Oceanographers Explore Underwater Mountain Bigger Than Mount Olympus Teeming with Wonders

nn900 miles off the coast of Chile in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a scientific expedition recently found a plethora of wonders hidden under the waves.nnClustered around several seamounts, or underwater mountains, oceanographers at the Schmidt Ocean Institute discovered what are believed to be 20 new species, including a ghostly octopus and a sea […]

Tennessee Veterans Find Healing Working with ‘Bio-feedback machine’ Horses

nnIn Tennessee, the US Department of Veterans Affairs is having success with the tried and true rehabilitation method of equine therapy.nnThe Department recently shared some of their stories of success using the healing power of horses to confront past trauma.nnJoanne Parchetta is one of many veterans helped by the Center for Equine Recovery (CERV), a […]

Good News in History, September 4

Happy 62nd birthday to the Japanese Nobel laureate, Sinya Yamanaka, whose pioneering work in the science of stem cells led him to identify the “Yamanaka Factors”— 4 different genetic transcription factors that he used to turn any adult human cell into a stem cell. He shared the prize jointly with Sir John Gordon of England, […]