Around 807,000 people in the United States are living with kidney failure, with the majority requiring dialysis, per the American Kidney Fund. Over 90,000 are on the waiting list for a transplant, but donors are hard to come by; in 2022, only about 1 in 4 of those renal disease patients actually received a kidney. […]
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For the past five years, British artist Justin Bateman has been creating intricate portraits out of pebbles and stones. His work is striking in its level of detail and scale, with pieces ranging in size from 10 square feet to over 80. And aside from a few permanent commissions, they’re all ephemeral — arranged on
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The results are in for the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards — and the competition was stiff. Judges whittled down a whopping 49,957 entries from 95 countries to select 19 category winners. They include an underwater image of a mother hippopotamus and her young in South Africa, a mystical shot of a fungus
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Who doesn’t enjoy success? It feels amazing to accomplish our goals and reap the rewards of our efforts. From proverbial victory laurels and that general feel-good inner glow that comes with triumph, to tangible results like a big payday, trophies, and public recognition, success is naturally easy to celebrate. As a result, humans have developed
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Most people, around 90%, are right-hand dominant, with roughly 10% using their left — but there’s also a small group who are ambidextrous, meaning they have no preference. French artist and actress Helena Soubeyrand is in that 1% minority, and it seems to have given her a leg up (or perhaps we should say the
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Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. Halloween is fast approaching, which means it’s time to start curating that perfect, spooky playlist, stocking up on candy, and of course, thinking about what you’re going to wear. People have been dressing
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We previously ran an article featuring some of the world’s most unusual bookstores, and the venue we’re highlighting today certainly qualifies as a unique place to acquire reading material. For decades, the 80-foot Epos — called Bokbåten in Norway, which is Swedish for “the book boat” — operated as a floating library, biannually visiting around
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There’s no question that technology has profoundly changed the way we live — how we pay for groceries, watch our favorite shows, browse restaurant menus, and so much more. While these are all seemingly ordinary interactions in modern day, they are woven with extraordinary innovation. It’s easy to forget the level of technology involved in
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Many artists dream of one day having their work displayed in prestigious galleries around the world for the masses to admire. For Oliver Jeffers, though, there’s a unique reverence to inviting only a small group of people to bear witness to his artistic process and portraits. In November 2014, the Northern Irish visual artist began
After being crowned the Monopoly champion of her sixth grade class, Marjy Stagmeier went home to her house in the Atlanta suburbs and told her parents she was going to be a landlord when she grew up. Decades later, Stagmeier, who has since managed over 3,000 units, is doing much more than renting out apartments:
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