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Plastic whale unveiled in London outlines ocean plastic p...

Louise Mosley

A ten-metre whale made entirely of plastic has been unveiled near Tower Bridge to raise awareness about ocean pollution. The huge marine mammal has been covered with the same amount of plastic that pollutes the ocean every second. Explorer Sir...

Re-evaluate your identity

Adriann Meyer

I totally identify with this re-evaluation of who I would like to emulate and with whom I identify. Of course, I admire Elon Musk and Richard Branson et al., but I have been re-thinking my entire approach here. To be honest, I do not want to...

New school rules? Swotting up on ‘positive education’

Fred Ferrante

With both youth depression and youth unemployment on the rise, calls are growing for a different kind of learning. Could ‘positive education’ enhance not just wellbeing, but academic performance too?

Reading between the waves: mindfulness and surfing

William Reed

Could riding the waves be the ultimate meditation? Professional surfer and author Sam Bleakley suggests what the oceans can teach us about our place in the natural world

Yuan Pu | International Exhibition of Calligraphy

William Reed

Calligrapher, Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communications; Chief Editor, "Print China" publishing house

Watch the secret to a squid’s crystal clear underwater vi...

Louise Mosley

Study unveils molecular dynamics behind the feat

Changing education paradigms

William Reed

In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.

Attention and Feeling is the Key

Rita Juse-Cirkse

In any pleasant experience, there is something that could be improved. As in every unpleasant experience, there is something to appreciate and be happy about. Whatever you pay attention to (and feel accordingly) you enhance that.

Critically endangered staghorn corals are benefiting from...

Louise Mosley

It’s not just the Great Barrier Reef — coral reefs around the globe are in decline due to climate change, ocean pollution, and a number of other impacts of human activities on marine environments. But new research finds that “coral gardening,”...

Mass extinction of ocean life could be triggered by human...

Louise Mosley

The ocean is slowly being suffocated with levels of oxygen falling at a similar rate to 94 million years ago when there was a mass extinction of marine life, scientists have warned. While that event was caused naturally, humans are responsible for...