirit Mountain, Which is Sacred to Tribes, is Designated a New National Monument
Last week President Biden continued the bipartisan executive tradition of conserving historic and scientifically significant lands by designating Spirit Mountain—Avi Kwa Ame, in Nevada...
Near-Record Snowfall in California Mountains Might Reverse State’s Historic Drought
Europe isn't the only place that's experiencing unusual winter weather. California's snowfall in the mountains this year is nearly double the seasonal average, giving...
Rare Singing Hummingbird Unexpectedly Rediscovered in Colombia Cloaked in Iridescent Blue and Green
A hummingbird species was rediscovered in Colombia after scientists had recorded no documented sightings for over 13 years.
It was only the third time that...
New DNA From a Tooth Confirms Famous Wild Ponies in Maryland Descended From Spanish Shipwreck
Wild feral horses have roamed freely across an island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia for hundreds of years, but exactly how they...
A ‘True Lassie’ Helped a Rescue Team Find His Owner Who Fell 70 Feet in Tahoe Forest
A Nevada man may owe his life to the intelligence of his border collie after the real-world "Lassie" led search and rescue to him.
The...
He Planted a Giant Sequoia in the UK to Offset His Carbon Footprint for Life – And 700 More to Make a Forest
Rather than sending money off to some questionable and unconfirmable carbon-capture forest, Henry Emson figured he would plant his own trees so he could...
Going to Festivals Can Connect You to Humanity, Make You More Likely to Help Strangers for 6 Months: Yale
Going to a festival can leave you more connected to humanity and more willing to help strangers for at least six months afterwards, a...
Ancient Cypress in Chile May be World’s Oldest Tree, at 5,000 Years Old
In 1993, a cypress tree stump in Chile was confirmed by tree-ring-counting as 3,622 years old—showing the capacity of these slow-growing relatives of sequoia...
Divers Recover 12 Tons of Trash From Lake Tahoe –Along With Engagement Rings and Wallets
A scuba dive team has completed an extraordinary clean-up of Lake Tahoe after a full year of work, pulling up more than 12 tons...
As the World Runs on Lithium, Researchers Develop Clean Method to Get It From Water
Centuries ago, alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Today, the prospect of coaxing valuable materials from abundant resources guides scientists who have...
We Can Now Use CRISPR Gene Editing on Ticks – to Fight Lyme Disease in Humans
Reducing tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, may now be possible thanks to two new gene editing methods developed by researchers.
The methods could allow...
Vending Machines Are Now ‘Giving Machines’ Where People Can Donate Chickens, Blankets, Boots, or Basketballs
Employing the common and easily understood method of the vending machine—these Giving Machines allow passersby in American cities to make a charitable donation to...
New Jersey Brothers Walk to California and Raise $70,000 for Restaurant Workers Like Them
Seeking to raise money for restaurant workers stuck at home during COVID, two bartending brothers decided to make like Bilbo Baggins and walk 3,200...
Firefighters Have Been Winning the Battle To Protect Sequoia’s Giant Trees – Using Foil Blankets (LOOK)
Expert firefighting, contingency planning, and gallons upon gallons of water mean that the stands of giant sequoia trees in California's Sierra Nevada mountains appear...