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Repo Man Pays-off Car for Elderly Couple After Towing It
Jim Ford has grown cynical during his 20 years of repossessing cars – but after hearing about the Kippings' financial situation, his heart softened.
Chobani Announces Paid Parental Leave Policy For All Employees No Matter the Wage
The beloved natural food company now has delicious benefits too – all salaried and hourly employees will get 6 weeks 100% paid parental leave.
Smartphone Microscope Will Let Kids Easily Explore Microbiology
This 3D-printed smartphone attachment will allow kids and students to learn about microbiology in a way that has never been available before.
‘Cool’ Clothing Breakthrough Could Slash Emissions by Making You Cooler
Turn off your air conditioner and stay cool in your tee shirt instead.
That's the idea behind a new wrap-like material that Stanford University scientists...
Sean Parker Gives $250 Million for Immunotherapy Cancer Research
Sean Parker, known as the co-founder of Napster and first president of Facebook, has just donated $250 million to create a new center for immunotherapy...
One of the World’s Top Aging Researchers has a Pill to Keep You Feeling Young
Anti-aging promises have been around since Ponce de Leon went looking for the Fountain of Youth, but the latest promising news comes from an...
Software Saves Prescription Drugs From Landfills, Sends to Needy Patients
A group of Stanford University graduates have created a nonprofit organization to save millions of jars of prescription medication from the trash–and get them...
Doctor Brings Caring on Campus With Mobile Medical Van for Homeless Teens
When teens can’t go to the doctor, Dr. Seth Ammerman brings his office directly to them.
Ammerman runs a mobile health clinic out of a...
It’s Random Acts of Kindness Week: The Health Benefits of Being Kind and Ideas for Rocking It
Did you know that people who are kind produce 23% less cortisol (the stress hormone) and age slower than the average population? It’s true....
Four Ways To Be In Love With Your Relationship In The Present Moment
We all know that Happily Ever After doesn’t always pan out. Tinderella and Prince Match.com don’t always ride off into the sunset, either, but...
Mealworms Love Eating Styrofoam! Breakthrough Discovery Best In 10 Years
Who would have thought that the container used to transport your take-out food could be a meal itself?
For the right consumer, it is.
Mealworms, scientists...
American Swimmer Stuns World, First to Win All These Races in Single Meet
Like any world-class athlete, 18-year-old swimmer Katie Ledecky can swim hundreds of meters and make it look easy.
And, a mere 30 minutes later,...
8 Things We Love About the Dalai Lama on his 80th Birthday
Today is the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday, and he’s celebrating it with a three-day forum centered around compassion. His Holiness is using the three days to...
Canadian Company Will Make Student Loan Payments for New Hires
With graduation in full swing, many young adults are getting ready to head into the ‘real’ world to seek out jobs that can help...
Sacrificing to Help Brother Go To School, Selfless Sister Is Rewarded With Tuition
Sometimes, good things happen to good people.
Young Lauren Burgos had always planned to go to college, possibly even to become a lawyer. But when...
4 Steps to Ease the Stress of Tax Day
It’s Tax Day in the United States today, a time when stress mounts so much that it becomes almost dangerous to be on the...
What We Can Learn From James Bond About Living a Meaningful Life (007 Tips)
62 years ago today, the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published on April 13, 1953. The English author, Ian Fleming, was a...
Mounting Research Shows Deadly Peanut Allergies Are Preventable — And Even Reversible
Children who once risked death every time their body came in contact with a tiny speck of peanut butter are now eating 8-12 peanuts...
First Woman to Win ‘Nobel Prize of Math’
Stanford University professor Maryam Mirzakhani made history this week by becoming the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal – known as the...
Bill Gates Touts Power Of Optimism in Touching Commencement Speech
In a June commencement address at Stanford University, Bill and Melinda Gates explained the power of optimism, which is at the root of the...