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In a laboratory-scale study, green roof mockups kept 97.5 percent of microplastic particles out of runoff

The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

"I gave you this, she says / hands too full of tension to getsure" - excerpt from Shapeshifting, poetry by Leda Muscatello. #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

"I used to believe / in water-- / even when the world / told me blood / is thicker..." - excerpt from Dessication Daze, a #poem by Marla Dial Moore #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

A smile may seem simple, but it is actually the result of a complex set of chemical reactions that occur in the brain. A recent study found that when people are feeling good about their lives, levels of dopamine and oxytocin rise significantly. This hormone surge increases the production of endorphins which help to combat […]

Numerous events and policy decisions across the world in the last several months are causing despair among many environmentalists. The abrupt freeze, and potential termination, of international funds for conservation have hit global conservation and environmental projects, resulting in the halt of activities that have so far aided forest and wildlife conservation and supported Indigenous […]

The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.

Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregarded

"We could have climbed into the moon. Instead / we biked in the metalshadows beneath Ohioan / hills everything hung still in the air" - excerpt from Field on Butternut, a #poem by Max Newman

"I sit beside [my mother], pull out a bag of chips and open a word puzzle on my phone. She reaches over and places her hand atop mine. I freeze. It’s been years since she’s initiated a touch." - excer...

Resources for Californians Impacted by 2025 Early January Los Angeles County Fires.

The world's first wooden satellite has left the International Space Station and is successfully orbiting space, marking a giant leap for the use of timber in lu

"the sky no more cerulean blue – soused in black ink, with it its moon and stars too. It is forever pit dark." - excerpt from poem "that slow DRAGGED END." by Devayani Anvekar #TheMetaworker #Metawork...

"The first set of numerals fell silently. They fell slowly and gently, tumbling like autumn leaves." excerpt from "2575", short fiction by Tess Hart #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

High-stakes gambling, aspiring vampire hunters, and time traveling candy are in this season's new YA titles.

7th Grade Sleepover, a poem by Caitlin O’Halloran @selfcaremaven #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday