Australian Researchers Discover New Treatment Options for Pancreatic Cancer
While many advances have been made in other types of cancer, pancreatic cancer remains largely incurable. New research from Australia offers new hope to change this.
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Johnny Depp Becomes Foster Father to Orphaned Bat
Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp embraced his "batty" side on the movie set of his new sequel by getting to know some tiny winged creatures of the night.
'Drones for Good' Offers Flying Ambulance Toolkit
Every year a million people suffer from cardiac arrest in Europe and face a mere 8% survival rate due to slow response times of emergency services. Alec Momont seeks to improve existing emergency infrastructure with a network of drones capable of saving lives. His drone can speed to a location within 1 minute, when it would take an ambulance ten.
Car Mechanics Made Sure We Could Always Get Our Daughter To Hospital
Ballymote Auto in Ontario went the extra mile – no, a thousand miles – to be kind and generous when we needed it most, when our girl had cancer.
Canadian Cookie Lady Gets a New Roof From Firefighters (WATCH)
A woman who has treated a local fire station with home-baked cookies every week for 12 years was paid back by the Saskatchewan boys with a new roof.
How to Keep Regret from Holding You Back
The ability to regret something is a great skill to have for any animal, survival-wise. When you're reliving and kicking yourself for something in the past–and feeling sad, guilty, ashamed, or other unpleasant emotion–your mind is trying to do you a favor. It's trying to make something very clear: you shouldn't let it happen again […]
Hooters Waitress Gives Kidney to Customer She Barely Knew
A waitress delivered hope for a longer, healthier life to a customer she barely knew by donated a kidney to him.
Billionaire Driver Asks Directions, Donates $20,000 for Woman's Kidney Fund
Santa Barbara resident Jennifer Vasilakos was in the neighborhood handing out flyers and raising funds when a driver stopped to ask for directions. She never guessed the man asking for help was Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner – until he promised to send her a $20,000 check to cover the cost of her kidney treatment. The fellow Santa Barbaran heard her heart-wrenching story, he knew he wanted to help.
Plastic Bags Make Fine Diesel Fuel: Report
Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report. The conversion produces significantly more energy than it requires and results in transportation fuels – diesel, for example – that can be blended with existing ultra-low-sulfur diesels and biodiesels.
'Big Bang Theory' Funds Science Scholarships to UCLA
The creative talent behind "The Big Bang Theory" has created a scholarship fund for math and science students at UCLA.
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Moves Prove He's Still Got it at 89 (WATCH)
At 89, Dick Van Dyke shows he still has the dance moves - and he can "Step in time" with the best of them...
Aided by the Sea, Israel Overcomes an Old Foe: Drought
As California and other western areas of the United States grapple with an extreme drought, a revolution has taken place in Israel over the last six years.
Solar Is Lighting the Way for Recovery in Nepal
Renewable energy companies have formed a coalition to re-power Nepal after its massive earthquake.
Banking on Kindness: How One Phone Rep Went Above and Beyond the Call
After hearing the bad news that his wife's cancer had spread, Bob was asked to call Capital One's fraud department. That call led to extraordinary kindness.
FCC Takes Aim at Annoying Telemarketing Calls in the U.S.
The government is doing something about those annoying automated phone calls that arrive day and night at your home or on your mobile.
Small Town Bar Leaves $200,000 to University Full of its Best Customers
A Wisconsin watering hole that served as a stomping ground for student mischief has left 200K to Northland College that will help pay for kids' tuition.
Mega-Stars Joke Around And Raise $21 Million For Charity in a Few Days
With this A-list cast of celebs doing comedy, the first U.S. telethon of its kind to help children living in poverty, raised $21 million in a few days.
Anheuser-Busch Cuts Beer Production to Provide Water for Storm Victims
America's biggest beer maker is supplying 50,000 cans of emergency drinking water for flood victims in Oklahoma and Texas.
Rideshare Driver Offers Passengers A Different Kind of "Lyft"
In San Francisco, Zia Ahmed instructs his Lyft car passengers to leave an inspiring, hand-written note for the next person that hops in the backseat.
10 Awesome Teen Entrepreneurs
These teen high school entrepreneurs have had amazing success for their age. Check out these ten amazing teens.