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The benefits of the power nap are now well established. CEOs everywhere credit them with helping improve productivity, citing studies which show that short snoozes improve memory five-fold, restore wakefulness, and improve efficiency. So it’s no surprise that a small number of companies have set…

Say goodbye to plastic water bottles, because this edible water container is the future. Ooho is a new spherical packaging for water that looks a little like a breast implant. It’s biodegradable, hygienic and costs 1p per unit to make.…

When was the last time you looked up at the moon? It’s a divine thing, a glowing ball suspended in the night sky. But in our cities of skyscrapers it’s sometimes difficult to find this thing of beauty. So why not…

Eugene Bostick may officially be an 80-year-old retiree, but the Fort Worth, Texas, resident spends his days “working” as a train driver. But this isn’t any ordinary locomotive — the passengers are rescued stray dogs who are taken on adventures around…

Forests are magical places, home to thousands of creatures who are often a little shy of humans. So, a group of interior architecture students from Estonia decided to build gigantic wooden megaphones to amplify the sounds of the forest. These structures have…

Meet Kanya Sesser, a gorgeous 23-year-old lingerie model from California who is earning more than $1,000 (£650) a day from her work. Kanya was also born without legs. She was adopted from an orphanage in Thailand when she was just five-years-old…

Sometimes it takes nothing short of a magical creature to heal the wounds of someone who has had a traumatic experience. And these wonderful miniature horses are just that. These wonderful, kind animals work at Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses, a non-profit organization that employs these tiny equines to help thousands…

When people speak about Arkansas, they talk in hushed tones peppered with a curse word or two. The Southern state may seem harmless at first glance, but the truth is far worse than you can imagine. #1. Newsflash: Hell really does exist…

Prepare to be amazed (and horrified). This incredible video shows a crocodile making a gravity-defying leap out of water “like a torpedo”: Friends, sorry it took me a day longer to get this video out to you; I was on a one day…

Cooking isn’t just about eating. It’s about coming together, creativity, love, and fun. Apparently, it’s also about cats. You didn’t know it, but you definitely need these cat-shaped molds, guaranteed to make your sunny side up eggs just purrfect. The…

We all know it. Instagram photos are never what they seem. And that’s something cleverly illustrated in this thought-provoking photo series by Chompoo Baritone, a photographer in Bangkok, Thailand. Careful cropping and applying the right filters can make normal life seem…

This is the incredible moment a seal was caught on camera surfing a humpback whale off the New South Wales coast, Australia. Robyn Malcolm had been photographing a pod of whales on a feeding frenzy 500km (310 miles) south of Sydney,…

When Tillie the golden retriever and Phoebe the basset hound didn’t return from a walk on Vashon Island, Washington, in early September, their owner contacted Vashon Island Pet Protectors in a desperate attempt to find their beloved dogs. DOGS STILL MISSING.…

This is Mishka. She’s the only asthmatic otter in the world — that we know of. What’s more, the one-year-old has learnt to use an asthma inhaler. Mishka’s medicine is exactly the same kind that humans use. “These lungs here,…

If you’re afraid of heights, you better look away now. These adventurous individuals you see suspended hundreds of feet above the ground in the Italian Dolomites are athletes who are commemorating peace. The 26 men and women came together to…