Anonymous $3.5 Million Gift to Milwaukee Art Museum Provides Free Admission for Children
nnThanks to the kindness of a generous donor, children 12 and under will now be able to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) for free.nnThe gift of $3.5 million was given anonymously but with instructions to establish an endowment supporting child attendance at the museum.nnThe donor “shared fond memories of visiting the museum with their […]
UPDATE: High Schoolers Who Found ‘Impossible’ Proof of Pythagorean Theorem Discover 9 More Solutions to it
nnLast year GNN reported on two Louisiana high schoolers who used trigonometry to properly demonstrate Pythagoras’ Theorum, a mathematical concept that remained unsolved for more than 2,000 years.nnNe’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson made national headlines, won their school a large grant, and were invited to publish papers on their discovery after making it.nnOn October 28th, […]
Hawaiian Crow That Went Extinct in the Wild Decades Ago Now Released on Maui
nn5 Hawaiian crows have just been released onto the island of Maui in an attempt to return this species to the islands.nnExtirpated from its native Big Island in 2002, all remaining members of the species have been bred in captivity since then. However, the animals were raised to retain their wilder instincts in the hope […]
4-Year-old Brit Taught Himself All 195 World Flags And Knows Every Country on the Map (WATCH)
nnIf you have 2 minutes to be charmed, watch the video of this Dr. Livingston in the making, who can name all 195 flags of the world at just 4 years old.nnArthur Weekley has been interested in flags since he was 3 after his dad Bobby bought him a puzzle with different flags on it.nnAfter […]
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso
Quote of the Day: “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo PicassonnPhoto by: Hrant Khachatryan for Unsplash+ (cropped)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, December 11
5 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their small island region. Unlike the Tigray independence movement in Ethiopia which just a few months later sparked a terrible civil war, the government of Papua New Guinea described the result as […]