Apr 24, 2026
This week, a 58-day protest campaign just convinced Etsy to ban all animal fur starting this August. Germany spent decades digging coal out of the ground, leaving craters 200 feet deep. This month, the last one opened for swimming. And Cambodia unveiled the world's first statue dedicated to a landmine-detecting...
Apr 17, 2026
This week: a German research team built a water contamination test that runs on a smartphone and gives you an answer in under a minute. A Cornell professor has a gardening trick that involves water, a paper towel, and one night. A Bristol startup figured out what to do with festival urine!
Arielle and Karissa also talk...
Apr 10, 2026
In honor of National Pet Day, Arielle sits down with Erica Psaltis, founder of senior dog rescue Silver Linings Rescue Ranch in Bend, Oregon. They talk about what actually goes into running a rescue like this: the intake process, the misconceptions people have about older dogs, the losses, and how Erica keeps showing...
Apr 3, 2026
This week starts with casino Easter eggs and a prom-posal, because apparently Good Friday is full of surprises.
Then Arielle and Karissa get into the actual news: a teenager built a working microplastic filter in her garage, Mexico’s monarch butterflies had their best winter in nearly a decade, and a $375 million jury...