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Flora & Fauna

Talking toadstools: Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims

A researcher at the University of the West of England theorises electrical impulses sent by mycological organisms could be similar to…

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Sustainable Planet

Who says trees can’t talk? Trees communicate with each other on the “Wood Wide Web”

Discover how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships with fungi to relay stress signals and share resources…

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27

Inspiring People

Texas teen develops free app to give non-verbal sister her voice

Unable to communicate with his non-verbal sister who has a rare genetic condition affecting her ability to speak, a 17-year-old from…

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Better Society

Croatian city speaks in pictures to help nonverbal children and adults communicate

The City of Pula in Croatia’s Istrian peninsula has installed boards for augmentative communication in several public areas for those who…

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Good Stuff

Boy (9) creates app for his brother (6) with autism to give non-verbal children a voice

For his school project, nine-year-old Sean Porter designed app to help his six-year-old brother with non-verbal autism to communicate.

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Good Stuff

Busker ? and free-spirited passer-by R.O.C.K. ???

A magic moment captured in the Netherlands as an uninhibited passer-by jived along with a street performer to the universal language…

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Better Society

Forgiveness? Finally there’s an emoji for that, thanks to Finland

A campaign group in Finland crowdsourced for a 'forgiveness' emoji, and the winning design—selected by former president of Finland, Tarja Halonen—highlights…

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68

Inspiring People

Autism sign language: one mother’s mission to communicate with her non-verbal son with autism

Meet the Mom who quit her job to teach her son who has non-verbal autism how to communicate using sign language.

4 mins
41

Inspiring People

US teen creates apps to help people with special needs

Florida teenager has developed an app to help his brother make new friends in a new town, and other apps for…

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Talking toadstools: Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims

Who says trees can’t talk? Trees communicate with each other on the “Wood Wide Web”

Texas teen develops free app to give non-verbal sister her voice

Croatian city speaks in pictures to help nonverbal children and adults communicate

Boy (9) creates app for his brother (6) with autism to give non-verbal children a voice

Busker ? and free-spirited passer-by R.O.C.K. ???

Forgiveness? Finally there’s an emoji for that, thanks to Finland

Autism sign language: one mother’s mission to communicate with her non-verbal son with autism

US teen creates apps to help people with special needs

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Talking toadstools: Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims

Who says trees can’t talk? Trees communicate with each other on the “Wood Wide Web”

Texas teen develops free app to give non-verbal sister her voice

Croatian city speaks in pictures to help nonverbal children and adults communicate

Boy (9) creates app for his brother (6) with autism to give non-verbal children a voice

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Busker ? and free-spirited passer-by R.O.C.K. ???

Forgiveness? Finally there’s an emoji for that, thanks to Finland

Autism sign language: one mother’s mission to communicate with her non-verbal son with autism

US teen creates apps to help people with special needs