There is no doubt about it: Our planet has a plastic problem. Eco-companies, engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs are scrambling to find sustainable solutions to make plastic a product of the past. One of the latest of these is a young Mexican entrepreneur who has created a plastic alternative made out of orange waste. (1) Student...
One hiker in Florida, Tracey Cauthen, discovered a rare rainbow-colored snake, a rare species that experts haven’t seen in that area for over 50 years. Cauthen spotted the beautiful four-foot-long snake while hiking through the Ocala National Forest, which is 47 miles north of Orlando. The Florida Museum of National History confirmed this sighting was...
A city in Australia went viral on social media for the drainage nets they installed on drains to save water from plastic pollution. They’ve fully outlined the details of the nets so that hopefully, other cities around the world can also implement the project. Australian Drainage Nets Save Water From Plastic Pollution Just half an...
Turtles are some of the most interesting yet elusive creatures on our planet. Currently, there are 356 known species of turtles that exist, but only seven known species of sea turtles [1]. The largest of these species is the Leatherback sea turtle, whose evolutionary roots go back more than 100 million years, is one of...
Animals, especially rare and priceless specimens, often find themselves at the short end of the stick when they come against humans, from the far-reaching effects of global warming to whole species dying out from hunting and other activities. In an article originally posted on the Pakistani newspaper, Dawn.com, a Texan man reportedly paid $110,000 to hunt...
The best pictures are often the unplanned ones that happen simply by a stroke of luck. One photographer had a heck of a stroke of good luck when he captured a green meteor streaking across the sky. Some of the hardest things to capture are celestial events. These occurrences often have a timing of their...
It’s not in your head. Those summer evenings around the fire, trips to the beach, and family hikes through the trail where you were practically covered in mosquito bites while everyone else was left virtually untouched? Why do mosquitoes bite some people and not others? It turns out, there’s actually a scientific reason some people...
A photo was recently taken by photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza. It shows the moon surrounded by what looks like a celestial rainbow. The captivating shot was taken in Parma, a northern city in Italy. We all love full moons. Actually, I’d say we’re a little obsessed with moons. If there’s a lot of traffic, or...
In 2016, SeaWorld officially ended its killer whale breeding program, making the ones already in their parks the last. Many people celebrated this announcement. Research has found that orcas do not thrive in captivity. For one, they are massive creatures who swim 40 miles a day on average in the wild, diving 100 to 500...
In horror movies, crows flock around dangerously or perch on villains’ shoulders. In Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” they are both the danger and the villains. But in real life, crows are actually intelligent, adaptable creatures, and live in suburban neighborhoods all over North America. [1] So they are nearby and available to anyone who’d like...
There are scientists working hard around the world to make sustainable energy production a viable option globally. One of the things that most sustainable energy technologies need is backup batteries. For example, for solar power when it isn’t sunny, wind power when it isn’t windy, or electric cars to store charged energy so they can...
The mystery behind the construction of the Great Pyramids at Giza has puzzled historians, archaeologists, and the public for centuries. With each block of limestone and granite weighing at least two tons, the logistics of how they moved those colossal stones seem insurmountable. However, recent discoveries and new scientific studies have begun to shed light...
