We May Soon Be Able to Melt Down Plastic Waste into Fuel for Hydrogen Cars
Because the plastics don't need to be cleaned, the process would be cheaper than recycling, too.
Entrepreneur Has Bought 10,000 Unused Ride-Sharing Bikes So He Can Donate Them to Poor Students
Rather than letting these abandoned bikes go to waste, a compassionate businessman is buying them up and sending them to village school children.
Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves to Be a Bumper Crop for Agrivoltaic Land Use
Agrivoltaics is a field of study that's blooming with knowledge: how to combine the harvesting of agriculture with solar energy in a way that...
Customers Line Up On Black Friday to Buy Gifts for Refugees From Special Pop-Up Store
Instead of spending their money on electrics or new clothes, these customers are waiting to buy resources and gifts for refugees.
Two Boy Scouts Save Drowning Woman While Cycling Alongside Missouri Floodwaters
Saving drowning women is all in a day's work for a couple of Missouri boy scouts who had already collected their swimming and lifesaving...
A Talking Crow Befriending a School Has a Foul-Mouth But is Still Beloved by Kids in Oregon
In one Oregon town, kids at a local school noticed that a particularly nosey and brave crow seemed dead-set on getting into the classroom.
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Shop Has Given Away 142,000 Slices of Pizza, Continuing Dad’s Mission for the Homeless
Before Mike Stevens's passing in 2017, he insisted on feeding anyone who was less fortunate – and now, his family is continuing the mission.
Instead of Excess Produce Going to Landfills, Companies Are Sending It Off to Be Dried into New Snacks
Rather than letting thousands of pounds of fruits and veggies go to a landfill, companies are sending them to a startup that turns food waste into snacks.
Instead of Ticketing a Young Mom, Cop Buys New Child Car Seats and Helps Her Install Them
Rather than issuing a citation to a financially-strapped Wisconsin mom, Officer Zimmerman went out of his way to buy new car seats for her kids.
From a Juvenile Locked in Solitary Confinement to An Opera Star on Broadway
This opera singer went from being locked in solitary confinement as a child to enchanting audiences on a Broadway stage.
African Elephant Poaching Has Fallen By More Than 50% Over the Course of the Last 6 Years
Due to the falling international demand for illegal ivory, there has been a dramatic decrease in African elephant poaching.
Elon Musk Keeps His Promise, Donates $480,000 to Give Every School in Flint a Clean Water System
Though the Tesla CEO is notorious for his controversial social media activity, he has kept his word on addressing the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Girls Lost in Forest for 44 Hours Finally Rescued After They Survived on Rainwater and ‘Happy Thoughts’
Two girls, aged 5 and 8, have finally been rescued from the woods of Northern California after using survival skills they learned from camping and TV.
When Teacher Asks Students to Share Supplies, Boy Offers Up Pencils With Sweet, Personal Messages
Adults are always learning from the kindness of kids – and this teacher's Facebook post about one of her students is no exception.
A ‘Momentous Milestone’: Africa Finally Eradicates the Wild Polio Virus From its Continent, After Decades of Work
The World Health Organization is celebrating the news that the African continent is finally free of the wild poliovirus, 24 years after Nelson Mandela...
EU Approves Groundbreaking New ‘Right to Repair’ Laws Requiring Appliances to Be Easier to Fix
The new laws will require common household products to be manufactured with sustainability and repair in mind for the consumer.
She’s Starting College at Age 12, With Plans to Be a NASA Engineer
Over the course of the pandemic, the landscape of education has drastically changed, but that hasn’t kept one brilliant girl whose dreams have never...
More Than 200 Volunteer Firefighters From US and Canada Have Deployed to Help With Australian Bushfires
After Australia offered firefighting aid to the United States and Canada in 2018, more than 200 volunteers are repaying the favor.
DNA Sequencing of Viking Bones ‘Will Rewrite History’: They Weren’t All Scandinavian
Invaders, pirates, warriors—the history books taught us Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across...
Scientists Develop Breakthrough Method for Recycling Industrial Plastics at Room Temperature in 20 Minutes
A new and simple method for upcycling plastic waste at room temperature has been developed by a team of British researchers.
The researchers at the...