An Ohio farmer watched gullies repeatedly cut through his family’s 700-acre farm and decided to change how he worked the land; decades later, the family operation has grown to 8,000 acres while becoming a conservation showcase

An Ohio farmer watched gullies repeatedly cut through his family's 700-acre farm and decided to change how he worked the land; decades later, the family operation has grown to 8,000 acres while becoming a conservation showcase

The Kellogg story is also one of persistence. He began farming at 14 after his father left agriculture to care for his ill wife. By his senior year of high school, Bill was managing 700 acres, much of it through relationships with older farmers in the community. For Bill Kellogg, conservation did not begin with … Read more

Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman: Here’s who will take over and what all will change

Warren Buffett has announced his transition from chairman to chairman emeritus of Berkshire Hathaway after 50 years. His son, Howard, will now serve as chairman. (AP, File)

Warren Buffett is relinquishing his position as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway following more than five decades in the role. Warren Buffett has announced his transition from chairman to chairman emeritus of Berkshire Hathaway after 50 years. His son, Howard, will now serve as chairman. (AP, File) The organization announced on Friday that the 96-year-old Buffett … Read more

Melinda French Gates puts $1 billion behind women’s power; her investments back overlooked women tackling climate change

Melinda French Gates puts $1 billion behind women's power; her investments back overlooked women tackling climate change

Melinda French Gates is committing $1 billion through 2026 to advance women’s power and influence, while her investment platform is backing women-led funds working on climate solutions. Through Pivotal Ventures, Gates has invested in Planeteer Capital, a climate-tech fund led by Sophie Purdom that backs early-stage companies developing solutions to climate change. The investment comes … Read more

Meet Nathan Stafford, the Sydney gardener whose response to a homeless man’s request for change went viral: he offered work, then paid him $100

Meet Nathan Stafford, the Sydney gardener whose response to a homeless man's request for change went viral: he offered work, then paid him $100

The gardener said the work was his way of allowing Robert to earn the money while also showing him respect. A homeless man asking for spare change in Sydney received a different kind of help when gardener Nathan Stafford offered him work instead. Stafford was cleaning up a residential street when the man, who introduced … Read more

Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

Kelly LiuPhoto credit: www.actionfornature.org When Kelly Liu looked at air pollution data around San Jose, she noticed something important was missing. Official monitoring stations could show broad regional trends, but they did not always reveal what students were breathing beside busy roads, industrial areas or older school buildings. The 16-year-old student decided to fill that … Read more

Social Security 2027 changes: COLA may rise 3.5%, but will full retirement age change?

Social Security benefits and the 2027 COLA increase explained.
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Social Security is set for some changes in 2027, but the final numbers are not out yet. The official changes, including the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), are expected to be announced on October 14, after the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data is released. Social Security benefits and the 2027 COLA increase explained. (Photo by … Read more

In 1952, Mary Tsingou programmed a Los Alamos experiment that helped change modern physics; her role was reduced to a footnote and took more than 50 years to receive proper credit

In 1952, Mary Tsingou programmed a Los Alamos experiment that helped change modern physics; her role was reduced to a footnote and took more than 50 years to receive proper credit

Mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel When mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel sat down in 1952 at Los Alamos National Laboratory to code a complex physics problem on one of the world’s earliest digital computers, she was breaking new ground. Her work helped make possible a landmark experiment that went on to influence chaos … Read more

Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

Texas volunteers started a cleanup 40 years ago with 2,800 people; the movement has now collected 1.3 million plastic bottles from coastlines and waterways worldwide and could change plastic policy

More than 1.3 million plastic bottles were collected from coastlines and waterways worldwide in a massive volunteer cleanup effort that began 40 years ago with just 2,800 people on the Texas Gulf Coast. The International Coastal Cleanup, organised by Ocean Conservancy, drew about 630,000 volunteers in 2025, who removed nearly 13.9 million pieces of rubbish … Read more

Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change

Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change

Laurene Powell Jobs took an unconventional route from Wall Street to becoming one of the most influential philanthropists and investors in the United States. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, she spent a year at Merrill Lynch and two years at Goldman Sachs before leaving finance and moving to Florence, Italy, where … Read more

Did ‘Jack Kimble’ predict Trump’s Lake Ontario name change? 2025 post goes viral amid US-Canada trade war

A January 2025 social media post from the parody account "Jack Kimble" has gone viral after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America.”  ( (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP))

A January 2025 social media post from the parody account “Jack Kimble” has gone viral after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” The old post garnered significant attention, with many online users asking whether the satirical account had somehow “predicted” Trump’s move. A January 2025 social media post … Read more