Unbelievable Facts

Strength is not always easy to spot. A macadamia shell looks small and harmless. A sheet of paper looks weak. A glass drop looks ready to shatter. Yet each can withstand surprisingly large forces because of its material, structure, or shape. Some living c

Not every business idea comes from a flash of genius. Most come from a simple reality - people will pay good money to avoid doing things they find boring, gross, stressful, or awkward. Entrepreneurs have turned this gap between what people "can do" and wh

Ashley Zambelli did not know she had Down syndrome until she was 23. The Michigan mother discovered she had a rare form called "mosaic Down syndrome" after doctors noticed that several of her pregnancies had been affected by trisomy 21, commonly known as

For centuries, the Kitayama area of Kyoto, Japan, has been known for producing highly specialized cedar timber. One traditional method used in the region is "daisugi," in which foresters carefully prune a cedar so that several straight stems grow from a s

Justin Alvo, a 23-year-old American with family roots in Ecuador's Amazon, left his life in the United States and moved deeper into the rainforest after falling in love with Maria, a member of the Shuar Indigenous community. What began as a trip to learn