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You are an artist. You may not see yourself that way, but it's true. You're probably not an eccentric poet or a painter balanced on the brink of insanity. You

Uganda's junior chess champion lost her father to AIDS when she was three. Phiona Mutesi's mother could not afford school fees so from age six the child had no opportunity for education. By the tim...

Modern culture doesn’t invite optimism. Advertisements hawk victimization: Your life isn’t good because you’re missing something. The news often reminds us

It's been said that a smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head and the heating system of the heart. But a smile is also a powerful weapon against toxic attitudes of all kinds.

If you need conversation material at parties, I suggest planning a seven thousand mile bike ride. It gives you the ability to talk to anybody. It’s a story that spreads on its own. People will just walk right up to you and ask, "Is it true?

Plastic shopping bags will be banned from Tasmanian shops and supermarkets, after a Government bill passed the state's Upper House.

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, and for 5-year-old Sophia Moss, that would be true. Upon looking at her, you’d never believe little Moss, a kindergartner, actually read a total of 875 books this school year.

Searching for silence in a world where quiet doesn't occur very often. It's difficult to find silence in the modern world.

In Swaziland, Seeds Beat Drought - The overcast sky is a sign that it might rain, and Happy Shongwe, a smallholder farmer from rural Maphungwane in eastern Swaziland, is not exactly happy.

Here are 4 people who can teach you how to celebrate your birthday the right way.

Farms that were bought out and removed in the 1990s get much of the blame for the decades of pollution that killed giant Lake Apopka .

An unused garage of a vacation home in the Alps has been converted into what’s perhaps the world’s sexiest garden shed.Architecture firm act_romegialli’s "Green Box" is overrun with vegetation to the point where it looks like the forest has reached...

In stressful chapters of life, it can be hard to get a good night’s sleep — whether you’re a human, or a newborn foal. The horse lovers...

Watch New York City environmental workers, police and firefighters work together to save a family of ducklings who have fallen into a storm catch basin.

He may be not quite 2 years old, but little Diogo Mello has the soul of a rock 'n' roller, and a love of the Beatles that must have been...

Luka, a 12-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy, can't skateboard, play basketball, or swim since he is wheelchair bound. But, that doesn't stop him from imagining doing those things.

Line up the bananas. Connect them to the computer. Voilà! Instant keyboard. Seriously...or, rather, playfully. Jay Silver must have one of the most original minds on the planet. He starts his TED t...

B Lab shares the ultimate list of green businesses, the ‘B Corp Best for the Environment List’ recognizing those companies creating the most positive environmental impact.