300 push-ups and 300 squats with no sugar and no medicines: Inside the strict lifestyle of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

Durov said he has stayed away from alcohol, tobacco, coffee, pills and illegal drugs for more than 20 years. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has spoken openly about the unusual rules he follows around food, exercise, technology and everyday habits. In a conversation with computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman, Durov (41) described a lifestyle built…

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An Atlanta teacher spent years warning students away from a locked 26-acre forest outside their school; community organizing has now secured $3 million to begin turning the hidden city land into a public park

Mount Gilead Lake in the Falling Water Park An Atlanta teacher spent years warning students to stay away from a locked forest outside their school. Now, after years of community organising, the 26-acre Falling Water Park in southwest Atlanta is set to receive $3 million to help turn the inaccessible greenspace into a public park.Renette…

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​Meet Apollin Lu, the 17-year-old British Columbia student who mobilised 140+ volunteers to rescue nearly 9,000 pounds of farm produce

Apollin Lu is only 17, but she is already leading a growing youth network that is helping tackle food waste across British Columbia. She founded the Food Recovery Alliance, which has mobilised more than 140 young volunteers who have saved 9,000 pounds of fresh produce from going to waste. Together, they collected surplus produce from…

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Rainbow Bridge: A Florida woman spent 18 months turning a simple idea into a permanent Rainbow Bridge pet memorial; the community-built space in Fort Myers is now opening for families to leave collars and tags

Bolen, a lifelong dog lover, had been working on the project for more than a year before it became a reality (Photo: Wgcu news) Florida resident Gabrielle Bolen has opened a permanent Rainbow Bridge Pet Memorial at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, giving families a place to remember pets they have lost,…

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Meet Kianoosh Nawai, the West Virginia eighth-grader who built a low-cost 3D-printed bionic hand and became his state’s only finalist in a national STEM contest

Nawai has been selected as one of 30 finalists in the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Kianoosh Nawai, an eighth-grader at West Virginia Virtual Academy, wanted to explore how technology could help people with disabilities. His project led him to design and build a 3D-printed prosthetic hand that aims to offer a lower-cost…

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In 1942, a 24-year-old WWII pilot vanished over Egypt; 84 years later, his family finally buries him beside his parents in North Carolina

More than eight decades after his death during World War II, Captain Marvin Lancaster has been laid to rest in Vanceboro, North Carolina alongside his parents. Family, friends and fellow service members gathered in Epworth Methodist Church to lay Lancaster to rest on Friday. “Right now, oddly enough, I’m feeling relief,” Lancaster’s nephew Jerry Brown…

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In 1967, Rolex made a rare yellow-gold Daytona with a Paul Newman dial; after more than 45 years in a family drawer, two sisters inherited it and it sold for CHF 1.143 million in Geneva

The watch had been left forgotten in a drawer for more than 45 years. (Representational AI photo) A rare Rolex Daytona made in 1967 and kept in a family drawer for more than 45 years sold for CHF 1.143 million at auction in Geneva. The 18k yellow-gold watch, a Reference 6239 with a black and…

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