4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (487+ words) It’s a beautiful stone no, the Grand Condé diamond? Its presence in the public eye was almost lost 100 years ago, but thanks—of all people—to a hungry cleaning lady, it can still be part of new exhibitions like the…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (551+ words) Experienced rock climber and father Jacob Gregory was dying. Experienced rock climber and EMT Will Soper wasn’t going to let that happen. Gregory had fallen 20 feet down a rock face on North Carolina’s Shortoff Mountain, suffered a critical injury and…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (465+ words) An East Honolulu high school student discovered a fungi in coconut husks that could clean up plastics and sunscreen from the ocean—and her won multiple awards at the Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair. Vera Wang, a senior at Kaiser…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (291+ words) Early on a Monday morning in early August, a train rumbled across a thawed out Arctic landscape in Finland before screeching to a halt at its final destination at a border crossing with Sweden. It may sound ordinary for rail-loving…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (405+ words) A civil war, military standoff, and a state experiencing double-government are all hopefully set to end after Libya’s rival factions agreed to hold elections. The breakthrough occurred in a signing ceremony Sunday at the United Nations Support Mission to Libya…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (316+ words) More than 900 students and 16 faculty members escaped before the tragic flood on the border with China and Nepal destroyed a school. They are alive today because of a truly last-minute warning by the school’s accountant, who like Paul Revere, ran…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (236+ words) Even as their Congolese neighbors battle the worst Ebola outbreak in its history, Uganda has registered 42 days without any new cases. The achievement was marked by the WHO, heavily involved in supporting the two countries in their struggle against the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (242+ words) A million-dollar fund has been launched to provide dental treatment to the most vulnerable members of Britain. Its first initiative will be the launch of an eco-conscious mobile dental unit which will deliver care directly to people at homeless shelters…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (227+ words) The world’s oldest person as acknowledged by the Guinness World Records turned 117 last Friday Ethel Caterham was born in the United Kingdom on August 21st, 1909, when the great-great grandfather of the current king was sitting on the nation’s throne. She was…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (237+ words) A dog missing for nearly three weeks on a mountain in rural England’s Lake District has been rescued—and it was a real team effort. Tiny Teddy vanished on August 2nd while hiking with her owner on Helvellyn, the third-highest peak…...