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Prisoners Change Their Lives, Becoming Expert Braille Transcribers for Blind Students
Just because these inmates are behind bars doesn't mean that they can't make a positive difference in the world, or do something so meaningful...
Baghdad Residents Fly Hundreds of Kites to Counter City’s Image
When Baghdad was called one of the worst capital cities to live in, its citizens had a beautifully colorful response.
Umpire Stops Woman From Committing Suicide Then Works in Stadium With View of Bridge
36-year-old John Tumpane has been been a baseball umpire for more than half of his life – but this week's game in particular was...
Wild Horses Finally Return to Homeland 50 Years After They Vanished
These wild horses have been bred in captivity since they were driven to extinction in their homeland – but now, roughly 50 years later,...
When Truck is Vandalized With Racist Graffiti Auto Shop Will Not Just Stand By
When a man pulled his truck into a Buffalo, New York auto repair shop, the workers were stunned into silence.
Spray painted across the silver Chevy...
Veterans Find Peace Protecting African Wildlife from Poachers
U.S. Military personnel returning home from combat have a hard enough time adjusting to civilian life, let alone attempting to find suitable employment. Veterans are...
Memorial Day: How to Celebrate the Right Way–With Gratitude
Today on Memorial Day, Americans are supposed to honor the soldiers who died to protect the nation’s freedom and safety. The men and women who chose to...
22-Year-old Who Stopped Global Cyberattack Donates His Reward to Charity
A British youth who was awarded $10,000 for accidentally stopping an international cyberattack has just announced that he will be donating the cash to charity and...
Fukushima Rice is Safe For the First Time Since Nuclear Disaster
Japanese rice farmers have finally been able to plant their first crop of rice since the nuclear meltdown six years ago.
Three nuclear reactors in Fukushima were...
Facebook Provides Valuable Safety Net for the Bereaved, Study Finds
Neuroscientists have long noted that if certain brain cells are destroyed by, say, a stroke, new circuits may be laid in another location to...
Senate Agrees to Give Everglades 78-Billion Gallon Drink of Cleaner Water
The Florida Senate has just passed a bill that would cleanse and refresh the Everglades with over 78 billion gallons of clean water.
The congregation...
How Yoga Turns Your Bad Thoughts into Good Thoughts
You learned in grade school science class that energy can appear in either the potential or kinetic form. The electricity in the wiring of...
Google is Devoting $50 Million to Closing Global Educational Gap
As kids in the modern world learn more and more through the use of technology, some school children without that same access to internet...
Company Develops Shipping Pallet That Can Be Transformed into Sports Equipment for Refugees
With the backdrop of increasingly negative rhetoric and government policy directed at displaced people, this Brooklyn-based company is working to make sure that refugees...
Easy Intervention Proves Effective in Reducing Suicide Among Soldiers
Suicidal behavior among active-duty service members can be reduced for up to six months with a relatively simple intervention that gives them concrete steps...
Costco Pushes Suppliers Away From Bee-killing Pesticides
Costco debuted the news that it will take steps to address bee-killing pesticides in its supply chain.
Its inaugural bee policy encourages suppliers of garden...
Irish Parliament Passes Historic Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill
Last Thursday, Irish Parliament passed a historic bill that would lead Ireland to becoming the first country in the world to divest its sovereign...
We Might Be Able to Stop Tsunamis in Their Tracks by Firing Sound Waves
Devastating tsunamis could be halted before hitting the Earth's shoreline by firing deep-ocean sound waves at the oncoming mass of water, new research has...
65K Streetlights in Detroit Illuminate Exciting New Growth
One month ago on December 8th, Detroit representatives held a ceremony to illuminate the city with 65,000 newly-installed streetlights.
As a result of the Michigan city...
Even Though These Villagers Were Poor, They Saved Thousands of Lives
This new documentary short interviews the people who – though they owned very little – put their lives on hold to help thousands of people.