There are not many happy results from dangerous weather. However, this one is downright mesmerizing. As Storm Francis raged across the United Kingdom, the rain and winds revealed a petrified Welsh woodland area. A forest that has been hiding underwater for thousands of years. Its photos are like something out of a fairy tale.  Revealing...

Dubbed “The Loneliest Woman in America”, the Root Beer Lady was famous in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Though she lived alone, she was certainly not lonely. This is her incredible life story. The Root Beer Lady Dorothy Molter, known in the BWCAW as The Root Beer Lady, lived on the Isle of...

Empathy is one of the more complex and integral emotions that humans experience. The question is, are animals capable of experiencing it too? The idea that animals are capable of experiencing a full range of human emotion is not new. Early scientists believed that it was possible. Charles Darwin even once wrote that there is...

“Glass Gem” corn went viral in 2012 when a photo of the rainbow-colored kernels was posted on Facebook. Imagine the excitement of peeling the husk of a corn of the cob to find the purple, pink, blue, red, and yellow of a kaleidoscope. You may not find rainbow corn at a farmer’s stand by the side...

Futuristic self-driving cars are on their way sooner than we may think, however, they’re not quite as close to reality as some want to believe. A man was pulled over in Canada for speeding while driving a Tesla, where the police discovered him to be fast asleep. Man Pulled Over While Sleep-Speeding in a Tesla...

Imagine how different your life would be if you didn’t have access to clean drinking water? This nightmare is a reality for the Navajo people, and has been for many years. A new type of solar panels, however, might just be the solution they’ve always needed. These solar panels are able to pull water right...

Over labour day weekend, Oregon saw the most intense wildfire event ever recorded. A combination of high winds and extremely low humidity caused dozens of fires to start between Monday and Tuesday. Those fires quickly spread across the landscape, covering more than 230 thousand acres [1]. Since the fires began, thousands of residents have been...

Imagine picking up your bucket list to scratch off “rolling and puffing with the president’s son on the roof of the White House”. If anyone ever lived the ultimate rebel life, it was Willie Nelson, famous country musician and America’s most beloved “Stoner Uncle”.  The rumor has been flying around for decades starting with snippets...

Every year as the temperatures begin to drop, we start to take many of our activities indoors. Unfortunately, humans are not the only ones who prefer the warmth of central heating. Bugs, too, find their way into our homes in search of warmer conditions – including stink bugs. This year, scientists are expecting the “great...

Forest and wildfires are becoming more dangerous every year. In 2020 alone, we’ve seen these fires devastate parts of Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Brazil, and California. The blazes can tear across forests and homes and reduce them to smoldering ash. Putting them out is no easy task.  Firefighters can battle the flames from the ground but...

As lockdowns are let up, people are itching to get out of the house and see the world. Of course, it’s imperative to stay safe — the coronavirus pandemic isn’t over. For people setting out on day trips, be aware that, when it comes to crowded spaces, it’s safer to stay outdoors than indoors as...

So much of green energy is all about using the resources that are abundant locally. Most often people think of things like wind, water, and solar power. This new Himalayan invention, however, uses something far less “conventional”: Pine needles. A large portion of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, aka Dev Bhoomi or “Land of Gods”,...