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NIKE Donates Shoes to Every Teen in New Orleans
The Nike Summer Shoes program kicked off in New Orleans, La., yesterday with a free pair of shoes for every middle and high school...
The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006
This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
New $1 Test Using Origami Paper Sensors Can Detect Infectious Diseases Like Covid–With Just a Mobile Phone
A cheap new test using origami paper sensors can help detect infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, much earlier and easier than current methods, say...
5,000 Are Now Sleeping with Roof Over Their Head Thanks to Oregon Task Force Slashing Homelessness
Nearly 5,500 Oregonians have been moved out of homelessness and into housing thanks to persistence from a recently-appointed task force.
This amounts to a 28%...
Good News in History, April 29
125 years ago today, the musician and composer Duke Ellington, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, was born in Washington,...
A Portland County Transcends its Rehousing Goals With 65% Drop in Homelessness
Clackamas County in Oregon, one of two counties into which Portland extends, has reduced the rate of homelessness by 65% from 2019 to 2023,...
Astronomers Discover Blockbuster Star They Nicknamed Barbenheimer Because ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’
Astronomers have discovered an enormous celestial entity so unusual they named it 'the Barbenheimer Star' – a moniker referring to the recent cultural phenomenon...
New Sensor Can Tell Whether You Have Covid-19 or The Flu – And Do it Within 10 Seconds
Have a cough, sore throat and congestion? Any number of respiratory viruses could be responsible. Conventional tests can identify the culprits by relying on...
Supermassive Black Hole Lurking at Edge of the Universe is One of Biggest Ever Detected–and ‘Completely Unexpected’
A supermassive black hole discovered at the edge of the universe is one of the biggest ever detected, containing over a billion solar masses...
South American Songbird Hailed as Most Expert Musician of the Animal Kingdom (LISTEN)
When it comes to keeping time, an unassuming species of songbird is on a par with professional musicians, according to an audio analysis.
The study...
Sustainable 3D-Printed Ranch House Wins Award and Takes Just Two Weeks to Construct (Watch Time Lapse)
A team consisting of architects and engineers are cleaning up on the homebuilding award circuit with House Zero, a 3D-printed house that seamlessly blends...
Houston Has Housed 25,000 Homeless People With Apartments of Their Own
Houston, the fourth-most populated city in the country, has reduced its rate of homelessness over the last decade by 63%, far and away the...
Cheap Gel Packs Can Pull Many Liters of Water From Even Desert Air
More than a third of the world's population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Now scientists have developed a solution that...
CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool Redesigned to be 4,000 Times Less Likely to Target the Wrong Strand of DNA
One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the wrong section...
Watch Woman Save Bees By Rescuing Hives From Old Buildings With Her Bare Hands
If an overwhelming sound of buzzing is coming from the siding on your house, or from an old trashcan or other enclosed space, you've...
New Hydrogel Tablet That Can Purify a Liter of River Water in an Hour
As much as a third of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water, according to some estimates, and half of...
Making Clean Hydrogen Energy Is Hard, But Researchers Just Solved a Major Hurdle
For decades, researchers around the world have searched for ways to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen as a...
Join a Global Gathering of Researchers on the Importance of Self-Compassion – Free Online
Noted researchers are coming together on September 10 to spread one message: “Self-compassion is critical.”
The Global Compassion Gathering will feature a deep dive into self-compassion...
The Yellow Center of the Deadliest Flower is a Lifeline to Farmers – and the Planet
In Kenya, a drive through the Central Highlands will sometimes reveal a landscape covered in a beautiful white-petaled flower with a lethal secret.
The yellow...
A Rose Inspired This Design For the Smartest Way to Collect And Purify Water
The rose may be one of the most iconic symbols of the fragility of love in popular culture, but now the flower could hold...