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Italian illustrator Marco Melgrati is currently living in Mexico City where he creates strikingly poignant art that urges us to question modern society while reflecting on our collective past. Throughout his career, Melgrati has done editorial work for…

The world is not quite what it seems. Most of the maps you see day-to-day are based on Mercator projection. Designed almost 450 years ago, even Google Maps used a variant of this projection until just a few months ago. However, as you can see below, it’s surprisingly bad at accurately reflecting the true size of…

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Kenneth A. Capron, a man from Portland, Maine, has been floating around quite a novel idea: converting cruise ships into floating homeless shelters. Capron, the founding director of the non-profit MemoryWorks, recently applied for a $250,000 grant thro…

We are all aware of how crucial bees are to our existence. In fact, they’re so important that even Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre ranch into a bee sanctuary to help save the bees. But, a new report suggests that bees aren’t the only insects we should be worried about losing. Since about 1980, researchers…

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Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, to pick up after, to arrange appointments for, and to remind to turn on the dishwasher on the evening? “I do!” If marriage vows sounded like this, would women still get married? A recent study suggests that, whether they…

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Remember when fire departments warned parents not to let their kids charge their phones or tablets on their bed or under their pillow? Well, the firefighter warning we’re sharing with you today is arguably more important – it’s about something we either always ignore or never think of… Ignorance may be bliss but when it…

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We will be the first ones to say that the American fast food company founded on May 15, 1940, McDonald’s, has done little to help people on their health journeys. It simply may not be their goal, but with their tens of billions of dollars, consumers should be able to hold them to higher standards….

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We hear about “Doomsday” or “End Times” predictions all the time. Humans – from religious leaders to scientists – have made tens if not hundreds of these apocalyptic event predictions… none of which have ever actually happened. However, the most popula…