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Teresa Carey is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and producer whose sea-going adventures — from solo ocean voyages to scientific expeditions — spark wonder and champion conservation through the power of story.

Robotics

What's special about cancer-killing nanobots? precision.

These tiny, robotic machines can deliver drugs directly to infected cells, and they're changing the future of medicine.

Teresa Carey

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Mental Health

Advice from a death doula: unlocking life before death

Talking about death can actually make it a much less frightening topic. Here’s how working with a death doula or attending a local death cafe can help.

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Music

This electronic musician is transforming the soundscape of hospitals

Trained as a classical pianist, ambient artist Yoko Sen is on a mission to redesign medical devices' beeps and buzzes and save us from alarm fatigue.

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Building Community

Diversity in the outdoors: bridging the adventure gap

This DC nonprofit is defying statistics by promoting diversity in the outdoors and connecting people from all walks of life with the wonders of nature.

Teresa Carey

Robotics

Robots for autism teach human emotion

Meet the classroom assistant of the future, a robot for autism therapy that’s teaching special needs students about empathy and emotions.

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Mental Health

Wilderness experience helps army vet adjust to life after war

Meet Thomas Weinheimer, an army veteran whose 53-day wilderness experience on a North Carolina trail helped ease his transition back to civilian life.

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Mental Health

This artist heals wounds of violence with tattoos

Brian Finn tattoos over scars from self-harm, violence, or human trafficking for free or at a discounted rate in order to help people heal.

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Urban Living

The dark toll of light pollution

Bird populations are paying the price for our electric lights. These volunteers are working to change that.

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Climate Crisis

Ship’s logbooks are the first records of climate change data

With the weather and ice data from old ship’s logs, Dr. Kevin Wood realized it was possible to reconstruct the history of sea ice in the Arctic to better understand climate change.

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Climate Crisis

Sifting through sound: using soundscapes to understand ecosystem health

“Ecoacoustics” is an emerging field of research. Instead of chasing down isolated animal sounds, researchers are using all of the acoustic properties of a location to answer ecological questions.

Teresa Carey