Fifteen years ago, celebrated Australian ecologist Robert May posed a fantastical question to the scientific community. “If some alien version of the Starship Enterprise visited Earth, what might be ...

From the classic country hit “Jolene,” to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Dolly Parton has given the world a whole lot to be grateful for. But if you ask her father, her biggest accomplishment has been ...

Due to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Dysautonomia, MCAS, and a host of other medical issues, Lydia Brown knows what it's like to spend Christmas in a hospital bed. The 16-year-old spent the majority of her ...

When Casey McIntyre was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer, her doctors gave her a 10-15% forecast that she’d live longer than five years. When she died in November of 2023, her husband, Andrew ...

Every act of kindness you show can make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. Living out kindness on a daily basis takes practice, but leads to a lifestyle and mindset shift that implores us ...

Find four hobbies you love: One to make you money, one to keep you in shape, one to be creative, and one to make the world a better place.

There are a lot of awareness ribbons — trust us, we spent a lot of time putting together this list — and it can be challenging to know which colors are associated with which causes. Fortunately, we’ve ...

As an estimated 1.4 million federal workers enter a third week either furloughed or working without pay, private nonprofits continue to show up in support of those impacted by the government shutdown.

An estimated 1.4 million New Yorkers are food insecure, according to the latest data from nonprofit City Harvest. And in East Harlem, which has a majority Hispanic and Black population, an estimated ...

Your simple guide to the dozens of international days and weeks — plus, themed United Nations years and decades.

They’re everywhere in mass media: filler images of nondescript models doing mundane activities (see: woman laughing while eating a salad) used as stock imagery for website articles, marketing, and ...

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