Myanmar ambassador locked out of London embassy | AJ #shorts
“It’s kind of a coup in the middle of London.” Myanmar’s UK ambassador says a Yangon military-linked figure has occupied…
Egypt mummy parade | Aj #shorts
Egypt holds a spectacular multimillion-dollar parade to move the ancient mummified remains of royal pharaohs to their new resting place:…
Lake Poopó: why Bolivia’s second largest lake disappeared – and how to bring it back
A huge lake in Bolivia has almost entirely disappeared. Lake Poopó used to be the country’s second largest, after Lake…
Can a future ban on gas-powered cars work? An economist explains
The U.S. transportation sector is one of the largest contributors of carbon dioxide, the potent driver of climate change. Transportation…
Saturn And Jupiter Great Conjunction 2020: Rare ‘Christmas Star’ To Light Up Night Sky For First Time In Hundreds Of Years
Look up at the night sky on December 21 and Australian stargazers may see something special. The planets of Jupiter…
Venus was once more Earth-like, but climate change made it uninhabitable
We can learn a lot about climate change from Venus, our sister planet. Venus currently has a surface temperature of…
Daytime sightings of elusive aardvarks hint at troubled times in the Kalahari
Aardvarks are notoriously elusive, nocturnal mammals. They generally hide in their underground burrows during the day and emerge at night…
One-fifth of ecosystems in danger of collapse – here’s what that might look like
One in five countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing, threatening more than half of global GDP (US$42 trillion,…
This Farmer Is Reclaiming Cotton | NowThis
Julius Tillery is a fifth-generation farmer working on land passed down from his great-great-grandfather, the first freeborn person in his…
Op-Ed: How Money In Politics Controls Your Taxes | NowThis
Here’s the real reason why it’s so complicated to file your taxes. [Originally published April 2019] » Subscribe to NowThis:…
Protest Medics Share Police Brutality Experiences | NowThis
Medics are speaking out about the police brutality they experienced while trying to aid those injured in the George Floyd…
Software Engineer Codes by Voice | NowThis
This engineer ditched the keyboard and learned to code by voice after living with chronic injury. [Originally published September 2019]…
Matthew McConaughey & Dr. Fauci Chat on Instagram Live | NowThis
Matthew McConaughey and Dr. Fauci went live on Instagram to discuss COVID-19 and a path forward — watch the whole…