by Warp Institute | Sep 20, 2022 | 📈 Human Progress
In the Cedar River in Minnesota, the endangered mucket and black sandshell mussels have started to reproduce again for the first time in decades. Three years ago, the Department of Natural Resources released thousands of the mussels into the river and hoped they would...
by Warp Institute | Sep 20, 2022 | 💡 Innovation
Enzymes are proteins that function as small factories in all living cells. They act as catalysts that speed up a chemical reaction without being consumed themselves. Without a catalyst, all reactions in the body would take too long for life on Earth to...
by Warp Institute | Sep 19, 2022 | ✍🏼 Essays, Climate Change, Column, 🌟 Premium Content
On a stunning sunny morning on the way to school with my 9-year-old, I open the front door and exclaim: “Welcome to your beautiful world!”My daughter retorts with a sullen look: “No, it’s a terrible, polluted world.”Another time, I...
by Warp Institute | Sep 18, 2022 | 📈 Human Progress
On August 17th, the Louisiana Government announced that the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) found traces that the endangered Kemp’s ridley turtles had hatched in the...
by Warp Institute | Sep 17, 2022 | 📈 Human Progress
On July the 16th, in the Paradise Wildlife park in Hertfordshire, UK, a red panda cub was born. This is a symbol of hope for the endangered species. Currently, fewer than 2 500 remain in the wild. The panda cub’s name is Little Red and the keepers are yet to...
