This essay was reader-submitted for our Summer Essay Series on themes of growth, aging, transformation, and renewal. i.I have always loved to leave. When I was four, I ran away from my father and towards the promise of pink gumballs. My escape lit by a fluorescent path. He caught me. Snatched my hand. Delicately wrapped it around his pinky finger. As I walked within the safety of my family, I cried.+Fourteen years passed and my strides lengthened. I ran further and I didn’t get caught. A high school speech class taught us to speak to others as if we believed ourselves. For the final assignment we presented on something we were skilled at.“How to sneak out.” My voice was unwavering as...
This detailed guide will teach you the important survival skill of how to make a solar still. It’s an easy way to get fresh water in the desert or if you are lost in the woods. This summer is all about survival in the wild! We discussed the importance of staying hydrated by demonstrating the effect of dehydration on a potato. We also built a solar oven to make our own s’mores! But what happens when you are lost in the middle of nowhere and have no clean water to drink? Today, we explore how to make a simple DIY solar still that collects clean water using the power of the sun. This is an easy, fun project that can...
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Are your kids drinking enough water? This potato hydration experiment is a great way to teach children of all ages about the importance of staying hydrated. During the hot summer days, our kids are running around outside having fun with their friends. It seems like by the time they take a break to take a sip of water, they have already sweated a bucket and are extremely thirsty. Dehydration can have a serious impact on the human body. But that’s the last thing on your kid’s mind. That’s why this potato hydration experiment is great to explore the effect of dehydration on his or her body and why it’s important to stay hydrated. What is Dehydration? Dehydration is the loss...
America’s first-ever reformulated COVID-19 vaccines are coming, very ahead of schedule, and in some ways, the timing couldn’t be better. Pfizer’s version of the shot, which combines the original recipe with ingredients targeting the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, may be available to people 12 and older as early as the week after Labor Day; Moderna’s adult-only brew seems to be on a similar track. The schedule slates the shots to debut at a time when BA.5 is still the country’s dominant coronavirus morph—and it means that, after more than a year of scrambling to catch up to SARS-CoV-2’s evolutionary capers, we might finally be getting inoculations that are well matched to the season’s circulating strains. Which is “absolutely great,”...
