Animals are changing their habits as we change ours. The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred many of us to adopt habits that help us cope with the new reality. Meanwhile, on the empty streets of Rome, the city’s feathery sky divers are going back to their natural ways. Italy has been … Read more
Across the world, many countries are seeing the number of new cases of COVID-19 wind down into single digits over the last week. Four places—including a huge city like Hong Kong that was hit hard by the pandemic—are even celebrating zero new cases. One of the most densely populated cities … Read more
COVID-19 is impacting grocery store supply chains and demand schedules in both big cities and rural communities across America—but for Gustavus, an icy seaside town 7 hours from Juneau, Alaska, the disruption is a much more serious matter. In late April, the town’s grocer set off from Gustavus in a … Read more
Spared from the ravages of COVID-19 suffered by her neighbor Spain, Portugal is aiming to leap, rather than tip-toe, out of their lockdown initiatives by launching a series of clean energy projects that could generate 5.5 billion euro in European energy investment. The new solar-powered hydrogen plant near the port … Read more
We’ve seen some incredible displays of creativity during the long weeks of COVID-19 self-isolating. (GNN even produced a fun television pilot.) But nothing quite matches the brilliant strategy of a California animal shelter which is struggling to pay its bills during the lockdown. Sweet Farm Animal Shelter, a nonprofit sanctuary … Read more
[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. The city of Dearborn—which is known for having the largest … Read more
Kevin Procopio missed playing his grandchildren, since the COVID-19 quarantine required that they all stay in isolation—but he came up with a fun way to connect. One-third of a mile down the road, in Saugus, Massachusetts, the family was experiencing “extreme cabin fever” until they got a telephone call with … Read more
To honor those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s longest elevated pedestrian bridge was lit up by more than 1,300 luminaries carefully placed by volunteers to spell out ‘THANK YOU!’ The display of light spanned more than 200 feet, transforming this New York landmark in Hudson … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global economy in more than seven decades, but new research says that the outbreaks are likely to result in a record-breaking 8% annual decline in carbon emissions—the largest decrease in history. A new report released this week by the International Energy … Read more
The LEGO Group is offering their assistance to healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis by using their facilities to produce thousands of protective facial visors. According to an Instagram post that was published by LEGO earlier this week, the company’s Billund-based factory in Denmark has reworked some … Read more