[embedded content] Since the COVID-19 outbreaks have disrupted many of the traditional festivities of Ramadan—such as going to mosque and sharing meals with loved ones—one Michigan town has launched a sweet new initiative to celebrate the Islamic holiday from quarantine.…
A must-have in green building design, solar chimneys can slash energy costs up to 50%—now research reveals they could also help save lives in a building fire. In a world-first, researchers designed a solar chimney optimized for both energy saving…
A California landlord and his wife are being praised for doubling up on their stimulus checks in order to pay off some of the rent for all 13 of their tenants. Although the Santa Rosa landlord chose to remain anonymous,…
Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, scientists have just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space. For…
A South Carolina couple has been using their musical talents to bring their community together for weekly street concerts—all while respecting social distancing guidelines. Leah Edwards and her husband Dimitri Pitta are professional opera singers who have been setting up…
Today is Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) for the Dutch people—a national holiday celebrated in the Netherlands to mark the end of the German occupation by Nazi forces during World War II. It was 75 years ago today that Canadian and British…
It has been five years since the beloved Parks and Recreation television show aired what viewers believed to be its last episode—but this week, the show’s original cast came together for a half-hour reunion episode to raise money for COVID-19…
The Phoenix is a free, sober gym community that uses health and fitness to help people overcome addiction. Due to the current shelter-in-place orders, however, its members are unable to continue their normal workout sessions together amidst the trying times…
For the last 23 years, Japanese artist Makoto Azuma has been making art out of his favorite medium: flowers. Azuma says he first became captivated by the power of flowers after he started working part-time at a florist’s in order…
This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the emergency use of the antiviral remdesivir as the country’s first drug treatment for COVID-19. The emergency use approval (EUA) was issued after a government-sponsored study of 1,063 patients found…
