These ten plant (well, nine plants and one fungus, to be technical) can be grown in your home, backyard, or greenhouse, and all of them can get you high. Some are so hardy they’ll grow on your lawn whether you like it or not, and some require real horticultural skills and years of commitment. In...
The architect Charles Bello has spent the past 52 years restoring forests from logging and protecting the land on his 400-acre Bello Ranch in Northern California. Here’s what he’s learned along the way. A large meadow greets visitors to Bello Ranch. Originally littered with detritus left by decades of logging, the meadow now supports healthy...
Kris Sokolowski has always been active, spending his free time mountain climbing, running and practicing martial arts. And at every opportunity, he could be found boarding a plane, en route to explore the world. On his first official date with his now wife, Sokolowski booked flights to South Africa for two weeks. The couple have...
A flight attendant went the extra mile for a mother who had run out of formula to feed her baby on a domestic flight in the Philippines. Philippine Airlines’ flight attendant Patrisha Organo heard an infant crying soon after takeoff and “approached the mother and asked if everything’s okay,” she wrote in a Facebook post,...
A two-week-old baby born in the seventh month of pregnancy has been abandoned by her parents because of her rare skin condition. The newborn from western India is currently being looked after by her grandfather, Dilip Dode, 50. Weighing only 800 grams (1.7 pounds), doctors have suggested that the baby girl has Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) and some chromosomal...
India Marshall’s ‘mystery braids’ turned into a beautiful surprise. A woman’s story of how a surgeon handled her braids during a head surgery has gone viral, not just for the thoughtful actions of the doctor, but for what it shows about the importance of representation in medicine. India Marshall posted her heartwarming story on Twitter:...
Los Angeles-based KTGY Architecture + Planning’s Research and Development studio has unveiled an idea to reuse millions of square feet of empty retail stores as housing for the homeless. The “Re-Habit” concept calls for the installation of bathrooms, dining, sleeping, gardening, and job training facilities, transforming obsolete big-box stores into agents of social change. The concept comes at a time...
When washing machines were a luxury, boiling laundry was the norm to eliminate stubborn stains and germs. Imagine a big pot over a fire filled with clothes and soapy water bubbling away. Grandparents would swear by this method for its germ-killing prowess, especially during the spring clean. It’s a workout and a half compared to...
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. (WAVE) – Faced with a tight budget and rising demands on its 17 officer police department, the City of Alexandria in Campbell County tried something different. Instead of hiring an additional officer and taking on the added expenses of equipping that officer, the police chief at the time hired a social worker to...
Walking down the halls at his high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Noah Abraham said he would often see boys sharing nude pictures of girls behind their backs. “People do it without consent,” the 17-year-old volleyball player said. “They’ll keep a collection and show their friend to create that clout, the coolness that they get from...
When Basma Hameed, 34, was two years old, she suffered a horrifying hot oil accident in her home in Baghdad, Iraq. [1] Her older brother had accidentally tripped over her, causing hot oil to spill on half her face. She sustained painful third degrees burns, hair loss, and a completely chafed eyebrow. The doctors were...
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Feng shui is an ancient Chinese art that aligns one’s living space with their identity and goals. Most people have had the unfortunate experience of being stuck in crowded, poorly designed small spaces. These environments can create feelings of stress, discontent, and discomfort in the home. Research has shown that our living spaces affect how...
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