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Sarah Hyland stands on stage, receiving the Variety Power of Women Courage Award. She is dressed in a black and silver gown, with her short, brunette hair sleekly styled. She stands at a clear podium with her hand to her heart.

Sarah Hyland supports pet-friendly domestic violence shelters: 'The bond between a survivor and their pet is crucial'

The actress shared her story while accepting Variety’s Power of Women Courage Award.

A photo collage of Robert Smalls, a mosquito up-close, a whale's tail peeking out from underwater, a solar panel farm atop a building in New York, and Betty Cartledge being interviewed on the news

Good News This Week: October 26, 2024 - Fathers, Oceans, & Butterflies

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Three photos side by side. On the left, a brown guinea pig wears a bumblebee costume in front of a light blue backdrop. In the center, a black and white dog wears a purple witch costume in front of a dark blue background. On the right, a tabby cat wears a teddy bear costume inside of a shelter.

To dazzle adopters, shelter pets pose in donated Halloween costumes

Pet retailer Chewy donated costumes to shelters in Florida, Massachusetts, and Washington to help pets get adopted ahead of Halloween.

An orange paper crane on a plain white backdrop

How the delicate paper crane became a global symbol of nuclear disarmament

Artists of all stripes have used the symbol of the paper crane to make their voices heard against nuclear weapons.

A yellow robotic arm sorts recyclable items as they come down a conveyer belt

AI robots recover recyclables from Chicago's waste, saving them from the landfill

The new RecycleOS robot is ensuring every last aluminum can gets recycled from Chicago’s LRS facilities.

On the TED stage in Atlanta, Georgia, Adam Munder speaks to Hasiba Haq through his AI American Sign Language translation software: Omnibridge

In TED Talk, Deaf engineer debuts AI model that transcribes sign language to text in seconds

Adam Munder is a software engineer. Since 2015, he’s been working to bridge the gap between sign language and spoken word. Now, a decade later, he brought it to the TED stage.

A group of orange monarch butterflies sit atop green leaves

Monarch butterflies could be wiped out by 2090. To save them, scientists are relocating an entire forest

In Mexico, scientists are experimenting with the possibility of relocating oyamel fir trees to higher elevations, in order to save monarch butterflies.

Simone Stolzoff speaks on stage at TEDNext

Expert says adding these two words to the phrase 'What do you do?' can humanize the way we approach work

Simone Stolzoff says that the common phrase reinforces hustle culture, but tweaking it slightly makes a world of difference.

A hand holds up a small vial of bright yellow powder on the UC Berkeley campus

Berkeley researchers use turmeric-like powder to 'clean the air entirely' of carbon dioxide

UC Berkeley researchers have made strides in direct air carbon capture — all thanks to a vial of bright yellow powder.

Malcolm Gladwell apologizes for popularizing 'broken windows' theory in new TED Talk

Between 2003 and 2013, police made over 100,000 stops every year, heavily targeting minorities. In 2013, 56% of people stopped were Black and 29% were Latino. The majority of them were 14 to 24 years old.

Noah Kahan stands in front of a run down house in the woods. He wears a khaki button down shirt and black jeans, as well as a pair of LL Bean Bean Boots.

L.L. Bean donates $100k to Noah Kahan's Busyhead Project: 'It's going to make a huge difference'

The singer partnered with the New England-based outdoor brand to release a collection just in time for “Stick Season.”

Two photos side-by-side. On the left, author John Green wears a denim shirt and rectangular glasses. On the left, a mockup of his new book, "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection." It is a white book cover with an orange petri dish and green triangle.

John Green announces new book about tuberculosis, following years of public health activism

John Green has announced his latest work, a nonfiction read about tuberculosis, coming to shelves in March 2025.