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Read more about the article Why Birdwatching Is Good for You: All About the “Profound” Mental Health Benefits of the Avian Pastime
Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) perched on an Acacia tree. Ndutu region of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa

Why Birdwatching Is Good for You: All About the “Profound” Mental Health Benefits of the Avian Pastime

Birdwatching soared in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, and interest in the pastime shows no signs of slowing. Researchers who have been investigating the science behind the hobby have discovered that it has numerous proven benefits to mental health and well-being. According to an October study published in Scientific Reports, birdwatching and its positive effect […]

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Read more about the article Meet the Girl, 10, Who Wrote a Letter to Her Mayor Asking for More Softball Fields — And Got One

Meet the Girl, 10, Who Wrote a Letter to Her Mayor Asking for More Softball Fields — And Got One

Evangeline Iarossi, 10, and her older sister Belle, 13, have been playing softball in their hometown of Tampa, Florida, since they were each about 4 years old. They love the sport, but there was a big problem: Only one softball field was available for all the teams in their local Little League to use. In […]

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Read more about the article Rideshare in the Air: New Electric “Air Taxis” Could Be the Commute of the Near-Future
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Rideshare in the Air: New Electric “Air Taxis” Could Be the Commute of the Near-Future

Imagine Uber-like air travel: a convenient way to order an “air taxi” from one point of a city to another. It may sound futuristic, but it isn’t light-years away — companies in the United States and across the globe have already begun investing in electric air taxis that aim to make commuting quicker and more […]

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Read more about the article Meet the 12-Year-Old Who Invented an Edible Water Bottle: “My Biggest Inspiration Was Wanting to Help the World”

Meet the 12-Year-Old Who Invented an Edible Water Bottle: “My Biggest Inspiration Was Wanting to Help the World”

Across the world, humans purchase around 1.3 billion single-use plastic water bottles a day. Because only about 9% of plastic is recycled, the vast majority of those bottles — 22 billion a year by some estimates — wind up in landfills, the ocean, or elsewhere in nature. When beach-loving Madison Checketts began noticing many of those […]

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Read more about the article Meet Bette Nash: The Longest-Serving and Oldest Flight Attendant
BOSTON - DECEMBER 8: Bette Burke-Nash is the longest serving flight attendant at US Airways. She now flies the shuttle flight between Boston and Washington. (Photo by Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Meet Bette Nash: The Longest-Serving and Oldest Flight Attendant

A lot has changed since Bette Nash became a flight attendant. When she first took to the skies in 1957, tickets cost just $12 and cigarettes and matches were passed out after meals, she told ABC. Though soda and pretzels are the handouts of choice today, and the price of tickets has gone up quite […]

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Read more about the article Inside the 123-Year Christmas Bird Count, North America’s Longest-Running Citizen Science Project
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 15: A Northern Cardinal is seen during the Christmas Bird Count at Battery Kemble Park on Saturday, December 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The Christmas Bird Count is one of the longest-running wildlife censuses in the world where each individual count takes place in a 15-mile-wide circle and is led by a compiler responsible for organizing volunteers and submitting observations to Audubon. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Inside the 123-Year Christmas Bird Count, North America’s Longest-Running Citizen Science Project

Each winter, ornithologists and amateur birdwatchers come together to participate in the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC), a holiday tradition with a purpose. The count, which started on Christmas Day in 1900, is the longest-running citizen science project in North America, per Birds Canada, and involves thousands of volunteers stationed at more than […]

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