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Roadless Vermonters Turn Woodland Path into Pedestrian Lifeline
After flooding ripped apart roads (now under construction) near Killington, Vermont, townspeople have marshaled their resources, taking a quiet half-mile trail over a mountain...
10 Surprising Things That Boost Your Health
While we all know eating healthy foods and exercising are the basic tenets of wellness, some of the scientific research points to unexpected activities...
Children’s Toy Inspires Cheap, Easy Production of High-tech Diagnostic Chips
In 2006, Michelle Khine, PhD arrived at the University of California's brand-new Merced campus eager to establish her first lab. She was experimenting with...
‘University of the People’ Offers Online Courses to Poor Students
After the earthquake in Haiti destroyed much of the country’s higher-education infrastructure, the University of the People decided to set up three computer centers...
How A Pharmaceutical Giant Is Battling Malnutrition On The Ground In Haiti
Sometimes, corporations actually bring their know-how and human capital to bear on a problem, instead of just giving money to a cause. The global...
Man Raises Money to Offer Busloads of Veggies to a Neighborhood Without Produce
For folks living in West Chicago, it is hard to find fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, which is why one man took it...
Good Karma: Buddhists Liberate 500 Lobsters Destined for Dinner Plates
In celebration of a holiday commemorating the Buddha's call for compassion and kindness, a group of Tibetan Buddhists purchased 535 live lobsters at a...
US Tech Boom Fuels Surge in Jobs, Jazzier Perks
The tech sector is fueling a job boom that stands in stark contrast to the malaise of the general job market.
Competition for cloud computing...
Sweet Deal for Girls After Lemonade Stand was Closed for Lack of Permit
Three girls whose lemonade stand was shut down by the police in Midway, Georgia, for not having a business license and food permit, were...
When Drugs Don’t Work: Restoring Happiness in People With Depression
Practicing positive activities may serve as an effective, low-cost treatment for people suffering from depression, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside...
A ‘Dear Abby’ for the Down and Out
In this recession, many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, but people in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, have a unique safety net of sorts:...
NASCAR Driver Jeff Gordon’s Generosity Continues With Congo Trip to Help Refugees
Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon just returned from a week-long trip in Africa working with the Rethink Refugees foundation to find better...
In.gredients Wants To Be The First Packaging And Waste-Free Grocery Store
In an industry littered with excess packaging, it sounds like an impossible goal: in.gredients, a startup out of Austin, Texas, wants to create the...
US Troops Stop to Build Up Costa Rica After Helping Haiti
Recently an aircraft carrier docked in a port city near where I live in Costa Rica.
Hundreds of US military personnel - Navy and Marines...
Cooking Up a Recipe for Change
A special cooking school in Washington, DC teaches life skills and self-empowerment to prepare the under-employed, previously incarcerated, and homeless adults for careers in...
Dog Paralyzed in Joplin Tornado is on Road to Recovery Thanks to University Volunteers
Not all the donations to victims of the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May were delivered to the two-legged survivers. A dog named Sugar, found...
Thousands of “Hackers for Good” Build Applications for Humanity
Two years ago representatives from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Hewlett-Packard, NASA and the World Bank came together to form the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK)...
Farming at Leavenworth Prison Trains Inmates, Feeds Needy
A fresh foods program at the Leavenworth Penitentiary has inmates growing a quarter million pounds of produce every year, which produces free healthy food...
Rainforest destruction cut by 25%
Destruction of the world's rain forests has declined by 25 percent in the three most important regions -- the Amazon, the Congo and the...
Top 6 Yoga Poses for Lower Back Pain
Fifteen years ago, I was not acting my age. Since I would recoil from any form of exercise, as well as any green foods,...