Arts Feb 11 How life in the wild becomes stunning landscape photography How do you capture in one frame, the landscape of Yellowstone’s geysers, the majesty in the peaks of the Mount Denali, or the vast expanse of the Grand Canyon?…
World Dec 22 More than 1 million migrants arrived in Europe this year More than one million migrants have entered Europe this year, marking the largest wave of immigration into the continent since World War II.
Arts Dec 11 New Banksy mural portrays Steve Jobs as a refugee The British street artist known as Banksy has struck again, with a piece portraying Steve Jobs as a refugee in Calais, France.
World Dec 04 All Swedish 11th graders to receive book on why everyone should be a feminist All 11th grade high school students in Sweden are being given Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book “We Should All Be Feminists.”…
World Nov 18 UK to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2025 The UK plans to shut down all its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and replace the energy source largely with natural gas, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd announced Wednesday.
World Nov 16 Which states are saying no to resettlement of Syrian refugees? As authorities made sense of the aftermath from Friday’s Paris attacks and the death toll count began to stabilize, reports emerged over the weekend that a gunman involved with the coordinated bombings and shootings may have entered Europe, embedded in…
Nation Nov 02 ‘Serial’ announces deal with Pandora for season 2 streaming rights Season 2 of the popular public radio podcast “Serial” will be made available on Pandora, in addition to iTunes and on its own website.
Arts Oct 26 Updated: Lego reverses decision on bulk purchases after Ai Weiwei flap Lego changed its policy on bulk purchases after initially refusing to sell directly to Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, saying at the time that it didn't want its product used to make a political statement.
Nation Oct 21 Delaware pardons man who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad Delaware’s governor on Monday posthumously pardoned a man convicted of helping slaves escape along a portion of the Underground Railroad.
World Oct 19 Global seed bank opens ‘doomsday vault’ to deliver Syrian varieties to safety Walking through dark, grey tunnels carved 400 feet into the base of a mountain in the Arctic Circle, researchers did something that hadn’t been done since the “doomsday vault” was built in 2008. Instead of putting containers into the vault,…