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This ambient music comes from an unexpected spooky source
Have you ever wondered what spiderwebs sound like? Probably not, and neither had we until we came across this project. That curious thought is exactly what prompted scientists at MIT to create a brand-new genre of music — produced by spiders. How did they do it? Well, according to Futurism, the Read More...
Thought Leader Series: Tribal Nations pave a path to renewables
Last year, we shared a story about Native Renewables, a female-led company providing renewable energy to the Navajo Nation with small-scale, independent, solar grids. Initiatives like this have been instrumental in both electrifying and providing economic prosperity for Native American Read More...
Kauri trees provide rare glimpse into Earth’s ancient climate
Kauri trees are copper-skinned conifers endemic to New Zealand. They’re held sacred by the indigenous Māori and have been used for carvings and canoes for thousands of years. They also hold invaluable information about the world’s climate history. The trees can live for more than two Read More...
14-year-old makes biodegradable pots to reduce plastic waste
Srija, a 14-year-old girl from Telangana, a city in India’s Gadwal region, is a young environmentalist keen on supporting the natural world in her community. She involved herself in various tree planting efforts taking place in her city and at her school when one day while digging in the dirt to Read More...
CA to return property to Black family after illegally seizing it 100 years ago
The Chicago suburb of Evanston has launched the country’s first reparations program to compensate for the racism and discrimination Black Americans have historically experienced and continue to face in society, but across the country in California, reparations are taking a different form. In Read More...
Nepal’s rhino population grows by more than 100 over last five years
Good news from Nepal! The country’s rhino population has seen a significant increase over the last five years. That’s according to the National Rhino Count 2021, which concluded that the current population of the species inhabiting Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape stands at 752 individuals — Read More...
The simple solution protecting one of Africa’s rarest monkeys
The Zanzibar red colobus is an endangered monkey species native only to the Zanzibar archipelago with precious few numbers to lose. About half of the primate’s population lives in the Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, where cars traversing a busy road endanger wildlife in the park. Since the road Read More...
St. Louis elects Tishaura Jones as first Black female mayor
The site of brutal “race riots” in 1917, St. Louis, Missouri is all too familiar with confronting the violence of racism in its communities and institutions. Turning over a new leaf in its fight against systemic racism, police brutality, and inequality, the city has elected its first Black Read More...
New French policy mandates more sustainable travel
French travel is about to get a green upgrade as the country’s parliament has voted to ban any domestic flights in which the same destination can be reached by train in less than two and a half hours. After a heated debate in the Assemblée Nationale, the new policy means that greener train Read More...
Archeologists unearth 3000-year-old “lost golden city” in Egypt
Archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the largest ancient city ever found in Egypt, with experts hailing the discovery as one of the most important finds since Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered nearly a century ago. Famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, who announced the discovery, said Read More...