Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
ENVIRONMENT
This Earth Day, Share the Many Faces of Climate Change
It is almost time for Earth Day, Monday, April 22, and this year’s theme is The Face of Climate Change. To help put a human face on the challenge of climate change, the Earth Day Network is collecting images of people, animals and places affected by climate change, as well as images of people working to find solutions…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
NEWS
From Anger to Forgiveness: Man Befriends Brother’s Killer
The day Anthony Colon heard his older brother had been gunned down in East Harlem, he began struggling with a rage that would last for years. The anger wore him down. He missed him desperately…Read Full Article
From CNN: Belief Blog
SPIRITUALITY
A Data Driven Life
Benjamin Franklin was very interested in monitoring his daily movements and activities. His goal was to progress in the development of 13 virtues including frugality, silence, and moderation…Read Full Article
SCIENCE
NASA Discovers New Earth-Like Planets Around Distant Stars
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered three new “habitable zone” planets that are close to Earth’s size, even if they’re not all that close to Earth. NPR’s Joe Palca reports, the trio of worlds is about 1,200 light years away and are thought to lie in the so-called “Goldilocks zone” — where it’s not too hot and not too cold for liquid water…Read Full Article
From NPR: The Two-Way
USA
1 Marathon Bomb Suspect Dead; Hunt on for Other
One of the two young men suspected in the deadly was reported to be dead after a gun exchange early Friday with police in Watertown, Mass…Read Full Article
From NPR: The Two-Way
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