In 2016, I was able to travel to Australia for the first time. One of the highlights of my trip was to hold an adorable koala named Barney. This happened at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Queensland. The Lone […]
Did you know that the Internet as we know it depends on 22 ships to function? It likely wouldn’t occur to most people that there are fiber-optic cables running through our oceans all around the world. In fact, there are […]
Almost everyone on the East coast of the United States was affected by the wildfires raging in Canada in the early summer weeks of 2023. There was heavy air pollution for days and weeks, and people were nearly forced to […]
A first of its kind housing project with 3D homes has begun this month to sell them near Austin, Texas. This is the first large-scale 3D-printed housing development project in the United States. There are around 100 3D printed homes […]
As Hurricane Ian started pummeling the Southwest Florida area last week, emergency response teams from Direct Relief were organizing and getting ready to assist. The latest hurricane to hit the United States is considered to be the deadliest to hit […]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced in July that it will be spending $20 billion dollars over the course of several years to tackle specific world problems. The issues that Gates has identified are the prevention of pandemics, eradicating […]
The people in Eastern Kentucky saw historic flooding back in June 2022 that killed eight people and trapped others in homes, buildings, and left some people without homes. This happened in the Appalachian region and encompassed several counties. The governor […]
Florida manatees already are listed federally as a threatened species, but recently things have gotten direr for many of them. Many manatees do not have enough food to eat and are starving. Their natural food of seagrass is being destroyed […]