A surprisingly robust, yet green, alternative to plastic packaging has been developed from the hemp plant–an age-old form of the cannabis plant that doesn’t get people high. The non-toxic plastic alternative is a stretchy thermoplastic that can e…
During Game 5 of the Stanley Cup playoff series in Buffalo, New York, it wasn’t the winning play on the ice that stole our hearts—it was the spontaneous singing in the stands. The atmosphere was already electric as the national anthem singer took the m…
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in ov…
Mining is heavy business, and this giant Komatsu excavator is too. It weighs 2 million pounds, but comes standard with fully-electric drive mode, allowing even the world’s largest mining operations to suddenly zero-out emissions from excavation v…
5 Mississippi middle school students leapt into action when their bus driver lost consciousness while driving, and are being hailed as heroes. Driver Leah Taylor from Hancock County School District was on her usual route with a busload of students on b…
In China, whether on Earth or in the Heavens, it’s the Year of the Horse. This year is the 40th anniversary of one of the country’s earliest conservation efforts: the Wild Horse Return Program, which since 1986 has been breeding, relocating…
