2020-05-04 Batter Up! How Taiwan’s Baseball Season Opened This Year
Taiwan’s baseball season opened on April 11, at a time when many governments had ordered businesses to close because of…
2020-05-04 Farms Look for Answers As Coronavirus Threatens Workers
In normal times, farmers worry about the economy, the weather and being able to sell their crops. Now add the…
2020-05-03 Study: World’s Insect Population Has Been Shrinking for 30 Years
Researchers say the world has lost more than one fourth of its land-based insects over the past 30 years. The…
2020-05-03 Lockdown Leads to More Abuse in Latin America
Like many other parts of the world, countries in Latin America have enforced lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19.…
2020-05-02 Health Crisis Is Damaging Press Freedoms
The working conditions for news reporters around the world have worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. The finding comes from recent…
2020-05-01 After 100 Years, Victory Gardens Connect Americans Again
During World War I, posters saying “Food will win the war” urged Americans to grow their own food in what…
2020-05-02 High School Students 3D Print Face Shields for Medical Workers
Students across the United States are using three-dimensional, 3D, printing equipment to make face shields for medical workers. Some of…
2020-04-30 The Last Places on Earth without Coronavirus
Is there any place on earth not affected by COVID-19? The Reuters news agency found that 214 countries and territories…
2020-04-28 COVID-19 Brings Attention to Pangolins
The new coronavirus outbreak has brought attention to a little-known creature – the pangolin. In a recent report, the U.N.…
2020-04-28 Drop in Tourism Makes Space for Rare Sea Creatures in Thailand
It is rare to see a dugong, a threatened sea mammal, in southern Thailand’s shallow waters. But thanks to travel…
2020-04-30 Snow Leopard Conservation Efforts Endangered by COVID-19
Wild animal experts say increasing reports of snow leopard sightings in Pakistan show that conservation efforts there are working. But…
2020-04-29 Stay-at-home Order Does Not Bring Down Mexico City’s Pollution
Government orders for people to stay home to halt the spread of the coronavirus have resulted in a sharp decrease…
2020-04-29 US Tribe’s Battle against Climate Change
For several years, Fawn Sharp has seen her tribe on the west coast of the United States move from one…
2020-04-27 Low-tech Japan Challenged while Working from Home during Pandemic
Japan’s government declared an emergency to help limit the spread of the coronavirus earlier this month. As part of the…