Her groundbreaking sea floor discovery was dismissed as 'girl talk.' But science proved her right.

Marie Tharp changed how humanity sees the planet, yet so many have never heard her name.

By Heather Wake

Most of us learn about the Earth's shifting tectonic plates in middle school. But in Marie Tharp's time, this fact we now take for granted was a groundbreaking, radical concept—and one that had to overcome gender bias.

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In 1957, Tharp, a geologist and oceanographic cartographer, and her colleague Bruce Heezen published the first bathymetric map of the Atlantic Ocean. Tharp faced considerable challenges due to sexism. For one thing, women were not allowed on the ships that collected the seafloor data used to create the maps. So, Tharp spent hours at a desk translating thousands of sonar readings from ships that would not allow her aboard.

Her hand-drawn maps eventually revealed that the seafloor was covered in canyons, ridges, and mountains, all of which suggested that at some point, pieces of the Earth had moved.

'Spiritual shift': ICU nurse shares the one phrase that means someone will pass very soon

"You guys, people know when they're gonna die."

By Tod Perry

When people in the healthcare world experience death on a regular basis, they begin to see patterns in the timing of when patients pass away. Hospice workers say that when people are in their final days, they begin to see their departed loved ones surrounding their hospital bed. They will also share many of the same regrets and have frequent hallucinations.

Kirstie Robb, a TikToker who has worked as an ICU nurse for the past four years, has noticed a trend in people who are about to pass away. She says that when she hears a specific phrase from those who are brought in, regardless of the reason, they will be gone very soon: "Every single person who passes away says the same thing," she explained in her TikTok. "They say…'Can you please tell my family I love them? I don't feel good. I know I'm gonna die.'"

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Once a refugee seeking safety in the U.S., Anita Omary is using what she learned to help others thrive

Even in divided times, small acts of friendship help create vibrant communities where everyone feels safe.

By Sarah Watts

In March 2023, after months of preparation and paperwork, Anita Omary arrived in the United States from her native Afghanistan to build a better life. Once she arrived in Connecticut, however, the experience was anything but easy.

“When I first arrived, everything felt so strange—the weather, the environment, the people,” Omary recalled. Omary had not only left behind her extended family and friends in Afghanistan, she left her career managing child protective cases and supporting refugee communities behind as well. Even more challenging, Anita was five months pregnant at the time, and because her husband was unable to obtain a travel visa, she found herself having to navigate a new language, a different culture, and an unfamiliar country entirely on her own.

Why chasing 1,000 rejections might be the key to your biggest dreams

Gabriella Carr asked for 1,000 “no’s.” The universe had other plans.

By kat hong

If you opened Gabriella Carr's red notebook, you might expect to find a diary, a grocery list, or her homework. Instead, you'd find an organized, numbered list of failures.

That's one way to see it. Gabriella views it differently, though. To her, every entry in that notebook is a victory.

Gabriella, a content creator and actor, is embarking on a fascinating experiment she calls "The 1,000 No's." Her goal: to face rejection 1,000 times in a year. While the rest of us spend our days avoiding the word "no," Gabriella is hunting for it. She asks for opportunities she feels unqualified for. She puts herself in situations where rejection is likely.