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Pipe Dreams Comes True For Top Tradesmen at the First National Plumbing Championship

On a mission to elevate the profile of plumbers, the first-ever Plumbing National Championship attracted the crème de la crème of American tradespeople to...

Hero Plumber Has Helped 10,000 Vulnerable Families Fix Heating and Plumbing For FREE During Pandemic

A kind-hearted plumber has spent $77,000 during the pandemic helping thousands of vulnerable families fix their heating and plumbing for free. In 2017, James Anderson...

Navajo Lady Delivers Water 75 Miles Every Day to Homes Without Plumbing

The Navajo call Darlene Arviso “the water lady,” because for six years she's delivered this liquid luxury to families in 250 homes that lack indoor plumbing. Arviso fills two 55-gallon blue...

64% of U.S. Homeowners Are Willing to Attempt Home Renovations on Their Own–But are Intimidated in Two Areas

86% of American homeowners are inspired by watching home renovation shows—on average, about seven hours of remodeling content each week—enough to become armchair experts...

They Accidentally Bought a Run-Down House in Scotland But Restored it With Love After Whoopsie Auction (LOOK)

Some people enjoy the thrill of a blind auction, but you probably wouldn't be comfortable buying anything other than a record collection or some...

Discovery of Electric Blue Tarantula Stuns Scientists Who Auction Naming Rights for Charity

Even arachnophobes may have to tip their hat to this beast, who seems to bend all the rules of his race by sporting electric...

Good News in History, September 18

72 years ago today, A Streetcar Named Desire, the film based on the play by Tennessee Williams, premiered in New York City. Starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon...

Across Florida, Buildings Are Quietly and Quickly Being Assembled with Real-Life LEGO Bricks

A Florida construction firm is seeing fast adoption of its intuitively-made building blocks that work like real-life LEGO bricks. The interlocking blocks made of a...

Armless 7-Year-old Boy Gets to Finally Go Fishing–After Donation of a New ‘Hero Arm’ (LOOK)

A seven-year-old boy born without an arm has been able to hold a fishing rod with two hands for the first time. Alex Sparkes spent...

‘Mother Theresa of Vietnam’ Overcame Decades of Homelessness to Help Hundreds of Orphans

In Vietnam, a remarkable woman has adopted 346 children after overcoming a life of incredible hardship which started when her parents left her on...

San Quentin Prison is Using a Scandinavian Model of Rehabilitation to Turn Ex-Cons into Good Neighbors

San Quentin State Penitentiary, one of the most notorious and harsh prisons in the US, is the stage for a radical new method of...

First 3D Printed Neighborhood is Providing 100 Sturdy Affordable Solar Homes Near Austin For $400K+

Out in Austin, a 3D-printed neighborhood is taking shape, where 100 homes are being simultaneously made to start next year for around 30% less...

Pipes a Million Times Thinner Than Human Hair Could Deliver Personalized Therapies to Individual Cells

Pipes a million times thinner than a human hair could deliver personalized therapies to individual cells, according to new research. The 'world's tiniest plumbing system'...

“Britain’s Kindest Plumber” Hailed as Modern-Day-Hero for Charity Work that Has Helped Over 52,000 Families

A plumber in England is being hailed as a modern day hero after he founded a social enterprise which has helped more than two...

Legendary Spanish Galleon Shipwreck Discovered After Vanishing 300 Years Ago

In 1693, a Spanish trading ship left the colony in Manilla heading for Mexico. It was never to be seen again until our generation. Now,...

Ohio Family Converts a 1903 Church Into Their Home – and it’s Pretty Amazing (Look)

A family of seven have converted a 1903 church into their home, using the pews as seats at the dining room table, and even...

World’s First 3D-Printed House Made Of Local Raw Earth – And it Closes the Roof With a Dome

Inspired by the potter wasp, an Italian architecture firm has used 3D printing to make the domed, beehive-like structure of a house out of...

Dog Trapped in Narrow Crevice Licked Moisture From Walls Until Rescuers Found Her With Plumber’s Camera

A dog which was trapped in a rocky crevice was successfully rescued unharmed after five days without food or water. The incident started when a...

Company Embodies ‘Right to Repair’ By Redesigning Auto Parts That Constantly Fail—And Selling Them Cheaper

One innovative company perfectly embodies the ideals of consumers who deserve and are demanding the 'right to repair'. Dorman Products' constant detective work to see...

As Incarceration Rate Falls, U.S. Prisons Are Being Repurposed into Homeless Shelters, Farms – Even Movie Studios

U.S. prison populations are declining. This is not only attributable to the easing of drug laws across the country, but also in rising standards...