Sisters Who Found Each Other Through DNA Discover They Had Mysteriously Named Their Kids After Each Other
nnTwo half-sisters who had never met until a DNA test discovered they had both given their children the other’s name.nnJessica, whose mother was adopted, had always been curious about her family and ordered a DNA test from Ancestry.com. Meanwhile, Nicole, who’d already done a DNA test, was checking her profile one day and was shocked […]
Prehistoric Saber-Tooth Cub Is First to Be Found Mummified in Ice – and it Still Has Hair
nnDespite hundreds of scientific illustrations, no one knew for sure what a saber-toothed cat actually looked like, until now.nnAs is sometimes the case, Siberian prospectors looking for mammoth tusks, likely illicitly, have uncovered another incredible Pleistocene mammal frozen in permafrost—in this instance, a “saber-tooth kitten.”nnBelonging to the species Homotherium latidens, paleontologists at the Russian Academy of […]
At 17, Sophia Just Broke Her Brother’s Record for Youngest to Pass the California Bar
nnMeet Sophia Park, the prodigious young law student who just became the youngest person to pass the California state bar exam at 17 years and 8 months of age.nnThe shocker is that the young man standing to her left, as GNN reported just twelve months ago, was also once the youngest man to pass the […]
“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” – Helen Keller
Quote of the Day: “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” – Helen KellernnPhoto by: HARALD PLIESSNIGnnWith 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 22
59 years ago today Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees, a National Geographic film special, premiered on CBS and brought the young primate ethnologist Jane Goodall international acclaim for her work in Tanzania. It transformed our understanding of our closest relative as no piece of media had ever done before. READ a bit more, or watch […]