Inspiring hope, living by faith
Meet Master Degbo, a Chinese Shaolin kung fu and tai chi teacher on the other side of the world from China. From the West African nation of Benin comes the ultimate story in intercultural...
In the usually sleepy Swiss town of Mulegns, pop. 11, a dramatic white tower rises four stories into the Alpine air—the tallest 3D-printed structure on earth. One might imagine such a technological marvel to...
For the 10% of the global population that live near an active and potentially dangerous volcano, help may be forthcoming from an unlikely source: trees. In advance of volcanic eruptions, carbon dioxide gases are...
In Yosemite National Park, the eradication of non-native American bullfrogs has led to the return of California’s only native turtle species. The northwestern pond turtle has been proposed as a threatened species according to...
In Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, a local business sorts through thousands of donated sneakers to decide the best way to keep them out of landfills. Whether pristine or worn out, each pair will have...
A woman who “never liked dogs” has been walking and biking around the world with a street dog that she found neglected and covered in fleas. An Australian cattle dog, ‘Butch’ must now be...
From Pensacola comes the story of an improvised rescue that saved the life of a teenage girl who was caught in a riptide. A seizure-prone fisherman used his specialized drone to lower a life-preserver...
The title of a 2,000-year-old Greek philosophical text has been read by computer scientists using AI to study scrolls buried by the eruption of Vesuvius. On Vices was written by Philodemus, a Greek philosopher who...
An absolutely staggering new perception of our Moon and Sun was captured by a little-known NASA mission called PUNCH. Showing a halo of light surrounding an eclipsed sun with the Moon passing through, it...
The first human bladder transplant was successfully carried out at University of California LA, an attempt that has been four years in the making. There are naturally many unknowns associated with the procedure, which...