By Sydney Boyo • Eniola Shokunbi OF North Carolina said she wants to be president of the U.S., but first she’s making an impact on her local community. In fifth grade, she led the efforts to create an air filter system that’s able to remove cold and COVID viruses from classrooms. Eniola Shokunbi said she wants Read More…
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Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in September 2023.© NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have Read More…
NATION OF SNACKERS IN AMERICA
How America turned into a nation of snackers By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, New York (CNN Business)Forget breakfast, lunch and dinner. People can’t get enough of the in-between. Big companies report that snack sales are soaring. Net sales of Doritos, Cheetos, Ruffles, PopCorners, Smartfood and SunChips grew by double digits in the second quarter. Retail sales of Pirate’s Booty jumped about Read More…
Political Ecology of the World Food System
The Importance of Standing Together Against Injustice Anywhere “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” those are the now iconic words from the deeply moving letter from Birmingham jail written by MLK Jr. in 1963. While those words are powerful by themselves, just as powerful is the sentence which follows it: “We are Read More…
AME Farm and Garden Initiative: Growing Together to Strengthen Community
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical importance of robust local food systems for resilience, sustainability, and community well-being. In 2021, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church International Health Commission launched the AME Farm and Garden Initiative in response to rising food insecurity at both local and national levels. This initiative aims to connect, catalog, and Read More…
AMAZINGLY Missing For 2 Years, Then Parents Look Behind The Dresser
Answered by Leilani Sweeney He Went Missing For 2 Years, Then Parents Look Behind The Dresser? He Went Missing For 2 Years, Then Parents Look Behind The Dresser Crawl space behind grandma’s dresser holds the key to solving a two-year-old missing person’s case. The thought of losing a child is probably one of the scariest Read More…