Carbon Emissions from 30 of the World’s Largest Cities Are Already Dropping

Not only have dozens of the world's most influential cities curbed their CO2 emissions, they have also passed legislation on plastic and free transit. | Continue reading


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Device Restores Visual Perception to the Blind So They Can See Light and Motion

This “breakthrough” device has now helped to restore vision for 6 people who have gone blind as a result of sickness or injury—and it could help many more. | Continue reading


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Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to Stop Climate Crisis

Researchers have identified exactly where we can plant a certain amount of trees in order to stop the climate crisis in its tracks. | Continue reading


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Engineers Have Just Finished Drilling the First Geothermal Well in the UK

Measuring in at 3.1 miles deep, this geothermal energy well is now the deepest and hottest well in the world. | Continue reading


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The Surprising Health Benefits of Fasting Every Other Day

The university researchers say it’s unclear why fasting produces so many positive effects—but were surprised by some of the benefits they found from ADF. | Continue reading


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Musicians Play Classical Songs at Crime Scenes

These musicians soothe their neighbors by setting up their instruments after all the police and law enforcement teams have left local crime scenes. | Continue reading


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Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cow Emissions by 99%– Could Be a Climate Gamechanger

Cows love nibbling on this common pink seaweed growing off the coast of Australia—and it apparently reduces their gassy emissions by 99%. | Continue reading


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Frugal Carpenter Scrimped and Saved to Give Full Scholarships to 33 Strangers

Iowa carpenter Dale Schroeder didn't go to college, but he saved money his whole life so he could pay full tuitions for 33 others with dreams of college. | Continue reading


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Canadian teenagers caught in blatant act of awesomeness

Three teenage boys in Ontario pushed a stranger's car for four miles in the middle of the night just to help a stranger who had no money for a tow. | Continue reading


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Complaining Can Literally Shrink Your Brain

A Stanford study has shown that complaining for just 30 minutes a day can shrink areas of your brain, so use what parts you have left, and do better. | Continue reading


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Single Tweet results in a national tree planting day

A Turkish man with only 212 Twitter posts, recently started a tweet with, “I have an idea”—and it went viral, prompting the president to act on his advice. | Continue reading


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Dozens of Creatures Thought to Be Extinct Found Alive in ‘Lost City’

These stunning discoveries mean that conservationists can now better protect the region from deforestation and habitat loss. | Continue reading


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‘Request a Woman Scientist’ Has Recruited 10k Researchers

Female scientists are tired of being excluded from the STEM community – and that's why this new online database is quickly gathering steam. | Continue reading


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Researchers Create ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Roadmap for Climate Change by 2050

This groundbreaking report is one of the first global roadmaps for how the world can stop climate change – and it's apparently quite cost-effective, too. | Continue reading


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Dozens of Countries Have Been Working to Plant 'Great Green Wall'

The wall is only 15% complete and it’s already brought a renewed source of food, water, income, and resources into arid rural areas. | Continue reading


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Solar Panels Recoup Cost Faster by Following Sun from Dawn Till Dusk

People are more likely to go solar if they can pay off their bills faster – so she used a simple equation to make solar panels way more cost-effective. | Continue reading


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