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From South Florida comes the story of an intrepid teenager who’s developed a mini curriculum on hurricane preparedness to fit into school lessons. Having suffered (or perhaps been enriched) from the impact of Hurricane Irma on her community, 16-year-old Elise Raurell created Storm Smart in 2015 as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award. If
LEGO Unveils Set for First-Ever Fully Functional Arcade Pinball Machine If you’re of a certain age, you surely remember going to the arcade and seeing the most devoted players spend hours trying to beat the top score on the pinball machine. You can now relive those good old days (or give this game a try, if you missed out on them) with the new LEGO […] READ: LEGO Unveils Set for First-Ever Fully Functional Arcade Pinball Machine
How do bees make group decisions without a leader? Math experts have determined that the best strategy is for a few to assume the risk of foraging under all conditions while the majority stay safely back and forage only when conditions are favorable.
Mississippi State scientists are building on two decades of irrigation research to identify production practices that help growers save water while improving crop yields.
Dua Lipa Opens a Library Filled With 100 Banned Books in Porto, Portugal View this post on Instagram A post shared by Service95 Book Club with Dua Lipa (@service95bookclub) At a time when it feels more important than ever to engage with literature that challenges us, books are increasingly disappearing from library shelves through book bans and censorship. Dua Lipa is pushing back against that trend […] READ: Dua Lipa Opens a Library Filled With 100 Banned Books in Porto, Portugal
Researchers at the Center for Crop and Food Innovation (CCFI) have made a significant contribution to a landmark study, uncovering tens of thousands of previously hidden structural variations influencing agriculturally important traits in the mung bean. The study, published today in Nature Genetics, presents the world's first graph-based pan-genome for the pulse crop, offering a comprehensive resource for understanding the genetic basis of key agronomic traits and accelerating crop improvement.
The lively flora and fauna of a tiny Filipino island commingle with harrowing memories of California prisons in the surreal works of Gil Batle. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article The Longtail of Incarceration Unfolds in Gil Batle’s Surreal Narratives appeared first on Colossal .
A Quebec chemical firm has developed a cyanide-free, and generally non-toxic method to extract gold from mineral ores—an option that could potentially relieve companies from a significant portion of current environmental compliance. The firm, Dundee Sustainable Technologies, also offers a patented chemical process called GlassLock, which addresses one of the industry’s most pressing environmental concerns:
A team at the Applied Physics Lab is working to understand the complex science behind predicting invisible threats that can quickly cripple electric grid infrastructure on Earth.
Vast Collection of Basquiat’s Most Iconic Works Go on Display in Miami For the first time ever, a selection of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s most iconic works are being exhibited under the same roof in Miami. The show, Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols, at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) brings together nine paintings and one sculpture, making it one of the most significant presentations of his work in the last […] READ: Vast Collection of Basquiat’s Most Iconic Works Go on Display in Miami
To prevent viruses from sickening or killing us—whether it's an individual case of hepatitis B or a COVID pandemic—it's crucial to understand how the proteins they make initiate changes in our bodies that allow them to flourish. A new tool has broadened the scale at which researchers can study these proteins, promising to speed basic discoveries in virology, inform the development of new vaccines and treatments, and help humanity protect against emerging pathogens.
Olivia Rodrigo Teams up With LEGO To Unveil Five New Sets Inspired by Her Music Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo has made a name for herself with her heartfelt compositions, which feature compelling narratives and musical motifs that show a wisdom beyond her years. Just weeks after the release of her critically acclaimed third album, You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, LEGO has announced a collection of five […] READ: Olivia Rodrigo Teams up With LEGO To Unveil Five New Sets Inspired by Her Music
Young people are not just optimistic about the world, but full of ideas for making it kinder, fairer and greener, research finds
Happy Birthday to the gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples, who turns 86 years old today. Born in Chicago, she started singing with her family’s band The Staple Singers as a young girl, and her deep-throated voice catapulted the group to the top of the charts eight times between 1971 and 1975, with songs like
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is often misunderstood as extreme picky eating. But for millions of children, it’s a serious condition with real consequences for growth, nutrition, and daily life. Continue Reading Category: Diet & Nutrition , Wellness and Healthy Living , Body and Mind , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: Disordered eating , Children , Adolescents , Diet , Treatment , Stanford University , Age-Related
Scientists have found what may be a critical trigger in allergic asthma, estimated to affect 60% of the 28 million Americans with the chronic respiratory condition. The discovery opens the door to new ways to protect airways from the pathway that leads to inflammation and its symptoms. Continue Reading Category: Allergies , Illnesses and conditions , Body and Mind , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: Chinese Academy of Sciences , Asthma , Allergies , Inflammation , Iron , Chemo-signal , Signal Processing , molecular biology
See the 101 top photos submitted from around the world. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article International Aerial Photographer of the Year Contest Highlights the World from Above appeared first on Colossal .
I have spent the past six months reading hundreds of poems submitted by young writers age 10 to 21. In June 2026, we will publish an anthology of writing from 177 of these young people in the 1455 Young Poets Anthology. More than 300 young people submitted their poems to a nonprofit I run, called 1455 Storytelling Arts. The poets mostly come from the U.S., but nine other countries are represented.
Usually there's safety in numbers, but it doesn't always work that way. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) filter-feed on immense shoals of krill, engulfing colossal mouthfuls of water containing up to 144 kg of the crustaceans. But then the mighty creatures expel the water by squeezing it out through the racks of baleen lining their mouths.
Newly developed microparticles can infiltrate stubborn bacterial matrices and release tiny oxygen bubbles to clean surfaces and wounds more efficiently than hydrogen peroxide or other cleaning agents alone, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report. In two papers, they have demonstrated the bubble-generating particles' ability to clean tenacious biofilms from surgical instruments, and—when embedded within bandages—to clean infected wounds and speed healing.
A recent study reveals geographic biases in how aquatic animals have been tracked and researched across the globe, with a preference toward politically stable, English-speaking countries with high conservation funding. Researchers are sounding the alarm in the hope of ensuring biodiversity hotspots elsewhere in the world are not left understudied.
The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. It is also the world's largest source of biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These carbon-based gases are naturally released by vegetation. They protect trees against various sources of stress, e.g., by mitigating oxidative stress and deterring herbivores. Once in the atmosphere, VOCs react rapidly with other gases. This influences the formation of airborne particles and clouds, which contributes to shaping the regional climate and rainfall patterns.
"Improbable but not impossible" is how Brazilian artist Ana Elisa Egreja describes the unexpected companions in her work. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Ana Elisa Egreja Takes a Magical Realist Approach to Migration in Her Rich Still Lifes appeared first on Colossal .
A single monitoring network developed by McGill, Natural Resources Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Dalhousie University researchers can simultaneously track earthquakes, water behavior, human activity and whales, providing a comprehensive picture of what's happening in, under and far from the water. The research is published in the journal Seismica.