Daisy, a four-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, is no ordinary dog. She has a unique talent for finding lost Frisbee golf discs in the woods near a disc golf course at Grand Vue Park in West Virginia. Daisy’s owner, Kelly Mason, first noticed her dog’s obsession with finding lost discs four…
Electric vehicles (EVs) have come a long way in the past decade, and the battery industry is gearing up to meet the accelerating switch to electric. However, their limited range has always been a major drawback for EVs. Things are about to change as the world’s biggest EV battery maker,…
Conservationists Celebrate the Return of Minke Whales After a Decade-Long Absence Conservationists are celebrating the return of minke whales to the Welsh coast after a lengthy absence. The sightings have been hailed as evidence of healthy seas, marking a significant event for the marine environment. The first sighting was made…
The Curiosity Rover’s Latest Postcard Captures the Beauty of Martian Landscape NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has done it again! After completing a major software update in April, the rover captured a stunning postcard of the Martian landscape. The postcard is a beautiful artistic interpretation of the landscape, with color added…
The discovery and rescue of four young Indigenous children, 40 days after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed in the remote Colombian rainforest, was hailed in the international press as a “miracle in the jungle”. But as an anthropologist who has spent more than a year living among the Andoque…
A History of Pollution and Neglect For decades, Toronto’s Don River was a dumping ground for tanneries, distilleries, and abattoirs. Raw sewage was pumped directly into the river in the 1860s, and dead livestock could be found drifting in the murky water. The river was pronounced dead in 1969, after…