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How are zoo, aquarium animals coping with all this? Not badly, say keepers.
Zoo and aquarium animals have long helped humans make better sense of the world. Today, humans have an opportunity to return the favor.
Embattled TikTok: Behind the dance duels, a platform for youth activism
“TikTok was not the place for activism, but we got creative and turned it into that,” says TikTok user Alyssa Bigbee. “That just shows that that can happen in any space they enter, even if this app was gone.”
Young activists say their message will find an outlet, with or without a ban.
Ballet in the kitchen? What arts majors learned during lockdown.
If there is anything that Camille Sokk learned this spring, it’s that she can practice pliés and rond de jambes in the kitchen.
The dance major at San Jose State University simply cleared off a spot on the counter to use as her ballet barre when classes transitioned online. There were other adjustments, too: Checking her technique without looking in a dance studio mirror, and turning in a choreographed video using TikTok – the app popular among teens – as a final exam.
Boston’s car-free streets offer glimpse of low-carbon future
“Transit is key to carbon neutrality and moving people out of cars onto bicycles and other carbon-free modes is very important,” says Vineet Gupta, the director of planning and engineering at the Boston Transportation Department. “That comes first.”
This pandemic-driven automotive vanishing act has not just reduced pollution in the city, it has also offered a potential vision of the future. Like many other cities around the globe, Boston has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. To
What if curators were teens? Museums try it.
“This institution is 150 years old. And so what does that mean for young people? Where do young people belong in such an old institution?” says Layla Bermeo, an associate curator at the MFA. “This project really tried to argue that young people belong in the center.”
“Black Histories, Black Futures” is the museum’s first exhibition curated entirely by high school students. It is the culmination of a partnership with local youth empowerment organizations, and reflects a growing trend, one that h
