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The Rodent That Vanished 500 Years Ago Just Reappeared
A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk, England for the first time since the species was hunted to extinction in the early 16th century. Conservationists are both thrilled and completely baffled about where the mysterious animal came from. The solitary beaver was captured on night vision cameras dragging logs
Meet The New Panda Baby That’s Stealing Hearts
Indonesia just made history with the birth of its very first locally born giant panda cub, a fuzzy newborn named Satrio Wiratama and nicknamed Rio, who arrived on November 27 at Taman Safari Indonesia in Cisarua, West Java province. The adorable male cub, described as a “dinky fuzz ball with
The Viral Drunk Raccoon Caught In The Act
A raccoon broke into an ABC liquor store in Ashland, Virginia through the ceiling early Saturday morning and proceeded to drink its way through the inventory before passing out facedown on the bathroom floor. The masked bandit wreaked havoc inside the store, breaking several bottles while consuming rum, moonshine, peanut
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Happy Mindset
This State is Paying Homeless Students To Stay In School
New Mexico is tackling student homelessness with a groundbreaking initiative that pays qualifying high school students $500 per month to stay in school and graduate. The Guaranteed Payment for Attendance program started as a test in Cuba, New Mexico and is now expanding to 330 students across 12 school districts
How To Beat The Winter Blues This Season
As winter darkness descends and millions of Americans experience seasonal affective disorder, researchers have confirmed that a surprisingly simple treatment works as effectively as antidepressant medications. Light therapy involves sitting in front of a specialized bright light box emitting 10,000 lux for just 20 to 30 minutes each morning. This
The Friendship Secret That 93% Of People Say WORKS
New research reveals that nearly four in ten adults have a close friend who is at least 15 years older or younger than them, and an overwhelming 93% of these people report that their intergenerational friendship offers unique benefits they simply cannot get from same age peers. According to a
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Happy Health
The HIV Cure That Shocked Doctors Around The World
A 51-year-old man has become the seventh person declared free of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat leukemia, and his case is rewriting what scientists thought was necessary to cure the virus. Dr. Christian Gaebler at the Free University of Berlin explains that this breakthrough gives medical
The Dog Who Sensed Death Coming And DID THIS
When Polly the golden retriever’s bark woke Hannah Cooke in the middle of the night last year, she found her husband Adam breathing strangely next to her before he stopped breathing completely. Hannah, a 33 year old social services worker from Ballinamallard in County Fermanagh, performed CPR on Adam until
You Won’t Believe What Happens When Music Is Played During Surgery
Under the harsh lights of an operating theatre in Delhi, India, a woman lies unconscious during gallbladder removal surgery while gentle flute music plays through headphones over her ears, and though she’s under general anesthesia with much of her brain silenced by drugs, her auditory pathway remains partly active in