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Watch Stepdad Finally Launch His Floating Suit Made of 1,100 Corks, After 3 Years of Secret Work
A man who spent three years building a floating suit made from 1,150 corks has finally debuted his creation.
Kerry Haulotte crafted the one-of-a-kind suit...
Incredible World First Electric Seaglider Vehicle Ready For Production After Successful Test
An incredible hybrid high-speed yacht-seaplane vehicle has completed successful flight tests and is ready now for production.
Designed for sustainable maritime travel, the fully-electric seaglider...
Boy Asked Frank Lloyd Wright to Design Him a Dog House – And He Did
Designer of some of the most celebrated buildings in American history—including Falling Water and the Guggenheim Museum—Frank Lloyd Wright, as it turns out, helped...
$35 Thrift Store Purchase Turns Out to be Priceless 2000-Year-old Roman Bust
A chipped marble statue bought for $35 from a thrift store has turned out to be a priceless 2,000 year-old Roman bust.
When Austin, Texas-based...
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Last week, new water restrictions issued for millions of residents of Southern California highlighted the need to make agriculture more efficient—and a new statewide...
A Hobbit House-Style Visitor Center Has Been Cleverly Built Into a Hill
A Danish visitor center has been cleverly built into a hill.
The Skamlingsbanken in Kolding—which resembles a Hobbit house or even the setting for Teletubbies—is...
A Chair Bought for $5 in a Junk Shop Sells at Auction for over $16,000
A rare wooden chair bought in a junk shop in England for £5 has sold at auction for over £16,000.
The checkerboard design turned out...
A New Neighborhood is Being Built in Utah That Looks Like a European ‘One-Car Town’
Car-free zones, bike lanes, pedestrian-friendly urban design; these aren't the features of a typical American suburb. This sounds like something in The Netherlands rather...
Watch Incredible Moment Young Opera Fan Stands Up During Soprano’s Verdi Performance to Sing Tenor Part
When a famous soprano was solo performing a Verdi aria that's normally a duet, she received a helping hand by a fan—who happened to...
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...
Harvesting Air Conditioning Condensation Could Replace Cities’ Potable Water Use
While looking for ways to make homes and offices more efficient, building managers have realized that something as seemingly insignificant as the water droplets...
The World’s Most Valuable Company Vows to Be 100% Carbon Neutral for its Supply Chain and Product Life-cycle by 2030
Apple unveiled its plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life-cycle for all devices by 2030.
Watch Hero Cat Come to the Rescue of Human Owner Locked Out of the House Without Keys
When Gabriella Tropea got locked out of her house last year, her clever cat Boko was filmed coming to her rescue at the back door.
VHS Tape of Baby Taking First Steps is Finally Returned to Family After Man Found It Inside a Used TV
This Austin man bought an old television set from a Goodwill without having any idea that there was a VHS tape inside depicting a baby's first steps.
Wells Fargo to Donate $1 Billion to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Across America
Wells Fargo’s new philanthropic strategy includes a $1 billion commitment to help solve affordable housing and homelessness issues across America.
After Homeless Man is Featured on the Front Page, His High School Friends From 1971 Rally to Get Him Off the Street
It has been over 50 years since Coy Featherson met up with his Texas friends from high school—but they’re now helping to turn his entire life around.
First-of-its-Kind National Theater Festival for Veterans Using Drama to Find Emotional Resilience
A nonprofit theater organization that pairs the works of Shakespeare with military veterans struggling to find relief, is proud to announce the first-ever National...
This is the Largest Village Built Exclusively to House the Homeless in US – and It’s About to Get Even Bigger
The Texas village is home to 200 men and women who used to sleep on the streets – and now, the community is preparing to rescue ever more future residents.
After Success of First 3D-Printed Home in US, 50 More Homes Are Being Built for Poor Families
Anyone with basic construction experience can build the 3D-printed homes in less than 48 hours.
Bank Restores Stolen Funds to Oldest Living US Veteran After Identity Theft
After the oldest living veteran was the victim of identity theft, his bank made sure to step up and take care of him accordingly.