Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes Is hope just “a thing with feathers” as Dickenson wrote, or is it Aristotle’s “waking dream?” Or instead. is it “a promise we live” rather than a “promise we give” as Amanda Gorman...

Using a Pen to Get Past Writer’s Block As I sit staring at my laptop, little black characters march neatly across the screen.  Something about the polished look of the words suggests that my ideas should be coming out as perfectly as the font itself, but a...

A Little Bit About the Smartest Kids in the World Aelita Andre, 9 years old She started smearing paint on a canvas when she was merely nine months old and the rest, they say, is history. An abstract expressionist painter, the Australian-born child sold one of her...

A zoo in Denmark asked patrons to donate their pets. Not attractions, but for food  A European zoo stirred up intrigue and controversy after a social media post asking for surplus pets to be donated to feed captive animals went viral. In a post on Facebook, the...

Hope is the key to a meaningful life, according to new research Hope isn’t just wishful thinking — it’s a powerful emotional force that gives our lives meaning. Now, a new groundbreaking study from the University of Missouri shows it may be even more essential to...

Livestock Landscaping: Vermont ski areas employ goats and sheep to clear slopes Months before the first snow beckons skiers, sheep and goats are hitting the slopes in Vermont. Dozens of animals have been mowing down overgrown vegetation at Jay Peak near the Canadian...