by Jess Faraday | Mar 29, 2018 | Dangerous News, Disaster, Inspiring, Nature News, New, News
“Hero” is probably the last word thirteen-year-old Virgil Smith would use to describe himself. But that’s exactly what others are calling him after his heroic actions during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. And that’s also what the Congressional Medal...
by Jess Faraday | Mar 12, 2018 | Curious News, Dangerous News, Disaster, Nature News, New, News
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Canada Lynx is no longer under threat of extinction in the lower 48. That’s great news! But environmentalists are dubious. Many see the delisting of the Canada Lynx as part of a pattern of actions aiming at...
by Jess Faraday | Mar 8, 2018 | Dangerous News, Disaster, Inspiring, Nature News, New, News, Useful
For unconditional love and support, there’s nothing like a dog. Some people joke that their dog is their therapist. But dogs really can be therapeutic for people suffering from anxiety and trauma. Which is why nursing homes, courthouses, and, increasingly,...
by Jess Faraday | Mar 2, 2018 | Curious News, Dangerous News, Disaster, Inspiring, Nature News, New, News
Amid freezing weather conditions, snowbound Scotland needed a hero. And they found one in Edinburgh bus driver Charmaine Laurie. Britain spent the first day of spring shivering beneath nearly two feet of snow. Up north in Scotland, roads were blocked, schools closed,...
by admin | Nov 27, 2015 | Dangerous News, Disaster, New
Since Nixon declared a “war on drugs” during a speech in 1971 drug policy has been dominated by a certain style of aggressive tactics and rhetoric to curb recreational drug-use, arguably driven less by science and statistics and more by economics and emotion. Last...
by admin | Nov 26, 2015 | Curious News, Dangerous News, Disaster, New
Is the information presented to us in history textbooks really true? The short answer to that is, not really. I think it would be difficult to deny that the telling of history is a subjective endeavour. Much as we would like to think otherwise, life does not naturally...
