Tree-houses bring out the kid in everyone. One company, “Invisible Works“, has revealed plans to build beautiful semi-transparent tree-house structures in a London park. They hope that these structures will encourage people to spend more time outside. And that’s what’s good, Jon Reference: http://inhabitat.com/the-invisible-city-londons-parks-transformed-with-temporary-high-tech-treehouse-venues/Continue Reading
Major Tim Peake (what a fitting name!), Britain’s first astronaut, said he will tweet from space when he goes in 2015. “I certainly will be tweeting from space, a large part of what I want to achieve on this mission is to try to inspire a generation and encourage themContinue Reading
Mo’ Money, mo’ problems? One couple in Berlin, Germany thinks so! Raphael Fellmer, his wife, and child have lived without money for over two years!!! Two years! This is not because they cannot find work, but because they choose to. They believe that society can be better without money. FellmerContinue Reading
By day, he is a normal man, but by night, he jumps in a giraffe costume and does good deeds for random people! Super-giraffe? Well he actually calls himself “The Good Giraffe”. Armstrong Baillie is his name, and good deeds is his game. “I busk during the week, playing theContinue Reading
“Mahal kita”, “Je t’aime”, “Ti amo”, are only a few of the hundreds of “I love you’s” written on a 416 foot wall in Place des Abbesses, Square Jehan Rictus in Paris, France. Two artists, Frédéric Baron and Claire Kito, created the beautiful wall as a tribute to love andContinue Reading
Geo, a seven month old German Shepherd-Collie mix is now a famous hero after saving a young boy’s life. Carly Riley and her three sons Charlie, Ben, and Josh from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex were out for a walk with their puppy, Geo, when an out of control car started speeding theirContinue Reading
Imagine plowing your field and running over a 1,600 square foot ancient Roman mosaic. Sounds impossible, but that’s exactly what happened in southern Turkey. In 2002, Nick Rauh, a classics professor from Purdue University was walking through a recently plowed field. He noticed that the plow dug up a pieceContinue Reading
Marius Schneider, a 12 year old in Germany, is now on a steady path to recovery thanks to his loving parents. Marius was suffering from cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease which causes thick mucus to build up in the lungs. His family was desperately waiting on a lung donor, butContinue Reading
“There used to be 84 countries in the Olympic Games, now there are 204. Performance levels have become so much higher that it is so hard now to get a medal. I thought, it’s time this increase in the competitiveness and the standards was taken account of.” And with that,Continue Reading
A young father who became trapped in his own body after suffering a stroke has learnt how to walk and talk again – by copying his baby daughter. Mark Ellis was just 22 when he suffered a stroke and locked in syndrome – a nightmarish condition which leaves the sufferer’sContinue Reading