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This device makes clean clothes accessible anywhere
Wearing a clean set of clothes is not just about hygiene. It’s about dignity. Putting on clean clothing in the morning can help you feel more confident and empower you to put your best foot forward. Unfortunately, without access to clean clothing, respect from others can be hard to come Read More...
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to climate research pioneers
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi have spent the last 60 years decoding complex physical systems to predict how climate change is impacting our world. Now, their work has been rewarded with the Nobel Prize in physics. Manabe and Hasselmann, who are 90 and 89 years old, Read More...
Researchers successfully use deep brain stimulation to treat depression
Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is a technique used to manage Parkinson’s disease and certain types of seizures, but now, researchers have successfully used it to treat depression for the first time. Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco, published a study detailing how they Read More...
Germany elects their first-ever transgender members of parliament
Tessa Ganserer and Nyke Slawik from the Greens part have made history in Germany as the first transgender women to win parliamentary seats in the recent national election. The Greens party came third in the election, increasing its share of the vote to 14.8 percent from 8.9 percent in 2017, and Read More...
Pearl Jam founder is empowering kids with skateboarding in rural Montana
Pearl Jam founder Jeff Ament is one of the world’s most famous bass guitarists, but these days, his attention has shifted to a different goal: using skateboarding to empower the youth of Montana. Originally from Big Sandy, Montana, Ament is familiar with the challenges of growing up in a small Read More...
US restores protections for migratory birds
The US government has restored protections for migratory birds, reviving an old environmental law that prohibits hunting, killing, capturing, selling, or otherwise hurting these avian species. A rule from the previous administration rolled back protections for migratory birds, relaxing legal Read More...
Scientists develop a snake-inspired battery that could help save lives
Coming from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, a novel battery design opens up new possibilities for the future of energy storage by bending and stretching like a snake. Inspired by the morphology of serpents, the innovative design is intended to open new doors in the world of soft Read More...
Na’ah Illahee Fund creates grants to find missing Indigenous people
Since 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. Despite these high numbers, many of these cases go unaddressed by law enforcement and are never solved. The Na’ah Illahee Fund supports Indigenous communities Read More...
New UK law ensures servers don't miss out on their tips
The pandemic has spurred a shift to contactless payments, however, it has presented some negative consequences for servers and kitchen staff at restaurants at a time when they need all the support they can get. Many servers and kitchen staff all over the world have been left without employment Read More...
How hamsters and llamas could provide an effective Covid-19 therapy
Researchers from the Rosalind Franklin Institute at Oxford University have identified an unusual source for a potential Covid-19 treatment: the llama and the Syrian hamster. Like humans, llamas produce antibodies to recognize and defeat infections, but their antibodies are unusually small, Read More...