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The Sundance Film Festival is recruiting 2,000 volunteers for its January event in Boulder, offering free screenings, exclusive events, and a chance to be part of one of film's biggest celebrations. Applications open August 31 for anyone interested, no film experience required.
Zimbabwe is about to build one of Africa's largest floating solar installations on Lake Kariba, bringing clean energy to industries while protecting the country from droughts. The 250MW project will later expand to 600MW, offering a blueprint for other African nations facing power shortages.
Major Vietnamese corporations are pouring billions into renewable energy, transforming it from a niche sector into a strategic growth priority. Steel manufacturers, real estate developers, and conglomerates are racing to build wind and solar farms across the country.
Ryan Fox became the fourth Kiwi to win a golf major, clinching the British Open at Royal Birkdale in the largest comeback in major championship history. The exhausted but elated new champion handed the iconic Claret Jug to his 3-year-old daughter Margot just hours after his victory.
A Brisbane family just went from six to ten after welcoming Australia's first known identical quadruplets. Emily, Harriet, Alexa, and Catherine beat odds estimated at one in 15 million.
Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews has managed type 1 diabetes since age 9, and now he's using his platform to help others understand the critical connection between diabetes and eye health. His message: with proper care, people with diabetes can achieve anything.
A new system in Alabama is treating food insecurity as a vital sign, directly linking hungry patients to food banks and tracking health improvements. Early results show the approach could save billions while preventing complications and hospital readmissions.
Nigeria is connecting digital identity cards to healthcare records to bring universal health coverage to millions by 2030. The system will link patient records, insurance enrollment, and medical services nationwide.
AI company Anthropic is giving researchers up to $50,000 in free AI credits to speed up rare disease research. The program aims to help scientists analyze data and discover treatments for conditions affecting 400 million people worldwide.
University of Toronto researchers have discovered the specific brain pathway that causes pain to worsen when we expect it to hurt. The breakthrough could finally validate and treat pain that's often dismissed as "imaginary."
Tom McKievick has worked at the same California senior living community since 1976 without taking a single sick day. His perfect attendance over five decades earned him a special celebration at Fredericka Manor.
Costa Rica just unlocked its state fuel company to work with renewable energy for the first time in over 40 years. The change won't lower gas prices tomorrow, but it opens the door to biofuels and green hydrogen that could reshape how the country powers its cars.
Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham just eliminated taxes on household electricity bills, putting about £45 back in millions of pockets starting October 1. The move comes as families face a tough cost of living crisis heading into winter.
India's Haryana state just made starting a small business dramatically easier with a new law that lets entrepreneurs skip government inspections for three years. The Right to Business Bill trusts business owners to self-certify their compliance instead of drowning them in red tape.
A routine traffic stop turned into a split-second rescue when a Texas police officer yanked a driver from their vehicle moments before flames engulfed the car. The dramatic rescue, captured on video, shows the officer's quick thinking under pressure saved a life.
Scientists just found the strongest evidence yet that a planet outside our solar system has an atmosphere similar to Earth's. The discovery brings us one step closer to answering the age-old question: are we alone?
At just 19, Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí led Spain to World Cup glory, closing the chapter on Messi, Ronaldo, and Neymar's legendary careers. A new generation of teenage talents is rewriting football's future.
A Bengaluru company is transforming discarded lithium-ion batteries into valuable industrial metals, proving that one industry's trash can become another's treasure. Their underwater dismantling process eliminates fire risks while recovering lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and aluminum.