From Planet Green TV comes this rundown of their picks for the Top 5 animal rescues of the decade. An angel Dog, a pig who gets attention on the highway to rescue its owner and a goat warmer are three of the "Planet 100 Top 5 Superhero Animals."
London's fashion week kicked off with some of the biggest names in fashion, politics and sport, hitting the catwalk to raise money for women, children and babies in Haiti.
The Fashion For Relief show, organized by supermodel Naomi Campbell, raised more than £1million. Online auctions of donated items could double that amount say the organizers. You can bid on clothes modelled by the celebs at www.net-a-porter.com starting March 15 for two weeks.
Back in 2007, Northwestern neuroscientist Nina Kraus led a team of researchers that showed that training in music as a youngster helps boost speech and reading abilities—since the same pathways used for mastering music are used for language.
Research shows music training leads to better brain function, so schools should make sure that they keep offering music programs.
A 12 year-old girl saved the lives of scores of inhabitants of Juan Fernandez archipelago, 373 miles from the Chilean coastline, when she sounded the alert following an earthquake.
A Giant tsunami wave descended on their islands -- an after-effect of the devastating 8.8 earthquake that struck Concepcion, in central-southern Chile on Saturday.
"According to La Tercera newspaper, the child, named Maritna Maturana, learned about the strong quake through her grandfather, a mainland resident of Valparaíso, and ran to the center park of Robinson Crusoe, the archipelago's main island, sounding the gong that is is the town's main emergency alarm.
"The sound woke several townspeople, who also started sounding bells and running towards the highlands, minutes before a giant wave destroyed a good portion of the land. So far, 8 fatalities and 13 missing have been reported.
We've just concluded what might have been the most environmentally friendly Olympics to date.
During the next global sporting event, the FIFA World Cup, Nike's official team jerseys -- worn by nine teams -- will be made from plastic bottles that otherwise would have been destined for landfill sites in Japan and Taiwan. And, the manufacturing process uses 30 percent less energy in production.