After Husband Dies 83-Year-old 'Muddy Mildred' Runs Her Third Tough Mudder Race to Provide Clean Water
She must find them a tad boring these days, and now officially the world's oldest Tough Mudder finisher aims to raise money for rural Africa.
Recent posts
Morel Mushrooms Have Finally Been Reliably Cultivated Indoors For the First Time
It took four decades of research, and more than 350 genetic individuals, but Danish mycologists have finally grown morels indoors.
World's Largest Oyster Restoration Is Big Success - Fulfilling Virginia's Promise to Chesapeake Bay Rivers
Four of the six Virginia tributaries into the Chesapeake Bay are teeming with oyster reefs once again through diligent restoration.
New MRI Machine Offers Breakthrough Advancements in Almost Every Aspect
New technology is breaking down five of the most common problems/barriers between patients and the accuracy of the MRI machine.
How You Think About Your Pain Can Make it Worse - But New Reprocessing Treatment Offers Cure
How you think about your pain can make it worse, or better, depending on what you're thinking - the breakthrough of a new cure.
When Fish Species Get Frisky, Their Motion Causes Earth's Waters to Move-Just Like a Major Storm
When anchovies gather together to spawn, their activity creates ocean turbulence similar to rough tides and strong storms.
Black Hole at the Heart of Our Own Galaxy is Pictured For First Time
The burning disk around the dark center betrays the presence of the black hole Sag. A, 26,000 miles away at the center of the Milky Way
The US Army Replaced a Cake it Stole From Italian Girl in 1945
The Pentagon found room in their budget to include a birthday cake to replace one GIs had stolen from a young Italian girl in 1945.
Congolese Nun Overcomes Blackouts by Becoming Electrician to Create Hydroelectric Plant
In the town of Miti, Congo DRC, blackouts are common, so a convent found a clever nun and sent her to engineering school.
Ukrainian Refugees Find Comfort in Italy From Unlikely Source - A Bunch of Lawyers
People don't usually associate lawyers with working for free, but a group of lawyers in Varese, Lombardy, are doing just that.
Ukrainian Refugees Move Into Medieval Irish Castle Owned by Good Samaritan
Ballindooley Castle in Country Galway has been opened up to a group of 11 Ukrainian refugees after owner had no room in his Madrid home.
Vermont Startup's Electric Plane That Lifts-Off Vertically is Really Taking Off
The Alia eVTOL - electric vertical take off and landing - is going to usher in zero-emissions shuttle aviation for the first time in history.