The #FreedomFlotilla has completed technical & crewing requirements to launch our emergency mission on Friday April 26. Tons of life-saving aid & 100s of human rights observers to ensure aid gets to Palestinians in Gaza without interference #BreakTheSiege
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Art or science? Using acoustics, @StanfordMed's Sean Wu and Utkan Demirci can shepherd heart cells into nearly any configuration they want — opening the door to better engineered cardiac tissue, and more realistic disease modeling and drug screening. https://t.co/2TeTInEZQ1
Simona Kossak, a Polish zoologist, lived an unconventional life marked by her unique talents. She earned the reputation of a "witch" due to her remarkable ability to communicate with animals and her association with a mischievous crow, known for gold theft and attacks on bicyclists. Simona resided for more than three decades in a rustic hut within Poland's Białowieża Forest, devoid of modern amenities like electricity and running water. Her unwavering commitment was focused on wildlife preservation, which garnered her numerous prestigious awards and recognitions.
In the early 1990s, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado was stationed in Rwanda to cover the genocide, an experience that left him traumatized.
In 1994, upon returning to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sebastião hoped to find solace in the lush green forest of his childhood. Instead, he discovered that his home had transformed into a dusty, barren land stretching for miles, devoid of any wildlife.
"The land was as sick as I was. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees," he remarked.
At this time, his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, proposed that they embark on the ambitious journey of replanting the entire forest. Sebastião supported the idea, and together, over the course of the next 20 years, they planted an astonishing 2.7 million trees.
Their efforts resulted in the rejuvenation of 1,500 acres of rainforest, and the site eventually became home to 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some of which were on the brink of extinction.