A matrix of squid bone and cotton cellulose offers a low-cost, scalable solution to global microplastic poisoning according to a new study from China. Attempting to find a material that would address all common concerns with microplastic filtration, the scientists’ cotton-squid sponge displayed 99.9% efficacy and a “remarkable reusability.” Tested in…
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A historic breeding colony of fur seals has produced record numbers of pups which can be seen splashing and tumbling about in the waters off the Farallon Islands. The latest population count provides a sight unseen for 150 years when these islands off San Francisco were once home to 150,000 elephant…
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1,487 years ago today, the Hagia Sophia was completed. The Eastern Orthodox Church of Holy Wisdom is considered the greatest Byzantine building. It was converted to a mosque in 1453 by the Turks, in 1935 to a museum, and in 2020 to a mosque again. It is considered to have changed…
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Using a pair of satellites, the European Space Agency is set to be able to create artificial solar eclipses on-demand to study one of the most important features of our Sun. Lost in the sheer brightness of the star, the corona, or crown of the Sun, is hotter and larger than…
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56 years ago today, the inaugural Dakar Rally Raid was staged, with the course stretching from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. 182 vehicles took the start of the inaugural rally in Paris, with 74 surviving the 10,000-kilometer (6,200 mi) trip to Dakar while crossing terrains such as sand dunes, mud, camel…
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Don Lambert worked at a small newspaper in Kansas nearly 50 years ago when an example of Christmas Eve kindness made its way onto the front page. He submitted the story to GNN in 2020, saying, “It has a message that is important to us every single day. Kindness is all…
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(Reposted from original GNN article in 2021) A retired couple amusingly recreate their friends’ Christmas card photo every year—by posing in place of their young children. 68-year-old Carol and 72-year-old Michael Whalen started the tradition after receiving a greetings card showing their pals’ then one-year-old son in his toy car. They…
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