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From cricket legends to Stanley Cup champions, these sports figures left remarkable legacies before 9/11Image credits: prosportmedia Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the names of the 2,977 people killed that day continue to be remembered by families, communities, workplaces, colleges and sporting institutions across the United States. For the sports world, that remembrance…

Representative Image (AI-generated) What if a discarded Christmas tree could help bring a damaged river ecosystem back to life? For years, the Niagara River’s shoreline has been losing an important part of its natural ecosystem. More than 75% of the original coastal wetlands on the Canadian side had disappeared, reducing the shallow, sheltered areas that…

From April 2017 to March 2019, Japan collected electronics through two national channels. Under the 2020 Medal Project, NTT Docomo shops took in about 6.21 million used phones, while municipalities collected approximately 78,985 tonnes of small electronic devices. Through them all, recyclers were able to extract 32 kilograms of gold, 3,500 kilograms of silver and…

Quote of the day by Osho (Image: Wikipedia) Osho’s thought-provoking words shift attention away from one of humanity’s oldest questions and toward something considerably more immediate. “The real question is not whether life exists after death,” he said. “The real question is whether you are alive before death.” This exact line is extremely widely and…

On a remote, windswept archipelago far south of New Zealand, a small herd of pigs lived out more than two centuries as one of the world’s most isolated feral populations. Their ancestors were left on the Auckland Islands in 1807, released by sailors as a living food store for any shipwrecked castaways who might one…

The Palace of the Parliament, originally called the House of the Republic was built during the rule of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. In Romania’s Bucharest, there is a government building so large that its construction changed the shape of the city around it. The Palace of the Parliament, originally called the House of the Republic…

It was anchored overnight before specialist crews began the operation to sink it South Australia has sunk the 40-metre MV Andrew Wilson about six kilometres off the coast of Brighton, turning the retired vessel into an artificial reef. The ship now rests upright 20 metres below the surface on the sandy ocean floor.According to the…

What happens to a takeaway coffee cup after the last sip? In most cases, it ends up in landfill because the thin waterproof lining inside the cup makes conventional recycling difficult. In Australia, however, thousands of these discarded cups have found a very different second life: as part of the material used to build roads.In…

Jim and Anne Purvis donated their 187-acre Wilson Island property after 36 years of stewardship. (Photo: Northumberland Land Trust) A Canadian couple who spent 36 years protecting a 187-acre island property as a private family sanctuary have donated the land to conservation, ensuring its forests, wetlands and wildlife remain protected for generations to come.Jim and…

FILE – A general view of the 18th hole flag pole during the first round of LIV Golf Jeddah at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Friday, March 1, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Matthew Harris/LIV Golf via AP, File) LIV Golf has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the…