When Texas couple Lexi Newkirk, 24, and Diego, 25, decided to build their life together, they wanted to trade in their city life in Austin for something simpler. So, they purchased two “single-use” ...

Every year during National Park Week, the National Park Service kicks off the celebration with a “fee-free day” across all national parks. This year, that takes place on April 19, with admission fees ...

In 2018, Rick and Kelly Bestul became the owners of King Motel off State Highway 7 on the west side of Hutchinson, Minnesota. In the 7 years since the Bestuls took over the King Motel, they reported a ...

It’s a tale as old as time — or, as old as commercial farming and refrigeration. You scoop up a clamshell of gleaming red strawberries in the supermarket, take it home, and snack on your favorite ...

The affordable housing crisis is affecting people on a nationwide scale — and it’s an issue that’s hitting especially hard for vulnerable communities that are getting priced out of their own ...

On April 2, President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on goods exported from a handful of uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica. Well, uninhabited by humans. According to World Wildlife Fund ...

In March, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. Agriculture Department would be required to cut $1 billion in federal funding from schools and food banks. Part of those cuts included a ...

On April 8, Google debuted its latest virtual reality platform, Android XR, live on the TED 2025 main stage in Vancouver, Canada. In a TED Talk, Shahram Izadi — head of augmented reality and extended ...

On April 8, Rob Bredow — chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic and SVP of creative innovation at Lucasfilm — took to the main stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver, Canada, to talk AI. The VFX ...

When it comes to harvesting fruits and vegetables, food chemist Jenny Du knows that the clock starts ticking the second an orange is plucked from a tree. “It's like a ticking time bomb,” Jenny Du said ...

When self-described “ocean custodian” Boyan Slat took the stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver this week, he showed viewers a reality many of us are already heartbreakingly familiar with: There is a lot of ...

In early April, officials shared reports of a thwarted smuggling attempt in Thailand that sounds like it could have easily served as a plotline in season three of “The White Lotus.” On April 4, ...