6 Heroes of the Las Vegas Shooting You Need to Know About
On October 1, when a crazed gunman opened fire on a crowd of people attending a music festival in Las Vegas, he left a horrific new mark on America’s growing list of mass shootings, with...
NASA Engineer Thinks Drones Will Save the Earth. Here’s How
A company known as BioCarbon Engineering has developed a way to use drone technology as a solution to the relentless devastation of the Earth’s forests. The company, founded by ex-NASA engineer Lauren Fletcher, plans to combat...
In This Isolated Village, Little Girls Are Turning Into Boys at Puberty
For most boys and girls, puberty is an awkward and difficult time. Voices drop, moods swing, and hair grows in places it never did before. But in an isolated village in the Dominican Republic, 1...
New VR Therapy Helps Kids in the Hospital Cope With Stress and Pain
Physicians at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, USA are addressing the challenge of pain and anxiety management in the most innovative of ways— distraction-based virtual reality (VR) therapy. Pediatric anesthesiologists Sam Rodriguez and Thomas Caruso...
Man Removes Swastika Tattoos After Befriending African American Parole Officer
Colorado resident Michael Kent spent over twenty years of his life hating people who were different than him. He participated in violent neo-Nazi demonstrations and served as an active member in an Arizona-based white supremacist...
9 Easy Ways You Can Help Save Our Oceans From Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest threats to the ocean ecosystems. Last year, a study estimated that approximately 8 million metric tonnes of plastic enter the ocean from the land every year. The statistics on...
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 on trash cans, cracked pavement and tree trunks across the...
Revolutionary Synthetic Muscle Brings Us One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have just taken a big step towards making the movie Terminator a reality. They’ve made a breakthrough in the field of soft robotics and have successfully produced a 3D printed synthetic...
Antibody Effective Against 99% of HIV Strains Could Finally Eradicate the Virus
A major breakthrough from collaborating scientists at the US National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi means that we could be just a few years away from the worldwide eradication of HIV. HIV...
Dad Turns Sick Kids Into Superheroes in This Epic Photoshoot
In October last year, photographer John Rossi got a lot of attention for transforming his 3-year-old daughter into Wonder Woman for Halloween and staging an epic photoshoot. Feeling inspired, John decided to take his project...
Puerto Rico Could Take Decades to Rebuild & Needs Our Help Now
It has been a week since Hurricane Maria slammed into the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, with winds near 150 mph. Maria was the strongest storm to hit the island since 1926, and the level...
A 97-Year-Old WWII Vet Took a Knee to Show His Support to NFL Players
“Those kids have every right to protest” is all that John Middlemas needed to say to explain why he took a knee this past Sunday. Brennan Gilmore took a photo of his grandfather, a 97-year-old...
How One Anonymous Twitter Account is Cutting Off Breitbart’s Funding
In November 2016, shortly after Trump’s victory in the Presidential election, a Twitter account called ‘Sleeping Giants’ (@slpng_giants) was created. Exactly a week after the election, it sent out its first tweet, alerting a company...
Every Year, This Nature Park Transforms Into an Underwater Forest (Video)
Near the town of Tragoss, Austria, exists a natural wonder that will truly leave you stunned. There is a very special lake called the Grüner See (Green Lake), which lies at the foot of the...
This Awesome Rescue Dog Saved Dozens of Lives After Mexico City’s Earthquake
Mother Nature hasn’t shied away from displaying her power lately, with three hurricanes pummeling the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbeans, and a massive earthquake rattling Mexico City. You’ve likely seen the harrowing news footage...
New Study Shows Big Pharma is Lying About Real Cost of Anti-Cancer Drugs
A recent study suggests that anti-cancer drugs in the US are significantly overpriced, and that even with research and development costs considered, these elevated prices cannot be justified. The extraordinary cost associated with cancer treatment...
Trump’s Ban is Already Ruining Transgender People’s Lives in the Military
The recent decision by President Trump to reinstate a ban on transgendered people serving in the military has stirred up widespread controversy both in and outside the military – and the President is likely to...
How You Can Help Fight the Repeal of DACA, in Three Easy Actions
Since President Trump announced an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) earlier this month, the future of thousands of young immigrants has been up in the air. Set in place by...