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A Free In-School Grocery Store Is Tackling Child Hunger, One Family At A Time
Rapper Gunna and Goodr CEO Jasmine Crowe stop by the Goodr grocery store, at the Atlanta middle school he formerly attended. Jasmine Crowe In America, around 17 million children are battling hunger. An entrepreneur has teamed with rap star Gunna to open a free...
How the Coast Guard’s 1st Black Woman pilot helped give the next one her wings
La'Shanda Holmes is seen at Air Station Los Angeles, in 2010. Adam Eggers/U.S. Coast Guard In 2010, Holmes graduated flight school, becoming the first Black woman helicopter pilot for the Coast Guard and the military branch's second Black woman pilot. Jeanine Menze...
How to reach Gen Z in 2026: 8 insights about the fastest-growing generation
Gen Z is quickly gaining ground in the workforce and economy, and it can be a struggle for brands to keep up and reach them effectively. To better understand this ever-evolving demographic, we compiled a guide exploring their preferences and habits based on Epsilon...
Immunostimulation of Asian elephant
In vitro investigation of Asian elephant immune responses to tuberculosis infection Exploring Asian elephant immune responses to tuberculosis using cellular modeling: Tuberculosis in elephants is a reemerging disease that can cause chronic debilitating illness and can...
Who decides which animals are endangered? The International Union of Conservation for Nature
Critically Endangered means that the species are at extremely high risk for extinction. There are several factors for the Critically Endangered status, they include: Population drops below 250 mature individuals Species' population has declined 80%-90%,...
Fried Zucchini with Spicy Mango Honey: A Flavorful Twist
Imagine walking into your grandmother's kitchen, the air filled with the rich aroma of sizzling vegetables. Now, visualize transforming that nostalgic scent into something extraordinary: fried vegetables, such as panko-crusted zucchini fries, with sweet chili...
Chinese Style “Bourbon Tofu”
The tamari inspired me to make a vegan, gluten free version of one of my family's favourite Chinese-American dishes - Bourbon Chicken. Ironically, the dish contains no alcohol - it was named after Bourbon Street in Louisiana, and is essentially cut up chicken parts...
3 Easy Kale Salads
Marinated kale salads Marinated kale salads are not only a delicious way to enjoy these dark greens, but they are also easy to make and highly nutritious. For all of these recipes, the kale leaves have been de-stemmed and finely sliced into bite-size strips....
OLIVIE PLUS 30x – Thirty times more polyphenols & health benefits!
The name is Arbequina The ancestor of all trees, a miracle mentioned in all holy books: The olive tree... The fruit of the immortal tree, which is even older than the history of humanity, is the olive. The most unique form of this unique fruit, which has existed for...
Referral Contagion: Capturing the Full ROI of Referral Programs
Marketers have long recognized that customers acquired through referrals tend to be more loyal and valuable. What has remained underappreciated, however, is the additional value these customers may generate through their future referral behavior. In...
Research Insight | Think Twice Before Marketing AI as “Better than Humans”
The rapid expansion of AI in business is largely driven by its ability to outperform humans in specific tasks. This has encouraged firms to increasingly integrate AI into their operations and, in some cases, to emphasize AI’s superiority over human counterparts...
First-grader starts a ‘buddy bench’ epidemic
A Pennsylvania student came up with a simple idea to eliminate loneliness and foster friendship on the playground Sometimes it's the simplest ideas that can make the biggest difference. Everyone knows it can be tough for some kids to make friends. Some kids are just...
Elon Musk, billionaires, and the United Nations: The 1% solution to global development
Billionaires can impact billions of lives Until recently, even the wealthiest individuals did not have enough money to make a material dent in global problems, let alone “solve” them. Compared to the size of national economies, or the budgets of the governments of...
8 Smart Money Habits for Big Financial Success
Achieving financial success does not require drastic measures or major lifestyle changes. In fact, simply being consistent with applying better money habits often paves the way for greater gains over time. As James Clear wrote in his bestseller Atomic Habits,...
Are ancient grains better for you? The surprising truth about quinoa and spelt
Is the hype around the health benefits of ancient grains justified? Scientists say its not as clear-cut as you might think. Ancient grains are those that have barely changed for hundreds of years. Unlike commonly farmed crops like wheat, which humans have selectively...
From the Ground Up
Alicia Pirani Brumfield, a Farm Educator and graduate of Growing Home's program, walks a cart by the greenhouse. Growing Home What might we build after the world ends? It’s a question I’ve asked myself amid narratives that we’re careening towards catastrophe. I’ve...
An Education in Joy
Positive Tomorrows is the kind of school you would have wanted to attend as a child, or the kind of school you hope your own kid may one day find themselves at—a light-filled building designed by student request and staffed by caring adults. Positive Tomorrows is a...
Mahjong Keeping the Mind Sharp
Does Mahjong Improve Memory? Key Findings From Recent Studies Clinical evidence strongly supports Mahjong's memory-enhancing effects. Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Denise Park's longitudinal research documented these specific memory improvements: Working memory:...
Stevia may provide more benefits than as a zero-calorie sugar substitute.
This sugar substitute does more than sweeten — it kills cancer cells When fermented with bacteria isolated from banana leaves, stevia extract kills off pancreatic cancer cells but doesn't harm healthy kidney cells, according to a research team at Hiroshima University....
Partnership focused on Aboriginal health and wellbeing awarded prestigious prize
The Tarrn-doon-nonin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Project Award is one of the most prestigious awards given by the Lowitja Institute. Tarrn-doon-nonin is the Woiwurrung word meaning “trust”, which vital in research partnerships....
Rethink the 10,000 a day step goal, study suggests
Walking 7000 steps a day can lower the risk of an early death by up to 47 percent. by Professor Melody Ding from the School of Public Health, the study was published in The Lancet Public Health and analysed data from 57 studies from 2014 to 2025 that were conducted in...
Benefits of Learning and Playing Mahjong
Here's why you might want to learn the game today. In a May 2021 Time magazine interview, Annelise Heinz, the author of Mahjong: A Chinese Game and th e Making of Modern American Culture, talks about how the game became a timeless hobby for an intercultural audience....