Vote for the New 7 Wonders of Nature!
Throughout your life, you may have heard of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. A number of lists have come out on this topic and have included The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, and The Great Barrier...
View ArticleBeyond The Hive: Creating 5-Star Accommodations for London’s Insects
I have traveled a lot throughout my life. I’ve been camping, crashed on friends’ couches, and have stayed at an ungodly amount of hotels. Very rarely have the accommodations ever reached 5-star status...
View ArticleThe Pepsi Refresh Project: Submit an Idea, Make a Positive Impact
Pepsi is looking for businesses, non-profits and individuals with ideas that will have a positive impact. This month, they are accepting ideas until June 15th—or until they receive 1,000 ideas,...
View ArticleGreenpeace Activists Break Into Swedish Nuclear Power Plant
Greenpeace activists broke into Sweden’s Forsmark nuclear power plant on Monday, demanding parliament vote against the construction of new nuclear facilities. Currently, Sweden has 10 nuclear reactors...
View ArticleThe Solar Vaccine Refrigerator: An Awesome Solution to a Great Medical Problem
When it comes to medical care, most of us have no idea how easy we really have it. People will complain about waiting in the emergency room or waiting room area (it has that name for a reason); they’ll...
View ArticleEU starts crackdown on illegal timber, deforestation
European Parliament has voted in favor of new regulations to insure that timber imported into the EU comes from legal sources. Similar legislation was adopted in the US in 2008, though in the case of...
View ArticleUpdate: UK ban on circus animals looks good to go
In May we ran a couple of posts on how Britons overwhelmingly support a ban on circus animals, yet the UK’s Conservative-led government was against any such ban. The Tory-Lib Dem coalition government,...
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