A fourth-generation Black American farmer is bringing 21st-century agriculture into the lives of youth from marginalized communities, teaching them how to grow and sell nutritious food to the people who need it. Marcus Carpenter is the founder of Route 1, an organization that focuses on introducing farming to people, and farmers…
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The most prolific meteor shower of the year will be at its peak on the morning of August 12th, when 150 shooting stars can be seen per hour in the Northern Hemisphere. The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear from the general direction of the constellation Perseus, but in…
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From Kansas comes the story of a quick-thinking rescue that hauled a 14-month-old toddler from a would-be tomb at the bottom of a drain pipe. The terrifying ordeal was caught on camera and saw a Moundridge Police Department officer build on the spot a makeshift catchpole typically used for pulling varmints…
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This year, GNN has featured a variety of stories showing how viral posts on social media do a world of good, all around the world. Yet another entry in the series comes now from the Netherlands, where a 24-hour live stream of a seal rehab center went viral on social media…
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136 years ago today, American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for his vision of a seamless and fluid way of entering and exiting buildings: the revolving door. Starting the Van Kannel Revolving Door Company in 1889, his idea was so successful that he was eventually bought out by the…
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A doctor who treats children in Ecuador is currently facing a 30-year prison sentence for creating explicit content involving minors—and his prosecution is thanks to Rosco, the electronic sniffer dog. Not a robotic dog, but a dog trained to detect the chemicals applied onto the surfaces of data storage devices, even…
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Is the above image the future of medicine? In it, Dr. Luo Qingquan uses a sophisticated control center to guide a set of robotic surgery tools to remove a tumor from a patient’s lung 3,000 miles away. Dr. Luo was seated in the Shanghai Chest Hospital on China’s Pacific Coast, while…
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