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Science Even small changes can improve your ecological footprint. Here, we’ll help you calculate your ecological footprint and give you tips to reduce your impact on the environment.

How to Calculate Your Ecological Footprint — and Reduce It

Science 2021 brought unprecedented weather phenomena around the world — and expanded our vocabularies. These newer climate words helped people navigate the chaos.

Wild, Wild Weather: Extreme-Weather Terms We Learned in 2021

Science Evolutionary findings aren’t uncommon, but recent evolutionary findings,incluing a monkey-peteradactyl hybrid animal are truly worth knowing. See how “monkeydactyl” and another fossil are changing the game.

Major Evolutionary Discoveries of 2021

World View Helmed by Indigenous women and two-spirit people, the fight to stop Line 3 is ongoing. Here’s how you can support Water Protectors and frontline activists.

Stop Line 3: How Indigenous Leaders & Water Protectors Are Fighting Against Destructive Pipelines

History Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration, typically occurring in December. Do you know its history?

A Festival of Lights: Exploring the History of Hanukkah

Science Looking for some good ways to keep students excited through distanced learning and long breaks? Here, we have 10 fun science experiments you can try at home.

3rd Grade Learning: 10 Science Projects You Can Do at Home

History We're all acquainted with the glossed-over version of the first Thanksgiving. But what does history actually say about the reality of the Plymouth Rock celebration?

What Really Happened on the First Thanksgiving?

World View The United States of America was built on protest. Embodying that spirit, workers across the country are banding together to fight for a better life.

7 Current Protests Keeping the Labor Movement Alive in 2021

Business & Finance In 2020, the United States faced its first coin shortage in years. There are measures in place to prevent them, but the pandemic didn’t let up, even for pennies. Here, we lay out protections we have against coin shortages and touch on what happened.

What Is a Coin Shortage, and Are We Facing One Right Now?

History Ever wonder how (and why) canned cranberry sauce became such a holiday staple? We’re taking a look at the origins of this strange slice of Americana.