4-Year-old Girl Told She’d ‘Never Walk’ takes Her First Steps–With Sisters Screaming as They Shoot Video
nnA four-year-old girl, who doctors said would never walk, has defied expectations to take her first steps.nnWhen she was a baby, Scottie Mae Blair was diagnosed with Angelman syndrome—a rare genetic condition that causes severe physical and learning disabilities. Her parents were told to expect that their daughter would not be able to walk, talk, […]
A Positive Outlook on Aging is Linked to Feeling Sharper Mentally, Says New Study
nnYour attitudes about aging, whether positive or negative, can lead to a better—or worse—cognitive experience in your senior years, suggests a new study from researchers at Penn State.nnGetting older comes with certain expectations, from gray hair to wrinkles to forgetfulness. While these beliefs may seem harmless, they may influence how one perceives their own cognitive […]
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Returns to Modern Screens With Hopeful Stories of Wildlife Problems Solved
n Edited from original article by World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. nFor an entire generation of Americans who were glued to their TVs during the moon landing or watched The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom provided the first glimpse of an Amazon […]
AI Detected Her Early Breast Cancer After Annual Test Came Back as Normal: ‘I feel so lucky’
nnArtificial intelligence successfully detected a woman’s breast cancer, after a routine scan evaluated by humans came back as ‘normal’.nnSheila Tooth was given the all-clear after her most recent mammogram was examined by two experienced radiologists who determined that there were no signs of cancer. However, University Hospitals Sussex, where she had her appointment, was participating […]
“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” – Albert Einstein
Quote of the Day: “We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” – Albert EinsteinnnPhoto by: Casey Horner / Unsplash+nnWith a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and archived on our Quote of the Day page—why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?nn
Good News in History, November 10
101 years ago today, one of the most famous dogs in the world, Hachikō the Akita, was born in Ōdate. He is beloved, revered, and looked at in amazement for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, for whom he continued to wait at the Shibuya Station where they would go home together nine […]