This year, Bronx high school teacher Alhassan Susso received $25,000 when he was honored with the FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence, a prize given to New York City teachers who inspire “learning ...

One design firm in Kenya wants to make it even easier for Blind and visually impaired shoppers to style their clothes. Hisi Studio started as Angela Wanjiku’s senior project at the University of ...

In Olivehurst, California, a town a bit north of Sacramento, a new “micro-community” of homes hopes to do it all: Resist climate change, provide affordable housing, and act as a blueprint to scale 3D ...

You certainly don’t have to be a snowman named Olaf to like a warm hug. In fact, a recent study from researchers at Queen Mary University of London has found why exactly those hugs feel so good. It ...

In November 2024, residents in St. John’s County, Florida, overwhelmingly backed a property tax hike reserved for boosting teacher salaries, increasing school safety, and expanding student programs.

Amy Hendricks is an internal medicine doctor who has spent much of her career in the Northwest Territories of Canada, practicing medicine in rural areas and caring for patients where they already are.

Every year, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication surveys a representative sample of Americans to gauge “top public worries” about climate change, policy, and general concerns among those ...

If there is one thing most people wouldn’t want to stumble across in the forests of the Philippines, a giant spider would probably be one of them. But a pile of bird droppings probably wouldn’t be far ...

Avery Colvert's viral ask on social media last year led to a million donations, a nonprofit, and a community hub to help teens plan for their futures beyond the shadow of the wildfire. We talked to ...

U.S. National Parks are incredible. A visit to a national park is an opportunity to enjoy nature, protect the planet, and celebrate time with friends, family, and fellow park-goers. And national parks ...

In late November, trail cameras in southeastern Arizona captured images of a male jaguar, the fifth jaguar documented in the state since 2011. Footage of the big cat, nicknamed Cinco, was shared by ...

Over the weekend, attackers opened fire at a Jewish celebration at Sydney, Australia’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people. The attackers, who police say are a father and son duo, may have caused much more ...