Las Vegas is Now Allowing Drivers to Pay Off Parking Tickets By Donating School Supplies
Rather than charge money for parking tickets and driving infractions, the city of Las Vegas is now accepting donations of new, unused school supplies.
Instead of Using Milk Cartons to Search for Missing People, Pizzeria is Attaching Lost Pet Flyers to Pizza Boxes
A New Jersey restaurant is hoping to help reunite local patrons with their furry friends by attaching missing animal flyers to their pizza boxes.
Simone Biles Just Became First Gymnast to Land Double-Double Dismount—and She Absolutely Nailed It
Not only was Biles the first gymast to ever attempt the maneuver, she nailed the jaw-dromming maneuver with flourish.
When 16-Year-old Missed Jonas Brothers Concert for Chemo, They Surprise Her at the Hospital
This 16-year-old chemo patient could barely contain her excitement when she was surprised at the hospital by none other than her favorite boy band.
McDonalds is Turning Dozens of Roadside Billboards into ’Bee Hotels’ in Sweden
McDonalds has started transforming dozens of unused roadside billboards and signs into housing structures for honeybees in Sweden.
Instead of Ticketing a Young Mom, Cop Buys New Child Car Seats and Helps Her Install Them
Rather than issuing a citation to a financially-strapped Wisconsin mom, Officer Zimmerman went out of his way to buy new car seats for her kids.
You Can Now Help Santa Deliver to Low-Income Kids By ‘Adopting’ Their Christmas Letters Through USPS
If you want to help Santa fulfill the wishes of kids whose families may not be able to afford a ton of gifts this year, you can just visit the USPS website.
First Drone Project of Its Kind in Canada is Aiming to Plant 1 Billion Trees by 2028
By planting trees at a rate of 20,000 saplings per drone per day, the group hopes to plant 1 billion trees over the course of the next 8 years.
Here Are a Dozen Different Ways the World Has Rallied Behind Australia During the Bushfires
From donating millions of dollars to wildfire relief funds to serving up meals to exhausted firefighters—Australia is not alone in fighting the blazes.
‘Unprecedented’ New Photos of the Sun’s Surface Are Being Hailed as Landmark Achievement for Science
These groundbreaking photos of the surface of the sun are being hailed as a landmark moment for a “new era of solar astronomy”.
Meet the 18-Year-old Blind Piano Player Who is So Talented, Scientists Are Studying His Brain
The remarkable story of this blind piano prodigy is now helping scientists to better understand the human brain.
Matthew Whitaker has been blind since birth....
Man Doggedly Completes Half-Marathon on His Balcony for Charity Following COVID-19 Shutdown
After months of training for a London half-marathon only to have the event cancelled due to coronavirus, Sam Hustler simply ran 13 miles on his balcony.
World’s Largest Open-Air Gallery Was Painted By People With Learning Disabilities—And It’s Breathtaking
Okuda San Miguel and a team of painters with learning disabilities have been transforming these drab cement silos into works of art.
From Hong Kong to New Zealand, Hawaii and Montana, Officials Celebrate No New Cases of COVID-19
Hong Kong hasn't had a COVID-19 case in 22 days, while New Zealand, Hawaii and Montana are all celebrating days without new COVID cases.
This Inexpensive New Smart Mask Can Amplify the Speaker’s Voice and Translate Speech into 8 Languages
With the first wave of distribution expected before December, an individual C-mask will be sold for roughly $40 to $50.
Viewed Through Venetian Glass: Old Art Form Captures Modern Global Challenges in Stunning Exhibition
As lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and closed recreation facilities have created a mental health crisis in America, art has become the opposite of ‘non-essential’.
Thankfully, on the...
Realtor Transforms Abandoned Properties into Tiny Home Villages That Give Permanent Housing to Chronic Homeless
A realtor in Missouri is determined to make her hometown “a city where no one sleeps outside.”
For nine years Linda Brown and her husband...
94-Year-old Grandmother Wears Dream Wedding Dress, 70 Years After Being Denied Entry to Bridal Shop
A dream deferred doesn’t necessarily mean a dream denied, even if it takes seven decades to come true.
In 1952, Martha and Lehman Tucker became...
World’s Biggest Factory to Suck Carbon from the Sky and Store it For Millions of Years Turns on in Iceland
The “world's largest” factory built solely for the purpose of drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it, has just come online in...
Students Build Solar-Powered Pop-Up Van For Touring in a Brilliant Mobile Home That Has Zero Emissions
22 Dutch university students have completed an 1,800 mile road trip powered only by the sun, on a quest to show that sustainable vehicles...