A meta-analysis of more than half a million people has shown that a truly bare minimum of strength training can confer enormous benefit. Researchers in Japan discovered that 30-60 minutes per week of muscle strengthening activities such as yoga, lifting […]
Chicago businessman Willie Wilson donated $200,000 in free gas across the city this week. Next week, he’s donating $1 million. Gas stations in Chicago were backed up as people filled their tanks for free on Thursday. Every vehicle at participating […]
A mail carrier in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, went above and beyond what was expected after a recent storm dumped eight inches of snow on the area. Terri Halliday is a disabled U.S. military veteran who lives in the 8th Ward. On […]
Many students at some point in high school have procrastinated in starting their homework, completing a project or studying for a test. Procrastination is also common among college students. You probably know what you should be doing but you just […]
The 29-year-old Phoenix Suns star announced that he will donate his NBA seasonal salary to build a hospital in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The hospital will be named after his father, who passed away in 2021. […]
Nearly every aspect of living and working has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Running essential errands, checking on friends and family, caring for kids while school is shut down and staying healthy have all become harder. On top of […]
Small changes in our diets could reduce mortality from heart disease and cancer such that it adds 10-13 years to our lives. Large dietary studies are often somewhat useless, as the larger they become, the more impossible for them to […]
A Houston-area grandmother refused to let cancer and a global pandemic stop her from attending her grandchild’s wedding. Credit: Click2Houston.com 97-year-old Tennie Ivy was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2020 while in the middle of a global pandemic. She […]
Elon Musk has sent a truckload of necessary equipment for his Starlink service to Ukraine, at the request of a government minister. With the country’s telecommunications infrastructure under attack by the Russian air force, maintaining connectivity to the internet is […]
Tom Littledyke A former UK Royal Marine has loaded a 16-seater minibus with sleeping bags, pillows, and toys for refugees moving across the Ukrainian border into Poland, and pledged to drive 1,000 miles to personally deliver them. 31-year-old Tom Littledyke […]
