The Results Are In: Same-Sex Parents Are Still Good Parents

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The world’s largest study of children raised in same-sex families shows they may have better health and family cohesion than those raised by heterosexual couples.

Young Man Takes Friend’s Paraplegic Mom Surfin

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“I want to inspire people to overlook their limitations and make their dreams come true. Follow your dream, have a goal and somehow it will happen, if you believe in it enough.” Pascale Honore had always dreamed of surfing, of “riding waves like her sons and their friends,” but after a car accident made her [...]

He Stole My Special Thing. He Stole My Identity. And He Was My Brother…

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How to come out after your brother did it first: Jame Aitken’s journey to self love and acceptance.

NEW STUDY: Lack of Sleep Interfering With US Kids Learning

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A Boston College study has found that US students are the most sleep-deprived in the world.

The Power of Love: The Vasectomy Files 5

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Jonathan Stack explores the concept of self-love.

Exiting the Gene Pool

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THE VASECTOMY FILES: A Film by Jonathan Stack

Is American Hyphenated?

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An Aussie soldier challenges his Yank counterpart to drop the hyphen from his American identity.

How to Travel Like Nat Markal: Buy Two Seats

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Australian blogger Black and Blue Man takes a train excursion and finally gives in to a life of luxury.

What Makes a Man…a Man?

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The blokes at MensStylePower give some serious thought to an important question.

Asteroids, Conflict and Turning Towards the One you Love

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Ken Chitwood talks about his favorite asteroid disaster films and what we can learn about how to respond to conflict from them.

Iris: The Story of a Polio Mother

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The story of a boy from Hardscrabble, Illinois, and his courageous mother.

Scott Neeson: From Hollywood to Phonm Penh

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Dr. Jay Winsten, associate dean of the Harvard School of Public Health says, “Scott is a remarkable human being who put his life on the line to help children in Cambodia who had no hope. Now they have a future.”

Missing the Days Before You Were Married

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The glass of retrospect distorts, for a moment, a married man’s memories of his globetrotting single days .

Women Who Pay For Sex: Men, Stereotypes, and the Erotic

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More women than you think have paid for male “companionship”. What does this say about stereotypes of how sex and desire work?

Welsh Tourist Being Called a Hero for Wrestling Shark Away From Toddlers on an Australian Beach

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An Australian coastguard spokesman said, “We don’t recommend manhandling sharks but this gentleman did a great job.”

Australia’s Most Famous Outlaw, Ned Kelly, Will Finally Be Laid to Rest

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The family wish for their privacy to be respected so that they may farewell a very much loved member of their family.