When Texas couple Lexi Newkirk, 24, and Diego, 25, decided to build their life together, they wanted to trade in their city life in Austin for something simpler. So, they purchased two “single-use” ...

In 2018, Rick and Kelly Bestul became the owners of King Motel off State Highway 7 on the west side of Hutchinson, Minnesota. In the 7 years since the Bestuls took over the King Motel, they reported a ...

Every year during National Park Week, the National Park Service kicks off the celebration with a “fee-free day” across all national parks. This year, that takes place on April 19, with admission fees ...

On April 8, Google debuted its latest virtual reality platform, Android XR, live on the TED 2025 main stage in Vancouver, Canada. In a TED Talk, Shahram Izadi — head of augmented reality and extended ...

In early April, officials shared reports of a thwarted smuggling attempt in Thailand that sounds like it could have easily served as a plotline in season three of “The White Lotus.” On April 4, ...

The affordable housing crisis is affecting people on a nationwide scale — and it’s an issue that’s hitting especially hard for vulnerable communities that are getting priced out of their own ...

When self-described “ocean custodian” Boyan Slat took the stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver this week, he showed viewers a reality many of us are already heartbreakingly familiar with: There is a lot of ...

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Texas has just 25 affordable and available rental homes per 100 “extremely low-income” households — one of the lowest ratios among all U.S.

On World Pangolin Day, February 15th, 2025, the African Pangolin Working Group opened the world’s first veterinary and rehabilitation facility soley reserved for pangolins — aptly named The ...

On the festival of Baisakhi, celebrated usually on April 13, Sikhs the world over will joyously wear yellow saffron colors, symbolizing spring harvest and the solar new year, when the Sun enters the ...

On April 8, Rob Bredow — chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic and SVP of creative innovation at Lucasfilm — took to the main stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver, Canada, to talk AI. The VFX ...

On April 2, President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on goods exported from a handful of uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica. Well, uninhabited by humans. According to World Wildlife Fund ...