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A Serene Swedish City Made Entirely Out of Wood Is Set to Be World’s Largest

Environment / 3 min. read

Building with timber rather than concrete or steel could be key to offsetting construction industry emissions, and with 70% of its landmass blanketed in forests, Sweden has plenty of the renewable resource at its disposal. An ambitious project is making use of that cache while positioning itself as a model of nature-infused sustainable living.  Set […]

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Little Free Library Celebrates 200,000th Launch by Distributing Thousands of Books to Elementary Schools

Humanity / 4 min. read

From a distance, they seem like cute mailboxes. But take a closer look, and you’ll find that these colorful streetside boxes, perched on wooden poles, offer much richer reading material. Each Little Free Library houses a diverse array of free books that are ripe for the taking 24/7, so readers of all ages and backgrounds

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“The Backbone of Ecosystems for Pollinators”: Why You Should Go Wild for Wildflowers This Spring

Environment / 5 min. read

“Bloom where you are planted” is a beautiful sentiment, meant to encourage people to make the most of their situation — but why not take it more literally? With the spring equinox arriving March 20, rainfall and warmer temps are right around the corner, meaning now is the perfect time to turn a drab patch

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Narwhals Use Their Tusks to Play With Their Food — Watch “Remarkable” Footage

Environment / 3 min. read

If your only exposure to narwhals is the cute creature in Elf who drawls, “Bye, Buddy! Hope you find your dad,” we have good news for you: These “unicorns of the sea” are apparently just as fun in real life as they are in the movie. New research from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at

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Author Brad Stulberg Breaks Down “Rugged Flexibility,” a Nuanced Way to Approach Change: Exclusive

Exclusive, Humanity / 8 min. read

Change is constant. We move; we get new jobs; we lose people we love. From birth, the fault lines of our lives are continuously under pressure, shaking us up just when we believe we’re standing on solid ground. You’d think with all this exposure, the way we handle change would be streamlined — that we’d always

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Futuristic Suspension Bridge in Taiwan Set to Be Longest of Its Kind in the World

Tech / 3 min. read

A decade after avant-garde Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid won an international competition to design a bridge over the mouth of Taiwan’s Tamsui River, her vision is coming to life. Set to open in early 2026, the futuristic Danjiang Bridge in Taipei will be the longest of its kind in the world.  It was one of

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23,000-Year-Old Fossil Footprints Reveal What May Be the Oldest-Known Handcarts in White Sands National Park: Study

Culture / 4 min. read

This article was written by Matthew Robert Bennett and Sally Christine Reynolds, professors at Bournemouth University, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. If you’re a parent, you’ve probably tried, at some point, to navigate

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Mardi Gras Beads That Grow Flowers: Researchers Created Eco-Friendly Alternative to the Plastic Necklaces

Environment / 4 min. read

Each year before Lent, colorful strands of Mardi Gras beads glimmer in the streets of New Orleans — but at what cost? Of the estimated 25 million pounds of beads tossed during the celebration annually, only a tiny fraction are recycled. Most end up in landfills or storm drains, and in 2018, the city found

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Enzymes Are the Engines of Life — Machine Learning Tools Could Help Scientists Design New Ones to Tackle Disease and Climate Change

Science / 6 min. read

This article was written by Sam Pellock, a postdoctoral scholar in biochemistry at the University of Washington, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that

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