Beautiful Symphony Uses 400 Broken Instruments

400 musicians gathered in the 23rd Street Armory of Philadelphia to perform "Symphony for a Broken Orchestra" by David Lang. The orchestra included ...

Edwin Hawkins Impacted Popular Culture Through Gospel Music

Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, most notable for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day," died of pancreatic cancer at 74.

Alongside luminaries like Andrae ...

Neil Armstrong's 'One Small Step' Required Thousands of People

After NASA Apollo 11's incredible feat of three men on the moon in June of 1969, astronaut Michael Collins said, "All this is possible only through ...

Indian Army Sets World Record with 58 Men on One Motorcycle

In an audacious display of teamwork, 58 Indian Army Service Corp (ASC) soldiers set a world record when they collectively rode one motorcycle in excess ...

As the Human Body Has No Insignificant Parts, So Also the Body of Christ

The three smallest bones in the human body are the middle ear ossicles—the malleus, incus, and stapes—more commonly known as the hammer, anvil, ...

The 'Cookie Cutter' Approach to Make French Fries

Eric Schlosser's book and then movie, Fast Food Nation, exposed the dark side of the fast-food industry. At one point, Schlosser described a food-production ...

Called to Be a Tugboat, Not a Cruise Ship

Aircraft carriers and cruise ships sail on blue oceans with immense reserves of power and degrees of freedom. One sort of ocean-going vessel is devoted ...

The Jazz Musician Who Had to Improvise with Disabled Hand

Unless you're a true jazz aficionado you've probably never heard of Horace Parlan who made news headlines in 2017 because the 86-year-old musician ...

Eiffel's Tower Is a Monument to Teamwork

For the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, more than a hundred artists submitted plans to design the centerpiece, the masterpiece of the Exposition Universelle. ...

Thousands of Colored Eggs Wash Ashore on German Island

The beaches of the small island of Langeoog experienced a surprise—thousands of colored plastic eggs. Photos of the beach show the eggs scattered ...