Play buttonDown Syndrome 22-year-old defies the odds with his wildlife photographyMother Nature Network - Jacqueline Gulledge Oliver Hellowell believes anyone with Down syndrome can achieve their dreams. When Oliver Hellowell was a toddler, doctors didn't have much hope that …
Science India’s Skeleton Lake Has Bones Separated by CenturiesThe Atlantic - Rachel GutmanHundreds of skeletons are scattered around a site high in the Himalayas, and a new study overturns a leading theory about how they got there. In a kinder world, archaeologists would study only formal carefully
Environment The Planet Needs a New InternetGizmodo - Maddie Stone When climate change comes for our coffee and our wine, we’ll moan about it on Twitter, read about it on our favorite websites, and watch diverting …
Facebook You Can Finally See All Of The Info Facebook Collected About You From Other Websitesbuzzfeednews.com - Nicole Nguyen and Ryan Mac Users will now be able to see the reach of Facebook’s tracking outside of the social network through a new tool called “Off-Facebook Activity,” which …
Clothing Find Out Which Clothing Brands Run Too Big or Small With This ChartLifehacker - Melanie Pinola At this point we’re all aware of vanity sizing—where certain brands alter clothing sizes to make us feel “better” about ourselves because we’re …
What the voice inside your head says about youBBC Future - Kelly OakesWe tend to assume that our internal monologue “speaks” in words – but it turns out that, for many of us, it’s much more complicated. What were you thinking about a second ago? Or, to cut to the chase,
Acadia National Park These Seemingly Innocuous Tourist Behaviors Are Actually Incredibly Destructivefodors.com - Jesse Tabit Moving around the things we find in nature can be bad for the environment, not to mention illegal. Such is the case for a French couple currently …
Cooking This Fridge Organization Hack Has Me Cooking More, Wasting Less, and Feeling Better About My Kitchenapartmenttherapy.com - Olivia Muenter Picture this. You go to the grocery store and stock up on all the basics: pasta, eggs, fruits and veggies. You come home, proudly unpack all your …
News Couple face up to six years in jail for taking sand from Italian beachCNN - By Livia Borghese and Rob Picheta, CNN(CNN) — We've all been tempted to bring a little bit of paradise home from our holidays. But the urge has backfired on a French couple, who are facing up to six years in prison for removing sand from beach
Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren Asked Native American Leaders for Forgiveness. Here's How That Went.VICE - Morgan BaskinSIOUX CITY, Iowa –– Nearly a year after Sen. Elizabeth Warren commissioned a DNA test to “prove” her Native American ancestry, she asked tribal leaders for forgiveness. “I want to say this: Like anyone
How-To's How to Make Sure Your Passwords Haven't Been StolenLifehacker - David Murphy One of the best things about having a solid password is that you don’t have to change it. If it’s strong, unique, and hasn’t been compromised by an …
Soil We're barreling towards another Dust BowlPopular Science - Erin BlakemoreWe have to fight fast to keep our soil from slipping away. In 1935, the Dust Bowl came to Washington—and if we don't change our ways, it could come back. A new report from the UN climate committee warns
Microsoft Office Use your phone to turn a photo of data into an Excel spreadsheet in a snapCNET - by Clifford Colby Microsoft's tool for iOS and Android phones turns photos of notes, lists, recipes and numbers into Excel spreadsheets.
Drought How climate’s impact on land threatens civilisation – and how to fix itThe Guardian - Damian CarringtonRevolutionising the way we use land could cut emissions, provide sustainable food and reduce poverty Healthy land provides the food, timber and fresh water essential to humanity’s survival, but a UN report
Electricity 8 Simple But Genius DIY Generators The Utility Companies Absolutely Hateboredpanda.com - Lady Rose Electricity is a versatile tool that helps achieve many survival related goals. Heat, light, cooking, entertainment, communication, construction. The …
The end of capitalism has begunThe Guardian - Paul MasonWithout us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long
Logging Trump plan could open Giant Sequoia monument to loggingThe Guardian - Oliver MilmanAs the Trump administration continues to roll back protections on public lands, timber industry advocates are pushing to reduce federal defenses for California’s giant trees For the largest living things
Science Watch Leaves Change Color in a Matter of Secondssmithsonianmag.com - Emily Toomey Every fall, the leaves of deciduous trees undergo a dramatic color change before forfeiting their newfound hues, fading to brown and dying. The …
Campgrounds How Technology Decides Whether You Get the Campsite You Wantadventure-journal.com - Diana Helmuth How did you get this site? I ask the man sitting across from me at a picnic table in Yosemite Valley’s North Pines campground. It’s Memorial Day …
Geek 30 Very Good Sci-Fi Dogsio9 - Cheryl Eddy Now that all the hype surrounding Captain Marvel’s top scene-stealer, Goose the cat (or “cat,” if you will), has died down a little, it’s high time we …
Onions Why I can never eat onions or garlic againPopular Science - Eleanor CumminsFor the ancient Egyptians, eating an onion was like biting into a piece of eternity, so enamored were they of the vegetable's spherical shape and concentric circles, supposedly representative of unending
Methane Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphereNational Geographic - Stephen LeahyThe chemical signature of methane released from fracking is found in the atmosphere, pointing to shale gas operations as the culprit. Scientists have measured big increases in the amount of methane, the
Environment A Weather Station Above the Arctic Circle Hit 94.6 Degrees FahrenheitGizmodo - Brian Kahn Amid the hottest month in recorded history, some records still stand out as absolutely jaw dropping. That’s definitely true of a measurement made in …
Greenland Greenland's receding icecap to expose top-secret US nuclear project | Greenland | The GuardianThe Guardian - Jon HenleyCamp Century – part of Project Iceworm – is an underground cold war network that was thought to have been buried forever A top-secret US military project from the cold war and the toxic waste it conceals,
U.S. Politics Watchdog cites possible political retribution at State DeptAssociated Press - By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department's internal watchdog has found significant evidence of leadership and management problems, including possible political retribution against career employees, in the
Environment Invasive Pests Are Devastating American Forests at an Alarming RateGizmodo - Brian Kahn New findings show that invasive species are wiping out trees across the U.S., devastating forests and their ability to store carbon. That’s …
News (U.S.) Predictably, You Can Now Buy First-Class Passage Through the Climate CrisisEsquire - By Charles P. PierceTo borrow a trope from Chris Rock, I don't agree with the people who think we should eat the rich...but I understand. That’s the question some observers and critics of “climate services” are asking. The
Pompeii Archaeologists discovered an invaluable cache of ritual artifacts at PompeiiArs Technica - Jennifer Ouellette The various items may have belonged to a Roman sorceress. Crystals, amber, amethyst, phallic amulets, glass beads, figurines, and a miniature human …
Bluetooth New Critical Bluetooth Security Issue Exposes Millions Of Devices To AttackForbes - Zak DoffmanAn alarming Bluetooth Security Notice has been issued after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability that security researchers have warned is "a serious threat to the security and privacy of all Bluetooth
Google Voice People Are Sharing What Information Google Data Was Hiding About Them And, Y'all, This Is Actually IntenseBuzzFeed - Jame JacksonI don't remember saying that...or that...or that, either. Have y'all ever learned something that sounds so wild, that it MUST be true? Well, that's how I felt when I learned that Google has FILES of potentially-problematic
