Kind Restaurant Owners Take Entire Staff on Paid Bahamas Vacation
As the busy holiday period wound to a close at The Standard restaurant in Toledo, the owners surprised their staff with a three-day cruise to the Bahamas. Admitting that their team of cooks, servers, and hosts were the “lifeblood” of the business, Chef Jeff Dinnebeil and his wife, co-owner of The Standard Megan Lingsweiler, got […]
Multiple Types of Plastic Are Turned into Vinegar Using Sunlight-Powered Process Without Emissions
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient of vinegar, using sunlight. The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, while simultaneously creating a useful, value-added chemical product through a process inspired by nature. “Our goal was to […]
Public Artwork is Hidden Until it Rains in Seattle–Now You Can Do it Anywhere in the World
Ask anyone who lives in a rainy city and they’ll tell you that you just have to make the best of it. In Seattle, one artist did exactly that by making an eco-friendly spray material that can only be seen when it’s wet. It’s become so popular that the city government is using it to […]
Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
GNN has reported a-plenty on animals that were last seen in the 20th century and believed extinct that were then rediscovered, but a story from the island of New Guinea now stretches that pattern to its absolute limits. Known only from fossilized bones that date back 6,000-plus years, two species of arboreal marsupials have been […]
Beloved Oregon Waterfall to Become Public Land as State Buys Abiqua Falls Property
A beloved Oregon waterfall that lies on private land is set to be purchased by the state after being placed on the market. Far from being a story of a rallying cry to save nature from exploitation, Abiqua Falls has been owned for decades by good stewards who “bent over backwards” to facilitate public access, […]
Wife Used ‘Find My iPhone’ to Locate Husband Buried in an Avalanche for Over 4 Hours
A wife used her “Find My iPhone” feature to guide search and rescue to the location of her husband who had been buried in an avalanche. Michael Harris was skiing the Big Chief Bowl at Stevens Pass Ski Resort in late February when the snowpack suddenly gave way beneath him. He was caught in an […]
Schoolboy With ‘Can-Do’ Attitude Has Recycled a Million Cans and Donated the Proceeds to Charity
A 13-year-old boy has raised thousands of dollars for charity by recycling more than a million aluminum cans. Young Ryan Hulance came up with the idea as a way to make money for foodbanks while also caring for the environment. From his home in Solihull in England’s West Midlands, he started contacting businesses asking if […]
Dutch Woman Finds 35 Rembrandt Etchings Hidden in Her Home: ‘You can only dream about it’
It will never cease to be surprising how often it occurs that the works of master painters turn up in people’s attics, basements, and barn sheds. From Amsterdam comes the story of just such an occasion, when a Dutch woman confined to her home by government decree during the COVID-19 pandemic, used it as an […]
Snowmobilers Dig Exhausted Young Moose Out of the snow in New Hampshire Woods
A group of snowmobilers in New Hampshire saved a young moose doe who needed a helping hoof. Returning home for lunch after a morning zipping over the drifts 4 to 5 feet deep, Mike Dion told WMUR news that he and his friends came across an unexpected sight: a moose buried up to its neck […]
Fossil Remains of ‘Weird’ Creature with Twisted jaw and Sideways Teeth Discovered
The fossilized remains of a creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant eating reptiles now called Tanyka consisted of “living fossils” even when they stalked the Earth around 275 million years ago. A international team of paleontologists recently revealed this strange creature based […]