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This First Transgender Doll Aims to Educate Kids About Gender Identity

To an adult, a child's toy may appear to be nothing but a colorful piece of plastic that clutters the lounge room floor. But in reality, a simple toy can be an incredibly powerful educational tool for the young minds that engage with them. That's why a toy manufacturer in Canada has developed Sam, the world's first transgender doll. Sam is designed to educate, not...

This New Digital Urn Makes us Approach Death in a Radically Different Way

The traditions of burial and cremation after death are near universal practices that have come to be recognized as fundamentally human signs of respect for our dead. We have buried our dead for over 100,000 years and traditions of cremation stretch back 20,000 years; these are ancient signals of love, empathy, and belief in afterlife utterly unique to our species and culture. However, as...
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These Haunting Sculptures of Children Will Send Chills Down Your Spine

Gehard Demetz grew up in the Dolomites, northern Italy, an area with a history of battle and warfare. His haunting sculptures, expertly carved from...

Billions in Student Loan Debt May be Wiped Away. Here’s Why

Imagine walking into a court and announcing that Warren Buffett, Donald Trump, and Mark Zuckerberg all owe you money. Sounds pretty fantastic, doesn’t it?...

Why is the U.S. the Only Developed Country Without Paid Maternity Leave?

The United States’ failure to provide federally-mandated paid parental leave is undoubtedly one of its greatest social and economic oversights and has grown to...

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 176x208 pixel color display," according to...

Holy Guacamole! These Intricate Food Carvings are Out of This World

26-year-old Daniele Barresi is an Italian carving designer who turns fruits and vegetables into incredible works of art. For years, Daniele has been using...

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...

A Tan Without Actual Sun? We Dreamt About it, Scientists Made it Happen

Good news for all the pale-skinned redheads that burst into flames the second they step onto the beach - you might be able to...

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...

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...

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...

America’s Lunch Shaming Issue is Disgusting and Easy to Fix. So Why Aren’t we?

20 million kids in America receive free school lunches, but many others struggle to pay the $2.35 fee. For those who can’t pay, “lunch...

This Artist ‘Photographing’ His Dreams Will Give You Nightmares

Zdzisław Beksiński was a Polish artist, prolific from the 1960's until his his brutal murder in 2005. Fascinated with death, decay, eroticism, abstractionism and...