5-Year-old’s Book is Published, Earning Her Guinness Record as World’s Youngest Author
A British girl who released a book has officially become the Guinness World Record holder for world’s youngest published author—at just five years old.
A Stranger’s Kindness Helped Boy Escape the Nazis Who Would Go On to Win Nobel Prize
What would you do if in the middle of the night, a stranger asked you to legally declare your financial support for an immigrant you would never meet—who
High School Teens Swoop in to Support 6th Grader Stranger When No One Would Sign His Yearbook
Beyond the sad start to this story is an avalanche of love and kindness by high school teens who swooped in to lift up a much younger stranger, who was
Adults Understand a Need to Do Their Bit for Biodiversity–Even 73% of Allergy Sufferers Planting Flowers to Help
A study of 2,000 UK adults revealed that, although 63 percent suffer from allergies, nearly 9 out of 10 are happy to put up with symptoms such as itchy eyes,
‘I can’t watch someone in pain’
“I was in literally thee worst pain. I could not form a thought,” Lenie from Santa Barbara told GNN. “Even having a baby hurt less.”
Dogs Became Perfect Human Companion Thanks to a Gene that Lowered Their Stress: New Study
Dogs became ‘man’s best friend’ because of a gene that lowered their stress and made them more relaxed around people, according to new research from Japan.
After Ten Year Absence, World’s Most Endangered Sea Turtle Nests on Texas Beach
In Galveston Island State Park, a routine survey has uncovered a nest of 107 extremely precious turtle eggs belonging to a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle’ a species
Striking a Power Pose Can Give a Person More Self-Confidence
By Sharon McCutcheon Striking a powerful pose like Superman or Wonder Woman does actually make people feel more confident—and maybe even behave more confidently—according to a new study. The German team has confirmed what small studies already suggested,...
Ancient Cypress in Chile May be World’s Oldest Tree, at 5,000 Years Old
Alerce Milenario; Yiyo Zamorano, CC license In 1993, a cypress tree stump in Chile was confirmed by tree-ring-counting as 3,622 years old—showing the capacity of these slow-growing relatives of sequoia to endure through centuries. However, another scienti...
Young Adults are Turning to TikTok and Instagram to Learn New Hobbies
SWNS Gen Z are turning to the likes of TikTok and Instagram to learn new hobbies such as creating portraits of pets, roller-skating, and bubble nails—a fingernail art technique. A poll of 1,500 18-25-year-olds found 72 percent have been inspired to take u...
Yona Shtern on Changing Lives of the Sleep Deprived with the Next Gen’ of Wellness Wearables
The Lesson: Many major chronic health disturbances like depression and inadequate sleep are treated in the west with self-serving temporary crutches like prescription drugs. When Yona Shtern was taking over the helm of a publicly-traded wellness wearable...
Inseparable Shelter Dogs Get Married in Adorable Ceremony (WATCH)
SWNS Two inseparable shelter dogs got married in an adorable ceremony, with their own specially made mini chapel complete with bubble machine Nine-year-old Peanut and three-year-old Cashew got married at the San Antonio Humane Society (SAHS) in Bexar Coun...
One of the Most Beautiful Green Buildings in the World is a Winery
X-Architecture One look at this Hobbit hole-like winery in the country of Georgia and you’ll fall in love with green architecture. Built three years ago in the Kakheti region, the Shilda Winery consists of three artificial caves that gently rise up from t...
Millions of Tons of Earth Dug for New London Subway Line Became a New Bird Sanctuary
Ben Hall/RSPB Images Multi-billion dollar civic engineering projects tend not to be good news for wildlife, but upon the completion of a new English underground railway line, the upturned earth was used to rebuild a coastal habitat for birds in Essex. The...
Immunotherapy Puts 74% Into Remission in Breakthrough Study
Australian researchers have discovered the key immunological changes that support the remission of peanut allergy in children, paving the way for new, more targeted treatments. The research showed for the first-time specific gene networks are rewired to d...
Cheap Gel Packs Can Pull Many Liters of Water From Even Desert Air
More than a third of the world’s population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Now scientists have developed a solution that could help people in these areas access clean drinking water. The team at The University of Tex...
