Environmental wonders of the world, like Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve pictured above, are a huge draw for amateur photographers. But is a #Hashtag the key to saving critical ecosystems? Photo: Wikimedia
ARTS
04.26.17

Conservationists are using new techniques to increase awareness

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With the White House in the background, participants gather for the March for Science in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2017. Thousands of scientists worldwide left their labs to take to the streets along with students and research advocates in pushing back against what they say are mounting attacks on science. Photo by: AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz
LAW es
04.25.17

Advocates protest worldwide in support of scientific research

Chinese cabbage leaves are shown aboard the International Space Station. Photo from NASA.gov
SCIENCE es
04.25.17

Eat your veggies: NASA expands plant-growing program on space station

In this image provided by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, orca Takara guides her newborn to the water's surface at SeaWorld San Antonio in Texas, April 19, 2017. Photo: Chris Gotshall/SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment via AP
SCIENCE
04.25.17

A generation of SeaWorld whales born in confinement comes to an end

An expert inspects a sarcophagus found with mummies and sculptures inside a grave, which was estimated to be more than 3,500 years old, during archaeological work in Luxor, Egypt, April 18, 2017. Photo by: Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
WAR & PEACE es
04.24.17

Tomb raiders: Eight ancient mummies found near Luxor, Egypt

South Korean student Kim Jae-min (center) and his classmates use tablet PCs to study in a class at Sosu Elementary School in Gwesan, South Korea, July 15, 2011. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
HEALTH
04.24.17

U.S. students fine with life, but peers in other countries are happier

This photo taken January 26, 2016, shows the empty playground at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri. Justice Neil Gorsuch's first week hearing Supreme Court arguments features a case that's giving school choice advocates hope for an easier use of public money for private or religious schools in dozens of states. Photo by: Annaliese Nurnberg/Missourian via AP
KIDS
04.24.17

Supreme Court case toes the line between church and state