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Hospitals Are Starting to Make Their Own Drugs to Beat Big Pharma

Fed up with surprises from the pharmaceutical industry, major hospitals in the US are now teaming up to form their own nonprofit drug company. It’s an ambitious plan, but hospitals are determined to combat price hikes and chronic shortages in generic drugs. The most notorious...

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The Psychedelic Pop Art Portraits of Nicky Barkla

''For any painter, an artwork is like a little secret, it holds many hours of life - many feelings and hours are poured into one still image. A piece of art can hold worlds of words never spoken''. Australian Artist Nicky Barkla uses painting to explore her fascination with the hidden vulnerabilities that we as humans disguise behind social constructs. Vibrant colors dance within fantasy worlds. Her...

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10 Black People Who Are Making History in 2018

All of the people listed below, and so many more that could not be fit on this list, deserve more than a month's recognition for...

10 Positive News Stories You Missed This Month

Let's not kid ourselves, 2017 was a rough year in many ways. It's a new year though, and already 2018 is looking like an improvement...

Boy’s Harvard Acceptance Video Went Viral for All the Right Reasons

16-year-old Ayrton Little has become a viral sensation after a video of his acceptance into Harvard began blowing up Twitter. The video above depicts Ayrton...

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The ‘Googly Eye Movement’ is Taking Over the Streets All Around the World

A new and adorable movement has erupted quite unexpectedly in recent times, and it's making the streets a whole lot friendlier. Novelty googly eyes have been popping up...

Japanese Master of Balloon Art Makes the Most Elaborate Animals Ever

Masayoshi Matsumoto is a Japanese balloon artist who will put any other balloon animal in the history of kid parties to shame. Forget the humble...

Artist Brings Boring Objects to Life and Brightens Everyone’s Day

There's a cheeky street artist running rampant in the streets of New York City, brightening up everyone's day. The artist, who goes by the name...

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What Amazon & JPMorgan’s New Health Care Company Means For You

On Tuesday morning, three of the largest companies in the US made an announcement that completely rattled the healthcare industry. Amazon, JPMorgan, and Berkshire Hathaway revealed their plans to start a joint company aimed at providing “simplified, high-quality and transparent” health care for their employees that is “free from profit-making incentives and constraints”. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett called healthcare costs “a hungry tapeworm...

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