Mrs. Longhurst

 With schools and businesses closed and many cities and towns under mandatory shelter-in-place orders, the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19,  has drastically changed lives globall...

At first sight, Sky Brown may appear to be like any other 11-year-old with a passion for skateboarding. However, spend a few minutes observing the young girl on the ramp, and yo...

Unlike early space travelers, who had to consume mysterious powders, purees, and freeze-dried cubes, today's astronauts enjoy a variety of freeze-dried meals, snacks, and desser...

On December 7, 2019, David Datuna was admiring the modern and contemporary works of art on display from 200 of the world's leading galleries at Miami's Art Basel, when hunger pa...

While dogs openly demonstrate joy or displeasure through grins and grimaces, discerning  a cat's emotions from its face is often hard, even for its owners.  Now, researchers fro...

On Sunday, April 22, more than a billion people around the world will celebrate Earth Day by participating in neighborhood clean-up efforts. The grassroots movement began in 197...

Though it has been over a century since the R.M.S. Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg,  modern-day ships remain as vulnerable to such catastrophes. The most recent disaster o...

Boyan Slat has been dreaming of cleaning up the world's oceans ever since he was a teenager. On October 2, 2019, the now 25-year-old announced that System 001/B, an autonomous r...