80 Brave Strangers Made a Human Chain to Rescue a Drowning Family
In danger of drowning and completely desperate, 80 brave strangers came forward to save Stephen and Noah Ursey from what could have been a horrible tragedy. The siblings, ages 8 and 11, were recently swimming...
Atlanta’s HIV Rate is so Bad, This Rapper Turned a Trap House Into a Free Clinic
Atlanta residents driving down Howell Mill Road got a colorful surprise this week when they saw a prewar bungalow splashed with pink and the word “Trap” spray-painted in black over the home’s porch. The “trap...
Believe it or Not, These Incredible Photos Have All Been Shot With an iPhone
The first cellphone to have an inbuilt camera was invented only 15 years ago. The Nokia 7560 boasted a “large 176×208 pixel color display,” according to a media release at the time. At that point, it would have been...
AI Tried to Create Inspirational Quotes, and it Went Hilariously Wrong
AI is a concept that both excites and terrifies us. Machine learning systems are set to revolutionize and streamline the way we live, work, and interact with one another, yet many people are still unnerved...
A Terminally Ill Girl Got the Fairy Tale Wedding She Dreamed Of
(Note: a tidal wave of “all the feels” may hit you reading this story.) A terminally ill 5-year-old got her dream wedding that had her walking the aisle as a fairy princess with her best...
Bill Cosby Goes on Tour to Teach Men How to Avoid Sexual Assault Allegations
After an excruciating 52 hours of deliberation, Bill Cosby’s criminal trial ended in a deadlock last week as the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision and were forced to declare a mistrial. The...
This Family Won $429 Million at the Lottery, and Used it in the Best Possible Way
A New Jersey family is taking the expression “pay it forward” to heart and plans to use their lottery winnings to do some real good in their hometown. While many squander lottery winnings on frivolous...
World’s First Water Park for People with Disabilities Opens in the U.S.
A new water park has opened in San Antonio, Texas, which has been purposely built to accommodate guests of all abilities. The park, Morgan’s Inspiration Island, has been carefully designed to be fully wheelchair-accessible, filled with...
MIT’s Color-Changing Tattoo Tracks Your Health in Real Time
With an incredible new project that blends biotechnology and body art, researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a tattoo ink that changes color to provide real-time updates on the body’s health. The project,...
These 11 Abandoned Places Will Send Chills Down Your Spine
Humans have a long standing fascination with abandoned places. Perhaps it’s the poignant silence of decay, or the sometimes dark and brutal history behind a site’s abandonement. Either way, the images captured of these now...
This Korean Artist Takes ‘Latte Art’ to a Whole New Level
Over the past 5 years, Korea’s coffee industry has exploded to place the country as the 11th largest consumer in the world. In a country where beauty and aesthetics are culturally paramount, it should come as...
98-Year-Old Turned $1,000 Into $2 Million, and Gave it All to Charity
Russ Gremel is “a very simple man” who prefers oatmeal to fine dining. He’s lived in the same house on the outskirts of Chicago for 95 years, and drove the same weathered Dodge for a...
This Woman Went From Being a Hasidic Rabbi to an Inspiring Trans Activist
Abby Stein always considered herself a girl at heart, in body and mind. It wasn’t until she realized everyone else thought she was a boy that she knew something wasn’t right. As she wipes lipstick...
These Cynical Illustrations About Modern Life Will Make You Think
Eduardo Salles is a celebrated advertiser, designer, illustrator, writer and professor at the Miami Ad School. Prolific in an array of professions, Salles also runs a blog called Cinismoilustrado, where he posts ingenious, cynical illustrations about the reality of...
Homeless Hero Who Helped Manchester Victims Gets Rewarded With a Roof Over His Head
Even though pain and heartbreak has engulfed the city of Manchester, there have been incredible stories of kindness trickling out from this week’s terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert. One of those stories centers...
Art Therapy Works Miracles for Veterans With PTSD. Here’s How
For those who have suffered severe physical or emotional trauma, talking directly to a therapist might not be so easy. That’s why art therapy has become increasingly popular in the treatment of difficult psychological conditions...
The New Hype: Tattoos You Can Actually Listen to
Tattoo enthusiasts around the world are in a frenzy over the newest advancement in body art technology – audible, sound wave tattoos. That’s right, you can now have the voice of a loved one or...
Trump’s Way of Inspiring College Graduates? Whining
“Woe is me, why’s the media always keeping me down?” seemed to be a resounding theme of Trump’s commencement speech at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday. A class of bright-eyed young men...