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Ngo: At 13, Natasha Agarwal started a school book drive; 5 years later her nonprofit donated over 250,000 books to children across the US and Africa | World News

Natasha Agarwal: Image Credit: BelieveNBooks In 2021, Natasha Agarwal was an eighth-grader with a concern that ‘too many children did not have books at home.’ Five years later, the school book drive she began has grown into ‘BelieveNBooks,’ a youth-led nonprofit that has donated more than 250,000 books and reached over 50,000 children in the…

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Scientists reconstructed a Wyoming forest from 56-million-year-old fossil leaves; it lost about 60% of its canopy during ancient warming and took more than 100,000 years to recover

Wyoming tetons Representative image from Canva Deep in the rock record of Wyoming, a layer of fossil leaves tells a quiet but powerful story about what happens to forests when the planet warms rapidly. About 56 million years ago, during a spike in global temperatures known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a lush…

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Meet Benjamin Choi, a 17-year-old who built a $300 mind-controlled prosthetic arm that reads brainwaves through non-invasive electrodes

Each one of us spent the pandemic doing something that we normally wouldn’t have the time to. While some picked up numerous indoor hobbies, others studied hard enough to change career pathways. Benjamin Choi, a then 17-year-old kid, put his spare time during the phase to design an accessible device that does not require brain…

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EBay’s first full-time employee left the company after its IPO and built a $5.9 billion fortune; he has now donated about $1.2 billion into social-change projects | World News

Jeffrey Skoll. Image Credit: Skoll World Forum Jeff Skoll, eBay‘s first full-time employee and president, played a crucial role in building the company before leaving after its 1998 public offering. He helped turn an online auction business into one of the defining technology companies of the internet boom, then chose a different path from the…

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Watch: Deadly pyrotechnic explosion rocks church festival in Mexico, 10 killed

Videos from the aftermath were also circulated online showing people moving through thick smoke and scattered debris as they searched for survivors. Some victims were reportedly trapped beneath collapsed structures. A celebration turned tragedy in Mexico killed at least 10 people while leaving 64 injured after pyrotechnic material exploded during a religious festival in Temascalcingo…

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A company bought 7,500 acres of England for £8.5 million to create ‘Britain’s Yellowstone’; after investors are repaid, it plans to give the land to a community or charity

‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition A nature restoration company has bought 7,500 acres of Northumbrian moorland for £8.5 million, starting a large rewilding project that aims to eventually hand the land to a charity or local community once investors have been repaid. The purchase of Emblehope Moor…

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“There’s so much evil”: Nick Fuentes accuses Candace Owens of making Charlie Kirk’s death “all about her”

Nick Fuentes and Candace (Image via Getty) Nick Fuentes has taken aim at Candace Owens over her public discussion surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death, arguing that the conversation has moved far from the young people who once looked to Kirk for inspiration. Fuentes said the early response centered on Kirk’s influence, faith and family values, but…

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In 1997, Texas mixed discarded roofing shingles into two 1,000-foot Highway 31 test sections; years later, officials said their performance was comparable to conventional asphalt

Highway engineers in Texas have shown that discarded household roofing shingles can be recycled into durable road surfaces that perform as well as standard asphalt after years of heavy traffic. In 1997, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) built two 1,000-foot test sections along State Highway 31 in the Dallas District using hot mix asphalt…

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In 2014, a tech entrepreneur bought a 1,100-acre Sonoma ranch for $12 million and spent about $33 million restoring it; 12 years later, it sold for a record $38.5 million

3100 Sonoma Mountain Rd, Sonoma A huge 1,100-acre estate high on the slopes of Sonoma Mountain has sold for $38.5 million (£29.2 million), setting a record for the highest residential property sale ever recorded in California’s Sonoma County. The large agricultural property, known as The Summit and located at 3100 Sonoma Mountain Road, was bought…

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