Image courtesy of Getty Article by Jimmy Nsubuga, yahoo news UK A street in the City of London is set to become the first to ban petrol and diesel cars. Continue reading here....
Image courtesy of PXFuel (Creative Commons, CC0) Article by Elise Solé, Yahoo Lifestyle Chili peppers aren’t for the faint of heart, but maybe they should be. Scientists in Italy say the spice slashes the mortality rate from heart attack and cerebrovascular disease (which restricts blood flow to the...
Image by Daniel Lobo via Flickr (CC0 1.0) Article by Rozina Sabur, via The Telegraph A city in Illinois has announced it will create a reparations fund for its African American community through a new tax on marijuana sales. Recreational use of the drug will become legal in the...
Image by Mike Corder (AP Photo) Article by Mike Corder, via Associated Press Greta Thunberg, a young activist who has gone from staging school strikes to scolding world leaders about their climate change inaction, was awarded the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize on Wednesday, along with Cameroon peace...
Image courtesy of GoodFreePhotos.com (CC0) Article by Matt Egan, CNN Business A secretive startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved a solar breakthrough aimed at saving the planet. Heliogen, a clean energy company that emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday, said it has discovered a way to use artificial...
Image by tikhonnetpro, from Pixabay Article by Sophie Lewis, via CBS News Italian students in every grade are about to get schooled in the climate emergency facing our planet. Learning about climate change and sustainability will soon be compulsory for all students across the country, education minister...
Shutterstock Article by Aylin Woodward, via Business Insider A group of researchers say they've pinpointed the ancestral homeland of all humans alive today: modern-day Botswana. In a new study published in the journal Nature, scientists analyzed mitochondrial DNA — genetic information that gets passed down the female line —...
Image by The Tribune India. Article via The Tribune India. Doha: Jamaica stormed to World Championships gold in the women's 4x100m relay on Saturday, beating Britain in a battle that featured 100 and 200m winners Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Dina Asher-Smith. Since 2005 the United States and...
Image by Associated Press. Article by Christian Kreznar, via Forbes. As part of the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of a coalition to bolster the world’s infrastructure. In the face of increasingly severe weather patterns resulting...
Photo by Scott Keeler Article by Monique Welch, via Tampa Bay Times. ST. PETERSBURG — LaToya Reedy always dreamed of being a homeowner but it seemed unattainable. As a single mother to her 18-year-old son, AnTrez Reedy worked hard as a certified nursing assistant to provide a stable...