Rescued Dog Becomes the Rescuer: Family Pup Saved from Shelter Guides Officer to Missing Grandmother
Once upon a time this dog had been injured and helpless, but a Florida rescue shelter never gave up on him. Now, it was his turn to return the favor. Back in 2019, Eeyore the dog had been hit by a car and taken to L&R Rescue near Pensacola with a badly broken femur. Euthanasia […]
New Way of Supercharging Prostate Cancer Treatments Can Weaken Tumors at Cellular Level
Prostate cancer treatment could be “supercharged” by a new way of weakening malignant cells, say scientists. A new “vulnerability” in prostate cancer cells that could improve treatment for the second most common cancer in men worldwide (second only to skin cancer) was discovered by an international team of researchers. They found that two enzymes – […]
Visitors Gaze on Parthenon Free of Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years
Stunning images show the ancient Parthenon temple scaffolding-free for the first time in 200 years. Visitors to the marble wonder found in Athens, Greece, can finally enjoy a clear view without scaffolding for the first time in two centuries. The removal of the latest iron cage – erected about 20 years ago on the temple’s […]
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote […]
Good News in History, October 18
895 years ago today, Zhu Xi, a revolutionary Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty, was born. His shifting of the emphasis from the I Ching to the Four Books reshaped the Chinese view of the world, which is not an easy thing to do. His commentaries and perspectives formed the basis for the Chinese civil service […]
Farmers Invite Jazz Band to Play Moosic for Cows in Bid to Boost Milk Production – WATCH
A farmer has treated her herd of dairy cows to a live jazz band in the hope the music will boost milk production. The Dixiebeats performed to both the Jersey and Holstein cows at Smithills Open Farm in Bolton, the UK, last Sunday. The six-piece combo was invited to play after owners had read that […]
Microscopic Ecosystem Buried for 130 Years Wakes Up After Wetland Restoration in Toronto
Worms, plankton, water fleas, sedges, algae, and cattails—the foundations of the food web in Toronto’s Don River ecosystem, simply woke up again after 130 years of entombment, stunning scientists. The Don River was tamed and turned into a canalized, industrial waterfront at the turn of the century, and was recently the focus of one of […]
Coyote Statues Are Guarding Local School Playgrounds Keeping Pests Away
A creative solution from up north for how to stop crows and geese from leaving droppings all over a school playground has left several residents in a dreadful fright. The story comes from the city of Menlo Park in California, where a pair of “coyotes” are scarring these birds and the neighbors too. Local news […]
A Plant-Eating Croc? Newly Identified Species Demonstrates Crocodilian Versatility
Measuring no more than 2 feet long from nose to tail, a newly-described crocodilian nicknamed “Elton” likely lived its entire life on land where it lounged in the Cretaceous Montana sunshine, eating plants and insects. Elton was about the size of a big lizard, according to Montana State University professor of paleontology David Varricchio, whose […]
Good News in History, October 17
165 years ago today, the Open Championship, also known as the British Open, was first played in Scotland, at the Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire. The oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the four prestigious majors, it rotates between a select group of coastal UK golf courses. READ more about its history… (1860) […]