The winners of the 32nd annual International Snow Sculpture Championships, hosted in Breckenridge, Colorado, were announced this past Friday. Twelve talented teams representing eight countries spent a total of 94 hours — and braved single-digit temperatures — hand-carving their spectacular creations. Founded in 1990, the competition honors Breckenridge’s decades-long tradition of snow-carving, and is today […]
Making a scientific discovery is an incredible achievement at any age — and Indeever Madireddy made one at just 17 years old. The Silicon Valley high school senior, avid fishkeeper, and 2022 Davidson Fellow channeled his curiosity about his pet fish, Calvin, who recently died, into a research project. The result: Madireddy made history, becoming
Heating your home during the winter can be costly, especially when utility prices are already high. The fossil fuels used to do so come with other caveats as well. Residential homes and businesses accounted for 13% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, and much of that came from heating and cooling. Aeroseal, an Ohio-based company,
