Cities worldwide turn off their lights to mark Earth Hour

Cities around the world were turning off their lights Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year's event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like COVID-19.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-03-cities-worldwide-earth-hour.html

Spurred by lockdown, Spain gives 4-day week a try

After years of waiting tables, Danae De Vries is one step closer to achieving her lifetime dream of becoming a theater coach.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-03-spurred-lockdown-spain-day-week.html

'Treating us like robots': Amazon workers seek union

Linda Burns was excited at first to land a job at the Amazon warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama. The former nursing assistant had always enjoyed ordering from the company, Now, she would be working for them.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-robots-amazon-workers-union.html

Pandemic fuels travel boom—in virtual reality

Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfill a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa's game reserves—in virtual reality.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-pandemic-fuels-boomin-virtual-reality.html