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“No day shall erase you from the memory of time; nessun giorno vi cancelli dalla memoria del tempo.” – Virgil (The Aeneid)
Quote of the Day: “No day shall erase you from the memory of time; nessun giorno vi cancelli dalla memoria del tempo.” – Virgil (from The Aeneid, the Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet about 30 to 19 BCE)nnPhoto by: Valentin AntonuccinnWith a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and […]
Good News in History, August 13
60 years ago today, The Beatles’ first film A Hard Day’s Night, opened in theaters across America, earning rave reviews and box office success. Described as a “comedic Fantasia with music,” the film was a financial and critical success and was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay. Forty years after its release, TIME Magazine […]
A DJI drone used during the test flight. Photo Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality
13,000 Years Ago, These Ancient Builders Carved a Calendar into Stone to Mark Destructive Occasion
nnWhatever we learned in school about the earliest human civilizations, the discovery of Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey has made it all null and void.nnThis sprawling, monolithic complex, of which over 90% remains unexcavated, dates back over 10,000 years—a date which is ascertained by the evidence of the entire complex being deliberately buried by whoever […]
YouTuber Rescues Senior Great Pyrenees Dog During Cross-Canada Canoe Trip
nnA Kiwi kayaker on a cross-country trip on Canada’s creeks and rivers took a brief detour to rescue a man’s dog who was trapped under a log.nnFor all her strength, Ivy, a 14-year-old Great Pyrenees had been wasted by the mud of a river in Manitoba, and after wandering too far beyond her owner’s property, […]
Female Entrepreneur Set to Revolutionize Transportation for All of Africa, After Transforming her Native Ghana
nnEarly this year, GNN reported on the woman behind the wheels of Wahu!, an electric bicycle company and the only native electric vehicle manufacturer in Ghana, Valerie Labi.nnFrom 100 bikes sold to delivery drivers on a pay-per-week basis, Wahu! has shifted another 200 units, driven down the cost of insurance, and is set in the […]
Student Dreams of Stadiums Harnessing Crowd Noise for Electricity–Inspired by Monsters Inc.
nnHave you ever been in a sports stadium when the crowd is so loud it shakes the concrete skeleton of the stands? What if you could harness that passion and energy into a power source?nnGyeongyun Lily Min, a high school senior in Lake Charles, Louisiana, was inspired by Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. to design a collection system […]