Thailand's Famous Macaque "Uncle Fat" Placed On A Diet!
Thailand’s free-roaming monkeys are a huge tourist draw. The primates, mostly macaques, are known to boldly visit with tourists who lure them with food. One of these monk...
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Can These Plastic-Eating Wax Worms Help Reduce Our Trash?
Though plastic shopping bags are incredibly cheap and useful, their disposal causes widespread pollution. That's because the non-biodegradable polyethylene takes centurie...
Japan's Spectacular Train Suite Shiki-shima Is Like None Other
Japan’s newly unveiled Train Suite Shiki-shima that travels at a leisurely pace of 110 kph (68 mph) is a bit of an anomaly in a country known for magnetic levitation bull...
Microsoft's Project Torino Helps Visually Impaired Children Learn To Code
With technology permeating almost every aspect of our lives, the demand for computer programmers can only increase. To train the workforce of the future, companies around...
U.K. Gym Offers Group Napping Classes For Exhausted Clients
In our increasingly fast-paced, technology-driven world, most adults do not get the recommended 8-10 hours of sleep every night. Things are even worse for those with youn...
Germany Unveils The World's Largest Artificial Sun
The Earth’s natural power plant — the sun — bathes the planet with more than enough green energy to fulfill all our power needs. However, while we have managed to harness...
Emmanuel Macron Is France's Youngest Leader Since Napoleon Bonaparte
On May 7, 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron became France’s youngest leader since 35-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor in 1804. The former economy minister is als...
Italian Architect Envisions "Forest Cities" To Combat China's Air Pollution
Ever since Malaysian ecologist-architect Ken Yeang introduced the concept in the 1990’s, living walls and rooftops have become an increasingly common sight in both reside...
Indonesian Activists Rescue Rare Albino Orangutan
On April 29, officials at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) received a tip from the local police chief that some villagers in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan pr...
Your Next Smartphone May Have A Self-Healing Screen
While smartphones continue to get increasingly sophisticated and resilient, the same cannot be said about the display screen. The Gorilla Glass cover used for most high-e...
Flying Cars Edge Closer To Reality
Flying cars have been in the works since 1946, when aeronautical engineer Ted Hall created two prototypes of the ConvAirCar. Unfortunately, a crash landing due to low fue...
Celebrate Earth Day With These Fun Activities
Forty-seven years ago, on April 22, 1970, twenty million Americans took to the streets to voice their concern about the deteriorating environment and urge the government...
New York City's Skyline May Get Even More Interesting With The "Big Bend"
New York City’s impressive skyline that includes iconic structures like the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, may get even more interesting with the additi...
Video Of The Week — Feathers Explode On International Pillow Fight Day
What better way to spend an afternoon than having an old-fashioned pillow fight with total strangers? That, believe it or not, is what thousands of fun-loving adults and...
United Kingdom Begins Formal Process To Exit The European Union
On June 23, 2016, the residents of the United Kingdom (UK) shocked the world by voting for the country’s exit from the European Union (EU), or “Brexit.” On March 29, almo...
Video Of The Week — Cheese Pizza Topped With Cotton Candy? Yum!
In Japan, the onset of spring is synonymous with the cherry blossom, or sakura, season. To attract some of the thousands of locals and tourists that flock to parks to see...
Julia, A New Muppet With Autism, Finds Her Way To Sesame Street
While the fact that Julia is “Sesame Street’s” first new Muppet in a decade is certainly newsworthy, that is not the only thing that makes her special. The cheery, green-...
Celebrate Women's History Month With These Inspiring Women
American historian Laurel Ulrich once said, “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” In celebration of Women’s History Month, here are a few of the millions of brave wom...
Do We Sleep To Forget Irrelevant Memories? Some Scientists Certainly Think So!
Researchers have long maintained that we sleep to accomplish a neural or physiological function that cannot be completed when awake. Why else would higher animals waste a...
Finally! Smart Prescription Glasses That Adjust To Your Vision Automatically
As most people age, the crystalline lenses in their eyes start to stiffen and are unable to change shape as easily. As a result, objects in close range start to look blur...
Video Of The Week — Adorable Kids Crash Dad's Live Television Interview
On March 10, Professor Robert Kelly was doing what the expert on South Korea does regularly — discussing a political situation on live television with a BBC News reporter...
Rejoice! It's The First Day Of Spring And International Day Of Happiness!
Residents of the US East Coast still recovering from last week’s record snowstorms will be happy to know that today is not just the first day of spring, but also the Inte...
Should The Nearly Submerged "Zealandia" Be Classified As A Continent?
If some geologists have their way, world maps will soon be altered to reflect an eighth continent. Dubbed “Zealandia,” the landmass that lies east of Australia covers 1.9...
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About St. Patrick's Day!
Every year on March 17, millions of people worldwide celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by participating in parades, wearing green, and searching for leprechauns in the hopes of...