Crafts
April 25, 2025

What Is Batik? Learn How Wax Resist Can Give Way To Beautiful Surface Design

There are many ways to create surface designs on fabric, many of which have a long place in our collective history. Batik is one such approach. It’s the art of decorating cloth using wax and dye. Batik is a resist technique, meaning that the wax acts as an impediment to the dye. Wherever the wax is placed, the dye will not go. Once the wax is removed, the fabric's original color remains.

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Health
April 25, 2025

Paralyzed Man Is Able To Stand on His Own Again Thanks to Breakthrough Stem Cell Trials

Regaining the ability to walk after a spinal cord injury is often considered a medical miracle, but new research may soon make it a more common occurrence. After receiving stem cells that had been “reprogrammed,” a man who was paralyzed following a spinal cord injury can now stand on his own. This surprising development is the result of a groundbreaking trial led by Keio University stem-cell scientist Hideyuki Okano, in Tokyo, Japan.

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Inspiring
April 24, 2025

10-Year-Old Boy Starts His Own Business Cleaning Headstones

Some kids enjoy playing football, others love getting creative with crayons, but 10-year-old Ben, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, finds happiness in something quite unexpected—cleaning graves. It all began when he was tidying up his own grandmother’s headstone. As he looked around the cemetery, he noticed how many other graves were in need of care. That moment sparked an idea, and now Ben runs his very own grave-cleaning business.

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Animals
April 24, 2025

Watch an Octopus Hitch a Ride on a Shark in “Sharktopus” Footage Captured by Scientists

While aboard a University of Auckland vessel off the coast of Kawau Island, in New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine noticed something unusual clutching onto a mako shark’s head. There were several things the orange clump could’ve been; a mass, the marine ecologist thought, or perhaps a deep gash. Maybe it was even a buoy, or a tangled fishing net? She didn’t consider the possibility of it being a Maori octopus hitching a ride.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.