Autonomous underwater vehicles have changed ocean exploration forever
In just the last couple of years, we’ve been discovering more about the deep seas than ever before—and much of this is thanks to the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). An AUV is essentially an underwater drone. Able to perform its tasks without being tethered to the surface or needing a Read More...
How a 10-year-old girl sent thousands of art kits to kids in foster care
A young girl with a big heart has found just the way to cheer up other kids stuck at home during the pandemic. Chelsea Phaire, a 10-year-old from Danbury, Connecticut, has sent more than 1,500 children in homeless shelters and foster care homes art kits to give them something uplifting to do when Read More...
COVID-19: Study finds lockdowns saved millions of lives in Europe
The coronavirus has taken hundreds of thousands of lives, but we can now see in hindsight that the death toll could have been a whole lot worse. According to a team of researchers at Imperial College London, lockdowns have saved more than three million lives from coronavirus. With that being Read More...
Minneapolis to disband its police force and adopt community safety model
These days, we find ourselves writing stories that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago. Yesterday we published a groundbreaking story out of Los Angeles where Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced that he was defunding the police department. By defunding the police, what is really meant is Read More...
Los Angeles is defunding the police and investing in minority communities
One of the main demands to come out of the nationwide George Floyd protests is for cities to defund police. That doesn’t mean completely defunding police departments but, rather, allocating some of their budgets to other initiatives that provide poor and minority communities with more than a Read More...
These 7 books will help you build a truly inclusive workplace
At the root of any inclusive company is compassion, which only comes about when we acknowledge and attempt to understand the hardships of others. As business leaders look - actively look - to build companies that are explicitly anti-racist, now is the time to educate ourselves about privilege and Read More...
This man started a father & daughter coding startup after being in prison
Antoine Patton had a difficult childhood. He got his first full time "dead end" job when he was just 14 years old. He became a father when he was still a teenager. And a few years later he was committing crimes. But Patton sought inspiration in the darkest place — prison — which he describes as Read More...
Singapore joins New Zealand in openly considering a four-day work week
Just a couple weeks ago, we shared a story coming out of New Zealand after prime minister Jacinda Ardern had suggested shifting the country to a four-day working week after the pandemic. The idea was that it would help employees address persistent work/life balance issues, while encouraging more Read More...
Clinical study: Diet and exercise reverses diabetes in 61% of patients
In a newly published clinical trial that evaluated the efficacy of diet and exercise as a way to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers found that reveal nearly two-thirds of patients achieved complete disease remission after just 12 months of lifestyle interventions. It is certainly not a newsflash Read More...
This is what happens when police respond to protesters with compassion
In many cities where the George Floyd protests are taking place, the police have responded to protestors using rubber bullets, riot gear, and tears gas, which seemed to demonstrate the very need for these protests in the first place. But not every interaction between police and protestors turned Read More...