Quote of the day on self-preservation. Knowledge is power. But sometimes this power is best hidden for self-preservation. The quote of the day advises us to keep our mouths shut when we have information that can pose a threat to us. This old quote is not attributed to anyone in particular, but it is said … Read more
‘By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym, I was just stronger than everybody’ A teenager stands in front of a bathroom mirror, wearing baggy clothes for one main reason: to hide from bullies. Long before the bright stadium lights, movie success, or world championship belts, there was a … Read more
An Indian-American doctor has spoken out after receiving a wave of racist comments online over a video in which she wore a bindi, saying she was stunned by the level of anti-Indian abuse directed at her despite being born and raised in the United States.Dr Karishma Reddy shared her response in an Instagram video after … Read more
A Common Greenshank stood on the edge of a pool of water. In the 1980s, Scotland planted commercial trees across parts of a 9,000-year-old peatland; decades later, conservationists are removing them to protect wildlife and keep its stored carbon in the ground.The massive project centers on the Flow Country, a vast area of wet bog … Read more
Deep in the Arizona desert near Oracle sits one of the strangest experiments ever built, a sealed, 3.14-acre glass and steel enclosure called Biosphere 2. Constructed between 1987 and 1991 at a cost of roughly $150 million, funded largely by Texas billionaire Edward Bass, it was designed to test whether humans could live inside a … Read more
Dartmoor Nature Alliance launch their rainforests campaign at Black-a-Tor copse on Dartmoor national park (Photograph: Fern Leigh Albert) Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall is helping double one of England’s last surviving temperate rainforests, where 1,200 young trees have already been planted at one site alone as part of wider expansion efforts.According to a report by … Read more
Indian man dies in an accident in the US, days after he was declared brain-dead. Nithyanand Reddy Gannu, a 26-year-old Indian man, was declared dead, days after he met a devastating road accident in Detroit. The accident took place on July 18 when Reddy was riding his two-wheeler. He was hit by a car and … Read more
Tony Bartlett, father who killed 4-weeks-old son/Image: BBC A British father has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering his four-week-old son, who died from catastrophic head and spinal injuries sustained during a violent assault at the family’s home in Somerset.Tony Bartlett, 39, was ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years after … Read more
Evaluating the impact of assisted natural regeneration and afforestation on soil erosion dynamics using high-resolution imagery in semi-arid Ethiopia In 2015, trees covered just 1.9% of these Ethiopian drylands; nine years later, helping old roots regrow pushed forest cover above 22%.A comprehensive study evaluating land restoration in the Kembata Tembaro district of central Ethiopia shows … Read more
Elk were once found across much of North Carolina but disappeared from the state many years ago For the first time since elk were reintroduced to western North Carolina 25 years ago, the state will allow a limited elk hunting season. The decision comes after wildlife officials said the elk population has recovered enough to … Read more