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...
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...
Last month, organizers of the famed Underwater Photographer of the Year competition announced their picks for 2017. Spooky shipwrecks, impossible close ups and captures of...
When artist and photographer Kim Keever grew tired of traditional painting methods, he began looking for ways to create interesting landscapes to shoot in the...
Photographer Erik Johansson creates surreal scenes from his imagination using only his camera and some clever computer skills. He layers countless photographs into one...
The annual National Geographic Travel Photographer competition is currently accepting entries. The prestigious award attracts a vast range of work from photographers across the globe who...
Jati Putra Pratama is an Indonesian graphic designer whose recent work has made him gain an impressive 100,000 followers on Instagram, and it's not hard...
Mother Nature hit the midwest with some serious power last week with a massive storm that included some pretty devastating hail. Laughing Squid picked...