As May drew to a close, a US district court issued a ruling that the federal government’s attempts to undercut Endangered Species Act protections for the sake of coal mining were illegal. Coal mines had been allowed to rely on a streamlined process tha…
A private citizen in Norway with a passion for underwater exploration has turned up an astonishing find in the nation’s waters: a shipwreck with a cargo of intact Chinese porcelain. Espen Saastad, a watchmaker by trade, also happens to own a smal…
This rather charismatic mollusk is the white abalone, a Critically-Endangered species of sea snail that’s Wanted: Alive in the state of California. That’s because it hasn’t been seen in 5 years after populations declined 99% since the…
After a serious crash on a rural, British Columbia highway, a woman and her husband had to search for days to find their missing dog Daisy. Along the way, they experienced just about every kind of help imaginable until 96 hours after their crash, they …
A 2-stage trial testing a new and acclaimed HIV-prevention drug has shown almost unthinkable results of no new infections among a sample size of 3,200 participants. Called PURPOSE 1, the aim of the first trial was testing a subcutaneous injection of th…
Seeking to preen and pamper its beaches ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, authorities in 2 Los Angeles districts needed to figure out how to get thousands of pounds of trash out of the LA and San Gabriel rivers. They turned to the best in class; a man…
