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(CNN)One of the world's most spirited lands, Brazil has made its mark on soccer fields and Carnival extravaganzas, but what it really leads the planet in are exuberance and passion for living. As the world descends on Rio de Janeiro for the XXXI Olympiad, Brazilians are ready to help the...

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(BBC)Lionesses have a lot of power in lion society. The females typically work together to hunt down prey, and form crèches to look after their cubs. This cooperative behaviour brings in lots of food, and ensure that plenty of lion cubs survive to adulthood. The female lions'...

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(BBC)What we believe about a place can often be more powerful than the hard facts. A country's reputation can influence everything from foreign policy to foreign investment ­– to whether or not people want to visit or live there. One recent study by the Reputation Institute, a...

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(CNN)Más de 20 personas están desaparecidas después de que uno de los dos principales puentes que conectan las ciudades indias de Mumbai y Goa se derrumbó sobre el río Savitri. El puente colapsó a las 2:00 de la mañana, hora local del...

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(DW.com) Speaking more than one language has many more benefits than just being able to communicate with people the world over. Here is why teaching children to speak more than one language is a brilliant idea. Meeting Katharina might just make you green with envy. At the tender age of 11,...

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(Menshealth)Researchers don’t know much about nightmares, but it isn’t for lack of trying. Bad dreams are personal, subjective, and fleeting—which means it’s difficult to properly study them. But for all scientists don’t understand about your nightmares, there are...

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(BBC)You might expect love to hurt, but for one lovesick Dutch man in China it resulted in a hospital trip for exhaustion. Alexander Pieter Cirk, 41, recently flew from Holland to Hunan province in the hope of meeting his online girlfriend, a Chinese woman known only as Zhang. But he ended up...

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(cnn)With its stunning peaks, beaches and city skyline, Rio de Janiero should provide the perfect setting for Olympic sailing. But with just days left until the Games start, studies have found the waters on which some of the world's best sailors will compete are contaminated by viruses and...

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(CNN) Yes, you read that right. Man's best friend took a car for a short joyride on Friday. Two pups were left alone in a car while their owner ran into a grocery store in Wayne, West Virginia. The woman left the car running so the dogs could stay cool, but they had other plans. Once she...

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(CNN)What is the most boring job you have done? We asked readers this question after publishing a story about Frenchman Frederic Desnard, who says his 80,000-euro-a-year job as an executive in a perfume business is so boring it has turned him into a "professional zombie". Here are some...

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(BBC) Majestic mountains and sparkling seas always attract travellers – but sometimes nature has a bigger trick up her sleeve. To track down some of the world’s strangest sights, we turned to question-and-answer site Quora, asking: What are some of the best rare natural phenomena that...

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(lifehack.org) Taking care of your skin should be an integral part of your daily health regimen. In addition to limiting your sun exposure, there are many different vitamins that can help your skin look its best and help protect you from some of the effects of aging. The Importance Of Vitamins To...

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(CNN) By now you should know the "Harry Potter" drill. Purchase the book, stay up all night reading, feel all of your feelings and tweet about it. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" came out to much fanfare over the weekend, and the world is now divided into two groups:...

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(Geek.com) There are plenty of geeky backpacks out there. Some have solar cells on them to power your gadgets, others let you keep those gadgets organized. This one is made to carry a 3D printer. They just don’t come much geekier than that, people. The additive manufacturing wizards at...

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Ifehack- Often times, we tell people experiencing anxiety to just “get over it” and move on with their lives. We do this because we believe that they are purposefully concentrating on their worries. New research out of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, however, suggests...