Drones are widely used to record beautiful landscapes from up above, capturing bird’s-eye views of land, seas, and skies for humans to explore. Looking to the future, they could also revolutionize how medical personnel respond to emergencies around the world — and in turn, how many lives are saved as a result. On December 9, […]
“If you see something, say something.” That mindset is what saved the lives of two people, all thanks to Jessica Higgs — an Instacart delivery driver who listened to her intuition. In an emotional video shared on her TikTik account back in February, Higgs explained that while she was delivering groceries to an elderly man’s […]
By putting pencil (and crayon) to paper, an elementary school class honed their creative writing and drawing skills while also helping some overlooked shelter pets find adoptive homes. Second-grade teacher Kensey Jones was mulling over new writing assignment ideas for her students at St. Michael’s Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia. Jones had become a volunteer […]
Stephanie Hongo is a big believer in doing what you love — and she’s proof that the philosophy can lead to success. When the Connecticut-based artist quit a job she hated about five years ago, she was left trying to figure out how to make a living from her work. Inspired by a fellow artist […]
Light-up ocean fishing nets could be a possible solution to saving the lives of endangered and vulnerable marine wildlife around the world. An illuminating study found that attaching LED lights to ocean gillnets drastically reduced total fisheries bycatch, or unintentionally caught species, by 63% — and still maintained the catch rates of targeted fish, according […]
Vaughn Smith was bilingual from a young age, learning English from his father and Spanish from his Mexican mother. As he grew up, though, languages began to captivate him, and he soon took on many more tongues. Now age 46, he speaks 24 languages and has a basic understanding or some familiarity with 21 others. […]
A community of care, compassion, and hope has blossomed at The Seaward Hotel in Weston-super-Mare, England, which is currently home to 22 Ukrainian refugees. Following a pandemic closure, the seaside hotel only saw a small return of visitors since it reopened. So when Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine in February, owner Nitsa Michael and […]
A bill supporting the creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture — the first in U.S. history — was signed into law on June 13. The new legislation will establish an eight-person commission — members of which must possess “a demonstrated commitment to the research, study, or promotion of Asian […]
At 13 years old, Alena Analeigh has already achieved more than your average adult — she was the youngest-ever NASA intern, she’s a triple major undergraduate enrolled at Arizona State University and Oakwood University, and she’s the founder of Black Stem Girl, a program dedicated to providing girls of color access to STEM programs and […]
Passionate readers can attest to the appeal of a local bookstore: the incomparable pleasure of strolling through the aisles waiting for a book to beckon from its spot on the shelf before being placed atop a towering stack and taken to a quiet corner where its crisp pages can be perused. Unfortunately, due to the […]
Some of the hobbies that you enjoy doing in your free time could be of greater benefit to your overall well-being than you realize. A new study by Penn State University found that when people engage in meaningful activities that require concentration and skill, they enter a state of “flow,” which researchers say can reduce […]
Since its founding in 1990, Martin Scorsese’s nonprofit organization, The Film Foundation, has helped to restore over 925 films. And in April, the foundation launched a free streaming service called Restoration Screening Room to introduce these restored classic movies to new and old generations of moviegoers alike. On the second Monday of each month, a […]