VIDEO: Understanding coral bleaching and how to stop it
Global warming leads to severe weather conditions and warmer ocean temperatures. This hurts coral reefs, which one billion people depend on for food or income.
OPINION: Trump’s administration distorts facts about DACA recipients
From the size of the crowd at his inauguration to the types of people at the Charlottesville protests, President Donald Trump and his administration frequently exaggerate and distort facts to paint a different picture of events. The people who are part of the DACA program are just the latest victim of this trend.
Voices of the Square: Green School Bali — ‘the world isn’t learning enough’ about climate change
As a group, we were inspired by this moving story and decided to put our own spin on it: We wanted to connect with other people about climate change.
We did this by constructing a dome-shaped booth structure out of bamboo and lined the inside with cloth to make it a private space.
Waste not, want more — Adidas, startups target plastic in bid to save the oceans
If there’s one thing humans are good at making, it’s garbage, particularly ocean-harming plastic. But several startups that exhibited their products at the recent ChangeNOW summit at Station F in Paris are intent on getting rid of plastic waste and even turning it into something useful.
Seeing into the future: PANDA’s augmented reality headset focuses on the visually impaired
Technology is advancing quickly before our eyes — including new products for those who are visually impaired. For the makers of the PANDA virtual reality headset, vision is not only the pitch — it's the product.
OPINION: Critics of anthem protests are ‘far from patriots’
I believe that those who are calling for the heads of these protesters are merely using the issue as an excuse to push their anti-black rhetoric [...] Those criticizing kneeling players aren’t actually passionate about people standing for the anthem; they just want an excuse to be racist.
COMMENTARY: A look into the two worlds of São Paulo’s Paraisópolis
Have you ever longed to live in a luxury apartment building, with a pool just outside the living room where you binge watch your favorite Netflix show? What if that apartment overlooked a favela where people exist on an average monthly income of $240?
‘You just gotta get on’ — how foreigners in South Korea balance daily life, fears over military tensions
A series of nuclear tests by North Korea over the past year — including its sixth and largest test of a hydrogen bomb on Sept. 3, which prompted UN sanctions — have spiked worry among South Korean citizens. We spoke to three teachers at Chadwick International School in Songdo about how they are dealing with their fears, their jobs and the concerns of loved ones back home.
OPINION: Hijab was the headline during New York’s fashion week
In the era of Trump — a hurricane-like atmosphere in which Islamophobic clouds are showering our nation with hateful and exclusionary storms — fashion history was made. Designer Anniesa Hasibuan flooded this year’s catwalk with models all wearing the hijab.
OPINION: Student assault cases demand stronger response by Korean courts
The controversy has led South Koreans to question the state of youth offender punishment and prison term limits, especially with continued and increasing reports of school bullying across the nation.