Elora Hardy is the inspiring woman who left behind a successful fashion career in New York to build bamboo houses in Indonesia. Hardy and her team have spent the last five years taking bamboo construction to new heights, hoping to inspire…
Fun isn’t the exclusive reserve of young people, as these heart-warming photos of elderly couples prove. Yep, these seniors are living life to the max, because the old saying is true: age is just a number. #1. A quick, naughty squeeze.…
We’ve all heard of bike lanes, but what about duck lanes? Well, they’re a real thing along waterway paths in three UK cities: London, Birmingham, and Manchester. They are part of an initiative by the Canal & River Trust to…
The latest must-have for cat lovers is the Mewgaroo hoodie — a sweatshirt featuring a specially-designed pouch for cats. Of course it’s just as easy to carry your pooch in it. Or any other small pet for that matter. Never again will you have to be…
One tragic morning, Reddit user HoneyFlowers came across the stuff of nightmares: a cat bleeding out in what could only have been a brutal killing. Slowly, the Redditor approached the fallen feline, where she discovered what had happened… “Saw this…
The first 21 days of a bee’s life are captured in this incredible and unprecedented 60-second timelapse footage by photographer Anand Varma. Bees everywhere are being wiped out by the Varroa destructor mite, and given that bees pollinate one-third of the world’s…
When little Josiah Duncan’s mother told her boy that the disheveled man outside a Waffle House in Prattville, Alabama, was homeless, the 5-year-old wouldn’t stop asking questions. “What does that mean? Where is his house? Where is his family? Where…
This is an incredible story of loss, redemption, triumph and destiny. It is a story of two survivors of a brutal war in the Middle East, and how they met decades later under astonishing and impossible-to-believe circumstances. Meet Zahed. He was…
There’s nothing quite like a cheeky Nando’s on a Friday night, or any time for that matter. Except for, perhaps, taking the piss out of our friends across the pond. The social media furore all started out with an innocent enough…
Developers who demolished a historic pub in West London, without permission from Westminster council, have been ordered to rebuild it “brick by brick”. The owners of Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale — Tel Aviv-based developers CLTX Ltd — brought in bulldozers and reduced the early 1920s…
Weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, cavities — the evils of chocolate consumption seem to be endless. We know we shouldn’t reach for that big, smooth, hunk of brown goodness, but we often do. Why? Well, it turns out that moderate chocolate consumption is…
No doubt you’ve heard a lot about Iran in the media. And it’s true, Iran is a truly evil and terrifying place. Here we present 19 reasons you should never, ever, visit this godforsaken land. #1. The capital city is basically…
Breastfeeding is frequently the subject of hot debate. While it is promoted by world health organisations for its many health benefits to both babies and their mothers, many people object to the sight of moms nursing in public. To counter this, photographer and mother of two Ivette…
Steampunk, the aesthetic movement inspired by 19th century industrial steam powered machinery, just got taken to a whole new level by Hasan Novrozi, an ingenious Iranian sculptor. Novrozi has created a steampunk zoo of animal sculptures that are anything but…
Corey Edwards was born with a congenital heart defect, which required eight traumatic open heart surgeries. This terminally ill boy had only one wish in his short life – and that was to see his parents marry. The wedding had been put…
It’s an easy game: One hides, the other seeks. Simple, right? #1. Err… We can still see you. #2. “It’s not my fault! Everything I eat goes straight to my bum.” #3. “We just want to be real boys!” #4.…