When you think of the Caribbean, what do you think of? Pristine white sand beaches? Cristal-clear blue water? Tropical plants and wildlife? Well, the truth is a little less pretty. There is a literal sea of plastic floating in the Caribbean sea that is five miles long. The Caribbean Sea: Aka The Sea Of Plastic...
In many places in Africa, poaching is a real problem. Hunters sneak onto reserves and sanctuaries to kill animals for specific ‘precious’ parts, such as the ivory horns of elephants and rhinoceroses. Legal hunting, also known as “trophy” hunting, primarily done for sport and entertainment, is equally as problematic. The animals don’t just let hunters,...
Flight Attendants have a very unique customer service job. They are tending to customer’s needs just like any other customer service job, except they’re doing so in a metal tube flying thousands of miles per hour up above the clouds. Unlike other customer service positions, when faced with an unruly client who is endangering both...
The California Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor hirsuta) is one of the most beautiful and rare butterfly species in the world. With iridescent color tones and a vampire-like appearance, the caterpillar blossoms into an adult fly with stunning black forewings and hindwings spun with twilight blue hues and sea-sand beige that you could stare at for...
Most of us grow up learning that worms are good for the soil and are welcomed guests in a garden. The truth, at least for parts of North America, could be further from that. There is one worm, in particular, however, that is the worst of them all. This is a worm with a white...
Despite the internet and social media, the world can often seem more disconnected than ever. People seem divided on almost every issue, big or small. Having not been able to leave our homes, much less travel over the last year and a half, that disconnect is even more prominent. To help bridge that gap, Lithuania...
Have you always dreamed of a life at sea but also fear being so far from home? These Manila-based architects might have the solution you’re looking for with their floating houses. The best part? They are a fully sustainable way of supporting at-risk coastal communities. (1) The Sustainable Floating Houses Project In Manila With the...
A cafe in Perth, Australia served a family pot-laced brownies. The brownies put both the five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son in the hospital. Still, three years after the incident, the little girl is afraid to eat out at many places. (1) Cafe Served Family Pot-Laced Brownies When Sharon Hoystead and Michael Maxwell took their five-year-old...
There is a man who was living in the forest of Siberia who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ – along with his at least 5,000 followers. Russian authorities arrested him and two of his right-hand men. This is the story of Vissarion. (1) Vissarion: The Man Who Claims To Be The Reincarnation...
All of us grew up going to a school with a dress code, whether we had to wear uniforms or not. These rules never dictated, however, what we could wear underneath our clothing. In Japan, however, this has not been the case. Last month, it was announced that Japanese Public Schools would finally no longer...
If you grew up going to church, then you’ll remember being taught that if you’re good and believe in God, you’ll go to heaven, and if you don’t, you’ll find yourself in Hell. According to this now-retired priest, however, that is not the case. Bishop John Shelby Spong says that Hell was invented by the...
This may sound like the plot line for a sci-fi movie, but I assure you, it’s not. Scientists have created the world’s first-ever living, self-healing, programmable organism. That’s right: Creatures that are part robot, part real, biological living thing. (1) Scientists Create The First-Ever Living, Programmable Organism They can walk, swim, work in groups, survive...
