Not a Single Collision for Seabird Populations in Offshore Wind Farm Says $3M Radar Study

There’s something deeply comical about suggesting that seagulls are smart enough to wait for you to look away before stealing your french fries, but dumb enough to fly into wind turbine blades. A two-year study on the interactions of several seabird species at an offshore wind farm found that not a single case of birdstrike […]

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Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend's murder

Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.

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Hero Pilot Guides Novice Aviator in Emergency Landing After He Sees Her Tire Fall Off

A young pilot is thanking her lucky stars there was someone on hand to guide her down into an emergency landing after she lost part of her landing gear during takeoff. Chris Yates, a veteran pilot at the airport, radioed the control tower to alert them of the potential disaster, but the control tower operators […]

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Colorful Mumbai Overpass Goes Viral On Twitter After Being Converted into Sporting Complex For Cricket and Badminton

In the urban sprawl of Mumbai, kids have an awesome and surprising new place to play cricket and badminton—under a highway overpass. Built beneath the Sector 15 Sanpada overpass in Navi Mumbai, a video of the kids playing went viral and drew the attention of other city administrators who celebrated the clever transformation of an […]

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Which teams will be left standing, when the women's Final Four is over?

There'll be a showdown in Dallas Friday night as the Final Four teams in the NCAA women's basketball tournament get ready to battle: LSU vs. Virginia Tech and then Iowa vs. South Carolina.

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Good News in History, March 31

627 years ago today, René Descartes was born. The French philosopher contributed vitally to the development of the Western philosophic canon, even if he would later be proven somewhat wrong. His deduction, Latinized as “cogito, ergo sum,” in his book Discourse on the Method has become widely recognized as the cornerstone of thought that launched the […]

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MLB's Opening Day brings rule changes meant to enliven the game

It's Opening Day for Major League Baseball. The league is hoping that some new rules this season will mean big changes for players — and for fans.

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Recently Arrived Ukrainians in Minneapolis Head to Mississippi to Help Tornado Victims

The mainstream media is filled with headlines of how the United States is helping Ukraine, but under the radar is how some Ukrainians are actually returning the favor. Having arrived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as recently as a few months ago, a group of 7 Ukrainian refugees has signed up for a 2,000-mile road trip to […]

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One Stem Cell Injection to Target Inflammation Slashed Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke By 58%

A large trial showed that a single injection of a patient’s own stem cells into their heart was able to reduce inflammation and risk of heart attack and stroke by 58% if they had heart failure. 6 million Americans have clinical diagnoses of heart failure, a condition designated by a lack of ability for the […]

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Amateur Gold Digger Finds Huge Nugget Worth $160,000 in Australia

An Australian gold digger turned up a stone weighing 10.1 pounds, more than half of which is gold, and one of the largest finds in recent times. It’s the kind of photo that one would expect to see from the 1850s, in black and white, with the man wearing breeches, a wide-brimmed hat, and a […]

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4 storylines to watch for Major League Baseball's opening day

How many home runs will Aaron Judge hit? Will the San Diego Padres finally get their first World Series title? And how will a suite of rule changes affect the game?

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Good News in History, March 30

Happy 59th birthday to singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Her debut album Tracy Champman has been certified sextuple-platinum and received 6 Grammy Award nominations. Her down low voice and the small number of instruments present music perfect for almost any occasion, but the arrangements, much more complex than most acoustic singer-songwriter work, and the deep quality of the lyrics […]

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April Stargazing: Paschal Moon, Close Approaches of Saturn and Mars, and the Lyrid Meteor Shower

As we are only a week of waxing away from the full moon of April, it’s worth taking a look at other celestial sightseeing opportunities in the springing month. Around midnight of Wednesday, April 5th, the Pink Moon will fully illuminate the sky. Also known as the Paschal Moon, it sets the date for Easter […]

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Monet’s Water Lilies Masterpiece is Recreated Using 650,000 Lego Pieces

If you don’t know who Ai Weiwei is, he’s an artist who likes big, statement-setting installations, but in a new exhibition he is throwing it back to the Impressionists, with a massive interpretation of Water Lillies by Monet, made from 650,000 Lego bricks. Titled Water Lillies #1, it’s the largest Lego sculpture the Chinese artist […]

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Hate Needles? Future Vaccines Could be Delivered by a Gentle Puff of Air

Nobody likes needles, but they’re necessary for delivering many vaccines and biologics into the body. But what if those could be puffed through the skin instead, with just a little pressure, like being hit in the arm with a foam toy? Today, scientists report steps toward making that a reality. Using powdered vaccines that don’t […]

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Online suitors are sending dating requests to the wrong Angel Reese

LSU women's basketball star Angel Reese has the same name as her mom. Mom tweeted: "I'm getting crazy dating requests." Young men have been sliding into mom's DMs thinking it's her daughter.

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Good News in History, March 29

Happy Birthday to Eric Idle, who turns 80 today. Member of the groundbreaking Monty Python comedy troupe and author of the hit Broadway musical Spamalot, the actor, singer-songwriting musician, and author was bullied throughout his school years, which he called the perfect comic training ground. Idle studied English at Cambridge University a year behind future […]

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The NCAA women's Final Four has both fresh faces and the defending champs

For the first time since 1985, the semifinals will feature none of the sport's most decorated programs. "This is a new history that we're venturing into," said South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.

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Almost Every Cat in Viral Tik Tok Video is Adopted from the Kansas City Animal Shelter

With the knowledge that dogs are easier to adopt out than cats, a Kansas City animal shelter took to social media with a simple, yet clever video to even the odds. But Wayside Waifs Hospital and Shelter did more than even them, they managed to get all but two of their shelter cats adopted after […]

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Scientists Find Methane Actually Helps Cool the Planet, Offsetting 30% of the Heating Effect

  Years ago, climate scientists begin to suppose that methane was the most critical greenhouse gas for humanity to target, but continual advancements in the science of methane show it may actually be harmless. As the planet absorbs heat from the sun, it would naturally radiate this long-wave energy back out into space. The greenhouse […]

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Galactic Jellyfish With ‘Dangling Tentacles’ of Star-Forming Gas Spotted 800 Million Light-Years Away

Like the ancients naming constellations after the animals they resembled, scientists at the European Space Agency say they have found a galactic ‘jellyfish.’ The presence of star-forming gas dripping from the disk of the galaxy JW100 in long streamers, over 800 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus, was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope. […]

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The rule changes that could help to explain the many March Madness upsets

NPR's Michel Martin talks to ESPN's Jesse Washington about how new NCAA rules on transfers and name, image and likeness contribute to the high level of play in this year's tournament.

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Good News in History, March 28

Happy 81st Birthday to the versatile and renowned bass-baritone, Samuel Ramey. Throughout his career, he has performed numerous leading roles to acclaim, such as Figaro in La Nozze di Figaro, and Atilla the hun in Verdi’s Atilla. He is known for having an accomplished “bel canto” technique that allows him to sing the delicate parts of Handel and […]

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Striking 3D-Printed Hotel Will Turn Heads With its Design Ideas For Texas Location

In the far western desert of Texas, a striking 3D-printed hotel with Swedish style will take shape over the coming years to present both the beauty and savings of 3D printing to the country and the world. The architecture is handled by Swedish design architect Bjarke Ingels, while the printers will be supplied by Austin-based […]

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Reexamined Gold Pendant Contains Oldest Reference to Norse God Odin: ‘A Huge Discovery’

Archaeologists have found that a golden pendant unearthed in 2020 contains the words “He is Odin’s man,” making the object the oldest ever found to bear the name of the chief Norse deity. Dating to the 400s CE, the century of the fall of the Roman Empire, the pendant is believed to have been owned […]

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4 teams are left in the men's NCAA basketball tournament

The men's and women's March Madness tournaments truly have been filled with madness — upsets have roiled many a bracket. The excitement is not done — the women's Final Four will be decided Monday.

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Newborn Calf with Smiley-Face Markings is Named ‘Happy’ and Will Graze on a Farm For Rest of His Life

Happy the cow was never destined for greatness, born as he was a bull on a dairy farm. Yet despite his inability to produce milk, Happy had another valuable skill that began working the minute he dropped onto the grass of Barry Coster’s dairy—making people smile. The Holstein calf was born with a smiley face […]

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4 teams are left in the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament

The men's and women's March Madness basketball tournaments truly have been filled with madness — as upset after upset have roiled many a bracket. And the excitement is not done yet.

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Good News in History, March 27

Happy 60th birthday to Quentin Tarantino, the 21st century’s greatest cult movie director. Brought up on hyper-expressive Hong Kong martial arts films, the excitable Italian American molded it with exceptional screenwriting and Hollywood’s finest actors to produce many critically-acclaimed movies, including Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, and Django Unchained. WATCH a best-of from his films but beware of spoilers […]

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New Brain Implant Device Could Restore Function in Paralyzed Limbs

A brain implant that can restore arm and leg movements has been developed by British scientists to boost connections between neurons and the paralyzed limbs, offering hope to accident victims. The device combines flexible electronics and human stem cells – the body’s ‘reprogrammable’ master cells – to better integrate with the nerve and drive limb […]

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The Lullaby Project Connects Mothers Behind Bars with Their Babies, Helping Them Write Original Lullabies

University music students are working with new mothers who are incarcerated to compose heartfelt musical messages for their children—a partnership aptly titled The Lullaby Project. Although concrete and steel bars separate the new moms at Camille Graham Correctional Institution from their babies, students use music to break down those barriers. The musicians studying at the […]

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Thousands of Native Plants Remain Unphotographed, But You Can Help Fill the Gaps for Scientists

Scientists have documented plant species for centuries to help us understand and conserve the incredible diversity of flora in our world. But according to new research, many have never actually been photographed in their natural habitats—and Australian researchers say this is a problem. A team from UNSW Sydney and the Australian Institute of Botanical Science […]

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Rugby Player Feigns Injury During Match to Surprise Girlfriend with Marriage Proposal (Watch)

A rugby player shocked his girlfriend by feigning a leg injury during a match—only to get down on one knee and propose. Chris Robinson choreographed a rugby tackle with his whole team in on the elaborate plan that would catch his partner by surprise. Called over to the pitch, Amanda Tuckwell, newly trained in first […]

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Good News in History, March 26

Happy 80th birthday to one of America’s great investigative reporters, Bob Woodward. Along with partner Carl Bernstein, the two contributed the vast majority of the research that would expose the Watergate Scandal and force Nixon into resignation, described as one of the finest reporting efforts ever made in America. Author of 21 books on politics […]

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North Carolina Church Raises Thousands to Pay Off Cafeteria Lunch Debt For Every County School

A North Carolina pastor has been helping children in need throughout his county, whether they need clothes, housing, or even a family—with programs like his church’s Foster and Adoption Ministry. A few years ago his City Church in Gastonia started Hope Closet, a clothing giveaway for kids who may be displaced, or kids in schools […]

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Saturday Sports: Women's and men's NCAA; World Baseball Classic's cinematic end

The women's and men's NCAA basketball tournaments continue and the World Baseball Classic comes to a cinematic end.

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Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’

Our partner Rob Brezsny 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 for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free […]

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Good News in History, March 25

216 years ago today, the world’s first passenger train service began selling tickets. The Swansea and Mumbles Railway used horse-drawn rail-borne train carriages to transport people from the Welsh city of Swansea to the village known as Oystermouth. Passenger services operated from The Mount, the world’s first recorded railway station. READ a bit more about this […]

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The Sacramento Kings are hungry to break their 16-year playoff drought

The NBA's Sacramento Kings are close to clinching a playoff spot, which is saying a lot. The have the longest running playoff drought — 16 years — of any U.S. major professional sports league team.

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Transgender track and field athletes can't compete in women's international events

World Athletics Council said they prioritize fairness and the integrity of female track and field competitions, rather than inclusion. The ruling could hinder several Olympic medalists.

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New parity helps women's March Madness live up to the name, more than ever

For the first time this century, two No. 1 seeds didn't make it to NCAA women's basketball's Sweet 16. And teams who geared up with transfers are challenging historically dominant programs.

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Researchers Develop Water Treatment that Zaps ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Good

There’s been a lot of talk recently about so-called “forever chemicals” and how our society can use new technologies to remove these old toxins from the water and soils of our world. A new solution from the Univ. of British Columbia can both filter out and then destroy these forever chemicals, purifying water resources cheaply […]

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A 90-Year-old Tortoise Becomes a Father For the First Time With his Wife of 29 Years

Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old radiated tortoise and the oldest animal at the Houston Zoo, became a father for the first time last week. Mr. Pickles and his 53-year-old partner, Mrs. Pickles, welcomed three hatchlings that could live for up to 150 years if well taken care of. Native to southern Madagascar, radiated tortoises are Critically […]

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All eyes will be on Tosan Evbuomwan when Princeton plays in the Sweet 16

Princeton's been the surprise of the men's March Madness basketball tournament thanks, in large part, to senior forward and economics major Tosan Evbuomwan.

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With a few 1 seeds, Cinderellas and underdogs left, this Sweet 16 has everything

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with The Athletic senior writer Nicole Auerbach about this weekend's Sweet 16 matchups in men's and women's college basketball tournaments and how Cinderella teams have fared.

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Scientists Stumble Upon a Whole New Process in Photosynthesis Which They Believe Can Be ‘Hacked’ to Improve Renewable Energy

A “mind-blowing” discovery in the early stages of photosynthesis has been discovered by scientists that could help improve the efficiency of renewable energy technologies. While trying to figure out if it were possible to extract electrons from a known process in the early stages of photosynthesis, the scientists instead found an entirely-new electron transfer pathway, […]

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The men's Sweet 16 tips off Thursday, as basketball fans enjoy a wild March

Any team that can put together a four-game winning streak will become the next champions. Only two No. 1 seeds are alive in the tournament, and the highest-profile schools have already gone home.

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Spirit Mountain, Which is Sacred to Tribes, is Designated a New National Monument

Last week President Biden continued the bipartisan executive tradition of conserving historic and scientifically significant lands by designating Spirit Mountain—Avi Kwa Ame, in Nevada as a National Monument. Sacred to several Native American tribes, principally the people of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, Spirit Mountain sits at the confluence of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts […]

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Morning news brief

President Biden heads to Canada for talks dominated by illegal immigration and Haiti. TikTok's CEO appears before lawmakers. Teams in the men's NCAA basketball tournament are down to the Sweet 16.

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March Madness action resumes with the Sweet 16

The men's college basketball tournament resumes Thursday, and the women's on Friday — after several upsets in the opening rounds of both tournaments

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Good News in History, March 23

Happy 40th birthday to Sir Mo Farah, the world’s most decorated distance runner in history. He is the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history, which got him a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The astonishing origins of this mega athlete are that he was born in present-day Somaliland as Hussein Kahin, […]

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Coaching culture & longevity: The secret recipe to a Sweet 16 college basketball run

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Graham Honaker about this moment in college basketball in which iconic coaches' retirements coincide with around 21,000 student athletes transferring schools.

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Indian Startup Uses Rice Crop Waste and Mushrooms to Make Biodegradable Foam Packaging Instead of Burning it

A Delhi-based engineer has designed a replacement for polystyrene packaging out of “rice stubble” the dead stalks left over after the rice season in India, millions of tons of which are burned every year. They say wisdom oft comes from the mouths of babes, and Mr. Arpit Dhupar was at first left scratching his head […]

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Critically-Endangered West African Lion Going from Strength to Strength in Niokolo Koba, Senegal

Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness. In a thrilling sign of recovery for the Critically-Endangered West African lion, camera trap footage and photos of a West African lioness and her three cubs playing, nursing, and feeding in Senegal’s Niokolo Koba National Park […]

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Switzerland Set to Roll out Solar Panels Between Railway Tracks–a World First

Europe’s love of train travel is about to transform the continent’s solar energy production as the Swiss are set to begin installing solar panels in between train tracks. The startup called Sun-Ways is waiting for a sign-off from the Federal Office of Transport to start installing their panels between the tracks near Buttes Station in […]

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Renovation Unearths Paintings Behind Kitchen Walls Nearly 400-Years-old

In York, a seemingly normal apartment was hiding a historic secret for centuries until a kitchen remodeling exposed it to the light of day. 29-year-old Luke Budworth received a call from the men putting a new kitchen into his apartment. It read “did you know there was a painting behind here?” It wasn’t a painting, […]

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Good News in History, March 22

629 years ago today, the wisest sultan of the Timurids, Ulugh Beg, was born. Taking control of a murderous nation built out of Timur’s (Tamerlane) foolish attempt to re-establish the totality of the Mongol Empire, Ulugh Beg makes an appearance in this history column for his efforts to steer the Timurids from tribes of red-handed […]

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Shohei Ohtani fans his Angels teammate as Japan tops U.S. 3-2 for baseball title

Shohei Ohtani fanned LA Angels teammate Mike Trout for the final out in a matchup the baseball world wanted to see, leading Japan over the defending champion U.S. for the World Baseball Classic title.

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Willis Reed, a leader on the New York Knicks' NBA championship teams, dies at 80

Reed dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the Knicks to their first championship, an enduring example of playing through pain.

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Minnesota Researchers Develop Glowscope that Turns Smartphone into Sensitive Microscope Normally costing $100,000

Researchers looking to help students at school have used low-cost materials like theater lighting filters to turn regular smartphone cameras into fluorescent microscopes. The resolution they say is around one-thousandth of a millimeter, but the cost reduction could literally be hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Called the “Glowscope” a team at the biology department […]

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College Wrestler Scores ‘Quadruple Leg’ Takedown to Save his Friend from a Grizzly Bear

It takes bravery to compete in college wrestling, and sophomore NJCAA wrestler Kendall Cummings needed every ounce of it when he decided he was not going to let a mamma grizzly bear maul his friend to death. Last year, Cummings was out with his friends Brady Lowry, Gus Harrison, and Orrin Jackson in the Wyoming […]

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San Quentin Prison is Using a Scandinavian Model of Rehabilitation to Turn Ex-Cons into Good Neighbors

San Quentin State Penitentiary, one of the most notorious and harsh prisons in the US, is the stage for a radical new method of treating the incarcerated population; new for America that is. That’s because SQ has adopted Scandinavian methods of rehabilitation that aim to protect the California public by turning convicts into neighbors. Whether […]

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Newly Discovered Enzyme Turns Air Into Electricity, Promising a New Clean Source of Energy

Imagine being able to draw moisture from the air through your fingertips and create an electrical current as a result—that’s pure comic book superhero stuff right? Not so, since researchers have been able to use a bacterial enzyme that conducts hydrogen to create electricity, literally out of thin air. The discovery promises to open up […]

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Is your March Madness bracket busted? Maybe that's a good thing

The 2023 men's tournament is wide open: to find a recent champion in the Sweet 16 field, you have to go all the way back to 2014 winners UConn.

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Good News in History, March 21

53 years ago today, the first-ever San Diego Comic-Con was put on by organizers Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, and Ken Krueger. Estimated to generate economic value exceeding $180 million every year, Comic-Con is the world’s largest such convention, celebrating pop culture and sci-fi’s enriching impact on our civilization. READ a bit more… (1970) Perhaps unsurprisingly, the […]

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Self-Taught Oklahoma Architect Builds Round Barn Inspired by US Capitol and Wedding Rentals

Jay Branson, a self-taught architect, started building a round barn in rural Oklahoma to process his grief. Its beauty draws strangers off the highway in Oklahoma, and a gentle kind of obsession mixed with down-home prairie demeanor saw the barn turn into something more like a cathedral. The story begins decades ago when Branson went […]

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500 Baby Sharks to be Released in Unprecedented Rewilding of the Ocean

Out in the wilds of Indonesia, zebra sharks are extremely rare. Overhunted, these striped bottom dwellers were at risk of going extinct. Now though, an international consortium of 44 aquariums in 15 countries is banding together to create a huge captive-breeding-and-release program that aims to reintroduce 500 sharks to their native waters. Such an effort […]

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More Efficient Way to Suck Up CO2 From Air By Storing it in Baking Soda and Water

A new study shows that methods of sucking up atmospheric air and filtering out the CO2 can be improved by adding copper to the filter material, potentially opening up the technology to dozens more uses that could produce a meaningful difference in the fight against climate change. The addition of copper also converts the captured […]

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Good News in History, March 20

8 years ago today, no doubt some lucky souls in the path of totality were able to see the 2015 solar eclipse that also fell on the date of the vernal equinox. Those able to watch the eclipse with their glasses would have noticed that the moon was 15% bigger because this cosmic double turned […]

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Top Strategies to Beat Snoring, According to New Poll of Sleepless Adults

52% of American adults either snore or have a partner who does, according to a new poll, and 72% of them have resorted to a host of tricks to try and silence the noise. The top strategies to beat snoring include using extra pillows and drinking water before bed – some even attest to putting […]

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Football Fans Stuck on Train Ordered Beer Delivery with Just 60 Seconds to Spare at Next Station–WATCH the Hilarity

A group of English football fans were so thirsty while stuck on a delayed train that they ordered a beer delivery from Uber Eats mid-journey—and gambled on being able to collect it with exquisite timing upon arrival at the next station. Daniel Adams and Jordan Sullivan were on their way to watch West Ham play […]

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Descendants of Charles Dickens and ‘Jacob Marley’ Meet-up 180 Years After Author Named Character in Christmas Carol

The family of Charles Dickens met the descendants of the real-life Jacob Marley Friday—180 years to the day that the author decided to immortalize him in ‘A Christmas Carol’. Mark Dickens and Lucinda Hawksley from the Dickens family met Christopher Marley, a relative of the late Dr. Miles Marley. Marley’s name was used by Dickens […]

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Good News in History, March 19

141 years ago today, the first stone was laid in the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain. This history column celebrates this moment rather than the completion because famously the basilica is unfinished. Towering over the Eixample district of Barcelona’s incredible uniformity of building height, the Sagrada Familia is the world’s largest unfinished Catholic church, […]

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March Madness is in full swing. Catch up on the highlights so far

We're in the full swing of March Madness with the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments underway. There have already been a few upsets and surprises.

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Two Sisters Put Up for Adoption at End of WWII Finally Reunite After 75 Years Apart

It took 75 years but, two sisters who were placed up for adoption at the end of World War II were finally reunited. Annie Ijpelaar and Sheila Anne Fry, both in their late 70s, have Sheila’s daughter-in-law and Anne’s son to thank for the reunion, after they took it upon themselves separated to track their […]

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8th Annual Ocean Conference Raises $20 Billion, And Pledges For Marine Protection

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts International delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans. Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors. Previous Our Ocean conferences have generated more than 1,800 commitments […]

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93-Year-old Grandma Creates 6-foot Buckingham Palace Entirely Out of Wool-Look at the Incredible Details

A great-great grandmother dubbed the ‘Queen of Knitting’ has created a massive six-foot long replica of Buckingham Palace made entirely out of wool. Margaret Seaman spent eight months knitting the model of His Majesty’s main residence in London, after taking up the craft seriously just 10 years ago. Even better, the 93-year-old has used her […]

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Good News in History, March 18

99 years ago today, the classic silent film The Thief of Baghdad, written by and starring Douglas Fairbanks, debuted in cinemas. Freely adapted from stories within One Thousand and One Nights, it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad. In 1996, the film was selected […]

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Fairleigh Dickinson stuns top-seeded Purdue during March Madness

Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, thanks to a relentless, hustling defense.

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Coverage and resources for women's basketball lag behind the surge in fan support

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chantel Jennings, senior writer for women's basketball for The Athletic, about March Madness and the women's game.

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4 Years After Discovery, the First Viking Ship Burial Found in Over 100 Years Reveals its Lost Secrets

Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness. When news broke in 2018 that another Viking-Age ship burial had been found on the shores of the Oslo Fjord, it quickly became one of the finds of the century. Compared to its truly legendary predecessors […]

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Lions in India? Gujurat State to Open New Asiatic Lion Sanctuary as Numbers Soar in its Last Stronghold

The Indian state of Gujarat is the only place outside of Africa where one can hear the roar of a lion in its natural habitat. Now, conservation programs have raised the numbers of these animals so much that the state government will be relocating some to a new wildlife sanctuary to expand their territory and […]

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New Yellowstone Spin-off Series Dramatizes Life of Historic Black U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves in the Wild West

The popular television drama Yellowstone is producing a spinoff season to dramatize one of the most legendary figures in the Wild West, Bass Reeves. Interest in Reeves as a historical figure with as much potential for film and television as Wyatt Earp, has grown since the turn of the millennium. For those who aren’t read up on […]

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Good News in History, March 17

219 years ago today, Mountain Man Jim Bridger was born in Virginia. Known as the most famous figure in the mountain man era, Bridger led numerous expeditions into the wilds of the western interior. He had conversational knowledge of French, Spanish, and several Native American languages, and often mediated between them and eastern settlers. He […]

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'Chang Can Dunk' is the coming-of-age sports film Jingyi Shao wished for as a kid

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Jingyi Shao about Chang Can Dunk, a coming-of-age sports film about an Asian American teen's quest to reinvent himself — by learning to dunk.

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Strangers Who Rode in Double Decker Bus 40,000 Miles Around the Americas Reunite 50 Years Later: ‘The bus was the hero’

A group of friends who took a London double-decker bus 40,000 miles around the Americas have reunited 50 years later at the release of a travelogue of their adventure. Over a hard country cider, the remaining crew members reminisced about how the idea first came to Mr. Roger Poole and his new wife Joan, who […]

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MIND and Mediterranean Diets Associated with Fewer Alzheimer’s Plaques and Tangles

Eating leafy greens and fish, among other potential food items typical of the Mediterranean Diet, was found to be associated in elderly brains with fewer plaques associated with Alzheimer’s. It’s believed that Alzheimer’s is caused by a build-up of tau proteins called amyloid-beta, which block neuron connections. Scientists at the American Academy of Neurology believe […]

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Mets' Edwin Díaz hurts his knee during a World Baseball Classic celebration

New York Mets star closer Edwin Díaz injured his right knee celebrating a win that advanced Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic and eliminated the Dominican Republic.

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Refrigerator-Sized Data Center Transfers Its Heat to English Swimming Pool, Saving Thousands in Energy Costs

A refrigerator-sized data center is being used as an innovative solution to pool heating, saving thousands in fuel costs in England. The “digital boiler” was designed and implemented by Mark Bjornsgaard, founder of the start-up Deep Green, which charges clients to use its computing power for artificial intelligence and machine learning. It also charges a […]

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In a rare sweep, Alaska Natives take the top 3 spots in the 50th Iditarod

The annual Iditatod sled dog race came to a historic finish in Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday. For the first time all top-three finishers claim Alaska Native heritage.

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Good News in History, March 16

184 years ago, John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and father to famous author William Butler Yates, was born in the County Down. Without becoming world-renowned, Yeats never had issues getting commissions, we know because of the large number of paintings but especially sketches that hang in houses around Ireland, England, and the US. READ more… (1839) The […]

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NBA suspends Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant 8 games for displaying a gun at a club

The NBA suspended Morant eight games without pay on after determining that his displaying a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was "conduct detrimental to the league."

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Firefighter Lures Trapped Dog Off the Ice Using Treats–Then Lifts it Up a 10-Foot Wall

Patience, bribery, laughter, and a heck of a bicep muscle were all needed to rescue a helpless dog trapped after falling 10 feet into an ice-covered pool. The Michigan animal shelter Pound Buddies received several “frantic” calls on March 7th about a dog trapped in the old water filtration pond. The pond was frozen over, […]

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Dutch 27-Year-Old Finds 1000-Year-Old Medieval Treasure Using Metal Detector

A young man in The Netherlands recently fulfilled what seemed to be his destiny by finding an “extremely rare” hoard of gold jewelry from the High Middle Ages. An avid metal detective since the age of 10, the 27-year-old is all grown up and now a professional historian. Discovered in Hoogwoud back in 2021, Lorenzo […]

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Finland is Looking for 10 People to Attend Free ‘Masterclass of Happiness’ to Find Their Inner Finn at Beautiful Resort

Countries are always looking for ways to promote their unique culture to attract tourists, and Finland may have just knocked the ball out of the park. Having been named the world’s happiest country by the World Happiness Report for five consecutive years, Finland wants to share its secret to happiness with the world. To do […]

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She blacked out at World Championships. Now swimmer Anita Alvarez makes a comeback

The two-time Olympian artistic swimmer from N.Y. will compete for the first time this week since passing out at the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships last June.

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Good News in History, March 15

117 years ago today, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls put their brains and surnames together to form the most iconic luxury car maker in history. Rolls-Royce released the 40/50 in 1908, known as the Silver Ghost which became a hit, and sole offering of the company that had recently set up shop in Derby, before World War […]

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Scientists Simulate a Small Universe as a Preview of What This New Space Telescope Will Discover – LOOK

By creating a simulated universe, scientists working in concert with NASA have replicated how we can expect the soon-to-be-launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope can study the influence of dark matter on the universe. The simulation will help scientists plan the best observing strategies, test different ways to mine the mission’s vast quantities of data, […]

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MLB's Opening Day is later this month, but Banana Ball is happening now!

The Savannah Bananas, an entertaining baseball team, recently took on some retired Major League Baseball players in a game that proved just how much fun this version of baseball can be.

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US Mail to be Delivered in 9,000 New Electric Vehicles, With USPS Installing 14,000 Charging Stations

The US Postal Service is going to try and reduce its carbon footprint by buying 9,000 new Ford electric vehicles. To support the new EVs, the USPS will construct 14,000 additional charging stations in 75 different counties and municipalities. “We are moving forward with our plans to simultaneously improve our service, reduce our cost, grow […]

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Refugee is Reunited With Beloved Dog After a Year Apart Since Being Fleeing Afghanistan

An Afghan refugee living in British Colombia was finally reunited with her dog Lucky after 10 months apart. Sending Lucky and her cat Leo aboard an SPCA International flight from Kabul to Vancouver in February of 2022, Freshta Siddiqui, wasn’t sure if or when she would see them again. SPCA Int. was flying home pets […]

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Good News in History, March 14

Happy Birthday to the British film icon Michael Caine who turns 90 today. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, the 2-time Oscar winner also had 6 nominations for his roles in The Quiet American, The Cider House Rules, Hannah and Her Sisters, Educating Rita, Sleuth, and Alfie. Alongside Laurence Olivier, Paul Newman, and Jack Nicholson, […]

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A new U.S. Soccer report details the tensions between coach Berhalter and the Reynas

After Gio Reyna had limited minutes in last year's World Cup, his parents raised a decades-old domestic violence allegation involving head coach Gregg Berhalter, which roiled the soccer world.

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Gary Lineker will return to BBC after tweet criticizing new asylum policy

Former soccer star Gary Lineker will be back at the BBC this weekend. He was suspended last week after he criticized the government's new asylum policy.

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Hero Passerby Scales Building in China to Save Boy Who Fell onto Ledge

It’s time for a redux of Spiderman, but this time in Mandarin. A man hailed as a hero climbed the side of a building as easily as if he himself were the web-spinning wonder to rescue a toddler that had fallen out of a building window onto a ledge. In the city of Changzhou, a […]

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Mom Recycles a Ton of Trash With Backyard Public Recycling Center That Collects Things the City Doesn’t

An English woman has found her calling and recycled more than 2,000 pounds of trash after setting up a drop-off point in her garden shed for people to leave items that garbage men don’t collect. Liz Pinfield-Wells built the DIY recycling center following the birth of her third child after she learned she couldn’t recycle […]

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800-Year-Old Gold Hoard with Stunning Earrings Unearthed in Germany

Hoard Alert! The metal detectives of Europe strike gold once again—this time in Germany as bejeweled earrings and silver coins are turned up in Schleswig-Holstein. The jewelry was all of gold and probably made by the Byzantines. The rings, earrings, and a brooch, all studded with gems, were deliberately buried along with 30 coins minted […]

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Researchers Film Mussels Squirting Offspring Through the Air, a Never-Before-Seen Tactic for Preservation-LOOK

British researchers have filmed endangered mussels squirting their offspring through the air—a never-before-seen tactic believed to increase their lifespan. Experts at the University of Cambridge filmed female mussels—which don’t have a head or brain—moving to the water’s edge and anchoring into the riverbed. With their back ends raised above the waterline, the freshwater mussel (Unio […]

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Taking Care of Your Teeth Could Help Prevent Arthritis and Joint Pain

Taking care of your teeth could help prevent chronic joint pain, according to a scientist who spotted a clue in discarded data. Rice University computational biologist Vicky Yao found traces of bacteria associated with periodontal disease in samples collected from rheumatoid arthritis patients, helping spur research that confirmed a connection between the diseases. Tracing this […]

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How the training montage became a miniature artform

There's a third Creed movie in theaters, which technically makes it the ninth Rocky movie. And a new Rocky movie means... a new training montage.

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Dinosaur With Biggest Claws Ever Discovered Was ‘Edward Scissorhands on Speed’ Scientists Say

This bizarre dinosaur had the biggest claws ever discovered, showing itself to be like an ‘Edward Scissorhands on speed’, say scientists. But the purpose of its terrifying talons have remained a mystery—until now. “Therizinosaurus is famous for its sickle-like claws, each as long as a samurai sword: Edward Scissor-hands on speed,” said Dr. Chun-Chi Liao, […]

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81-Year-old Survives Nearly a Week Stuck in Snowbank With Only Croissants and Candy

An 81-year-old man survived on croissants, candy, and biscotti after a snowstorm left him stranded on a desolate California highway alone for nearly a week. Jerry Jouret’s family eventually called the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office to report a missing person after the mathematician and former NASA employee never made it to his destination of Gardnerville, […]

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Mikaela Shiffrin breaks the record for most alpine skiing World Cup race wins

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin has broken the career record for most World Cup race wins. She has now won more races than any other skier in history, of any gender.

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