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A man crouches down to paint the sides of a rooftop window

To beat urban heat, Atlanta joins a growing list of cities opting for 'cool roofs'

White or reflective roofs significantly reduce temperatures. Atlanta is the latest city to mandate their adoption.

Three circular huts in Uganda made of plastic water bottles

This women's shelter in Uganda is made of 18,000 recycled plastic bottles and gives jobs to women in need

Here, women are empowered to develop careers in construction, waste management, menstrual hygiene, and business.

Two screenshots of a video shared by Juixxe on TikTok. On the left, a young man puts his arm around an holder gentleman who says "God bless you!" on the right, an older man sits with a younger man in an inner tube going down a waterslide, smiling.

TikToker pays migrant day laborers to join him at a waterpark for the day — and his followers gave them $20K more

Jesús Morales, also known as Juixxe on TikTok, has been helping migrant street vendors and day laborers during a time of heightened uncertainty.

Aerial Panorama of Pulau Bangka in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, an island with trees, lined with sand, and surrounded by gorgeous blue waters.

New species of 'egg-spotted' and striped sea creatures discovered in the 'Amazon of the seas'

The Coral Triangle has often been compared to the Amazon rainforest, based on the sheer scale of its biodiversity. And now, it’s home to two new “squishy” species.

An aerial view of Tangkulap Forest Reserve in Malaysia, a vast green forest with roads cutting through and a few ranger stations.

'Extremely rare' otter surfaces in Malaysia for the first time in 11 years

The conservation group Panthera set up hidden cameras to capture an elusive flat-headed cat. Instead, they spotted the Eurasian otter — a species that hadn’t been spotted in the region in over 10 years.

A still from the 2025 film 'Superman,' showing superman and his dog, Krypto looking out at planet Earth

Interest in dog adoption skyrockets 500% thanks to 'Superman' canine companion, Krypto

Even "Superman" cast members have joined in on the adoption craze, with one actress adopting her own pup at a screening event.

Two photos side by side. On the left is a man and a large boxer holding a sign that reads "sold." On the left is a beautiful home in Florida

Buy one, get one: This realtor offers a free shelter dog with every home sold

Homebuying has gone to the dogs, thanks to DJ Soucy of St. Petersburg, Florida. And it’s a barkgain!

An entry sign for Rocky Mountain National Park, surrounded by mountains and trees

Following budget cuts and layoffs, national park rangers host a bake sale to take on $1.2 billion deficit

Activist groups Mountain Mamas and Resistance Rangers teamed up for a bake sale in Denver, Colorado last week.

A green mossy field filled over two dozen mushrooms

An estimated 27 billion diapers are discarded annually. These 'mushroom diapers' might lighten the load

Diapers take up a whole lot of waste. Inspired by plastic-eating mushrooms discovered 14 years ago, Tero Isokauppila created mushroom-based diapers that break down on their own.

Two men, both played by Michael B Jordan, stand in 1930s clothing in a screenshot from the film Sinners. A woman, Nakia Smith, stands in the right hand corner of the screen with her arms raised, mid-interpretation as she translates the action on screen into Black American Sign Language.

'Sinners' becomes the first film to offer Black American Sign Language through a streaming service

The 1930s southern horror “Sinners” was a box office hit. Now it’s making headlines again as it celebrates a milestone in Deaf inclusion.

A photo collage of three kids standing in a lemonade stand, a group of people in life vests and safety helmets trekking through a river, an outdoor solar farm, a group of children walking in the streets of London, and a sheet of malaria treatment tablets

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A class photo of 22 firefighters standing and sitting in rows against the backdrop of a brick fire station.

This fire department just made history with their first woman-majority graduating class

More than half of the graduating class at Richmond Fire Department's Fire Recruit Academy were women, a first for the station.