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What Really Destroyed Tulsa’s Black Wall Street
Read this in-depth article about the Tulsa Massacre.
These women are shaping the future of African space exploration
Read about three African women who are contributing to space exploration programs on their home continent: a space engineer, a physicist and explorer, and a space law adviser.
The rice of the sea: how a tiny grain could change the way humanity eats
Chef Ángel León is on a mission to change the way we see oceans. Read about his gastronomical innovations.
26 Types of Activism To Know (Plus Examples)
Read about different kinds of activism.
‘The Latest Shopping Trend? Not Shopping
Influencers sometimes push a lifestyle of constantly buying new clothing, high-tech gadgets, or the hottest new cosmetic products. But a growing number of people are becoming disillusioned with what they perceive as pressure to constantly purchase new things. Their solution? Buying less.
Sinkholes: When the Earth Opens Up
Sometimes disasters strike in the strangest of ways. To get a sense of just how strange, take a look at the odd and impressive photographs that accompany this short article on sinkholes. Who’d have thought such a thing could happen—right outside our front doors?
Native American Indigenous peoples of Canada and United States
Here’s your chance to learn about the indigenous peoples of North America; the cultures, changes, challenges, and acts of resilience.
These students are bringing diversity to children’s literature, one book at a time
A group of students takes a page out of their own book by writing children’s stories to reflect the variety of cultures around the world.
Bend teen inspires new law to teach climate change in schools
A class project motivates a student to advocate for change in their state’s education system.
Creating next generation of Black male teachers a top mission for educator’s nonprofit
Sometimes change begins with just one person noticing a problem and deciding to take action. Meet an educator who is working to ensure their impact empowers more voices for change.
Program to reduce conflicts with beavers keeping nature’s ‘engineers’ on the job
| Do the best engineers wear hard hats and use blueprints? Not always! Learn how beavers build and shape landscapes that support habitats for countless animals in Montana. |
3D printed food: yuck or yes? Researchers ask South African consumers
| Pizza from a printer? Cookies made with “food ink”? It’s real, and could change the way people eat around the world. |
NASA Debuts New Orion Mission Control Room for Artemis 2 Astronaut Flight Around the Moon
With the development of the next-generation Orion spacecraft—designed to eventually take astronauts to Mars— comes a number of all-new, advanced systems designed to track, monitor, and communicate with the spacecraft and its passengers. For NASA’s Mission Control facilities, all this additional technology meant that a brand new space was required to house the additional monitors and extra personnel. And that new space was shown to the public for the first time in late August of 2025.
Why Lego Isn’t (Just) a Toy Company
Twenty-five years ago, Lego was losing $300-million annually and nearly went bankrupt. Plagued by a history of rigid, inflexible control, Lego refused to do partnerships, tried to stop fan creators, had a toy line consumers felt was stale and out-of-date, and was facing unprecedented competition for the attention of their users due to more modern toys—like home video game systems.
It wouldn’t stay that way.
Watch this video to learn how Lego finally learned to listen to its fans, signed its first partnerships, won over adults, innovated its products, and expanded its empire into TV, movies, video games, comic books, theme parks, and more—allowing it to rapidly become the biggest-selling, most profitable toy company on the entire planet.
This Impossible New Color Is So Rare That Only Five People Have Seen It
Have you ever seen the color “olo?” Unless you are one of only five people on the planet who have, the answer is ‘no.’
Recently, researchers achieved the unusual feat of stimulating the eye in such a way as to allow it to see a color outside the range of normal human vision. This work is brand new, but scientists hope that it will lead to new vision treatments and help us to better understand how animals see the world.
School of Law alumni make a difference through community service
| These lawyers may not wear capes, but they became real-life superheroes in their communities by donating school supplies, mentoring families in need, and using their skills to make a big difference. |
Loch Ness “Monster” Sighted for the First Time in May of 1933, Igniting a Modern Legend
On May 2, 1933, the newspaper Inverness Courier ran the first story of a couple who claimed to have seen “an enormous animal” splashing around in the local lake. Over the subsequent 92 years, the legend has only grown. What about you? Do you think there is something in Loch Ness? What convinced you?
Nearly 100% of Cancer Identified by New AI, Easily Outperforming Doctors
In what’s expected to soon be commonplace, artificial intelligence is being harnessed to pick up signs of cancer more accurately than the trained human eye. This latest AI model has a near 100% success rate and serves as a clear sign of things to come.
5 Takeaways From An AI In Shopper Experience Study
In 2024, a study of nearly 10,000 random consumers in 8 countries—including the United States, Canada, France, and the UK among others—asked about the impacts of artificial intelligence on their shopping habits. Read about five key findings from the survey in this article and compare them to how you would answer the same questions.