An ancient trove of literary records, the kind that simply does not come about in Western archeology, was found in an old well in central China. Dating back to the year 220 CE, 10,000 bamboo slats covered in Chinese characters reveal a wealth of information about how a nearby town…

The Hong Kong South China Morning Post reports that Chinese social media is trending with stories of motorists in the farthest northern reaches of the country offering free rides to semi-tropical southerners coming to visit. The spontaneously formed fleet of volunteer drivers cruises through the city when bad weather hits…

106 years ago today, Xuan Hua, also known by the dharma name An Tzu, was born. Xuan Hua founded The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, and the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California, bringing Chan Buddhism and the fully ordained monastic order to the West. He also founded the…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule Tuesday that will require 218 chemical plants to reduce toxic and carcinogenic airborne pollutants, aiming to reduce the number of people with elevated cancer risk by 96% nationwide. The rulings principally address chloroprene: used to make rubber products, and ethylene oxide, used…

In a world first, marine biologists were able to have a discourse with a humpback whale, pushing out the boundaries of cooperation and understanding that could be possible between our two species. An adult female humpback whale, known as Twain, in Southeast Alaska, was located along with a group of…

Across Alaska last year, there were 92 instances of animal strikes on the state’s runways. This year, the Alaska Dept. of Transportation is rolling out a four-legged robotic guard animal that can be disguised as a fox or a coyote to deter animals from crossing or loitering on the runways.…

Astronomers studying the origins of a strange and mysterious nebula deduced a turbulent history that shows how massive stars can become magnetized that otherwise wouldn’t be. As well as showing this, they were able to capture a beautiful image of what is called the ‘Dragon’s Egg’ nebula in the constellation…

136 years ago today, Corrie ten Boom was born in Haarlem. A Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, ten Boom assisted her father Casper and sister Betise to help many Jewish residents of the Netherlands escape the Nazis. Eventually, she was caught and imprisoned in the…

Bill Gates has shared a video of himself filling a pothole with Modern Asphalt. The road repair material is made with carbon that has been stripped out of natural gas to decarbonize it in the process of making clean hydrogen. Gates was an early seed investor in Modern Hydrogen, the…

Castaways stranded on an island in Micronesia were rescued after spelling out ‘HELP’ in palm leaves. The U.S. Coast Guard picked up the three sailors stranded on Pikelot Atoll after they got into trouble in their small 20-foot open skiff. The men, all experienced in navigating local seas, reportedly embarked…