Whale dies after eating over 80 plastic bags.
Pilot whale was found barely alive in Thai canal and vomited up five bags during fruitless rescue attempts The small male pilot whale was barely alive when he was discovered on Monday in the southern …
This Is Water
If you have 20 min to spare .. this might be the most important thing you do today. Watch this video.
Germany sends refugees back to Syria
Syria’s war isn’t over, but a growing number of German policymakers are trying to revoke asylum and send Syrians back home — against their will, if necessary. ater this week, the interior ministers of the …
Fundgiving and the activist economy.
Activist redefines the economic rules for funding nonprofits to help offset the effects of consumerism. Fundraising isn’t scalable. The way we’ve been using the internet and every digital service available to fundraise and drive funds …
The path to extinction
Elephant evolution The largest of all land beasts, elephants are thundering, trumpeting six-tonne monuments to the wonder of evolution. From the tip of that distinctive trunk with its 100,000 dextrous muscles; to their outsize ears …
Your sunscreen is polluting the ocean and an algae could offer a natural alternative
Chlorophyta (Green Algae) An estimated 6,000-14,000 tons of sunscreen are deposited into coral reef areas of the sea every year. The chemicals we rub onto our skin might help prevent skin cancer but we’re only just beginning …
Welcome to the Gutenberg Editor
Of Mountains & Printing Presses The goal of this new editor is to make adding rich content to WordPress simple and enjoyable. This whole post is composed of pieces of content—somewhat similar to LEGO bricks—that …
Golfers brave erupting volcano in Hawaii to sneak in a round or two
MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES Since May 3, residents of Hawaii’s Big Island have been struggling with the fallout from the recent and ongoing eruption of the Kilauea volcano. But that didn’t stop a group of golfers …