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Pakistan’s First Female Architect Delivers Bamboo-Built Relief Shelters to Flooded Countryside
Everyone needs a pension project, and for the first-ever female architect in Pakistan, hers has taken on a critical infrastructure need—disaster relief housing.
Yasmeen Lari,...
158 Tesla Mega-Batteries Will Boost Hawaii Green Energy By 10%, And Shut Down Coal-Fired Power Plant
Oahu aims to free itself from the shadow of a major coal-fired power plant with the introduction of 158 Tesla Energy Megapacks to installed...
Legendary Spanish Galleon Shipwreck Discovered After Vanishing 300 Years Ago
In 1693, a Spanish trading ship left the colony in Manilla heading for Mexico. It was never to be seen again until our generation.
Now,...
Iraqi Drought Reveals Stunning 3,400-Year-Old City Covered By Tigris River
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered an ancient metropolis of the Mittani Empire once submerged below the Tigris River. The settlement was revealed when...
Guy Finds Lost Wedding Ring and Delivers to Honeymoon Couple Using a LEGO Man With Metal Detector
A metal detectorist who found a newlywed's wedding ring on a beach surprised them, by sending a picture of it being held by a...
Rats Trained to Carry Tiny Backpacks Into Earthquake Zones – So Rescue Teams Can Talk to Survivors
Rats are being trained to be sent into earthquake debris wearing tiny backpacks, so rescue teams can talk to survivors.
The innovative project is being...
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...
Turning Seawater Into Drinking Water – With the Push of a Button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water.
The suitcase-sized...
Homeless Dog That Comforted Troops is Being Transported to America to Live With One of the Soldiers
A homeless dog that brought comfort to U.S. soldiers overseas will now get a chance to live the cozy life in America with one...
Woman Ensures Safety of Passengers By Waving Her Red Sari to Stop a Train After Spotting Broken Track
A brave woman may have saved hundreds of lives in India by waving her red sari to stop a train—after spotting broken tracks further...
MacKenzie Scott Donates $436 Million to Habitat for Humanity, Continuing Her Giving Spree Since Divorce
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity.
Calling it a “transformational donation”, Jonathan Reckford,...
Livin’ Good Currency Podcast: Preparing For a Harmonious Future of Health and Hard Work with Naveen Jain
The Lesson: How can we ensure that we get the most out of education? What will be the future of primary healthcare? What is the...
The Endurance Ship Wreck, Lost for 100 Years is Finally Found, 10,000-ft Below the Ice
107 years ago, Endurance, the ship of legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton went down in the Weddell Sea. On the 100th anniversary of the captain's burial,...
Wheelchair Tumbles into Lake, But 81-Year-old is Saved From Drowning By His Dog’s Barking
An 81-year-old man and his dog were on their morning walk around the lake when he lost control of his electric wheelchair. Soon, he...
Solar-Powered Desalination Device is a Game-Changer: Requires Only Cheap Common Materials and Sunlight
An estimated two-thirds of humanity is affected by shortages of water, and many such areas in the developing world also face a lack of...
First Public Microgrid in the US is Powering Up in Chicago to Keep Energy Flowing During Emergencies
Recent winter storms in Texas, as well as Gulf Coast hurricanes, and heat waves in California have forced utilities to think about more resilient...
A Hero Just Passing By Saves Young Mom and Son From Dying in Wyoming House Fire
A passerby is being hailed as a hero for risking his own life to help rescue a Wyoming family after their Jamestown home erupted...
College Seniors Fix Erosion in New Orleans By Resuming Citywide Bottle Recycling to Crush Them For Sand
It was during a conversation over a bottle of wine, one which they knew would simply end up in a landfill, that a pair...
Inspired by Lava, New Nontoxic Coating Can Halt Fire in its Tracks
Lava is one of the hottest substances found on the Earth’s surface and also a source of inspiration for the design of a potentially...
Researchers Find the Key to Fixing Human Allergies to Dogs
There have been many research efforts describing the progression of dog allergies, but very few studies to try to cure people of them.
Now, researchers...