Welcome to my semi-regular Five post: five interesting, potentially actionable, shareable things.
Tiger tiger, burning bright… Apparently there are 7000 tigers living in private facilities in the US, which is more than the 5000 still left in the wild. If you’d like to do something about this, you can always adopt a tiger.
Connect the dots, er, tracks? Remember learning about continental drift? About 140 million years ago, what we think of as the Atlantic ocean didn’t exist, and South America was butted up against the continent of Africa. Over time, those continents drift apart. Now, researchers believe they’ve discovered matching trails of dinosaur footprints on either side of the Atlantic that were once the same trail.
Hippo-cratic oaths This is a great story about a monk who joined up with Hippo, a solar-powered boat to clean up the Bangkok river. What could you do to your local waterways?
Ice, ice, baby Could you use your future air conditioner as a battery? MIT thinks so. Storing cold at off peak hours might help reduce grid strain when it gets hot.
Reality has a surprising amount of detail. A longer, more philosophical piece about how to get unstuck. Grab your favourite beverage for this one and enjoy.