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Hearing someone say, "I don't get Christmas gifts for my grandchildren," might elicit a knee-jerk anti-Boomer eye roll, but when you hear Tammie Kelton's reasoning, it actually makes perfect sense. In a video that quickly went viral on TikTok, Kelton first explained that her four grandchildren have ...
Tucked away in small local cemetery in the town of Atherton, Greater Manchester in the UK, is the gravestone of several members of the Ormerod family. At the foot of it is a smaller memorial stone with a unique carving found on no other grave marker. It shows a detailed depiction of the invention of...
In a rare sighting, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, first photographed in 2024 off the coast of Ireland, was recently reidentified near Boston, U.S., on Nov. 19. This is the first time a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) was initially documented in Irish waters; before that, it was...
Mildred Howard in her Oakland studio, 2025. Photo Christine Cueto/Courtesy Oakland Museum of California The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) will stage a major retrospective for Bay Area artist Mildred Howard, opening next June. Titled “Poetics ...
Exclusive: DNA advances show Roman-era skeleton, once hailed as first black Briton, came from southern England Beachy Head Woman, a Roman-era skeleton once hailed as the earliest known black Briton and who scientists later speculated could be of Cypriot descent, has now been shown to have originated...
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About From the beloved Indiana classic The Bears of Blue River , our hero Balser Brent defeats the one-eared bear, hunts wolves, rescues his sweetheart from Indians, kills the fire bear, and befriends two bear cubs he names Tom and Jerry. A statue in Shelbyville, Indiana commemorates Balser and his ...
Costa Rica is world-renowned for its commitment to preserving biodiversity and wildlife. The country’s fervor to protect its ecosystems recently earned it the Earthshot Prize for Protecting and Restoring Nature, a significant international recognition for environmental protection. However, even a country as environm...
A vision board is a creative and science-backed tool for setting intentions, visualizing goals, and keeping them front and center in your everyday life. Experts emphasize the power of visualization as a tool for growth and self-actualization, and research supports this approach.
For some people, when they come face to face with death, they begin to think a lot about their legacy and what they'll leave behind. Others worry about who will take care of their family and loved ones with them gone. Some people film videos or write cards for birthdays and other special occasions a...
Share This ArticleShare Post In 2025, NYCHA closed on the financing for repairs at 16 developments through the controversial PACT program, and moved ahead on renovation plans for two other public housing campuses funded through the newer Preservation Trust, officials said Tuesday. NYCHA’s Hy...
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Every day, more than 100,000 vehicles travel up and down Interstate 25, a freeway that connects major cities in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico. The six-lane highway is also a crucial crossing point for countless elk, pronghorn, mule deer, mountain lions, and black bears — and now, thanks to the C...
Cornelia Stokes. Photo Kelvin Bulluck The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), two Bay Area institutions that are around the corner from each other, have appointed Cornelia Stokes as assistant curator of the a...
Southeast Asia’s Mekong River is one of the world’s most diverse and productive freshwater ecosystems, home to more than 1,000 fish species, including both the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) and giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis). Many of these species migrate long ...
Water is a shared and vital resource, and we approach water stewardship with the responsibility and technical expertise it deserves. Being good stewards of water is critical for our business, and it also benefits the communities where our data centers are located by enhancing water quality, boosting...
Humans have turned all kinds of wild animals into pets and livestock: wolves to dogs, wildcats to housecats, wild goats and sheep into their tame counterparts. Now, scientists have found evidence of domestication in the chromosomes of some of the most unlikely of animals: grizzly bears. The new rese...
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Trained in air quality mapping, grassroots women leaders monitored air quality across 69 sites in rural areas of Bokaro and Dhanbad in Jharkhand, identifying 26 pollution hotspots.Despite the awareness about air pollution’s health impacts, the study found that the public health system is unresponsiv...
The Memphis Chess Club is the 2nd oldest chess club in the United States. It's very rare local chess clubs get brick-and-mortar homes. Not only does it host weekly tournaments and lessons, and houses a miniature chess museum, but it acts as a community third space, coffeeshop, cafe, and pub. It's ...
Scientists in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (aka the polar bear capital of the world) have confirmed that a wild female polar bear has adopted a cub that is not her own. This rare behavior was captured on cameras during the polar bear’s annual migration along Western Hudson Bay. Researchers from Envir...
HOLIDAY MUSIC: “Groove Christmas 2025” Playlist (LISTEN) By goodblacknews on December 16, 2025 by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Hello and Happy Holidays, It’s your friend and selector, M...
New research indicates that personalized breast cancer screening based on individual risk could improve detection while reducing unnecessary testing. A new study suggests that tailoring breast cancer screening to a person’s individual risk may be more effective than relying on routine annual mamm...
