Free Transit Cut Emissions By Over 25,000 TONS
Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering car emissions and encouraging public transit, and the two year pilot program proved so wildly popular that the City Council voted this summer to extend it another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling […]
The Evolution Of Kissing Goes Back 21 MILLION Years
Scientists have reconstructed the evolutionary origins of kissing and discovered that mouth on mouth smooching evolved more than 21 million years ago, likely practiced by the common ancestor of humans and other great apes. Lead researcher Dr. Matilda Brindle from the University of Oxford explained that because humans, chimps, and bonobos all kiss, it’s likely […]
She Lost Her Language, Now At 87 She’s Getting It Back
Louise Fraser crossed the convocation stage at the University of Saskatchewan on Wednesday at age 87 to pick up her bachelor’s degree in education, becoming one of the oldest graduates at the university and beginning a journey to reclaim something that was once forcibly taken from her. Fraser lost her Cree language when she was […]
UK Just BANNED Something That’s Been Costing Fans Millions
The UK government is outlawing reselling tickets for profit in a dramatic crackdown that will ban touts and ordinary consumers from charging anything more than the price they originally paid, ending a practice that has been estimated to cost fans $191 million annually. The decision, announced this week, comes after dozens of world renowned artists […]
Italy’s Oldest Barista Has NO Plans To Stop Serving Coffee
Anna Possi has been brewing espressos and serving coffees for more than 80 years, and at 101 years old she still works from 7 in the morning until 7 in the evening with absolutely no intention of retiring anytime soon. She first started this kind of work at the end of World War II when […]
These Extinct Wildcats Are Coming BACK
European wildcats, one of the UK’s most critically endangered mammals that disappeared from England due to human persecution and habitat loss, could make a historic return from extinction as conservationists plan to reintroduce 50 of these elusive carnivores to mid Devon countryside starting in 2028. The South West Wildcat Project, a partnership led by Devon […]
How Fish Are Helping Solve Our Plastic Crisis
MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira was watching butchers discard fish scales at her family’s Asian market when she noticed something remarkable: the scales were strong, thin, flexible, and lightweight, possessing the exact properties that make plastic so useful. That observation led her to develop biodegradable plastic like materials from fish offal that can be used for […]
What Scientists Saw Off Mexico Coast Had NEVER Been Seen Before
Scientists aboard the Pacific Storm research vessel off the coast of Baja California in Mexico were finishing their morning coffee when a call came from the bridge that would end a five year search for one of the planet’s most elusive creatures. After firing a small arrow from a modified crossbow to collect a pencil […]
Pope Francis Brings Indigenous Artifacts Back To Canada
The Vatican has returned 62 indigenous artifacts to Canada, 100 years after they were taken from tribes to appear in a 1925 missionary exhibition in Rome that displayed over 100,000 items from cultures around the world. Pope Francis gave the items to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Saturday, with plans to return them […]
The Blood Robots That Sound Like Pure Science Fiction
Swiss scientists at ETH Zurich have developed tiny robots that can swim through your bloodstream and navigate directly to your brain to fight strokes, delivering medication exactly where it’s needed without flooding your entire body with high doses that cause dangerous side effects. The microscopic marvel consists of a spherical gel capsule embedded with medication […]