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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
The NASA spacecraft that provide close-up pictures of the dwarf planet Pluto has not set a new record for the farthest photos ever taken. The New Horizons spacecraft snapped a picture of a star cluster at 3.79 billion miles from Earth. The previous record was the “Pale Blue Dot” images of Earth taken…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Residents of the Kenyan island of Lamu are known for their shipbuilding abilities. Recently, wood has become scarce, but residents have discovered a new way to use the resources available to them. Each day the tide brings in a new assortment of plastic trash, and residents collected 33 tons of trash…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 31 views
African villagers were alarmed to see something strange flying through the air, but their fears were relieved that what they had seen was a test of an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone that could one day make their lives better. As drones are growing in popularity, United Nations officials hope the devices…