Photo courtesy of CNN Article by Alice McCool and Thomas Lewton, via CNN At 19-years-old, Betelhem Dessie is perhaps the youngest pioneer in Ethiopia's fast emerging tech scene, sometimes referred to as 'Sheba Valley'. Dessie is coordinating a number of nationwide programs run by robotics lab iCog, the...
Photo by Akron Public Schools Article by Theresa Cottom, via Akron Beacon Journal The Akron school district is ramping up resources pouring into its newest school while looking to dispose of 10 of its oldest schools that are now void of students. Akron school board members voted unanimously...
Article via PR Newswire Following the release of the No Bounds and No Bounds Sport portable Bluetooth® speakers earlier this summer, earth-friendly audio maker The House of Marley is announcing the final speaker in their all terrain No Bounds series, the No Bounds XL. Continuing to embody The...
Article via Now This 100,000+ people registered to vote after Taylor Swift talked politics. Vote.org reported a major spike in voter registration after Taylor Swift broke her silence on her political views and urged people to vote. Swift said she’s voting in the state of Tennessee and endorsed...
Photo by Ringo HW Chiu/AP Article by Jonathan Watts, via The Guardian The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C, beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of...
Photo by Erick Larenbeek Article by Andy Corbley, via Good News Network Two Dutch scientists are using algae to replace plastics throughout their city – and if their mission proves successful, they believe that no one will ever have to use plastic again. Lounging on the surface of uncountable...
Photo courtesy of 2018 Cable News Network, Inc. Article by Eliza Anyangwe and Stephanie Busari, via CNN Denis Mukwege's time has come. The Congolese doctor has devoted his life to fixing the broken bodies of brutalized and violated women, and rumors swirled for years that he has been...
Photo by Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images Article by Christopher Koopman and Brian Isomf, via The Hill From modularized nuclear reactors to renewable natural gas systems to facilities that convert energy from ocean waves into electricity, the potential for clean technology to reshape our energy sector...
Article by Alexander Cornwell, via Reuters Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace agreement in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the second peace deal reached since July between the once warring African countries. The Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders signed a “joint declaration of...
Photo by NOAA/NMFS/Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Blog Article by June Greenstein, via Ocean Find Your Blue Today, most people have used and discarded something made out of plastic. In the U.S., that item was probably either a grocery bag or a water bottle. According to EcoWatch, Americans use...