Tag: Science
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The Evovled Woman of the Week: Leah Thomas
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s Evolved Woman of the Week profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the author, speaker, and environmental activist, Leah Thomas.…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Dr. Dakotah Tyler
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and not-so-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the former Division I athlete, author, and astrophysicist Dakotah…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
A U.S. charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for ‘hateful’ speech “Cameras to monitor the performance of students and teachers is acceptable. But cameras to silence students and teachers from being able to have a free exchange in a classroom are not acceptable,” said Bishara Bahbah, a Palestinian American political activist…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Photos: Gaza’s children return to class in tents and ruins “The last time I have been to school was three years ago,” said student Moayed Abu Mustafa in Khan Younis. “Now, we are starting the school year; it is year of joy, happiness and success. Despite all of this, we will learn, we will learn…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Everything changed’: The human cost of 25 years of US wars Less than a month after 9/11, the US invaded Afghanistan, launching what President George W Bush called the “War on Terror” – a series of seemingly endless wars and military campaigns spanning Afghanistan, Iraq and countries across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Colin Kaepernick’s era of sports activism ‘vanished with him’ — but another is coming By the time Colin Kaepernick began his peaceful protest during the national anthem on the San Francisco 49ers sideline in the summer of 2016, a social justice movement was bubbling up among the nation’s athletes. It was the most visible political action seen…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The World’s 40 Most Beautiful Countries To craft our list of the most beautiful countries in the world, we focused on places that offer an impressive range of natural wonders along with manmade creations and cities just as vibrant as their environment. They also all make an effort to preserve their historic structures and artistic…
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Evolved Young Woman of the Week: Vera Wang
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week.” Each week, we highlight someone who embodies what it means to be evolved, famous or not. This week, we honor high school student and budding scientist Vera Wang. Vera Wang is a senior at Kaiser High School who won several awards at the 2026…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
One million women lost access to humanitarian support in past 18 months, UN report says “The women’s organizations at risk of being shut down are on the frontlines of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises,” said Sofia Calltorp, the chief of humanitarian action at UN Women. “In countries including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Ethiopia’s election results will likely confirm status quo Beyond claims of rigging, security challenges persist. For some analysts, the fact that voting was suspended in parts of Amhara, Oromia and Tigray indicates the impact of unresolved conflicts. If the Prosperity Party secures another five-year mandate, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government faces pressure to prioritize peace-building. “I hope they use the coming…
