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.
The badass army fighting revenge porn
The paralyzed racer going faster than ever
The "search angel" volunteers reunite birth families
Helping people with disabilities become working artists
An address for everywhere on Earth
Helping moms in prison read to their kids
The student laboratory reinventing food to stop waste
Helping prisoners overcome trauma with dance
Grandkids on demand