Waiting in line can determine a lot more than a person’s patience. It can determine a person’s shot at life if they are in need of an organ transplant — and there are a lot of people in that boat right now in New York and all over the country. New York is ranked 49th…
Amanda Goodman is a journalist and news anchor for KWWL in Waterloo, Iowa. She was one of two moderators for a debate between two congressional candidates. Here’s her glorious answer to a messed-up comment from one viewer. “Amanda, you look awful…” Amanda Goodman • October 20, 2014 • Let me get right to it…on Saturday,…
The Washington state woman Mashable wrote about in early October when her cochlear hearing implant surgery was live-tweeted and Instagrammed, is going on camera again as doctors turn on the hearing implant for the first time. Seventy-nine year old Eleanor Day will have her hearing implant activated using a remote-controlled type device on Wednesday morning…
He was only 12 and he ended up dying during recess at school from a severe asthma attack. Normally Ryan Gibbons would simply grab his inhaler. But his prescription inhaler was locked up in the principals office. The school had taken it away from him. He gasped and gasped, and it was his friends who…
I’m not crying. I’ve just got something in my eye, like a tree or a branch or these women being awesome or something. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ighxU1vYw?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=776&h=437] Read more: http://upworthy.com/i-hate-advertising-except-when-its-done-like-this
When it comes to tearing up, everyone has their tipping point. But if you can listen to these bright-eyed, smiley kids explain exactly how they and their families make it through summer without catching a stone cold case of emotions, I commend you. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4VmMSnOUDk?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/she-came-here-to-swap-lunches-and-eat-with-her-bff-and-shes-all-out-of-lunches
A young life was claimed recently due to the mysterious disease which appears as polio-like and seems to be spreading throughout the United States faster than ever before. Parents Marijo de Guzman and Jose Ramirez of Bellingham, Washington, both believed that it was a simple stomach ache in which their young boy was suffering from.…
A group of smartypants scientists don’t like the C-word either and decided to try something new to help. They’re working “together” instead of competing against each other in order to get quicker results. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0aksbiiXw?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] Here’s the kind of impact the research can have. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYmcCG1hqlE?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] Read more: http://upworthy.com/dont-like-the-c-word-heres-the-best-response-you-could-hope-for
No, this video wasn’t shot in a developing country. It’s set in New York. I know; I couldn’t believe it either. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQc711RzP8?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/you-wont-believe-this-video-was-shot-in-america-4
Sometimes the stuff that can make us happier and healthier feels really unattainable. Like, it seems that in order to meditate I have to get into the perfect cross-legged position in my clutter-free meditation room and become totally zen. That sounds fantastic. However, it also sounds like it’s just not gonna happen. (For starters, I…
This video about health care is four years old, but it’s still on point. And no, that’s not a good thing. Watch and you’ll learn what happened to those death panels, whether or not we have socialized medicine, and how a county fair pig is a pretty good metaphor for our health care problems. Yes,…
I never noticed it before, but she’s 100% right. This is totally a thing. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxBMmTtCMXY?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/when-she-flips-sexist-commercials-around-they-become-hilarious-and-seriously-nsfw
The lack of clean water is one of the leading causes of life-threatening conditions like diarrhea. I am completely digging the fact that these engineers tapped into a water source that was always there. Read more: http://upworthy.com/omg-best-use-of-a-billboard-i-have-ever-seen
I don’t know about you, but when I’m stressed, the first places I start to feel it are in my shoulders and neck. It sort of feels like tiny, angry little balls of pain have decided to take up residence in my upper body, and every now and then, punctuate themselves with pulsating aches. It’s…
Sugar is the ultimate frenemy. There’s so much to love, and then sometimes you really think about it and you’re like, ugh, WHYYY. But the part that really gets me is the companies out there that slip unnecessary sugar into their food products. And not just certain ones … most of them. They do it…
I love it: “Carrot is designed with you in mind. It’s a seamless experience, meticulously crafted, from beginning to end.” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3exth3f2tIM?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] After seeing the ridiculousness that is this ad, it’s worth thinking about what makes this style so appealing when it’s applied to an iPhone. Even though this is meant squarely as a critique…
The world is a tough place. Kids go hungry, families struggle to get by without clean water, climate change is scary … the list goes on and on. It’s enough to make you want to dream of something better. Unilever launched Project Sunlight to help with some of those things. The project includes some cool…
Here’s some quick, hardcore reasons why the “no sex because I said so” education model just isn’t working. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw4v-Hwc1w?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] FACT CHECK TIME: Lisa mentions that 58% of students sex it up in high school. Our snazzy fact checkers disagree. 54% was the highest number they found on a CDC chart. As of 2013, that…
When you’re feeling anxious, reach for the guacamole. View this image › 1. Delicious avocodos View this image › Flickr: cyclonebill / Via Creative Commons Avocados are loaded with B vitamins, which aid in healthy nerves and brain cells. It’s theorized that a lack of vitamin B can trigger anxiety. (::: Buys guacamole and is…
“I started taking kratom roughly five years ago,” *Shane tells The KIND. Kratom is an herbal drug derived from a tree that grows in Southeast Asia. According to online substance information hub, Tripsit, kratom has historically been taken as a recreational drug, a painkiller, medicine for diarrhea, and treatment for opiate addiction. That last application…