Scientists have used a monomer made from a component in citrus fruit peels called limonene to produce entirely sustainable transparent wood. Céline Montanari – By Nick Lavars 2021 May 04 – For tens of thousands of years, humans have been drawn to wood as …
Newly-calved iceberg A-76 is now the largest iceberg in the world. – By Sophie Lewis CBS News / 2021 May 20 – A massive slab of ice, roughly the shape of Manhattan but more than 70 times larger, has sheared off from Antarctica …
When there’s only space for one meat-free option on the menu, chefs often now ditch dairy for vegan alternatives. Is this the end of veggie dining? Plant-tastic … the new dairy-free landscape. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Getty Images – By Tony Naylor Last modified on …
The author, known as the “Lord of Misrule,” had the audacity to erect a maypole in Massachusetts. Circa 1620, American colonist and leader of the Plymouth Colony Myles Standish (1584 – 1656) and a colony of English settlers follow a Native American scout. …
Plastic Waste Makers index identifies those driving climate crisis with virgin polymer production. A woman collects recyclable plastics washed up on the beach in Bali, Indonesia. Photograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images – By Sandra Laville Last modified on 2021 May 18 – Twenty companies …
Confederate currency had images of enslaved people, historical figures and mythical deities. elycefeliz/Flickr, CC BY-ND – By Robert Gudmestad, Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University 2021 May 03 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If …
Officials on Vancouver Island say at least 100 trees have been illegally cut down, leaving one stump with a face carved into it. A menacing face chainsawed into the stump of a poached Douglas fir not far from the Mount Prevost Main Line …
Against all odds, 28 percent of Scottish people still use it. How the English Failed to Stamp Out the Scots Language – by Dan Nosowitz 2018 Sep 28 – Over the past few decades, as efforts to save endangered languages have become governmental …
An illustration from the November 20, 1880, issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper depicts an anti-Chinese riot in Denver, Colorado. Violence against Chinese immigrants was widespread in the American West. Courtesy of the Chinese American Museum/Dylan and Phoenix Wong – SOURCE: National Geographic …
In states like Kansas, energy companies want to impose charges on people who produce their own power with rooftop arrays. An aerial photo taken with a drone shows solar panels installed on a private home in Round Lake Heights, Illinois. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA …
