On her first day at work, a 23-year-old dancer Rose Metcalf helped guide 400 people off the sinking Costa Concordia and signalled rescuers with her earring

There was one Rose who was unable to save her lover, and there is one Rose who helped save the lives of 400 people aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it struck a giant granite reef, began to flood and tipped on its side.Rose Metcalf was working as a professional dancer aboard the cruise…

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In 1869, the Suez Canal connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean; over 150 years later, 120 fish species have crossed and scientists predict the next three

More than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Since the Suez Canal opened more than 150 years ago, more than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have now created a statistical model that predicts which species are likely…

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Minnesota’s largest coal plant once burned 30,000 tonnes daily; its existing wires now carry 710MW from 1.7 million solar panels powering about 150,000 homes

America is retiring coal plants slowly and steadily. The boilers are cut up for scrap, the smokestacks get dropped on camera and the land tends to sit in permitting limbo for a decade. But in Becker, Minnesota, the state’s biggest coal plant is being used, not for all this hardware but for a plug.On July…

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Quote of the day by Leo Tolstoy: ‘Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself’ and why almost every moral crusade ends up falling apart

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, philosopher, and one of the greatest writers in world literature. In May 1893, an aging Russian writer sat in his home at Yasnaya Polyana, drafting an essay about art and science. Outside his window, poor workers farmed the land under rules that had not changed for centuries. Inside, Count…

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Environmentally Friendly Cooler: Meet Quazeem Tiamiyu, a student who turned discarded wood into insulation for beverage coolers

On a hot summer day, when most of his peers grabbed a drink from the cooler and moved on, Quazeem Tiamiyu paused to think about what’s underneath. That very thought led this University of Maine student to develop something extraordinary: a safe alternative to the toxic conventional insulation used in beverage coolers. And he built…

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‘I’m still in shock my OPT is revoked’: Indian student’s appeal to choose ‘legit employers’ in US goes viral; ‘Asked me to leave in 30 days’

Indian student’s warning to fellow students after STEM OPT visa gets revoked (Photo: AI) An Indian student’s appeal that fellow Indians should not fall for bogus companies in the US has now gone viral as the student shared the experience of getting STEM OPT revoked because the company did not have any US presence. The…

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