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Support for Paris Floods In From Around the World (Video)
Support for Paris is flooding into France from around the world, after scores of people were killed in deadly attacks yesterday.
In a statement, Chinese...
Food For Miles: 2015 World’s Fair Shows Off Innovation of 145 Countries
With a theme, “Feeding the Planet,” the 2015 World’s Fair in Milan has attracted millions to Italy this year by showcasing design innovation and...
Skyrocketing Donations Save the First Spacesuit Worn on the Moon
When the Smithsonian Institution took the small step of launching a Kickstarter campaign to save the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the first moonwalk,...
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...
Swiping for Peace: Dating App Brings Israelis, Palestinians Together
Could a dating app create “world peace one swipe at a time?”
It’s an ambitious venture, one that the Verona app hopes to successfully spearhead...
Lifeguards in Chile Use Drones to Help Swimmers
Another example of a drone being used as a lifesaver—rather than a killer— is being tested on the beaches of Algarrobo in Chile.
Like the RTS...
Shi’te Lebanese Cleric Offers Olive Branch to Jews, Christians in Non-violence Campaign
Sayyed Muhammad Ali Husseini, a moderate Shia cleric with a doctorate in religion from Iran, called for inter-faith tolerance in a Facebook messages. He...
Honoring Three Men Who Came to B.C., Found Success, and Gave Millions Back
A jovial 87-year-old has parlayed a huge construction business in Iran into a Canadian philanthropic legacy that will continue long after he is gone.
His...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
As Oil Prices Tank, New Era Dawns: From Scarcity to Abundance
"As oil production swells, demand falters and prices slide, the global oil market appears on the verge of a pivotal shift from an era...
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...
Breaking Bard: Shakespeare’s Best Villains
This week marks 450 years since William Shakespeare's birth. This is the 2nd article in a series to honor the historic birthday of perhaps...
Romance Novel Supports Free Dental Care For Domestic Abuse Survivors
For 15 years, dentists from around the U.S. have teamed up with women who are domestic abuse survivors in need of major dental work...
LEGO Donates $3 Million to Educate Refugee Children
The LEGO Foundation presented a $3 million donation to the UN refugee agency on Friday to help improve access to quality primary school education...
Purring Monkey Discovered in the Amazon
A purring monkey and a vegetarian piranha are among the new species of animals discovered during scientific expeditions in the Amazon rainforest. Discovered by researchers...
Potential Diplomatic Breakthrough on Syria Chemical Weapons
Russia and France are working on separate plans for bringing Syria's chemical weapons under international control, after the idea emerged as a way to...
Bolivia Designates World’s Largest Protected Wetland
The Bolivian government recently created the largest protected wetland in the world – an area bigger than the Netherlands and Belgium combined, more than...
Vancouver Students Take Their Plastic Eating Bacteria Idea to TED Stage
High School seniors Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao want to continue pursuing a solution for how to make plastic decompose using natural bacteria already...
CIA Plays the Hero for a Change in True Life Film Thriller, Argo
CIA spies are the good guys for a change in Argo, Ben Affleck’s shrewd reconstruction of a heroic real-life mission to retrieve six Americans...
Hero Dogs Awarded in Star-Studded Ceremony in Hollywood
Number one New York Times bestselling author and blind 9/11 survivor, Michael Hingson will appear as guest judge for the American Humane Association Hero...