Culture

Alternative funeral options are changing how we honor our dead
A small, yet growing number of people are starting to choose funeral options outside traditional burial or cremation.
Science fiction books that predicted the future with terrifying accuracy
Science fiction writers have anticipated a variety of modern inventions, from cars to organ transplants. Some books barely seem like fiction.
The most undervalued problem-solving tool? Lateral thinking.
Lateral thinking is a way of approaching problems. It deliberately forgoes obvious approaches in favor of oblique or unexpected ones.
Giving homeless people something most of us take for granted
Angels of debt
A dangerous job: Snake milkers risk their lives to save others
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A home helping teen moms break the cycle of generational poverty
In partnership with Stand Together
The final Maker Faire
Hope after prison
How to change the world
In partnership with Skoll Foundation
F*ck a false arrest: How to get out of jail free in NYC
The joy of being wrong
In partnership with John Templeton Foundation
These hero pups are helping veterans and prisoners heal