More than 110 million acres of land across the U.S. are protected in 806 federally designated wilderness areas — together an area slightly larger than the state of California. For the most part, these places have been left alone for decades, in keeping with the 1964 Wilderness Act’s directive that they be “untrammeled by man.”
On the Croft family farm in Lincolnshire, England, an ewe defied the odds by giving birth to a set of five healthy lambs earlier this month — a ”one-in-a-million” occurrence, some say.
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“The only advice I can give to young people is the advice my mother gave to me, because I can’t think of anything better,” Jane Goodall shared from her seat under a tree in Arusha, Tanzania, last July. “She said, ‘Jane, if you really want to do something like this, you’re going to have to
When’s the last time you walked barefoot in the dirt or lay in the cool grass staring at the sky? In childhood, that was just part of everyday life. In adulthood, it has a name — earthing — and there’s a solid case for giving it a go more often. Also referred to as grounding,
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Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology. But it wasn’t until the 1960s that methodical research into dolphin communication began. Scientists like John Lilly and the husband-and-wife team of Melba and David Caldwell tried various experiments to decipher the sounds dolphins can make.
When you think of volunteering, you likely picture someone ladling up hearty bowls of soup at a food pantry or caring for pups at an animal shelter. But while these are among the most popular opportunities out there, there are myriad other ways to give back to society in your free time — and no
Can giving homeless people $750 a month to use any way they choose help them move into long-term housing? I am the director of the University of Southern California Homelessness Policy Research Institute. My research team, in partnership with Miracle Messages, a San Francisco social services nonprofit, set out to answer that question in a study that will be published in an upcoming peer-reviewed issue of Social Work Research.
What will it take to build a better future? According to TED2026, everyone — which is why “All of Us” was this year’s theme. The weeklong conference, held April 13-17 in Vancouver, Canada, assembled some of the world’s most inspiring thought leaders for what TED Fellow Lope Gutiérrez-Ruiz described as “Christmas for the brain.” “TED’s
On Sunday, Clarke Reynolds was one of over 14,000 people who participated in England’s Brighton Marathon. But completing the 26.2-mile course wasn’t the only thing he achieved: The 45-year-old also marked a technological milestone, becoming the first blind person to run a full marathon with the help of volunteers guiding him through his smart glasses.
Jason VanRuler is an author and psychotherapist specializing in communication, attachment, and relationships. Have you ever walked away from a conversation thinking to yourself “That went really well,” only to learn later that the conversation did not actually go well? I can remember early on in my marriage having a challenging talk about relocating to
