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 […]
Hunt for Subway Hero Who Gave Blind Man His Shoes After Theirs Fell into the Gap
nnFrom the London subway comes the story of a Good Samaritan who saw a blind man lose a shoe and offered his own to make sure the man could keep his balance.nnIt was recounted to British media by a passenger on the train that day named Sami, who had originally shared it on Reddit.nnIt happened […]
Salmon Have Already Returned Far Upriver to Spawn in Historic Habitat After Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project
nnNot two months have passed since a series of four dams were demolished on the Klamath River, and salmon are already spawning in creeks and tributaries far upriver.nnIt’s the ultimate goal that a coalition of tribal, state, and federal government entities have campaigned for since the early 2000s.nnGNN reported on the dam demolition, concluded on […]
Awesome Bridge Swings Back and Forth to Allow Boats to Pass Over Long-Divided Scottish River (LOOK)
nnIn a delightful show of Scottish engineering, a new moveable bridge to span the Clyde River works like a drawbridge but horizontally.nnIt’s one of the world’s first large “double-leaf swing bridges,” to use the proper term, which opens to allow boat traffic to pass by swinging each half of the bridge like the paddles in […]
Multiplayer Online Gaming is Associated with Better Teamwork, Problem-Solving at the Office
nnAt the University of Houston, online video gamers are the focus of a new paper on productivity at work, and the results may not be what you expect.nnThe paper reports that—contrary to popular belief—massively multiplayer online gamers have their skills in the workplace enriched by those seemingly endless hours erroneously thought of as frittering away […]
“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that WE can be extraordinary to somebody too.” – Helen Hayes
Quote of the Day: “We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we can be extraordinary to somebody too.” – Helen HayesnnPhoto by: Ben IwarannWith 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