Teal Sherer, a paraplegic actress tired of waiting for Hollywood roles, created one for herself last summer when "My Gimpy Life" premiered to critical acclaim on YouTube. And thanks to a successful ...

“I do know there is no one watching that bear today whose heart does not lurch with every pained step and who does not know this: We’re all connected somehow” Credit: Ryan Fowler There’s an injured ...

I’m going to give credit to Kazu Terasaki for designing a pair of robot legs for his iPhone. After all, creating a platform that will bring gadgets to you is a lazy, yet noble endeavor. Unfortunately, ...

Admittedly, this is one of our shorter editors on staff. But he is, believe it or not, an adult male that stands five foot, eight inches tall. Which puts that giant chunk of metal next to him at about ...

From the day he got his feathers Gimpy was a superior bird. Master Sgt. Clifford Algy Poutre, the lean, leathery boss pigeon man at the Signal Corps pigeon lofts on the Jersey flats at Fort Monmouth, ...

I found Ana Maria Spagna’s essay, “The story of Gimpy” touching and thought-provoking (HCN, 9/2/13). Beyond evoking the compelling image of the black bear left incapable of foraging by a gunshot wound ...