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A private-public partnership has paved a section of Minnesota road with an experimental low-carbon concrete mixture that resulted in greater strength and lesser cement use, saving money and carbon. Concrete and its most important ingredient, cement, is one of the most carbon-intensive industries on Earth because it’s used so often in…

A United Airlines pilot has become a social media sensation after personally overseeing the order and distribution of 30 pizzas to 155 passengers on his flight. Now monikered the “Pizza Pilot,” Scott Wardle says that after 30 years of piloting for the Air Force and as a civilian, he knows what…

An 8-year-old girl awaiting a heart transplant had the time of her life when a hospital affiliate came and taught her how to make her favorite food. But that didn’t involve sprinkling cheese over a pizza or smearing icing on cupcakes—it involved dipping vegetables in herbs and brine: pickling. Emerson Bayse,…

A global conservation effort to reintroduce a tiny snail to the wild is celebrating a momentous milestone, as for the first time in 40 years, conservationists have found adult members of the species born in the wild. This means the precious mollusks called Partula tohiveana have successfully established themselves in French…

Allegedly, there is a saying among the Cree Nation that goes “listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.” For Adam Rieger, a waiter at a cafe in Saskatchewan, it was his listening that opened up a world of human connection when he decided he should learn the language of his…

In the Polish forests north of Warsaw, a father and son were out with a local historical society when they found 17 pre-modern coins which may be worth around $120,000. They were supposed to be looking for the remains of a Roman road, but the metal detectors found the coins instead….