XPRIZE has always held global competitions to find the best solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges, and now they want to solve the problem of rising unemployment due to the pandemic. On Monday, the nonprofit organization announced XPRIZE…
One of the biggest challenges with widespread implementation of renewable energy is storage—but now in England, a trailblazing company is developing the world’s first liquid-air battery storage facility for renewable energy. And the zero-emission concept costs half as much to…
Saul and Keon have never missed a day of work picking up trash in Miami Beach—and they’re especially glad they were covering their route this week as a beautiful surprise awaited them. When their huge truck rolled down the street…
On this day 140 years ago, Helen Keller was born with full sight and hearing in Alabama. Before the age of two she was stricken with disease and left deaf and blind, but at 24, she became the first deaf…
A pair of new studies reveals a silver lining amid the COVID gloom: Many fathers feel closer to their kids during the pandemic, and want to create a new normal going forward. The studies, released last week as part of…
Ocean Voyages Institute says it made history this week, returning to the port of Honolulu Tuesday, after successfully removing 103 tons of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It more than doubled its own record-setting…
Even though bees had a ‘very good year,’ with the second smallest winter hive loss in 14 Years, according to an annual survey released in March, agriculture experts continue to look for alternative pollination techniques. Bees and other pollinators like…
What started as a lonely graduation day for a teen in Alabama has turned into a priceless opportunity to bond with his teacher. Now, that teacher is working to get that student a car that will get him started in…
75 years ago today, the inspirational United Nations Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco, a document that began with the following: “We the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of…
People want to help each other, even when it costs them something and even when the motivations to help don’t always align, a new study suggests. In research published earlier this month in the journal Science Advances, sociologists found that…
