Songkran: A New Years Celebration
Happy New Year! The people of Thailand recently celebrated the annual New Year’s festival that began on April 13. Here, btw takes a closer look at Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year festival. […]
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Female Players from Africa Shape the NCAA Tournament
It’s March Madness! The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments are annual post-season tournaments that shine the spotlight on the most impressive college basketball stars across the country. Here, btw […]
Saving Chinampas
Have you ever heard of Tenochtitlan? It was once the capital of the ancient Aztec empire in what is today Mexico City, Mexico. Tenochtitlan was […]
Unexpected Blooms
Everyone agrees that wildflowers are pretty. But did you know they might also provide scientists with valuable information–maybe even a link to learning how to […]
Morocco’s “Gen Z” Protests
The World Cup international soccer tournament grabs the attention of the whole world and focuses on whichever nation is hosting the event. But what if […]
Afghanistan’s Internet Blackout
Imagine that you wake up tomorrow morning to find that you no longer have access to the Internet. Neither do your parents, classmates, or teachers. […]
U.S. and Africa Trade Deal Expires
There has been much news lately about tariffs and how they impact everything from grocery prices to phones. But people in the United States aren’t […]
Chess Booms in India
Maybe you have heard of the soccer World Cup, but did you know that there is a World Cup in chess as well? It began […]
Lake Vostok
Have you ever heard of Lake Vostok? No, it’s not a new trendy place to go for summer vacation. It’s the world’s largest subglacial lake. […]
Using Tech to Rebuild Syria
The Syrian civil war began in 2011. In the fourteen years of violence that followed, an estimated 600,000 people were killed, including at least 307,000 […]