When he was only seventeen back in 2011, Wang Shangkun decided to undergo a surgery to get his right kidney removed so that he could sell it on the black market and buy an iPhone. The boy from Anhui, China actually sold his kidney for $3,273 and bought an iPad […]
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland made a transparent material from ordinary wood sheets that’s clear as glass, but much stronger and with a higher insulating capacity. They hope it will be used as an energy efficient material in the future. Scientists Make Transparent Wood Sheets Clear […]
For this dad of three, getting dressed up is quite the drag. Mark Bryan is an American robotics engineer who lives in Germany. He wears skirts and heels to work every day because he wants to prove that clothes don’t have gender. Bryan is sharing photos of his style on […]
This teen from Utah is a real inspiration to her community and people worldwide by sharing her journey after having both legs amputated. The 17-year-old Sarah Frei received an emotional homecoming parade in Syracuse. The teen had to undergo an amputation after she was in a car accident with three […]
The Warkawater Tower is one of the most unusual structures you’ll see in the Ethiopian landscape. At its 30 feet height and 13 feet width, this tower isn’t half as tall as its namesake tree which can reach up to 75 feet in height, but it’s still impressive. This tower […]
Tending to veggies isn’t new to John Fallon, a Beverly Farms native who learned to grow his own crops when he was a child. He helped his Irish immigrant dad tend their backyard garden and learned all the tricks of the trade. Half a century later, he’s using those farming […]
If you’ve been looking to change something in your life, moving to Japan may be the idea you needed! And, you won’t need to worry about housing because Japan is currently selling abandoned houses for as little as $500! In some cases, you can even find free-of-charge vacancies as part […]
The students from Summer Creek and Kingwood Park High schools in Texas joined their forces for a project named Students Helping Veterans: Big Heroes, Tiny Homes. On each campus, these students worked hard to build two tiny homes for homeless veterans and in the meantime, they’ve managed to raise thousands […]
Despite being essential for buildings, windows are the least energy efficient parts. The ease with which heat is able to transfer through the glass makes standard windows non-efficient in terms of cooling and heating costs of the indoor space. But, in this new researche, Singaporean scientists may have paved the […]
15 years after beekeepers’ first reports of bee mass die-offs, it’s still common for the average beekeeper to lose 13 of his hive yearly. And, it’s even worse for wild bees, with many species being on the list of endangered. One of the main culprits for bee decline is the […]