While a lot of people love the birds in their garden, it’s rare for their feelings of affection to be reciprocated. But for eight-year-old Gabi Mann of Seattle, Washington, it isn’t rare —...
Joseph Tkach: Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. But this Christmas marks the beginning of a transition period for me. I’ll be stepping down as President of Grace Communion International and...
When Bill Reed’s family celebrated his 66th birthday, they gave him something very special: a new pair of eyes. You see, Bill was colorblind. To him, the world around him existed in shades of gray...
The other day, a friend of mine gave me a copy of the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire. If you haven’t heard of it, don’t worry — neither had I. The story centers on a group of angels who move...
I have a Twitter account. I don’t do any tweeting — I use it to follow a few craft breweries to see when they have new beers available and to “keep up to speed” on what some of...
When the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620, after enduring a difficult trans-Atlantic voyage, they couldn’t have imagined what hardships still laid ahead. Almost half of the colonists...
Many people know that Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo. However, what most people don’t know is that he lost it because of nails. That’s right, nails. You see, an essential element...
You’ve probably noticed that a lot of the big Hollywood blockbusters recently are superhero films. Everyone from Batman and Superman, to Wonder Woman, Spiderman, and Wolverine, all have big-screen...
Physicists have engineered the most accurate clock in the universe. It’s called the “optical single-ion clock,” and it measures time according to the movements of individual ytterbium ions....
Meditation experts have long believed in the power of the breath for lasting calm and longevity, and now there’s some science behind it. A new study at Stanford recently identified 175 specific...