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Volunteer Knitters Are Finishing Craft Projects for Loved Ones Who’ve Passed
An American non-profit is helping bereaved families recover from loss one crocheted sweater at a time.…
This Guy Shares Cool Maps of the World Every Day on Facebook
An Australian demographic researcher has a fun side gig that has accumulated 225k followers on Facebook.…
Mushroom Explosion in California: Rains Lead to Epic ‘Supershroom’ Season
With Southern California stuck in a 20-year drought, the torrential rains this winter have given the…
Rare Chance for You to See a ‘Messier Marathon’ Stargazing Event This Month
A minor meteor shower and a few conjunctions offer some great beginner stargazing events this March,…
Author of ‘Rainbow Bridge’ Poem About an Animal Heaven was Finally Revealed–She Had No Idea it Went Viral
Around the US and UK, dozens of animal hospitals have a catch-all when it comes to…
Video Games Are Not Associated with Harming Brains of Preteens, According to a New Study
Showing that scientific work so often disproves intuitive rationalization, a recent study found that video games…
Filmmaker Creates Incredible Stop-Motion Chase Scenes Using Toy Hot-Wheel Cars (WATCH)
A home filmmaker has created incredible stop-motion miniature chase scenes using Hot-Wheels toy cars. Director and…
U.S. Warship Renamed After Robert Smalls, a Former Slave Turned Civil War Hero
A US warship has been renamed to honor a Civil War hero with ties to the…
Study Shows Flamingos with Similar Personality Traits ‘Form Cliques’ with Like-Minded Friends
Birds of a feather really do flock together according to a new study that found flamingos…
Indian Man Grows Precious Saffron In a Shipping Container–Wants to Share His Hydroponic Technique With Others
Feeling like the 9-5 office life of a software developer was too empty, an Indian man…
A Marathon was Blocking Delivery Route for Organ Donation So a Surgeon Ran Through the Race to Get it
In a story that only those who live in the colonial cities of America’s east will…
Batteries 3D-Printed Using Layers of Powder Use 40% Less Material, Charge in Minutes and Recycle Easier
It seems like a new Silicon Valley startup could change the face of the battery industry…
29 Species Have Recovered Enough in Australia to be Taken Off Endangered List–a Milestone for Celebration
A large research project studying endangered species in Australia has tallied 29 recovered species—all animals that…
Students Raise $270,000 So 80-Year-Old janitor Can Retire from Texas High School
High school seniors managed to secure a quarter-million dollars for their sweet, 80-year-old janitor who had…
Parisian Opera House That Inspired ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Becomes an Airbnb
For a limited time only, a Parison opera house box seat typically reserved for visiting dignitaries…
Toddler Is First to Be Cured of Rare, Deadly Condition, Using New Versions of a Faulty Gene
A 19-month-old girl has become the first person to be cured of a rare and deadly…
Turkish Stadium Sees Teddy Bears Rain Down on Field for Earthquake Victims (WATCH)
In a moment that will bring tears to your eyes and send your jaw to the…
Hidden Camera Catches Clever Sheep Unlocking Gate to Free His Posse–And Solves a Mystery (Watch)
A farm staff was stunned after it learned that one clever sheep had been unlocking a…
Japanese Startup to Launch Public Space-Viewing Balloon Flights to Rival SpaceX
A Japanese aerospace startup is hoping to make space tourism even more accessible with a balloon…
The Public Gave Names to Snowplows in Madison, Wisconsin–And They are Hilarious
As part of GNN’s continuing coverage of city snowplow naming competitions, the results of Madison Wisconsin’s…
Motorcyclists Can Now Be Safe Thanks to ‘Airbag Jeans’ That Inflate Before Impact to Protect During Accidents
Motorcyclists can soon be safer thanks to a company that produced the world’s first airbag suit.…
Woman Helped 100 Seniors Re-Home Their Pets Before Passing Away, Bringing ‘Peace of Mind’
A 28-year-old who helps the elderly to re-home their pets before passing away has celebrated her…
Five Key Sleeping Habits That Can ‘Add Years’ to Your Life Identified by Scientists
If you are young or old, you can improve your overall health—and probably add years to…
For 3 Hours Doctors Continued CPR on Toddler with No Pulse–Until Life Returned
When 3-year-old Waylon Saunders arrived at the hospital, he was already legally dead and had been…
Heinz Looks for Man Who Survived a Month at Sea Eating Only Ketchup So They Can Buy Him a Boat
Spotting an opportunity to change someone’s life and nab some pretty stunning publicity in the process,…
Conservation Zoos Have Powerful Potential to ‘Reverse Extinction’ Study Shows
Zoos have “powerful potential” to reverse extinctions, according to a new study that found zoos, aquariums,…
Six Enormous Galaxies Detected from the Dawn of Our Universe: ‘Our First Glimpse Back This Far’
Six enormous galaxies that formed just half a billion years after the Big Bang have been…
Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood.…
Home Depot Invests Another $1 Billion in Pay Increases for Hourly Workers
This week, The Home Depot announced that it is investing an additional $1 billion in wage…
World’s Largest Dance Marathon Busts a Record Move Raising $15M for Childhood Cancer
Students at Penn State University have raised a whopping $15 million during their annual 46-hour ‘no…
Man Who Didn’t Read or Write Until His Late Teens Becomes Cambridge University’s Youngest Black Professor
A boy with autism who could not read or write until his late teens is now…
French Football Star Scores First Goal Since Beating Cancer – And it was World Cancer Day!
February 4th, World Cancer Day at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany: it’s a day French-Ivorian…
Archaeologists Uncover ‘Complete Roman City’ From 1,800 Years Ago in Luxor–Including Pigeon Towers
Archaeologists in Egypt have just succeeded in completely excavating a small Roman city in the classical…
A Dog Lost For 36 Hours Rang the Animal Shelter’s Doorbell
When a rescue dog found herself lost in her new neighborhood, she somehow knew just where…
Couple Stunned to Find Childhood Letter in Attic Written by King Charles to His ‘Granny’ the Queen Mother in 1955
We’ve all found family heirlooms and keepsakes tucked away in our attics and lofts before, but…
Dutch Woman Smashes a World Record Unbroken For 41 Years–While Her Home Audience Cheers
A 41-year-old world record in women’s track and field stands no longer after a young Dutch…
Unhealthy Fat Could Be Turned Into ‘Good Fat’ to Keep Us Youthful and Thinner
Did you know your body actually contains three different kinds of fat? That’s right, humans have…
Stolen Trove of Angkor Royal Jewelry Returned to Cambodia After Resurfacing in London
A trove of precious jewelry from Cambodia’s past has been repatriated after surfacing in London. Totaling…
Senior With No Car Walks to Work–But After She Found $15k and Returned it She Does Now
Strangers around the country are rewarding a Michigan woman for her honesty after turning in nearly…
Monarch Butterflies Rebound Again–Beating Last Year’s Total, Proving Success is Not a Fluke
The annual Western monarch count to measure the population of overwintering butterflies shared fantastic news for…
Third Case of HIV Being Cured Confirmed 10 Years After Treatment of the ‘Düsseldorf Patient’
The “Düsseldorf Patient”, a man now aged 53, is just the third person worldwide to have…
Critically Endangered Dancing Lemur Born in UK is ‘Landmark Moment for Species’ After Parents Sent From US Zoo
The first ever ‘dancing lemur’ to be bred in Europe was born at a UK zoo…
5,000 Year-Old Tavern Found in Iraq
It doesn’t get much older than Sumeria, but even the modern concept of going out to…
Discovery: Cockatoos Know to Bring Multiple Tools When Fishing For Nuts–An Ability Only Seen in Chimpanzees
Goffin’s cockatoos have been added to the short list of non-human animals that use and transport…
U.S. Agency Wants Offshore Oil Companies to Look for Shipwrecks Before They Drill
As part of existing requirements for offshore energy production, 600 shipwrecks have been found in the…
Amazing Footage Shows Birth of ‘Precious’ Rare Twin Tiger Cubs at UK Zoo
Secret cameras have captured the amazing moment two incredibly rare tiger cubs were born at a…
Astronomers Observe 2 Neutron Stars Colliding and the Extreme Reaction ‘Defies All Expectations’
Astronomers just finished putting into words the first observation of a “kilonova,” or the merger of…
North America’s Only Native Stork Poised to Fly off the Endangered Species List
After teetering on the edge of extinction almost 50 years ago, the wood stork is now…
First of Its Kind Discovery in Mali: Vast Reservoirs of Clean Hydrogen Gas
In the beautiful West African country of Mali, a huge discovery has a town drawing a…
MDMA and Psilocybin-Assised Psychotherapy Approved in Australia for Treatment-Resistant Depression and PTSD
Australia’s version of the FDA surprised the nation in early February when they announced that psilocybin…
‘Fantastic’ Finding Uncovers Silent Frog Species That ‘Doesn’t Croak, Chirp, Sing or Ribbit’
Originally written by Liz Kimbrough. Reprinted from Mongabay on a CC 4.0. License. Up in Tanzania’s…
Wife of WWII Soldier Spent Decades on Husband’s Wish to Reunite Japanese Family With Photo Album He Found on Okinawa
With persistence, belief, and the amount of sheer dumb luck normally needed to win the lottery,…
Ringed Planet That Defies Known Physics Discovered in Outer Reaches of Our Solar System
It turns out that Saturn isn’t the only married planet in the solar system. A European…
Owl Escapes NYC Zoo But After Survival Instincts Kick-in Officials Give it Some Freedom in Central Park
On February 3rd, a jailbreak occurred in Manhattan—it was a Eurasian eagle owl named Flaco. Investigators…
Cures and Prevention For Some of the Worst Diseases Come From a Surprising Ally – Our Sewers
If it still holds that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then a virus…
76-year-old Student Finally Graduates 50 Years After He Began His Ph.D. in Philosophy
Newly-graduated ‘Doctor’ Nick Axten said it took him “a long hard think” to get his doctoral…
In ‘Mega Milestone’ India Connects 80 Million Rural Households to Water Supply in Just 4 Years
India’s Jal Jeevan Mission of tap water access continues to be one of the great, unsung…
World’s Known Lithium Reserves Up 40% After Colossal Discovery in India Turns Up 5.9 Million Tons
In a stunning development for the future of technology, India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies,…
Lack of Financial Literacy in Schools Inspires Launch of Podcast to Teach People How to Protect Their Wealth
Former Head of Marketing at Yahoo Finance Adam Taggart always thought it was bizarre and unacceptable…
Biggest Coin Hoard in a Decade Worth $180,000 Discovered During “Metal Detecting Rally” In British Countryside
It’s always big news among Britain’s metal detecting hobbyists when a hoard is found, and a…
23-Year-Old Rows Solo 3,000 Miles Across Atlantic Setting Race Record for Female
A 23-year-old woman just set the Talisker Challenge record for the fastest solo row across the…
Old Batteries from Electric Vehicles Get New Life Powering California’s Grid
A California start-up has saved thousands of used electric vehicle battery packs from landfills by diverting…
An Army of 10,000 Women Saved India’s Rarest Stork – While Giving Each Other a New identity
Changing attitudes towards conservation in the Indian state of Assam have these women wearing paper-mache hats…
Flood of ‘Right to Repair’ Bills For Autos, Phones, and Tractors Equals DIY ‘Watershed Moment’
Across America, more than 20 state legislatures are looking over proposed laws that would help guarantee…
Yale Honors Work of 9-Year-Old Girl Who is Stomping Out Extremely Invasive Bugs in New Jersey
When 9-year-old Bobbi Wilson heard about the Hoboken campaign to eradicate the spotted lanternfly, she took…
The Best Super Bowl Ads Were Funny, Heartwarming, and Celebrity-Filled (LOOK)
There’s something for everyone at the Super Bowl, sport, the halftime show, and of course, the…
Researchers Successfully Turn Abandoned Oil Well into Giant Geothermal Battery
The Biden Administration is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to close abandoned oil and gas…
Pentagon Reverses Ruling on the Release of Art Made by Guantanamo Bay Detainees
In a rare moment of beauty at Guantánamo Bay, detainees managed to win themselves the rights…
‘Gentle Giant’ Cat Has Gotten So Big He Now Measures Over 4-Feet and Gets Mistaken for Dog
A giant cat has gotten so big it is now 4.27 feet long, the average height…
Today is the 30th Anniversary of ‘Groundhog Day’ –The Bill Murray Movie we Should All Play on a Loop (Trailer)
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the movie Groundhog Day. Starring Bill Murrary as a cynical…
Sisters With Rare Disorder Make Dramatic Leaps With New Therapy After Doctors Said They’d Never Walk or Talk
What parent could imagine anything worse than hearing their newborn has a genetic mutation that impedes…
John Cleese and Daughter Sign Up to Star in a Reboot of Fawlty Towers
The classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers has been recognized for decades as one of, if not…
‘Miss Patty’ Has Made 7,000 Hats for the Students that Ride Her Bus
Many employees of school systems leave behind important memories with their students, but for bus driver…
The Fascinating and Brilliant Woman Who Mapped the Secrets of the Ocean Floor to Upend Scientific Thought
As massive a project as it would see to be now, once upon a time humanity…
Your Valentine’s Day Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood.…
Preemie Given 10% Chance of Survival Defies the Odds and is Now ‘a Genius’ Who Outsmarts His Teachers (WATCH)
Jamie Mohr who was given a 10 percent chance of survival when he was born weighing…
MIT Develops AI that Predicts Lung Cancer Risk up to 6 Years in Advance, Like Finding a ‘Needle in a Haystack’
Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have developed a new AI deep learning model that…
Earliest Evidence of Ancestors Using Tools Up to Three Million Years Ago Unearthed in Kenya
The earliest evidence of human ancestors using tools up to three million years ago has been…
Unique Nonprofit to Provide ‘Basic Income’ to California Homeless in 12-Month Study Funded by Google
A privately-funded program to provide basic income to 100 California homeless people aims to study how…
The Humble Pigeon Uses Same Learning Process as Artificial Intelligence, Says Iowa Study
Can a pigeon match wits with artificial intelligence? At a very basic level, yes. In a…
Codebreakers Crack Secrets of Lost Mary Queen of Scots Letters 430 Years After She Wrote them in Captivity
An international cryptology team accidentally discovered a series of coded letters written by Mary Queen of…
Equipment Manager Finally Gets to Play: Watch a Boy’s Basketball Triumph as High School Cheers
Equipment manager Carson Watters loves basketball, loves working on his junior varsity high school team, but…
Ohio Man Brings Voters of All Stripes Together to Agree to Disagree Over ‘Dinner and a Dialogue’
After a man in Ohio got in a fight with some friends over political positions, he…
State Department Launches ‘Welcome Corps’ Program to Allow Citizens to Easily Sponsor Legal Refugees
US citizens or lawful permanent residents can now easily sponsor refugees seeking safety in America through…
Assembly Work Begins on Notre Dame’s New Spire—On Track for a December 2024 Reopening
Preparatory work began this week to restore the sharp spire atop the Cathedral of Notre Dame…
Mars Rover Team Excited After Finding… ‘Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. METEORITE!’
Always keen to anthropomorphize their robots, NASA put out a social media post of one of…
Artist Creates Fantasy Sculptures By Repurposing Dead Insects
An artistic form of recycling has an artist in Belgium creating exceptionally unique sculptures from the…
5-Year-old Who Emptied Piggybank for Earthquake Relief Now Wins $48Mil Lottery Jackpot at 18
A delightful story from northern Ontario saw a 5-year-old girl’s good Karma wait 13 years to…
Ocean Cleanup Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Massive Plastic Pollution Cleanup
The co-founder of Airbnb.org has just donated $25 million to support the Dutch nonprofit The…
California Man Builds Solar-Powered Trike with Stuff in His Garage—And it’s Catching On
No gas is no problem for one Stockton CA inventor who created a solar-powered tricycle that’s…
Plant Toxins Fatal to Sugarcane Hailed as the ‘New Weapon’ Antibiotic in Fight Against Bacteria
The threat of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections has been growing across human civilization for years, but a…
Man Finally Meets Family That Hid Him During Nazi Holocaust 80 Years Ago–And Visits the House
An elderly Belgian man was able to meet the descendants of a neighbor who saved him…
Metal Detectorist Unearths Pristine Gold Pendant Linked to Henry VIII—With Initials of Katherine of Aragon
“People say it’s like winning the lottery; it’s not. People actually win the lottery. When was…
Stroke Recovery Improved for 70% of Patients Taking Celery Seed Drug
A large trial investigating the effectiveness of a celery-seed-derived neuroprotectant drug for use in ischemic stroke…
The Hilarious Moment a Dog Refuses to Look at Mom While Being Scolded for Destroying a Pillow-WATCH
This is the funny moment a guilty dog cowered into the corner of the bed and…
Best Childhood Memories Include School Trips, So Hyundai is Funding Excursions for 25,000 Students–Apply Today
Almost half of adults in the UK admit their fondest childhood memories include school trips. Nearly…
Visiting Green Spaces 3-4 Times Weekly May Lower Your Need for Meds, According to New Study
Hanging out in a local park, lake, or garden really could be an antidote to ill…
Researchers Can Now Make Clean Hydrogen Fuel By Pulling it Directly From Seawater—No Filtering Required
Researchers in Australia, an island nation, have successfully split seawater to produce green hydrogen without pre-treatment.…
New England Patriots Owner Wants to Sign Newly Retired Tom Brady to a Contract
23 years ago, Thomas Patrick Edward Brady Jr. was signed as a 6th-round draft pick. As…
Kayaker Singing in Hopes of Attracting Beluga Whales Never Imagined They Were Actually Listening
A kayaker got more than he bargained for when he set off hoping to encounter some…
Revolutionary Structure for Cancer-Killing Vaccines Could Make Treatments 3x More Effective
Cancer-killing vaccines could be made drastically more potent, according to scientists at Northwestern University, who say…
Half a Million Jobs Created in January Pushes U.S. Unemployment Rate to Lowest in 54 Years – 3.4%
Figures released this week showed the U.S. unemployment rate reaching its lowest point in 54 years—the…
Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood.…
Bioengineers Devise a Way of Growing Skin in the Shape of Hands That Can be Pulled on ‘Like a Glove’
If you’ve ever tried gift-wrapping an odd-shaped present like a teddy bear, you can appreciate the…
Turning Problematic Sea Algae into a Replacement for Plastic in Common Products
After a Finnish scuba diver saw how harmful out-of-control algae blooms could be to the marine…
New Bank in The Spirit of Walden Will Lend and Invest Only in Local New England Agriculture
In New England, entrepreneurs have taken an unorthodox path to support local and sustainable agriculture—they started…
Man Sprints Along 4-Lane Snowy Highway to Stop Woman’s Runaway Car
When a Massachusetts woman lost consciousness at the wheel of her car on the highway, she…
Vaccine for Mostly-Lethal Marburg Virus Shows Promise in First Human Study
A vaccine for the lethal Marburg virus has shown huge promise in early human trials with…
Hiker Captures Video of Rare Ice Disk Vortex Spinning in Scottish Winter Weather Phenomenon–WATCH
A hiker captured the incredibly rare phenomenon of an ice disk on a mountain walk in…
‘Princely’ Tomb of a Hunnic Warrior and his Horse Unearthed in Romania
Reprinted with Permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet focusing on travel, foreign policy,…
Watch China’s Spacecraft Land on the Moon in This Trippy Video
In 2020, China was preparing for its second landing on the moon as part of a…
To Boost Produce Pollination, Tiny ‘FAIRY Robots‘ Can be Propelled by the Wind Like Seeds
In the future, millions of artificial dandelion seeds carrying pollen could be dispersed freely by natural…
Rare Species of Feline Dubbed the ‘Original Grumpy Cat’ Found Living On Mount Everest
A DNA analysis confirmed that the rare and little-known Pallas’ cat lives on the body of…
Try Your Hand at Haiku: Newspaper in Japan Selects Poems Each Day from Reader Submission
Five minutes slow My wall clock celebrating A new year That was today’s poem for the…
Making Building Materials Out of Fast-Growing Grasses Capture More Carbon Than Trees for US Startup
A startup looking to find better ways to mass-produce lumber for construction has swapped trees for…
Japanese Archaeologists Find Beautiful Bronze Mirror Buried With a 7-Foot-Long Sword
The Japanese penchant for wielding large curved swords goes back much further in time than previously…
Aussie Dad Recovers from Brain Tumor, Stroke, and Coma in 5 Month ‘Miracle’ to Spend Christmas at Home
A family in Australia had a lovely Christmas despite the second half of 2022 bringing enough…
British Company Develops First Tractor in the World to be Completely Powered by Cow Dung
New Holland’s brand new tractor runs on liquified methane, allowing farmers to decrease their emissions and…