Visual mind teasers are a great way to get your brain active and working. These “optical illusions” are proof that not everything you see is always as it is! According to Susana Martinez-Conde, who is director of the laboratory of visual neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Ariz: “They’re important tools in visual research to help...

A dog is left homeless and with a broken heart after his owner died. The Staffordshire bull terrier cross was once full of life, but ever since the tragedy, he lost his “spark”. Albert’s story made headlines as many people pitied the dog with such human-like grief. He resided at the Good Life Dog Rescue...

If you’ve ever shopped at a large grocery store, you probably know the drill. Grab a shopping cart, do your shopping, check out, and head back to your car. But what do you do with the shopping cart? There are likely corrals for the carts all over the parking lot, making it easy for grocery...

There is a doctor in Australia who one day decided to start wearing his scrub cap a little differently. Specifically, he decided to start writing his name and occupation on the front of the cap so that people looking at him can read it. It caught on and became a trend amongst doctors across the...

Graduation can be a stressful time for everyone. It’s enough just making sure you show up on time and don’t miss your name being called when you’ve fallen asleep during the ceremony. Every institution has its rules about what you should wear. However, can you imagine not being allowed to walk in graduation because of...

In nearly every civilization around the globe, human trafficking prevails, and contrary to what many people believe, the United States is not excluded from the horrifying reality. Every year around the world, millions of women, men, and children are kidnapped, deceived, coerced or lured away from their homes into some form of forced labor or...

It is extremely important to keep your mind sharp as you age. The problem is, many of us wait until we’re older before we start considering doing brain exercises to keep our brains as active as possible. While starting later is better than never, the earlier you start working out your brain (as well as...

We have all seen some very strange, peculiar things in our lifetime. But nothing could ever come close to what I am about to tell you about! Ever seen an animal, on a pool lounger? But, the pool lounger happened to be a blown-up version of said animal? Probably not. And even less likely, an...

Do you dream of a vegetable garden where you never have to pull out weeds, and you don’t even have to bend over to tend to it? Well, I’ve got the solution for you: Bag gardening. This is how you can make vegetable gardens out of bags of soil and never have problems with weeds...

To spank or not to spank? That is the question many parents across the country have asked themselves at one point or another. When your child has pushed your buttons to the breaking point, it can be incredibly tempting to at least give them a swat. An increasing body of research, however, has shown that...

A coroner in London ruled that air pollution was a major contributing factor to a little girl’s death in 2013. This landmark decision has now pushed the mayor and health ministers to take on the problem of polluted air both in London and across the UK. (1) Air Pollution Caused Little Girl’s Death In February...

James Alvarez’s life forever changed when a drunk driver hit and killed his wife while they were out on a walk near their home. 35 weeks pregnant at the time, doctors delivered the couple’s baby girl via cesarean section. (1) One year later, Alvarez decided to recreate their pregnancy photos with their daughter to both...