Aron Roberts

Helping Ensure No Veteran Is Forgotten

May 25, 2026
Often, when a veteran dies, they're honored and remembered by family and friends in dignified and loving ceremonies.Yet that's not always the case. Some veterans never married or had children. Others outlived spouses, siblings, and friends. Some lost contact with relatives, moved frequently, or live…

This Company Broke the “New Shipping Box” Rule

April 28, 2026
Escape Climbing started out as a small business making holds for climbing walls. In 2017, Anthony Vicino joined its founders, helping them grow from $300,000 to $4 million in revenue over the next three years.At that time, Vicino recalled, "we were in ultra-frugal-pinch-every-single-penny-until-it-s…

This Town Goes All Out for Christmas

December 16, 2025
This town goes all out for Christmas!The small town of Locorotondo in southern Italy, perched on a hill, features an "intricate network of little streets lined with old buildings." Many of the town's buildings have distinctive cone-shaped roofs, adding to its fairytale appearance.Around mid-November…

Doubling Production From Wind Farms

December 02, 2025
When you think of a wind energy farm, you're likely thinking of extremely tall structures with massive "propeller type" rotors, spaced far apart from one another. Their towers can reach 300 feet or more in height, and their rotor blades are often 100 to 200 feet in length.What's underfoot? Mostly em…

Food’s Expensive – Flashfood Wants to Change That

November 12, 2025
If you buy groceries, you've clearly noticed prices have gone up a lot over the past four years.A Toronto, Canada-based startup, Flashfood, is working on cutting those prices. And they're helping to solve another important problem, too.A large amount of food in various stages of the USA's food syste…

Need Water? Walk Downstairs into an Indian Stepwell!

October 27, 2025
On the sunbaked plains and in the bustling towns of India, you’ll find a curious sight: stone staircases, elegantly stepping, spiraling, or zigzaging down into the earth. Some are ornamental and palatial; others are weathered and practical. They're historic stepwells, known by regional names such as…

An Earth Day Story: the Mystery of the Island Foxes

April 22, 2025
In 1969, an oil well blew out off the Southern California coast. Its gooey spill killed seabirds, dolphins, and seals, and covered beaches with black tar. A year later, that disaster helped lead to the creation of Earth Day.Part of that spill washed up on several islands in the Santa Barbara Channel…

5 Ways a Shower Head Can Help You Look And Feel Great!

December 26, 2024
Here are five ways that a shower head – such as those from High Sierra Showerheads – can help you look and feel great!1 Your best hair days start with a shower head that can completely rinse out shampoos, rinse-out conditioners, styling gels and creams, and other hair products, leaving your hair shi…

Which is Better: A Plastic or Metal Shower Head?

November 14, 2022
Which is better to get: a shower head made of plastic or metal? (And are metal shower heads even available?) Let's find out!In an article in Popular Mechanics, an executive of one of the world's largest kitchen and bath products companies flatly noted that "virtually all shower heads contain plastic…

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