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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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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:...

Incredibly Rare Bongos Caught on Trail Cam in Area They Were Thought to Be Extinct Environment
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Incredibly Rare Bongos Caught on Trail Cam in Area They Were Thought to Be Extinct

A single trail camera photograph has confirmed what conservationists feared was lost forever: mountain bongos still...

The Brave Journey Across the Sea Youth
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The Brave Journey Across the Sea

When Kami Engelbrecht's mother faced cancer treatment, the Grade 10 student found her own way to respond: swimming...