Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/Getty Images Article by Megan Molteni, via WIRED TUESDAY’S MIDTERM ELECTIONS offered voters across the US the chance to move decisively to slow down the global ecological disaster of climate change. As the votes were tallied, however, one thing became clear: Americans remain as divided...
Photo by Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg Article by Jean Baptiste Su, via Forbes Speaking with Recode's editor-at-large Kara Swisher, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he's confident that the carmaker will achieve full self-driving next year, in 2019, ahead of any other car manufacturer. "I don’t want to sound overconfident, but I would be...
Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Article by Cindy Boren, via The Washington Post Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, members of the NFL Players Coalition and former NBA MVP Stephen Curry agree: This year, voting feels different. It’s more than just a nuisance or chore, something you automatically do when...
Photo by Reuters Article by Bekele Atoma, via BBC Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president. Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's only female head of state. Her election to the ceremonial position comes a week after...
Photo by USA Today Article By Ted Berg, via USA Today Sports LOS ANGELES -- The Boston Red Sox are the 2018 World Series champions. Needing a win Sunday to finish off the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Sox scored two runs in the first inning to take...
Photo by Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Article by Eric Woodyard, via Deseret News KILLEEN, Texas — Royce O’Neale and Jae Crowder entered the press conference room at Zions Bank Basketball Campus side by side for the Utah Jazz’s annual media day as part of a group pairing on...
Photo by Heather Kim/NPR Article by Dan Charles, via NPR Climate change is coming like a freight train, or a rising tide. And our food, so dependent on rain and suitable temperatures, sits right in its path. The plants that nourish us won't disappear entirely. But they may...
Photo by Wikimedia Commons Article by Rowena Fletcher-Wood, via Things We Don't Know There is no doubt that climate change affects many species – their food sources, their behavioural patterns, and the environments in which they are happy to live. Sharks are cartilaginous fish related to rays...
Photo by Ian Willms/Getty Images Article by Dan Bilefsky, via New York Times MONTREAL — Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its...
Photo by Ananth BS, CC Article by Mckinley Corbley, via Good News Network This small region in India has just won a top UN prize for becoming the world’s first fully organic state. The northeastern region of Sikkim achieved the groundbreaking milestone after it successfully managed to educate and...