June 10 2025: The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria.
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Stories that turn Climate Anxiety to Hope
Jan 29 2025: Students in a Discovery Core class harness the power of storytelling to teach ecology to the next generation.
Kokanee salmon recovery partners release record-high number of young fish into Lake Sammamish
Oct. 18, 2024: As a recovery team coordinated by King County released a record-high number of young salmon into Lake Sammamish, new research shows that the population would recover much sooner if lake conditions improve.
High Schoolers Who Found ‘Impossible’ Proof of Pythagorean Theorem Discover 9 More Solutions to it
Last year, two Louisiana high schoolers who used trigonometry to properly demonstrate Pythagoras’ Theorum, a mathematical concept that remained unsolved for more than 2,000 years.
Record-breaking results for olive ridley turtles in Australia and Bangladesh
High Schoolers Who Found ‘Impossible’ Proof of Pythagorean Theorem Discover 9 More Solutions to itIn Bangladesh, conservation efforts have led to a 53 per cent increase in olive ridley turtle eggs, coinciding with the species’ first-ever nesting discovery on Australia’s east coast.
Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago
Despite ongoing deforestation, fires, drought-induced die-offs, and insect outbreaks, the world’s tree cover actually increased by 2.24 million square kilometers — an area the size of Texas and Alaska combined —
We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized
Earth is coming out of the hottest year on record, amplifying the destruction from hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, and drought. The oceans remain alarmingly warm, triggering the fourth global coral bleaching event in history. Concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere have reached levels not seen on this planet for millions of years, while humanity’s demand for the fossil fuels that produce this pollution is the highest it has ever been.
I saw a Man transform before my eyes
A Band of Brothers brings young men together with older men in their communities to provide positive role models. The work centres around the careful manifestation of both compassion and accountability – and it’s lifechanging stuff, explains the charity’s CEO Conroy Harris.
Gen Z Students show the world hope
This is a short first hand account by the author of The Good News-Only.com site on the non-violent revolution he witnessed that was orchestrated by Gen Z students. This revolution, built on countless sacrifice of the student youth and public who were mowed down with many still injured, is the first successful non-violent revolution in modern history to ever result in the defeat of a ruthless, autocratic dictator.
UW-made The Silent Route Animated Film (by Faisal Hossain) wins more than 15 film awards
The Silent Route depicts tragic realities through its unique visual language without exposing the sufferings. Our aim is to raise a dissenting voice emphasizing that life is worth saving everywhere and inviting the audience to embrace their innate goodness. We hope that our animated short film builds empathy by sowing seeds of kindness and compassion in everyone’s hearts.