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World’s First LEED Platinum Hospital Thriving in Austin
Unique among its peers, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve a LEED Platinum...
Good News in History, November 6
807 years ago today, the Charter of the Forest was signed in England by King Henry III. This law document is sometimes described as...
Sunday Funnies: Cat Teaches New Kitten The House Rules By Dragging Him Off Kitchen Counter (Watch)
A family's surveillance video has captured a cat teaching the house rules to the new kitten—picking it up by the scruff of the neck...
World’s Only ‘Bookstore Airbnb’ Has 2-Year Wait List for Guests Wanting to Sell Used Books By Day
More than 450 guests have enjoyed accommodations in the “world's only book shop Airbnb” where guests spend the night—and run the store during the...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
10 Major Metrics Show The American Recovery is Best in the World – And Still Improving
The global pandemic plunged the entire world into economic free fall and societal unrest. Since then, one notable country has emerged successfully to stabilize...
Tiny Home Village for Salt Lake City‘s Homeless Gets Green Light for 430 Units
Taking the lead to fight the homelessness epidemic in America, the Salt Lake City council has moved forward with a plan to lease 8...
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.