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Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau’s Touching Account of 24 Hours with a Tiny Owl – the Marginalian Arts
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Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau’s Touching Account of 24 Hours with a Tiny Owl – the Marginalian

On a raw October afternoon in 1855, Henry David Thoreau encountered a small screech-owl on a hemlock stump and did something radical: rather than shoot it for study as naturalists of his day would have done, he gently captured it, brought it home to observe for twenty-four...

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Nobody Taught Them to Adult — So They're Teaching Each Other Youth
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Nobody Taught Them to Adult — So They're Teaching Each Other

Every year in India, roughly 30,000 teenagers age out of state-run childcare to become, as one advocate put it,...

Better sleep, Improved health, Happier people: How ‘Cool Roofs’ Could Help Millions Avoid Deadly Heat | Global Development | the... Environment
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Better sleep, Improved health, Happier people: How ‘Cool Roofs’ Could Help Millions Avoid Deadly Heat | Global Development | the...

A simple coat of reflective paint on corrugated metal and asbestos roofs across African townships is proving that...

3 Teens Win Global Earth Prize for Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics Youth
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3 Teens Win Global Earth Prize for Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics

Three teenagers from India transformed a common kitchen ingredient into a breakthrough solution for one of the...

Local Heroes Turn a Kitchen Disaster Into a Lifesaving Triumph for Stuart Everyday Heroes
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Local Heroes Turn a Kitchen Disaster Into a Lifesaving Triumph for Stuart

A broken glass while washing dishes sliced into Stuart Harrison's wrist, turning an ordinary afternoon into a race...

The Sa Scientist Whose Name Is Written Among the Stars Inspiration
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The Sa Scientist Whose Name Is Written Among the Stars

Siyabulela Xuza was a teenager mixing chemicals in his mother's kitchen in Mthatha when he set out to create a safer,...

Britain’s First Furniture Orchard Grows Chairs Right on the Trees (WATCH) Environment
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Britain’s First Furniture Orchard Grows Chairs Right on the Trees (WATCH)

A childhood spent in a hospital bed gazing at woodland gave Gavin Munro a vision that would take decades to realize:...