Nancy Ray was certain she was pregnant with a girl. However, after a laborious birth, the parents were shocked by a newborn baby boy. The photo of that moment—full of heart and joy—went viral, but most people don’t know the full story behind it, which includes a heavy snowstorm and two strains of flu as...

Let’s face it, being a teacher is not an easy job, especially for those working with large groups of young children, every day. It takes an unimaginable amount of patience to be successful in this career. As an adult or parent, you are already aware that life involves interactions with a wide spectrum of people....

We have entered an age of minimalism, something that everyone seems to be after these days. It’s a time where less is more. This catchall term offers a way to achieve simplicity through decluttering. You can practice this for your home, wardrobe, lifestyle and mentality. As we shift into this age of decluttering, adult generations...

Come on, ladies. Just use toilet paper and make the world a better place. If it’s not a porta-potty, all you have to do to protect yourself is use a paper towel and sit down to pee. If you don’t want to sit at all, you can consider one of those urination device thingies (make...

An Uber Driver from San Mateo, California has just been arrested. He reportedly picked up passengers from their home to take them to the airport, and then went back to their home afterward to break in. Video surveillance on the doorbell camera shows the man slowly approaching a home and then running off the property...

Lindsay was shocked to discover that at age 36, she had shingles. Initially believing that the pain in her right shoulder was due to a torn muscle. But when the red marks turned into blisters, this nursing student knew – she had shingles. ‘It was the worst pain I’d ever felt – and I have...

“I’m a Little Too Fat, a Little Too Giving. I Think I Know Why.” 35-year-old Kristine Levine, a member on the Medium website, shares an emotional true-life story of poverty and generosity on her feature story page. Kristine was only five when her divorced mother took her to a town in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, at...

Coelacanths are some of the strangest fish that swim the world’s oceans. These wonderfully ugly fish have remained almost unchanged for over 400 million years – that’s over 160 million years before the first dinosaurs appeared. However, even these so-called “living fossils” aren’t safe from the problems facing the world’s oceans. Blue Planet Society, a UK-based environmental pressure...

“I think gray hair is a gift from the moon! When the moon laughs, her eyes produce tears of joy that fall to the earth and onto the tops of people’s heads!” ― C. JoyBell C. The appearance of a gray strand of hair, for many, is not a welcome sight. Many find it quite disconcerting to...

Since the Stone Age, humans have developed and refined the use of cutlery to prepare and eat their food. However, some foods are best enjoyed in their most natural form—eaten with your hands. Cultural norms and traditions around the world celebrate this tactile connection to food, enhancing the sensory and communal dining experience. Here are...

Carbon dioxide (CO2), as many know, is one of the primary gases contributing to the global warming crises [1]. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that absorbs heat and releases it slowly over time. Naturally, the greenhouse effect is necessary because, without it, the temperature of the earth would probably be far below the freezing point....

The refugee crisis is all over the news, but the suffering is not over. The underlying cause of families abandoning their homes to seek shelter in safer territory, the wars, and poverty, have not been resolved. Refugee camps are set up to provide temporary accommodation for those who are forced to leave their homes because...