One of Moses’ first heroic acts of kindness recorded in the Bible was his helping out the daughters of Jethro. Jethro’s seven daughters had already arrived at the well and drew water from it for their ...

Seeing a drawing of an Indigenous child on a book cover prompted Sunshine Tenasco to write her own children's story about the importance of clean water. At the time, the Anishinaabe entrepreneur and ...

From water pumps to musical automatons, Ismail al-Jazari's extraordinary machines ranged from practical to playful, delighting farmers and kings alike. A miniature from al-Jazari’s Book of Knowledge ...