WATCH: City mourns its rare albino alligator
This past week in San Francisco, thousands gathered outside of an aquarium to celebrate one of its residents, an alligator named Claude who died in December....
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Wikipedia turns 25 and shares a glimpse into the lives of its volunteer editors
It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articl...
Jan 15The VergeTechnologyImpact
Why millennials are yearning for 2016 all over Instagram
People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory. Melodie Jeng/Getty Images 2016 is so back — at least on Instagram. Millennials are putting up pictures of them...
Jan 16Business InsiderlifestyleImpact
My nonprofit celebrates birthdays for families who can't afford them. In 14 years, I've never grown tired of seeing their joy.
Paige Chenault Lohoefer founded The Birthday Project in 2012 Courtesy of This be Grace Paige Chenault Lohoefer is the founder of the nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. The organization celebrates k...
Jan 13Business InsidersocietyImpact
James Cameron says he left the US and moved to New Zealand for his 'sanity'
James Cameron said he's wanted to move to New Zealand since his first visit in the 1990s. Gareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney James Cameron, 71, says he long dreamed of moving ...
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I've lived overseas for 15 years. Saying goodbye to my mom never gets easier.
The author moved from the US to Wales 15 years ago. Courtesy of the author Moving overseas meant living far from my mom for most of my adult life. Staying close across an ocean takes effort, grief, an...
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I'm still working in the medical field at 83. My husband doesn't need me at home staring at him all day — I want to be productive.
Barbara Ford, 83, works in the medical field. Laura Thompson for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healt...
Jan 15Business InsiderHealthImpact
I started drinking at 14, and it became a dangerous habit for more than 55 years. I'm finally sober at 70.
From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...
Jan 13Business InsiderHealthImpact