Category: Inspired

Photographer of the Year Documents How Polar Bears Spend Summer When the Ice Melts in Northern Canada

When we think polar bears, we usually think ice. Yet for centuries, polar bears have adapted to a particular warming of climate that occurs every year, starting around late June. It’s called summer. Ask Canadian photographer Martin Gregus, 26, and he will explain how polar bears spend their ice-less offseason ashore. He and his dad,…


VIDEO: Kayaker Records Terrifying Moment Great White Shark Lunges at His Paddle After Claiming His Kingfish

A kayaker down under got a good look at the razor-sharp bridgework of a great white shark while fishing last November in South Australia. Avid angler Matthew Gorne, 33, a manager at Hungry Jack’s in Adelaide, was kayaking near the old power station site three miles (5 kilometers) from Port Augusta when the scary encounter…


Historic Photographer of the Year 2022: Photos of the World’s Most Historic Places

History Hit, the famous streaming video platform founded by the award-winning British historian Dan Snow, has announced the winners of its 2022 Historic Photographer of the Year competition—and the images are outstanding. Emblems of the past from around the globe were captured using landscape, urban, and aerial photography in novel ways or from novel perspectives….


‘It Burned Me Inside and Out’: Aussie Survives Experimental Cancer Treatment, Learns Meaning of Life, Tells

“I started chemotherapy on May 2, 1985,” said Michael Crossland, 38, who was diagnosed with cancer at just 11 months of age. The doctors at Coffs Harbour Hospital touched his stomach and said, “Whoa, what’s going on here?” They scanned him, and Crossland was sent off to a Sydney Hospital for immediate treatment to save…


Photographer Braves Snakes and Arizona Heat to Take Incredible Shots of Wild Horses

A wildlife photographer from Arizona has been braving the desert heat and the risk of snake bites to capture breathtaking shots of majestic wild horses in action. Susan Goudge, 74, is the daughter of a U.S. Navy Veteran who grew up all over the country. Today, she lives with her husband not too far away…


‘I Heard My Baby Sucked Out’: Teen Tormented After Being Forced to Get Abortion, Finds Healing in Jesus

A self-described daddy’s girl, Serena Dye wasn’t allowed to have boyfriends when she was 15 and still in high school. When she missed her period and tried to hide her pregnancy from her parents, her best friend’s mom let it slip, and her father flew into an uncontrollable rage. Now 38 and a mother of…


PHOTOS: Bird Photographer Captures Bald Eagles Hunting Fish From Alaskan Seas

For a British-born bird photographer living in Alaska, the trifecta of ideal wind, sun, and tide conditions came together on one magical day. The result was a dynamic photo of a bald eagle with a six-foot wing span snatching its dinner from the surface of the sea, with composition so perfect it rivals a painting….


Dramatic Bodycam Footage Captures Officers Rescuing Boy, 9, and Woman From an Icy Pond

Two Illinois police officers sustained minor injuries as they rescued a 9-year-old boy and a woman from drowning in an icy pond. Their efforts saved the pair and their dramatic rescue was recorded in its entirety on their body cameras. On Nov. 23, just before 4:30 p.m., a 9-year-old boy fell into the frozen section of…


Open-Minded Scientist Explores People’s Power to Remotely Influence Others With Their Mind Alone

Dr. Imants Barušs studies concepts often relegated as intangible or unscientific. One hears talk of human “energy fields,” the human consciousness affecting other people, and other such phenomena, but in exploring them one may ask: how much of it is imagined, and how much really exists? While Dr. Barušs, a psychology professor at King’s University College…


VIDEO: ‘Clever’ Border Collie Hands Herself In at a Local Police Station After She Goes Missing

When a border collie who was being walked with another dog wandered off and got separated from her owner, she did the smartest thing possible and checked herself into a nearby police station. The incredible moment was caught on camera and later posted on social media—it has since gone viral. Rosie walks into Loughborough Police…