This week, we learned …
… why Arizona is building tiny houses for teachers. Read of the week!

Photograph by Megan Kimble/CityLab
… six Chinese men survived the sinking of the Titanic, but were not allowed into the U.S. because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Photograph courtesy National Archives—Northeast Region, New York City, Records of District Courts of the United States
There are so many great stories surrounding the Titanic—and if you’re in Washington, D.C., you can interact with some of the best at the National Geographic Museum.
… how we almost fought climate change, but instead decided to surrender to it.

Map courtesy Climate Central
Inspire your students to act on climate with service learning ideas.
… the mental health benefits of turning vacant lots green.

Photograph by Krista Rossow, National Geographic
Use our activity to help your students or school adopt a vacant lot!
… not everyone loves insects.

Photograph (of a Cook Strait giant weta insect) by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark
Ah, but those hideous creatures may be helping humanity build a better ‘bot.
… the agricultural revolution probably wasn’t what you think it was.

Illustration by H.M. Herget, National Geographic
We may need to update our entry on “civilization.”
… how Greenland got burned.
How did Greenland get out of the way of the hot spot?
… where Darwin’s finches may have come from.

Illustration courtesy National Geographic
Why are Darwin’s finches going now?
… the elusive secret of Old Faithful’s “geyser eggs.”

Photograph by J Schmidt, courtesy the Yellowstone Photo Collection