Tucked in a lake on a remote island country in the western Pacific lives a mysterious and rare creature. They’re small and squishy, they don’t have a brain, heart, or eyes, and they have stingers that don’t cause pain. Meet the golden jellyfish: a unique, gold-colored subspecies that draws visitors from all over the world […]
Humans aren’t the only social animals in the world: one has to simply look at dogs and their uncanny ability to bond with anything from cats to deer and even lions. But being sociable doesn’t just make you the life of the party, be it in the human or animal kingdom — it may also
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Thirty, furry, and thriving, a Portuguese pooch named Bobi is officially recognized as the oldest dog ever recorded. Per a press release from Guinness World Records, it was confirmed that Bobi is 30 years and 266 days old as of February 1, which makes him both the oldest dog alive today and, possibly, in history.
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The idea for the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation was first sparked during the 1990s in the San Francisco Bay area. According to the foundation’s website, in response to the trend of dishearteningly negative news coverage during a “summer of violence,” a reporter proposed “practicing random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty” instead.
When Laura Talmus’ 15-year-old daughter Lili unexpectedly passed away in 2009 due to medical complications of Apert syndrome, she channeled her grief into action. What began as a middle school assembly, inspired by Lili’s experiences as a student who often spent lunch alone, turned into the nonprofit Beyond Differences, which currently works with 9,000 schools
While parking garages for automobiles are a common sight around the world, Amsterdam’s new state-of-the-art garages for bicycles may be a game-changer for cyclists. Not only are they located underground and underwater, but they are also housed nearby the bustling Amsterdam Central Station. The train station sees 200,000 travelers every day, The Verge reports, with
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Many artists have struggled under the shadow of obscurity, waiting years for their talent to be recognized. Lore around Vincent Van Gogh, for example, suggests he sold only one piece in his lifetime. Such is not the case for 11-year-old Andres Valencia. Not only have his paintings earned him admiration in the art world, they
Sabrina Thompson is an aerospace engineer for NASA as well as a passionate artist — and she found a way to combine the two seemingly contradictory fields. The innovator is on a mission to create the first spacesuit “designed by women for women.” Thompson is the founder and CEO of a clothing brand called Girl
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Each morning at a small charter school in Gainesville, Florida, students in kindergarten through fifth grade participate in affirmations, asserting that they’re one day going to “change the world.” They’ve been given the space to cultivate that confidence through the actions of a caring couple who devoted their professional lives to teaching. In 1998, after
Though invented almost 200 years ago, renewed interest in electric vehicles rose in popularity in the 1990s, making way for the various models on the road today. Now, another type of clean energy is on the horizon for the automobile industry: Solar-powered cars may soon become a mainstream mode of transportation — as long as a
